Why We Occupy

Index

0–9

1%
members of
in the park
power of
See also the rich
11-11-11
2012 phenomenon
23 Wall Street
401(k)
4G
60 Wall Street
9/11
aftermath
anniversary
first responders
99%

A

ABC No Rio
activism
community
flipping to
global
personal
working in
activists
hard-core
long-time
acupuncture
Adam
Adbusters
advertising
Afghanistan
Soviet war in
Africa
ageism
agents provocateurs
AIDS
Alaskans
Alcoholics Anonymous
alcoholism
Align
Allah
Allen Ginsberg Society
Amazon Kindle
America (Latin)
America (United States)
corporate
culture of
democracy in
see under democracy
diversity in
greatness of
homelessness in
see under homelessness
life in
religion in
see under religion
Small-Town
traveling around
See also United States
American Civil Liberties Union
Americans
African
Native
See also United States citizens
American University
America’s Most Wanted
Amish (people)
Amish Market
Amram, David
Anabaptists
anarchism
mean-o-
nice-o-
anarchists
anarchy of production
Andrew
Ann
anti-Semitism
Apple
Arctic
Argentina
Ari
Aristotle
Arkansas
arrests
See under police
Arts & Culture
Austin
Australians

B

bailouts
Balance
bankers
Bank of America
bankruptcy
banks
actions against
power of
time
See also names of individual banks
Bank Transfer Day
Batman
Beats
Bell, Thomas
Ben
Berg, Gertrude
Bergtraum, Murry
Berkeley
see under California
Berkeley Tree-Sit
BerkShares
Betsy
Bible
bicycling
Big Oil
Bike Kitchen
Billings, Lucy
biodiesel
Blackberry
blocking
Bloomberg, Michael
Bologna, Anthony
Boston
see under Massachusetts
Bourgeois, Jean-Louis
Brazil
Britain
see United Kingdom
Brookfield Office Properties
Brooklyn
see under New York
Brown University
Buddha
Buffett, Jimmy
Buffett, Warren
Bullard, Arthur
Burger King
Bush, George H. W.
Bush, George W.
Bush v. Gore

C

Caldicott, Helen
California
Berkeley
Lompoc
Los Angeles
Oakland
Oscar Grant Plaza
San Francisco
Santa Clarita
Southern
University of
  •  
Berkeley
Call-A-Head
Calvin
Cam
Canada
crime bill
Edmonton
Nova Scotia
Toronto
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Canadians
capitalism
ideal
unfettered
Carter, Jimmy
Catherine
Catholic Workers
Catholicism
caucuses
Celia
Charlie
Charlotte’s Place
Chicago
see under Illinois
children
see under family
Children of Men
Chile
China
Chinese (language)
Chomsky, Noam
Chris
Christ, Jesus
Christianity
Christians
Christine
Christmas
Christopher
churches
See also names of individual churches
C.I.A.
cigarettes
see under smoking
Citi Field
Citigroup
civil rights movement
Claire
class
middle
under-
working
Clementine
Climate Change Caravan
Clinton, Bill
Clinton, Hillary
Coetzee, J. M.
Colin
college
community
dropping out of
gear
graduates
O.W.S. vs.
paying for
, see also debt: student loan
students
See also names of individual institutions
Colorado
Denver
Columbia University
Comfort
  •  
accommodations
autonomy of
see under working groups
donating to
origins of
patronizing
services
working group
working in
CommonTerry
see Terry
communism
community
building
collapse of
college
see under college
gardens
guidelines
intentional
of occupiers
values
Community Relations
Community Watch
doing
companies
see corporations
Company
compassion
vs. greed
vs. judgment
vs. neurosis
composting
computers
access to
and connectivity
laptop
charging
theft of
See also under donations
Con Ed
Congress
see under United States
Connecticut
consensus
model
reaching
conservatives
conspiracy theory
convergent spaces
convicts
Copernicus, Nicolaus
cops
see police officers
Copwatch
corporations
culture of
and the environment
power of
working for
See also names of individual corporations
crime
against humanity
in New York
see under New York
theft
violent
war
Crossroads School
Crowley, Joseph
Cynthia

