tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335908177719535466.post2741310362949449875..comments2024-02-10T12:05:30.851-07:00Comments on Anti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Occupy CanadaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335908177719535466.post-56611169585217933282011-10-18T21:01:00.974-06:002011-10-18T21:01:00.974-06:00Here on the West Coast, Occupy Nanaimo is in Day 4...Here on the West Coast, Occupy Nanaimo is in Day 4. Camp is growing daily. 40 people slept there last night. More are expected tonight. Campers tried to lure BC Premier Christy Clark out of the economic summit she was addressing in Nanaimo today, but no go. More info here: http://pigsquash.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/occupy-nanaimo-day-4-christy-clark-comes-to-town/Kim Goldberghttp://pigsquash.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335908177719535466.post-60457115171525899822011-10-16T15:54:40.284-06:002011-10-16T15:54:40.284-06:00We hear you. We certainly agree that the msm is tr...We hear you. We certainly agree that the msm is trying to present a one-sided image of what the Occupy movement is about, and that involves a very narrow view of who is participating and part of that effort is presenting a photo narrative. The reality is that Occupy is incredibly diverse and we think that those who are on the ground would do a better job of showing this than would the msm who are trying to pigeonhole the story.Kurt Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13095783666657738968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4335908177719535466.post-43112641716526760922011-10-16T12:30:07.822-06:002011-10-16T12:30:07.822-06:00If this thing is going to have legs, I think indiv...If this thing is going to have legs, I think individualizing these events with the standard 'look at me, I'm protesting' photo ops only serves to disenfranchise others from participating. MSM has relied on that to paint the protest in NY as another gathering of hippies or anarchists or whatever.<br /><br />Pictures say a thousand words but they also allow spectators to make snap judgements as to what this thing is all about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com