DREAMING IN PUBLIC

DREAMING IN PUBLIC IS A NEW BOOK ON #OCCUPY.

OCCUPY THE FARM

New Internationalist describes:
 
Among the growing range of books on the Occupy movement Dreaming in Public will stand out for one simple reason. It is of the movement, not about it. It is an account of the thinking and creativity of the movement rather than than a narrative of events or an observer analysis.
Check out the book here!

'Occupy the Farm' tells the story of 200 urban farmers who walk onto a publicly owned research farm and plant 2 acres of crops in order to save the land from becoming a real-estate development. The Village Voice calls the film, "Riveting from the start." The film is now available on-demand on iTunes, Amazon and selected cable systems.

Why this farm?

"We are reclaiming this land to grow healthy food to meet the needs of local communities. We envision a future of food sovereignty, in which our East Bay communities make use of available land - occupying  it where necessary - for sustainable agriculture to meet local needs.  The Gill Tract is very special:

  • 7 of the 13 remaining acres are the last Class One soil left in the urbanized East Bay. Ninety percent of the original 104 acres have been paved over and developed, irreverisibly contaminating the land.

  • Students, professors, and local residents have fought for decades to save this amazing land from development and to use it for sustainable agriculture.

  • UCB capital projects, the university's development arm and the current administrators of this land, have slated it for rezoning and redevelopment in 2013. Planned developments include a Whole Foods supermarket, expensive senior housing, and other commercial development.

  • Current research on a portion of the land focuses primarily on corn genetics, regrettably paying no tribute to the decades of research benefitting sustianable agriculture that came before it (funding for this type of research has faced severe cuts over the last 20 years."

www.rollingjubilee.org www.strikedebt.org We need a jubilee, a clean slate, a cancellation of debt for the 99%. The Rolling Jubilee raises money to buy debt. But instead of collecting on the debt we buy, we're going to abolish it. It's time for a bailout of the people, by the people.

 

What if the 99% had a clean financial slate? This is a buyout of the people by the people.

THE ROLLING JUBILEE

"Strike Debt came from a coalition of Occupy groups looking to build popular resistance to the all forms of debt imposed on us by the banks. Debt keeps us isolated, ashamed, and afraid. We are a building a movement to challenge this system while creating alternatives and supporting each other. We want an economy where our debts are to our friends, families, and communities -- and not to the 1%. You are not a loan."

#OCCUPYSANDY

Occupy sprung into action in the wake of Superstorm Sandy destruction, providing mutual aid in NYC. See more at interoccupy.net/occupysandy

Volunteer: interoccupy.net/occupysandy Donate: http://www.gofundme.com/1h7sz0?pc=fb_cr Thousands in New York City remain without clean water, food, heat, or power. Relief efforts by locals offer continuing direct aid to the neighborhoods most affected by Hurricane Sandy. Video by: Alex Mallis | @analectfilms Eric Phillips-Horst Nicodemus Nicoludis Music by: Loscil brooklynfilmmakerscollective.com | @brooklynfilmny meerkatmedia.org analectfilms.com
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