D

Daily News
Dalachinsky, Steve
Dan
Daniel
Daryl
Das Racist
De-Escalation
demands
see under Occupy movement
de-arrests
death penalty
debt
carbon
credit card
student loan
democracy
in America
direct
in the park
Democratic Party
see under United States
diabetes
diarrhea
Direct Action
accommodations
training
working in
See also names of individual actions
Divine Intervention
doctors
in Medical
prison
dogs
Dominicans
Dominican Republic
Domino’s Pizza
donations
books
cigarettes
clothing
computers
food
furnishings
money
space
supplies
taking
Wi-Fi
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Dow Chemical
drugs
abuse of
addiction to
dealers of
painkillers
prescription
recreational use of
See also marijuana
drums
playing
see also Pulse
dumpster diving
DuPont

E

Earth
Earth Summit
eBay
economics
books about
economy, the
stimulating
Education and Empowerment
Egypt
eighties, the
Empathy
employment
see working
England
see United Kingdom
English (people)
environment, the
Environmental Solidarity
environmentalism
environmentalists
Eric
Esso
see ExxonMobil
European Union
Evan
Event of the Day
ExxonMobil

F

Facebook
Facilitation
training
working group
working in
See also under General Assembly; meetings
facilitators
family
children
needy
of occupiers
estrangement from
exes
grandchildren
grandparents
having a
nuclear
parents
fathers
mothers
of occupiers
See also Parents for Occupy Wall Street
providing for
siblings
brothers
sisters
spouses
  •  
husbands
wives
tragedy
visiting
fascism
FealGood Foundation
Finance
fire hazard
see safety: fire
First Aid
see Medical
F.I.T.
Florida
Foley Square
see under New York
Food Not Bombs
food stamps
founding fathers
Fox News
Foxworthy, Jeff
fracking
see hydrofracking
France
Fraunces, Samuel
Free Store
Fukushima

G

Gandhi, Mohandas
García Lorca, Federico
Garth
General Assembly
  •  
attending
facilitating
and Finance
length of
minutes
participating in
process
size of
spread of
Web site
See also under Spokes Council
generators
bicycle
See also biodiesel
genetically modified organisms
George
George Mason University
German (language)
gift economy
Gino’s Hamburgers
Ginsberg, Allen
Giuliani, Rudolph
global warming
goals
see under Occupy movement
God
go-go dancing
Goldman Sachs
Goodwill Industries
Google
Grace Church
Graeber, David
grandparents
see under family
Grateful Dead
Great Depression
Greece
greed
corporate
Guatemala
Gypsy

H

Haiti
Halloween
hand warmers
Hanford Site
Harlem
see under New York
health
  •  
alternative
care
cultural
inspectors
mental
physical
risks
Hedges, Chris
Heems
see Suri, Himanshu
hepatitis
high school
see under school
Hinduism
hippies
hipsters
history
American
making
personal
of Zen
see Zen Buddhism
hitchhiking
Hitler, Adolf
homeless, the
  •  
feeding
housing
treating
See also Picture the Homeless
homelessness
in America
in New York
in the park
voluntary
homeless shelters
Hopi
Houston, Whitney
Huna
Hurricane Irene
Hussein, Saddam
Hyde, Louis
hydrofracking
hypothermia

I

Ian
Idaho
Illinois
Chicago
Imago Dei
India
Info
accommodations
working in
Información en Español
, see also Occupy Wall Street en Español
Inner Hands
inreach
insurance
health
International Grassroot Media
Internet
access
culture
Iraq
Ireland
Irish (people)
Iron Maiden
Islam
I.W.W.

