“Do not – I repeat – do not bring another dog into this house,” I commanded Karissa. “We barely have room enough for the one we’ve got.” Seriously. She and I were stuffed into a guest house that was no larger than 900 square feet, each of the four rooms (living room, bedroom, restroom, kitchen) [...]
With Mayor Villaraigosa’s November 28 eviction deadline only hours away, the Occupy Los Angeles encampment threw an eviction block party. Fat Mike & Eric Melvin of NOFX performed a set, which included a new song written for Occupy called “Wouldn’t It Be Nice If Every Movement Had A Theme Song.” I brought a camera. Photos [...]
One of the friends I made at Occupy Los Angeles is the very clever Craig Toennies; you may recognize him from the interview I did with him (above) for my OccupyLA Speaks page. On Veteran’s Day, during OLA’s march on the Financial District, Craig made the choice to be voluntarily arrested. I invited him to [...]
I visited City Hall early on Monday morning to speak with Occupiers and conduct more interviews for my OccupyLA Speaks page. I apparently didn’t stay long enough. Later in the day, it was announced that the City of Los Angeles had offered the Occupiers a 10,000 square foot office space for $1/year, along with 100 [...]
“Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You don’t need to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don’t have to know Einstein’s theory of relativity to serve. You don’t have [...]
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