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Protest Camp’s Anna Feigenbaum takes on tear gas at #OccupyGezi and beyond
Protest Camp’s Anna Feigenbaum takes on tear gas at #OccupyGezi and beyond Over the past five days Turkey’s government has unleashed thousands of canisters, cartridges and helicopter drums of tear gas onto its people. This has resulted inhundreds of tear … Continue reading
An (Anglo) Video Round-Up of the ZAD direct action camp
The ZAD protests have received little in the way of mainstream media coverage, particularly outside of France, despite being the biggest Euro-Zone action camp in history. Citizen, independent and social movement journalists and documentary filmmakers are filling up this unsurprising … Continue reading
Posted in alternative media, protest camps
Tagged activist documentary, France, tear gas, ZAD
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A Summary Report of the ‘Occupy Innovation’ Roundtable at Rutgers University
Last week Protest Camps hosted a roundtable looking at issues of innovation and creativity in place-based social movement activism. We asked doctoral student and teacher Sean T. Leavey from the Journalism and Media Studies Department, at Rutgers University to offer … Continue reading
In this climate, direct action is what it takes
Protest Camp’s Anna Feigenbaum discusses No Dash for Gas‘ West Burton power station protest camp in the broader context of direct action and Climate Justice. As Hurricane Sandy swept up the Eastern seaboard of North America, after wreaking havoc on Cuba and the Caribbean … Continue reading
Two New Special Issues out on Occupations and Encampments
This summer sees the publication of two new special features on encampments and occupations in South Atlantic Quarterly and Social Movement Studies. Protest Camps’ had the opportunity to contribute to both of these great collections and recommends them to all those reflecting on these … Continue reading
Posted in occupy, protest camps, protest camps
Tagged academia, Social Movement Studies, South Atlantic Quarterly
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Protest Camps Wins Research Grants
The Protest Camps research collective is delighted to announce the award of a number of small grants to help fund our interviews with protest campers and archival research trips. Here is a round-up of our successful springtime proposals: Patrick McCurdy … Continue reading
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Tagged MARBL, Occuprint, RCHA, research grants, Resurrection City
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Video Now Available: Media, Politics and Protest Camps in the Occupy Social Movement
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.
Posted in In the Media, occupy, protest camps, protest camps
Tagged Chris Hedges, media@mcgill, Occupy Montreal
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Spontaneous Urban Design: An interview with 123 Occupy
“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
Posted in digital communication, occupy, protest camps, protest camps, social media
Tagged 123 Occupy, greta hansen, occupy wall st, radical architecture
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In the Middle of Occupy: short reflections on failure and growth
This post is updated and adapted from an answer I gave to the question ‘Are we in the beginning, middle, or end of the Occupy Movement?’ while a panellist at Media@McGill’s “Media, Politics and Protest Camps in the Occupy Social … Continue reading
Beware of False Friends: Reflections on TIME’s praise of ‘The Protester’
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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Tagged Arab Spring, corporate media, financial crisis, M15, occupy wall st, precarious labour, Tahrir, Zizek
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