2011-12-21 16:07:43 // Kate Beecroft
Just in time for Christmas, an Auckland District Court judge this morning ordered the Occupy Auckland protestors to remove all their signs and banners and move out of their campsite by Friday.
2011-12-21 15:11:45 // Phoebe Fletcher
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The Occupy movement shows every sign of morphing into something that may have ramifications for the next few years.
2011-11-18 13:02:00 // Phoebe Fletcher
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Are the protestors out of line with mainstream opinion? No. And they're not a bunch of unemployed hippies either.
2011-11-11 10:25:17 // Phoebe Fletcher
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In this series of posts Phoebe Fletcher from the University of Auckland’s Film, Television and Media Studies Department will explain some of the issues around the phenomenal growth of the Occupy movement, what it means for society and whether this represents a shift in the modes of protest. In this first post, Fletcher looks at the origins of the movement – which are more complex than many might assume.
2011-11-09 12:00:26 // George Monbiot
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Here’s an article too good to pass up. Are the 1% creators of wealth, or in fact destroyers who, in many cases, demonstrate psychopathic traits? “The very rich are often described as wealth creators,” writes the Guardian’s George Monbiot. “But they have preyed on the earth's natural wealth and their workers' labour and creativity, impoverishing both people and planet. Now they have almost bankrupted us.”
2011-11-07 15:59:04 // Deirdre Robert
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The Occupy Wall Street movement, and the 'We are the 99%' spinoff it inspired, still remains a bit of an unknown quantity. Its popularity, however, continues to spread around the globe with protests popping up in more than 80 countries. But if your assumptions are that it’s no more than a group of pot-smoking, unemployed lefty hippies with nothing better to do, think again.
