Autonomy Alliance: An Open Letter To Occupiers Regarding Tactical Diversity & The Police
From the Autonomy Alliance: The members of Autonomy Alliance recommend and applaud diversity in tactics as long as those involved are well informed in their decisions. Though successfully staging actions requires tactical diversity, we recognize that disagreements will inevitably arise among the various groups in our social movements. We affirm and encourage the right to air grievances within these […]
Occupy, Liberate, De-Colonize: An Open Letter to the Occupy Movement from Anarchist Political Prisoner Sean Swain
In 2007, in a published interview I observed that if Ohio prisoners simply laid on their bunks for 30 days, the system would collapse. I wasn’t talking about just the prison system, but Ohio’s entire economy. I came to that conclusion because I recognized that 50,000 prisoners work for pennies per day making the food, […]
Banner dropped from Old Municipal Court Building
Just as the horizon was turning pink and the city was awakening to the hustle and bustle of capitalism’s business-as-usual, a banner appeared in the most unlikely of places – hanging from the rooftop of the city’s Old Municipal Court Building downtown. The building, which on November 17th hosted an occupation and joyous dance party, […]
Reportback from Downtown Oakland Solidarity Demo & Attempted Building Occupation in Minneapolis
A report from the Oakland solidarity march Sunday night in St. Louis, and another piece about folks in Minneapolis attempting to occupy a building. January 29, 2012 In response to the events in Oakland, 50 or so people with Occupy St Louis and others met at the formerly occupied Keiner plaza for a march. For […]
Undercover Police Discovered Spying on Local Meeting
From You Should Probably Know. “On the night of December 6, while concerned friends and neighbors met to discuss ways to help a local homeownwer save her house, the pictured individuals came to try and stop us. They are two undercover police officers from the St. Louis Police Department. They came half-way through the meeting […]
Proposed Central Principles for Occupy
At the core of the Occupy movement are a handful of deeply radical principles. These are important factors in understanding why the movement has been both contagious and powerful. Currently Occupy St. Louis is a bureaucratic nightmare, but in October it was so beautiful. Engaging these principles is paramount to rediscovering our power, whether that […]
Report from one participant: N17 March Against Austerity – A Joyful and Unruly Crowd Takes a Building
November 17th holds as a special day internationally. It’s not just a day against austerity or just a day organized by the new #occupy movement. November 17th is also the date (in 1973) when the dictatorship in Greece was overthrown. And still in Greece, it’s pretty much a holiday. It remains unclear as to how this day […]
‘Occupy’ Crackdowns Coordinated with Federal Law Enforcement Officials
Over the past ten days, more than a dozen cities have moved to evict “Occupy” protesters from city parks and other public spaces. As was the case in last night’s move in New York City, each of the police actions shares a number of characteristics. And according to one Justice official, each of those actions […]
“I don’t want to be known as a good German” – OccupySTL Evicted, Arrests at Occupy Springfield, MO
On Friday November 11, shortly after the 10pm curfew, St. Louis police moved in on the Occupy St. Louis encampment at Kiener Plaza. Some occupants chose to continue the occupation after a warning was issued. These 27, one of who chained himself to a chair, were arrested after police were forced to wade through a […]
