#Occupy was the defining political experience of my mid-20s. Rebecca Nathanson captures so beautifully how, 10 years on, we can see just how much that moment transformed the political trajectories of its protagonists, and the broader US left. theguardian.com/world/2021/sep…

Ten years ago, activists took to Zuccotti Park in Downtown Manhattan — Occupy Wall Street. A lot of the social consciousness and left-wing ideas we know today were birthed in this moment. Thread—

The link between #OccupyWallStreet and #BlackLivesMatter "There is no way we would have been able to last without the support of other organizers who knew how to do this type of organizing." - deray fastcompany.com/90675586/occup…

Great piece from Molly Crabapple🇵🇷 #Occupy #occupywallstreet #OWS

So I met Mary Clinton 🌹 in the summer as she told me that there was going to be a revolution that fall that we were going to occupy and asked if I wanted to go to General Assemblies every Friday and I kindly responded no thanks.

On 9/17 which was a Saturday I woke up hungover, I missed the march but wanted to see what happened next. Could you tell I was skeptical? I really didn’t think anyone was going to sleep out. So I made my way down to where the action landed Zuccotti Park… #OccupyWallStreet

Really enjoyed working with Astra Taylor on writing about the legacy of #OccupyWallStreet ten years later. What a decade, geez. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

The NYPD commandeered public MTA buses to hold us. I was held on a bus for hours taken to various stations until I landed in midtown south w/ this crew. It was my 1st arrest but had a lovely crew of women to hold each other down #OccupyWallStreet

Immediately following TWU Local 100 put out a statement saying their members would no longer allow the NYPD to commandeer buses on behalf of repressing the movement and arresting us. Best believe it never happened again.

This was the evening of October 14th. In this photo is the future AG, the future Mayor, Public Advocate, Speaker all standing behind 23 year old me saying Bloomberg can not evict occupy and that they all were willing to put their bodies on the line for #OccupyWallStreet

Great thread! #OccupyWallSt #ocuppywallstreet

Ok so THIS IS WHERE ISH GETS INTERESTING. ATL, NYC and MPLS, we All wanted to rise up and take on foreclosures in our communities. A group in NYC called Organizing for Occupation which Michael Premo was a part of came together and said we want to launch Occupy Our Homes.

We did this in partnership with New York Communities for Change and VOCAL-NY and let’s just say it was beautiful and a full on hot mess in NYC. But Occupy our Homes ATL and Minneapolis were huge successes they saved many from foreclosure and brought a new Gen of activists as well.

We continued to turn up on banks we moved a bunch of furniture into banks as they did in Spain & other places and we attempted to get Moodys to downgrade Bank of America. Our crew was called F the Banks. #OccupyWallSt

I say these lessons because they are critical and important. I also forgot a few things. 1. OccupySandy -Covid Coverage (I was in Florida at the time) but the year after occupy, occupy veterans became first responders to communities across NYC after Hurricane Sandy.

Honestly Macklemore’s “Hind’s Hall” is the most Rage Against The Machine song since Rage Against The Machine.

Here’s what Israel did today in Rafah This is what its road to “total victory” looks like

Dr. Jill Biden, the UN estimates that two mothers are killed every hour in Gaza. On this Mother’s Day, we call on you as mothers, daughters, sisters, grandmothers and as humans to use your voice and your power ⁦Jill Biden #AllEyesOnRafah #PermanentCeasefireNow #Artists4Ceasefire

At least someone is asking the right questions.