When I saw this image on Facebook today, two feelings hit me at the exact same time. One feeling was triumph of the people over abusive authority. The other feeling was fear for the abuse of "The People" over police officers who are really just trying to do their job.
The inaugural episode of the BrainMeats podcast is devoted to the Occupy movement and what hackers and makers can do to support the protesters on the ground.
There are many critics who claim that the one thing the Occupy movement is really lacking is any coherence. What they need, these critics tell us, is a consistent statement of demands. Occupy Berkeley decided that they should give the critics what they want. They aren't the first to try to do this, and I'll bet that they won't be the last. As far as I'm concerned, though, even attempting to create a single list of demands is completely missing what the Occupy movement could accomplish
There is a video that went viral in the early days of Occupy Seattle. It shows Seattle protesters on the march waiting at a corner when the light turns red for them. There is a protester crossing-guard who is making sure that people in the march aren't breaking the rules.
There has been a lot of talk in the press about the demographics of the Occupy Wall Street protests and their Occupy Everywhere analogs around the US and around the world. I am baffled at how wrong some of the press seems to be getting some of the information.
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When I saw this image on Facebook today, two feelings hit me at the exact same time. One feeling was triumph of the people over abusive authority. The other feeling was fear for the abuse of "The People" over police officers who are really just trying to do their job. 
