Vicksburg, Mississippi It was hard to believe a friend’s claim that Oakland, California has now become one of the three most expensive cities in the country in no small part because the housing market has gone berserk. He said that Oakland now only followed New York City and San Francisco, and had bypassed Seattle, San …
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Art and Activism
Oakland Every once in awhile if you are searching for new paths, you are going to have to change directions in order to find the way. At least that’s what I thought in agreeing to go to a day-and-a-half conference in Oakland on art and activism, organizing and culture. An invitation from old friends and …
Winter Warriors: Tents and Sleeping Bags for Occupy
New Orleans Every once in a while there’s something close to serendipity in this work. Yesterday, I was pulling my hair out trying to think through the Occupy problem with winter coming on. I had opened my blog yesterday, saying: “the easiest opinion I can offer right now as an organizer is that the Occupy …