Chicago Solidarity Demonstration In St. Louis Ends With Arrests After Police Scuffle
On the evening of May 24th, 30 to 40 people converge to voice their anger against the brutal repression of Anti-NATO protesters by the Chicago Police Department. Protesters from around the world met in Chicago the weekend of May 19, to confront the NATO summit. During this three demonstrators were arrested for an alleged terrorism […]
Between a rock and a hard place, thoughts on Larry Rice’s new homeless camp and following eviction.
Between a rock and a hard place, thoughts on Larry Rice’s new homeless camp and the following eviction. Larry Rice is not your friend. The police are not your friends. The city government is not your friend. The media is not your friend. May 16th, 5:00pm, the City gets word that a group of neighbors […]
An Open Letter to the Occupy Movement–Part 2 by Anarchist Political Prisoner Sean Swain
Prisoners are people who occupy prisons and nothing more, arriving here by virtue of a government process. We are constantly indoctrinated to believe that prisoners are people who have committed crimes, who deserve what they get (whatever that is), who are qualitatively different from law-abiding citizens. This is much the same message that the German […]
Welcome to Compton Hill Reservoir Park…
This park brochure was distributed during the April 3rd anti-police brutality vigil at Compton Hill Reservoir Park: Full Text: Welcome to Compton Hill Reservoir Park “The park is gorgeous. The best time to come is shortly after 10 in the evening. The colors are simply spectacular. One night I remember these well-groomed men in a lovely […]
Occupy the Class War – Perspectives from Iowa City on the Rhetoric of Occupy
Written and published by Smooth Spaces in January of 2012: [A text I wrote to thinking through the rhetoric of Occupy and the effects it has on the class analysis within the movement. Written with help and support from a group I’m involved with, Wild Rose Collective, where the text was originally published.] It would seem […]
SHIT’S NOT CHILL: First Communiqué from Occupied Auditorium, Indiana University
From Rififi: This evening (Tuesday, April 10th), the Fine Arts Auditorium on Indiana University’s campus was seized by around fifty of us- students, graduates, employees, and others fed up with the implementation of austerity, both here in Bloomington and internationally. We’ve opened the space not only for the purpose of having ground from which to […]
The Noose Is Up! – Reflections on OMW from Farmington, MO
Another account of Occupy the Midwest. This time from Written Word, Spoken Word (written on March 20): The Noose Is Up! “What we call real estate—the solid ground to build a house on—is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests.” —The House of the Seven Gables, Nathaniel Hawthorne By now everyone […]
Site of Police Violence and Home of Mayor’s Aide Vandalized
It would appear that in response to Thursday night’s eviction and police violence, Compton Hill Reservoir Park has been covered in graffiti. The home of Eddie Roth, who headed the eviction Thursday night as well as last Fall, was also vandalized with paint. Roth says it is the second time his home has been attacked […]
A personal account of the eviction of Occupy the Midwest
“Hey, would you help me unfurl this banner?” So I found myself holding a corner of a massive banner, the size of a billboard that read “Police State.” The moment that my friend asked me this question I knew that the attempt to hold the park had failed. What occurred thirty minutes prior – a […]
Police evict and severely beat protesters occupying Compton Hill Reservoir Park
Last night close to 150 people from the occupy movement – ourselves, our friends, and comrades – took over Compton Hill Reservoir Park. Met with overwhelming police force intent on evicting the camp, protesters marched into the streets. Where they were met with batons, pepper spray and fists… at least 15 were arrested and three […]