This is an ongoing compilation inspired by the peaceful, courageous and building people's initiative / assembly / direct democracy occupation group, OccupyWallSt.org, and the solidarity assemblies that have emerged across North America / around the world. (See: OccupyTogether.org)

And check out our Occupy Canada compilation here.

ecoSanity ~ Given that:

1. RIGHT NOW, our shared atmosphere is on an accelerating course to reach a state of potentially unsurvivable, runaway climate extremes during the lives of today's children;
2. Only EMERGENCY international action at EMERGENCY speed *may be* proportional enough
   to confront the scale, scope and urgency of what is already the greatest crime against humanity, most life and most future life EVER (See: Climate Change Human Impact Report);

If the umbrella crisis of climate breakdown / disruption / destabilization is not tackled fast, its impacts -- severe threats to global agriculture, fresh water scarcity and multi-regional insecurity and instability -- will make it impossible to address ALL other global issues and causes.

ecoSanity got behind the recent Washington D.C. and Ottawa tar sands protests out of appreciation for the escalation to peaceful civil disobedience on larger scales.

Now, the building people's initiative / assembly / horizontal direct democracy occupation group Occupy Wall Street has inspired Occupy Together, a hub for info about solidarity assemblies that have emerged across North America, with plans to launch in Canadian cities on Saturday, Oct. 15.

Imperfect, with multi-pronged motivations, Occupy Wall Street must grapple with a variety of concerns about its fundamental identity and intent. Examples: Use of the problematic term 'occupy'; suggestions of a colonialist mentality; issues of representation / exclusion, privilege, racism, relations of power / oppression; challenges of process; supposed idealism / naivety.

Here's a great piece full of insights about why this is hard:
So real it hurts - Notes on Occupy Wall Street, Manissa McCleave Maharawal, LeftTurn.org

But faced with the systemic corruption of global politics and economics; the ecocidal / suicidal mentalities of growth / consumerism; deadly fossil fuel-based, greenhouse gas-intensive energy addiction; and the resource wars and global inequity that all of this perpetuates...

Mass, peaceful, public assemblies / protests rooted in the critical efforts necessary to learn about, nurture, strengthen and maximize solidarity, and the courage to engage in peaceful civil disobedience / direct action on a grand scale -- together -- are imperative.

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Main | General

• FAQ - Occupy Wall Street FAQ, Nathan Schneider, The Nation
• Declaration - Declaration of the Occupation of New York City, NYC General Assembly
• 24/7 Livestream (NY) - Livestream.com/GlobalRevolution
• All Livestreams (Global) - OccupyStreams.org
• Website - OccupyWallSt.org
• Facebook - Occupy Wall St.
• Twitter - @OccupyWallSt
• Website - OccupyTogether.org
• Facebook - Occupy Together
• Twitter - @OccupyTogether
• Website - 15october.net
• Website - New York City General Assembly
• Website - Adbusters
• Website - AnonOpsCommunications (Anonymous) - anonops.blogspot.com
• List - 10 ways to support the Occupy movement, Sarah van Gelder, YES Magazine!
• Website - OccupytheBoardroom.org (E-mail the Wall St. elites)
• Guide - Quick guide on group dynamics in people's assemblies, TaketheSquare.net
• Video - Consensus process: Direct democracy at Occupy Wall St, MeercatMedia
• Video - General Assembly facilitation process/training, Vid by Julia Creinhart
• Tips/Wiki - OccupyTogether Field Manual
• Guide - NYC General Assembly Guide

Canada

• ecoSanity - Compilation: Occupy Canada
• Canada - Facebook - OccupyCanada
• Victoria - Website - OccupyVictoria.ca
• Victoria - Facebook Page - 'Occupy' Victoria...
• Victoria - Twitter - @OccupyVictoria
• Vancouver - Website - OccupyVancouver.com
• Vancouver - Facebook Event - Global Revolution Day - Occupy Vancouver
• Vancouver - Twitter - @OccupyVancouver
• Edmonton - Website - OccupyEdmonton.org
• Edmonton - Facebook Event - Occupy Edmonton, AB
• Edmonton - Twitter - @OccupyYEG
• Calgary - Website - OccupyCalgary.ca
• Calgary - Facebook Page - Occupy Calgary
• Calgary - Facebook Event - Occupy Calgary
• Calgary - Twitter - @OccupyCalgary
• Saskatoon - Website -  OccupySaskatoon.org
• Saskatoon - Facebook Event - Occupy Saskatoon
• Saskatoon - Twitter - @OccupySaskatoon
• Winnipeg - Facebook Page - Occupy Winnipeg
• Winnipeg - Facebook Event - Occupy Winnipeg (October 15th)
• Toronto - Website - Occupy Toronto - OccupyTO.org
• Toronto - Facebook Page - Occupy Toronto Market Exchange
• Toronto - Facebook Event - Occupy Toronto
• Toronto - Twitter - @OccupyToronto
• Ottawa - Website - OccupyOttawa.org
• Ottawa - Facebook Page - Occupy Ottawa
• Montreal - Website - OccupyMontreal.tk
• Montreal - Facebook Page - Occupy Montreal / Occupons Montréal
• Montreal - Facebook Event - Occupons Montréal - 15 octobre / Occupy Montreal - October 15th
• Montreal - Twitter - @OccupyMontreal
• Quebec - Facebook Page - Occupons Québec - Occupy Quebec
• Nova Scotia - Website - OccupyNS.org
• Nova Scotia - Facebook Page - Occupy Nova Scotia
• Nova Scotia - Twitter - @OccupyNS
• New Brunswick - Facebook Page - Occupy New Brunswick
• New Brunswick - Twitter @OccupyNB

