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I’m on the Wall for being at the Mall

By on May 17, 2012 in Academia, Occupy, Police, Social Movements, Sociology, The South

The Governments’ Digital Pictures of Protesters is not a Pretty Picture for Democracy I should be in court this week in Raleigh, North Carolina. Well, I am in a way, even though I’m writing this from Oakland, California. No, this isn’t science fiction or schizophrenia. It’s all about a sociogram. What’s that, you say? Let […]

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Kony 2012 – Agit Prop on Speed

By on March 22, 2012 in Digital Activism, Documentary Filmmaking, Social Movements

Have you seen Kony 2012? If so, you are among the 85 million people worldwide who have watched this agit prop video sensation on YouTube in the last few weeks.  What is agit prop? In documentary filmmaker parlance, it is agitation propaganda, or a video produced to effect social change. It is unlikely that any other piece of […]

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Arrested Development – Occupy Style

By on December 18, 2011 in Occupy, Police, Social Movements, The South

Not Just a Bunch of Hippy Anarchist College Students Among the six of us, we have 15 kids. Meeting for the first time, we sat on the bench talking about our children. I have two, I said. Derrick has one daughter. Roger said he had four while Patrick boasted of eight children. No, this wasn’t […]

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In Defense of Tents – Place Matters for the Occupy Movement

By on November 17, 2011 in Occupy, Police, Social Movements

On Monday morning, I saw the sunrise over various police agencies dismantling (again) Occupy Oakland tents. That evening, I marched back at sunset with other protesters to take back the plaza. The night before, Denver and Portland authorities moved in to take down local occupy encampments and a swat team stormed an Occupy group’s takeover […]

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