Time to Occupy the Calendar

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12.28.11, 9:17am Comments (21)
If we're to create a new civilization that works for everybody, then we need a calendar that speaks to the experience of making that world real on a weekly if not daily basis. Read more »

Please Donate $10 to Shareable

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12.26.11, 12:58pm Comments (0)
Shareable accomplished a lot in 2011. Can you help us continue our work in 2012 by making a tax deductible donation to our nonprofit? Read more »

A (Very Very) Brief History of Occupation Tactics

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12.21.11, 1:53pm Comments (1)
Though many hope that the Occupy Movement is now part of history --Time magazine naming ‘The Protester’ person of 2011 seems to reflect a desire that she won't be in 2012 -- those of us organizing and protesting on the ground know tha. Read more »

Who Are The 99%? Occupy Research Aims To Find Out

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12.07.11, 11:32am Comments (0)
"Research is something that needs not be done by powerful people—the 1%—to the rest of us." Occupy Research is a project to give the movement demographic research tools to better understand itself online and on the ground. Read more »

How to Start Participatory Budgeting in Your City

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12.03.11, 10:32am Comments (1)
Want to decide how your tax money is spent? Participatory budgeting is an accessible form of direct democracy. Here's how to get people engaged, convince city officials, and what you'll need to start. Read more »

Conditional Dollars Make Governments Accountable to Citizens

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11.07.11, 11:17am Comments (3)
Conditional contributions allow taxpayers to have a direct say in how their tax dollars are spent. Read more »

Occupy as a New Societal Model & Ways To Improve It

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10.31.11, 3:33pm Comments (7)
One of the compelling attractions of Occupy is that it is modeling a possible socio-economic-political paradigm for how society can run. It is a model the whole world is beginning to watch. Read more »

Occupy Wall Street's Consensus Process [VIDEO]

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10.14.11, 6:29pm Comments (3)


This mini-doc shows in some detail how the general assembly - the heart of the occupy movement - operates. They make decisions by consensus and anyone can join the assembly. Read more »

Crowdfunding Social Change

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10.10.11, 10:19am Comments (6)
How crowdfunding represents a new paradigm for collaboration, and will serve as a catalyst for social change. Read more »

The Park and The Protests

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09.30.11, 7:42am Comments (4)
In the General Assemblies leading up to the September 17th day of protest that culminated in the occupation, organizers hoped that the occupation would last days, weeks, perhaps even months, but no one could guarantee it would make it six hours. Yet hundreds are here, on day ten, holding another open discussion of tactics, infrastructure and politics. Even five days ago this wasn’t a foregone conclusion. Read more »
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