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Occupy, Resist, and Grow

via Mobilizing Ideas, a blog of The Center for the Study of Social Movements at the University of Notre Dame Marshall Ganz calls Occupy a moment, but we have a history and a future.  My generation, in North America, was birthed over 12 years ago, in the streets of Seattle, when trade unionists joined with [...]

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Appendix to Meme-A-Thon

I can’t stop memeing. Just a brief update, three more joined the ranks of the ever wondrous, committed Smart Meme supporters: Khanh Pham, Matt Nelson, and Alison Alkon (who just wrote this most awesome book, Cultivating Food Justice).  That means, I’ve reached my goal of raising $500 for Smart Meme!  W00T! Thank you, lovely and [...]

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Yvonne’s Meme-A-Thon: Day 3, Meme 6, Frank Chu Says 12 Galaxies are the 1%

This is it, folks, the last meme.  It’s Day 3, Meme 6; we’re finally here!  Above, I’m with Frank Chu, voted 2000 Best Protestor by the SF Bay Guardian, at Oscar Grant Plaza.  His message to us?  “The 12 galaxies are stealing our money and foreclosing our homes.  And, Bill Clinton is the one directly [...]

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    Yvonne Yen Liu is a nerd for the racial justice movement. She lives in Oakland, California. You can write to her at yvonnegrapher at gmail dot com.

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