All morning I took breaks from my work to check the blog reports and live streaming coverage of  "shut down Wall Street" activities in the financial district. Though it was difficult to form a clear picture of what exactly was going on, I took particular … [Read more...]

I wasn't going to go to Zuccotti Park today. I've been struggling to keep pace with obligations, and this morning I woke with an upset stomach that I attributed at least in part to the emotional churning of yesterday's OWS eviction watch. "Something's got to … [Read more...]

I heard the news on NPR shortly after 7 a.m.: Zuccotti Park raided, Occupiers evicted. At that point, the Bloomberg administration was still saying the park would be re-opened at 8 a.m. I spent an uneasy morning of desultory work and frequent Internet checking. … [Read more...]

Given the bad news about police assaults on Occupy encampments in Oakland and Portland, I was especially glad to find the Zuccotti Park site lively in today's warm weather. Feeling a sense of reunion after my long weekend's absence, I wended my way through the park … [Read more...]

These days, it feels like I have two neighborhoods. The first is Prospect Lefferts Gardens, my Brooklyn stomping ground, where I've lived happily since 1993, and which I've gotten to know intimately not just by walking the streets but by working in our neighborhood … [Read more...]

Because the wars are endless,we are having a party.This strange sentence came to me as I stood rinsing and cutting up endless bunches of COSTCO grapes in the very well-appointed catering kitchen of the SEIU-1199 "penthouse," organized labor's most impressive … [Read more...]

I took a good look around Zuccotti Park this afternoon, because I won't be seeing it for a few days. I'm headed up to Vermont to fulfill some obligations connected with my job at Goddard College, and tomorrow will be the first day since October 10th that I haven't … [Read more...]

Even though I go every day, sometimes I feel like I can't believe it'll still be there. When I approach from Fulton Street, I look for the arms of that weird red-orange sculpture sticking out over Broadway, and from blocks away, I find myself thinking: there it is. … [Read more...]

When I got to Zuccotti Park, I noticed again the presence of the large, sturdy army tents that made their first appearance yesterday. I think I saw at least three of them today. I also noticed a long rack of jackets hanging under a sheltering tarp--the free … [Read more...]

From Oakland, Goddard student Liz Latty writes:" thank u for your blogs, they are my favorite thing to follow coming out of new york right now. have u been involved with the poetry assembly or any of its subgroups at all? here in oakland we are having readings … [Read more...]