Category Archives: occupy

Video Now Available: Media, Politics and Protest Camps in the Occupy Social Movement

Posted on May 10, 2012 by drfigtree

You can now watch Protest Camp Collective’s Anna Feigenbaum and Patrick McCurdy discuss the impacts of the Occupy movement, followed by a keynote address from award-winning journalist Chris Hedges.

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Spontaneous Urban Design: An interview with 123 Occupy

Posted on May 1, 2012 by drfigtree

“Someone mentioned to me recently the popular union slogan “8 hours for work, 8 hours for sleep, 8 hours for what we will”.  I’ve been thinking over the course of my work with the occupy movement that people are really taking those extra 1-8 hours a day to … Continue reading →

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Protest Camps on Canal Savior with Chris Hedges

Posted on April 16, 2012 by protestcamp

Protest Camps on Canal Savior with Chris Hedges

Anna Feigenbaum & Patrick McCurdy will appear on Canal Savior’s airing of Media, Politics and Protest Camps in the Occupy Social Movement.  The first episode features journalist and author Chris Hedges on April 17, 2012 at 19:00 and April 18, 2012 at 14:00. The following week, episode 2 broadcasts the panelists’ discussion on topics including anonymous, social media, black bloc tactics and police brutality. It airs on April 24, 2012 at 19:00 and April 25, 2012 at 14:00.

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Warwick University on Occupy London

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Fabian Frenzel

From its start, there has been a discussion of what Occupy is and what it means. With few camps left around the world, some have asked whether occupy has failed, or lost. Others continue to claim that occupy has a … Continue reading →

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Workshop Announcement: (Re)thinking Protest Camps: governance, spatiality, affect and media

Posted on March 4, 2012 by protestcamp

Booking is now open for this free one day workshop, “(Re)thinking Protest Camps: governance, spatiality, affect and media” to be held on Tuesday 26 June 2012 at the University of Leicester, UK. Instructions and an online form to reserve a place … Continue reading →

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Can Occupy survive its representation?

Posted on March 1, 2012 by protestcamp

Can the Occupy movement survive its representation? This was one of the questions asked of us during the McGill Occupy workshop. The question essentially sought to open a discussion around  Slavoj Žižek’s speech at Occupy Wall Street warned activists not … Continue reading →

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OCCUPY TALKS TORONTO: Indigenous Perspectives on the Occupy Movement

Posted on January 28, 2012 by protestcamp

Ali Hugill reports from Occupy Talks Toronto for protestcamps.org The vocabulary of occupation has recently gained a global political prominence for the Left. Those of us calling ourselves the ‘99%’, who – with varying degrees of radical fervour – broadly … Continue reading →

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Protest Camps to speak at Occupy event with Chris Hedges

Posted on January 12, 2012 by protestcamp

On Friday January 27, 2012 Protest Camps’ Anna Feigenbaum and Patrick McCurdy will host workshops at the media@mcgill sponsored event Media, Politics and Protest Camps in the Occupy Social Movement. Anna’s workshop Feeling the Movementwill look at how feelings and … Continue reading →

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The Future of Occupy and Movement Sense-making

Posted on December 28, 2011 by protestcamp

At  a recent workshop hosted by Tent City Uni outside St. Paul’s, a group of campers and folks working in the broader Occupy movement came together to reflect on the current climate of the movement and what the future might hold. In … Continue reading →

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Beware of False Friends: Reflections on TIME’s praise of ‘The Protester’

Posted on December 20, 2011 by drfigtree

Last week Time Magazine announced The Protester as its person of the year. Celebrating individuals fighting for equality and democracy around the world, this year’s most important person followed in the footsteps of facebook founder and entrepreneur extraordinaire Mark Zuckerberg … Continue reading →

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