Occupy Rawls Street
Steven V. Mazie over at the Stone today talks about how `those' Occupiers ought to read and discuss Rawls. First, as an associate professor, I'm fairly certain he's one of us 99%ers. Second, `we' do. I...
View ArticleCapital Architecture
The New Scientist has an interesting article that uses mathematical modeling of transnational corporation ownership data to map the concentration of economic wealth.Neat, right?The article mentions...
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The Fascist Reaction
Brownshirts beat up commies in the streets.From Crooksandliars:Occupy Maine protesters say Sunday morning's attack with a chemical explosive has left them with a mixture of anxiety and resolve."We are...
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Welcome to the Police State
For the past few weeks the Occupation has been kept in the public-eye in large part thanks to the ongoing police pogrom being perpetrated against the peaceful encampments of the movement. As we all...
View ArticleThanks
On behalf of all the authors and editors, I would like to thank our readers for getting the word out about the blog. Thanks in large part to Prof. Brian Leiter at Leiter Reports our site quickly gained...
View ArticleVideo on The Police-State Reaction to Occupy Oakland
In a press release dated October 25, Joanna Watson of the Media Relations office at the Oakland Police Department, denied that the police used non-lethal "rubber" bullets and "flash-bang" or concussion...
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More on Rawls & Occupy Wall Street
My piece on Rawls and Occupy Wall Street from last week has garnered some critical reactions, and I reply to one of the more prominent responses in this rejoinder, posted today on Big Think.–Steve Mazie
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How the Wachowski Siblings May Have Saved the World
Assuming that the average age of the current OWS protester is about 26 years old, then most of them would have been about 14 years old when The Matrixwas released in 1999.In the now famous scene (at...
View ArticleCharlie Chaplin: The Original Occupier?
In 1940, before anyone was aware of the true extent of the crimes of the Nazi regime, Charlie Chaplin produced, wrote, directed, and starred in The Great Dictator, one of the greatest satirical films...
View ArticlePhronesis & Political Conversation of the OWS Movement
J.E. Hackett (SIU Carbondale) offers an Aristotelian reflection on the OWS MovementIn this short piece, I want to explicate the OWS’s “Aristotelian moments.” I have two short intuitions I’d like to...
View ArticleWhat are Demands Good For?
When the idea that OWS does not need or should not have demands has made not only this blog but a Planet Money podcast, we may be moving beyond the assumption that it’s alleged incoherence is, in some...
View ArticleCommenting Policy
Friends,I was hoping I would not have to make an authoritarian announcement like this one, but comments made in Daniel Levine’s post below have forced my hand. We strive to be egalitarian, inclusive,...
View ArticleWe Are the 1% (Or at least I am, I'm not sure about you)
This is a sort of meta-post, but (a) it’s been bothering me and (b) after closing comments on my post below, I feel like there should be a venue for people telling me I'm an idiot that’s open.I’m...
View ArticleMedia Watch: Chris Hedges and Amy Goodman on OWS on Charlie Rose
In these two videos Charlie Rose talks OWS and the future of the growing global movement with Pulitzer prize winning author Chris Hedges and author Amy Goodman. The interview is in 2 parts.(Part two...
View ArticleURGENT: OWS Needs Winter Supplies!
See: OWS Urgent Winter Donation NeedsIn light of the cold, snowy weather in New York and the sudden confiscation of its generators by the NYPD, Occupy Wall Street is in dire need of winter supplies....
View ArticleSPEP Supports OWS!
A reader associated with the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, the second largest body of professional philosophers in the country, sent us a copy of the following statement of...
View ArticlePractical Stuff
So, talking about OWS is fun and all, but is anyone watching this on the ground with any of the protests? Everyone who can should, of course, respond to the call for hard-weather gear, but are there...
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Let Them Eat Cake, Or, the Spectacle of Suffering
First there was this:And then there was this:And now there’s this:All of the talk emanating from the right about “class warfare” rings somewhat hollow in the face of such ostentatious displays of...
View Article’Tis the season for Justice!
That is, a Rawls virtual reading group. In light of all the Rawlsian interest (or, okay, I was planning this anyway), I’ll be facilitating a Rawls reading group on the SFSU philosophy blog.We will have...
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God & the 1%: The Corporatizing of Religion
An element of the oppression of the 99% that has as far as I can tell gone unremarked upon (at least in the context of the new discourse being raised by the Occupy movement) is the increasing...
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“Security” &“Safety” at OWS
The Oakland occupation was shut down last week, albeit temporarily, on the grounds of concerns about safety and security. Rather than assume we know what ‘safety’ and ‘security’ mean, this invites some...
View ArticleWhy the 100% Should Support the Occupy Movement
I'm curious what readers will make of the following argument for the claim that not just the 99% but indeed everyone should support the Occupy Movement.Either you are part of the 99% or you are a part...
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No news is good news...for the 1%
Right now on the streets of Oakland, CA thousands of people have gone on strike, joining with Occupy Oakland, and marching to protest the crimes of the Plutofascist Corporatocracy that is largely...
View ArticleNew Website....
We've moved to the new Word Press site at http://occupyphil.org ...you should be redirected in a moment.
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