What do you stand for?
The first feature-length documentary on the Occupy movement, American Autumn: an occudoc not only offers answers for those who continue to ask: "what does the occupy movement stand for? What are our demands?" — it offers a challenge and an invitation to engage with the movement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1LmBCg-FBI Episode Breakdown | Spoken word from Immortal Technique and Erica Violet Lee of Idle No More, plus: 3 interviews looking at the climate crisis from 3 angles: Medea Benjamin of Code Pink talks about the links between the peace movement and the climate justice movement – and how Code Pink started as an Environmental [...]
http://youtu.be/aBGBhH--gpY Get the full movie for FREE by emailing at AcronymTV@gmail.com with American Autumn in the subject line. ABOUT AMERICAN AUTUMN: an OCCUDOC A year after the birth of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City, writer, director and producer Dennis Trainor, Jr. made a full-length feature documentary capturing the fervor and passion that spread through [...]
Originally posted at PoprularResistance.org http://youtu.be/5UIA46ocklM Several activists who were early initiators behind the Occupy movement have formed a new political party, The After Party. Carl Gibson and Radio Raheem are among them and they join Dennis to discuss the launch and future plans. In the second half of the show, comedian Lee Camp, who performed at several [...]
Originally Posted at PopularResistance.org http://youtu.be/ssS1JupK_to Some of the founding members of the occupy movement are launching a new political party – THE AFTER Party. Carl Gibson is among them. He says, “What sets The After Party apart is that 365 days out of the year it is a humanitarian organization. The way we organize politically, what [...]
Originally posted at PopularResistance.org http://youtu.be/BKqbI9vB5O4 Carl Gibson, co-founder of U.S. Uncut, is joining with other Occupy Wall Street organizers to launch a new populist political party. While more details (including the name of the party and the identities of other key organizers) will be available when the group launches on March 20, the party will [...]