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    Reflections on Occupy Wall Street, with photos, fun, and good wishes for the future. eBook, Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened? (Only $.99 !) In the eBook, the Occupy movement is explored through original reporting, photographs, cartoons, poetry, essays, and reviews.The collection of essays and blog posts records the unfolding of Occupy into the culture from September 2011 to the present.  Authors Kimberly Wilder and Ian Wilder were early supporters of Occupy, using their internet platforms to communicate the changes being created by the American Autumn.

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Occupy Long Island gathers at Suffolk Peace Network

Posted on November 2, 2011 by kwilder

Some photos of the meeting are at Flickr: here. On Tuesday evening, November 1, 2011, Suffolk Peace Network held their regular, monthly meeting at The Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington. Central to the agenda was a discussion about how Suffolk Peace Network could support local occupations throughout Long Island. Due to the excitement of the […]

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Occupy Long Island (or, at least Suffolk County)

Posted on October 30, 2011 by kwilder

Update: Info on Black Friday, Nov 25, 2011 demo at Smith Haven Mall: here. As you may have noticed, onthewilderside is very excited about all the energy to combat corporate greed, address Wall Street injustice, and occupy the world with a new attitude of democracy and cooperation. We have been excited to bring you lots […]

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Article: Who are the Occupy Wall Street protesters? (including political breakdown)

Posted on October 29, 2011 by kwilder

There is an article in the NY Times that reveals a Fordham professor’s survey of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators. Thanks to Independent Political Report for the story. Summary of question about political party identification. Of 301 adults who responded: 39% said they did not identify with any political party 24% said they were Democrats 11% […]

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11/4/2011: PeaceSmiths Gathering with Drivin’ Wheel

Posted on October 27, 2011 by kwilder

A Long Island, NY event. More information, and lots of good stuff about peace and justice at: www.peacesmiths.org PeaceSmiths Gathering Friday, November 4th at 8pm Music by: Drivin’ Wheel The duo formation with Bob Westcott and Sonny Meadows plus… Lots of Open Mic Time

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Info and updates on Scott Olson – Veteran for Peace assaulted by police at Occupy Oakland incident

Posted on October 27, 2011 by kwilder

Update about 4pm EST Thursday: A local NBC station says that Scott Olson [Scott Olsen] does have a fractured skull, but that as of Thursday morning (California time) he is doing better. Full story, including updates about Occupy Oakland: here. There is a list of Thursday evening (10/27) vigils for Scott Olson, around the country: […]

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Riot police decimate Occupy Oakland with tear gas, rubber bullets, etc.

Posted on October 25, 2011 by kwilder

Occupy Oakland had set up their encampment on the lawn near City Hall. This morning, riot police came and dispersed the peaceful protesters. There were many arrests and injuries. You can call the Oakland Police and complain and/or ask them to be compassionate to arrestees at: (510) 777-3333. Occupy Oakland asks you to contact the […]

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Morning After Update on Occupy Wall Street, and other occupies

Posted on October 16, 2011 by kwilder

KW writes: I watched both Occupy Live Streams (the nyc one, and the Global Revoultion one) on and off until 1am. Occupy Wall Street went to Washington Square Park for their Assembly. They decided as a group to leave. But (as CNN reports) 14 stayed peacefully in the empty fountain, and were arrested. Others were […]

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PeaceSmiths of Long Island endorses Occupy Wall Street

Posted on October 13, 2011 by kwilder

PeaceSmiths is a decades-strong, Long Island activist group, which works on issues of peace, justice, and the environment. PeaceSmiths released the following message today, October 13, 2011: A Message from PeaceSmiths, Inc. about Occupy Wall Street PeaceSmiths supports Occupy Wall Street in New York City. Our organization stands for peace, justice, and the environment. We […]

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Oct 23: Poets for Renewable Energy and Peace event in NYC

Posted on October 12, 2011 by kwilder

Featuring: Anne Waldman, Eliot Katz, Sahar Muradi, Zohra Saed, The Mast (featuring Haale Gafori and Matt Kilmer), Sara Goudarzi, Bob Rosenthal, Papoleto Melendez, Yusuf Misdaq, Tahani Salah, Jackie Sheeler, Chris Brandt, David Henderson, and surprise special guests. 10/22/2011 update: New additions to the evening’s celebrations: -Plus! Guest speaker, the author and investigative reporter, Greg Palast […]

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Update on occupations (tension tonight at midnight or 1am?)

Posted on October 8, 2011 by kwilder

Two interesting updates: In NYC: The Occupy Wall Street folks have branched out to Washington Square Park (about 3o blocks away). It appears they will try to have two occupation/encampments in NYC. The NYPD seems to think that Washington Square Park closes at midnight tonight, Saturday 10/8/2011. The NYCL seems to think it closes at […]

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A SECOND formation of Occupy Wall Street in NYC

Posted on October 8, 2011 by kwilder

KW writes: I first got word of this news through an e-mail from The SoHo Journal. I double-checked, and it is on the official website occupywallst.org The organization that meets to organize for Occupy Wall Street (ie: make lists of demands, organize committees, etc.) is The New York City General Assembly. Now, there will be […]

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Ralph Waldo Emerson’s War | Peace Couple

Posted on October 6, 2011 by iwilder

We continue with the third chapter from the The Power of Nonviolence: Writings by Advocates of Peace This week we discuss the third chapter of the book which is an excerpt from Ralph Waldo Emerson‘s essay entitled War. This chapter is in the Pre-Twentieth Century section of the book . Last week we discussed an excerpt from a 1693 essay […]

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Occupy Wall Street declarations: One demand, twenty grievances, lots of consensus

Posted on October 4, 2011 by kwilder

Comparison of the two sets of demands/grievances published by Occupy Wall Street by Kimberly Wilder 10/4/2011 The first document I will refer to as the “One Demand Document” The second document I will refer to as the “Grievances Document” To see both documents in text, go to my previous post: here. Up front, I would […]

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Occupy #AfghanistanTuesday | Peace Couple

Posted on October 4, 2011 by iwilder

  October 6, 2011 are the protests on the 10th anniversary of the Afghanistan War.  In the blog post The hour is approaching: Make a commitment!, we are asked to focus this week’s tweets on organizing for that day: via Occupy #AfghanistanTuesday | Peace Couple.

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