Selected Articles | Blogs | Statements | Categories

• November 2011
• Article - Occupy Wall Street's anarchist roots, David Graeber, Al Jazeera
• Article - The shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy, Naomi Wolf, The Guardian
• Article - Occupy moves us from terrorism era to income-inequality era, L. McQuaig, Toronto Star
• Article/videos - OWS and the importance of creative protest, Allison Kilkenney, The Nation
• Article/videos - A tale of two videos, Joe Wiener, The Nation
• Speech - We are all occupiers: People the world over salute Ocuppy movement for standing up to injustice and fighting for equality at the heart of empire, Arundhati Roy, The Guardian
• Post - Nov. 17: Historic day of action for the 99% (32,000 rally), OccupyWallSt.org
• Article - The villain Occupy Wall St. has been waiting for, Robert Scheer, TruthDig
• Article - This is what revolution looks like, Chris Hedges, TruthDig
• Open letter - You can't evict an idea whose time has come, Derrick O'Keefe, Rabble.ca
• Article - 10 ways the Occupy movement has changed things, Truthout, YES! Magazine
• Article - The 1% are the best destroyers of wealth ever, George Monbiot, The Guardian
• October 2011
• Article - Where are the women at Occupy Wall Street? Sarah Seltzer, The Nation
• Article - Occupy Earth: Nature is part of the 99%, too, Chip Ward, Common Dreams
• Article - Is this what democracy looks like? Stephen James Kerr, X-Ray Magazine
• Post - Occupy Oakland: Too big to fail, too big to jail, V. Jones, J. Imani, Huffington Post
• Article - 50 global firms control wealth, researchers find, Vanessa Lu, Toronto Star
• Article - 147 'super-entities' run the world, A. Coghlan, D. Mackenzie, New Scientist
• Article - The shocking, graphic data that motivates the Occupy movement, L. Leopold, Alternet
• Article - What can the Occupy movement teach the left? Murray Dobin, Rabble.ca
• Facts - 13 staggering facts about the global super rich, Julie Zeveloff, Business Insider
• Article - From jail, Tim DeChristopher on the Occupy movement, Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone
• Post - Demands lessen the movement, issues strengthen it, Ben Tripp, Smirking Chimp
• Article/pics - Everything media has told you about OWS is wrong, Keith Boykin, HP
• Article - Dig in and don't let yourselves be defined, Douglas Haddow, The Guardian
• Article - Why the food movement should Occupy Wall St., Siena Chrisman, Grist
• Article - A movement too big to fail, Chris Hedges, Truthout.org
• Article - Rediscovering civil disobedience, George Goehl, The Nation
• Article - Occupy protesters camp out in Canadian cities, CBC
• Photos - Occupy movement goes global - In pictures, The Guardian
• List - 10 ways to support the Occupy movement, Sarah van Gelder, YES Magazine!
• Letter - Letter to Occupy Together movement, Harsha Walia, Rabble.ca
• Speech - Bill McKibben at Occupy Wall Street, TarSandsAction.org
• Article - The inside story of Occupy Wall St., Sean Captain, FastCompany.com
• Article - Think Occupy Wall St. is a phase? You don't get it, Douglas Rushkoff
• Speech - Occupy Wall St: Most important thing in the world now, Naomi Klein, The Nation
• Post - Why I'm occupying Wall St. w the Green movement today, Brian Merchant, Treehugger
• Post - The police state and Occupy Wall Street, Marc Adler, TheBloodyCrossroads.com
• Article - Unions swell ranks of Occupy Wall Street protesters, Mitch Potter, Toronto Star
• Article - So real it hurts, Manissa McCleave Maharawal, LeftTurn.org
• Article - Can the #Occupy movement be a turning point? Doyle Canning, Yes Magazine
• Blog - DisOccupy.Wordpress.com - "...seeks to destabilize the rampant white supremecy and other systems of domination that have manifested themselves in the Occupy movement."
• September 2011
• Post - The best among us, Chris Hedges, Truthdig.com
• Article - Occupy Wall St. rediscovers the radical imagination, David Graeber, The Guardian
• Article - NYC Transit Union joins Occupy Wall Street, Matt Sledge, Huffington Post
• Statement - Noam Chomsky on the Wall Street protests, Naom chomsky, DangerousMinds.net
• Videos - Occupy Wall Street is 'where the hope of America lies', Chris Hedges, RawStory.com
• Article - Anti-Wall St. protests take off thanks to a Cdn idea, Rod Mickleburgh, Globe and Mail
• ecoSanity - Category: Chris Hedges
• ecoSanity - Chris Hedges: Death of the Liberal class and our destruction of the natural world
• ecoSanity - Category: People's Assemblies