J

Jackson, Jesse
Jacquel
jail
getting out of
going to
sending people to
support
time
James
Jedi
Jefferson, Thomas
Jensen, Derrick
JerrySpringer
JerseyShore
Jewish (people)
jobs
see working
Joe
Joey
John
Johns Hopkins University
Jonathan
Jordan
Josh I
Josh II
Joshua
journalists
see reporters
JPMorgan Chase
Judaism
Judson Memorial Church
Juniata College
junkies
see drugs: addiction to

K

Kaczynski, Ted
Kansas
Wichita
Kayo Dot
Kennedy, John F.
Kent
Kerouac, Jack
kettling
Keystone Pipeline System
Keystone X.L. Pipeline Protest
Kindle
see Amazon Kindle
King
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
kitchen, the
see People’s Kitchen
Klein, Naomi
Kmart
kōans
see Zen Buddhism
kontrgerilla
Kyle

L

labor
corruption
and O.W.S.
union members
unions
, see also names of individual unions
Labor Day
Lakota Sioux
Landon
laptops
see under computers
Las Vegas
Latin America
see America (Latin)
laundry
Laura I
Laura II
lawyers
leaders
movement
national
world
leftists
Lennon, John
LETS
liberals
libertarians
Liberty Plaza
eviction
occupying
rules
librarians
library, the
see People’s Library
literature
LiveStream
living wage campaigns
Lizzy
lobbyists
Local 6, H.E.R.E.I.U.
London, Jack
Loren
Los Angeles
see under California
Luis

M

Maine
Man, the
Manhattan
see under New York
Maria I
Maria II
Marie
marijuana
Marina and the Diamonds
Marsha
Marx, Karl
Marxism
Massachusetts
  •  
Boston
Lowell
Matt
Max
May 1968 protest
May Day
McDonald’s
Meade, Robin
Media
accommodations
working group
working in
media
access to
attention
blackouts
blitzes
control
corporate
coverage
mainstream
news
,
see also newspapers; reporters
social
mediation
training
See also Nonviolent Communication
Medical
accommodations
doctors in
see under doctors
origins of
services
supplies
working group
working in
See also nurses
medics
army
street
meetings
apos;
facilitating
working group
men
  •  
black
gay
white
Mennonites
mental health
see under health
message
see under Occupy movement
Methodist Church
MetroCard
Mexico
Gulf of
Michael
Michigan
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Mike
Milankovitch cycles
military-industrial complex
Missouri
M.I.T.
Mohammad
Monsanto
Montana
Morgan State University
MoveOn.org
Murdoch, Rupert
Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers
Muslims
Muzzio, Douglas A.

N

NASA
New Brunswick Environmental Network
New Jersey
Atlantic City
Jersey City
New Mexico
newspapers
,
see also names of individual papers
New Year’s Eve
New York (city)
and 9/11
Bed-Stuy
Broadway
Bronx
Brooklyn
actions in
residents
staying in
Brooklyn Bridge
, see also police arrests
coming to
crime in
culture of
ecology
Education, Department of
Fire Department
Foley Square
Fulton Street
future of
Greenwich Village
Harlem
living in
Long Island
Madison Square Park
Manhattan
Lower
occupying
real estate
residents
visiting
mayor
, see also Bloomberg, Michael;
Giuliani, Rudolph
M.T.A.
natives
Park Slope
Pine Street
Police Department
ploys
public schools
Queens
Rector Street
residents
Rikers Island
size of
Staten Island
subway
bomb threats
occupying
riding
Times Square
Tombs
Tribeca
Union Square
visiting
Washington Square Park
West Side
World Trade Center
New York (state)
Albany
Beacon
Hyde Park
New York One (NY1)
New York Post
New York Stock Exchange
Nicaragua
nice-ism
Nite
Nicole
Nintendo
No Fare for the Unemployed
Nonviolent Communication
working group
working in
North Face
N.P.R.
nuclear energy
See also Fukushima
nurses
C.C.U.
registered
visiting
N.Y.U.

O

Oakland
see under California
Oakland Solidarity March
Obama, Barack
Oberlin College
OccuPie
Occupiers
Occupy Boston
Occupy Chicago
Occupy D.C.
Occupy Journal Square
Occupy movement
demands
lack of
question
goals
unclear
unifying
message
national
solutions
spread of
Occupy Oakland
Occupy Portland
Occupy Runway
Occupy San Francisco
Occupy the Boardroom
Occupy the D.O.E. Board Meeting
Occupy Together
Occupy Toronto Market Exchange
Occupy Vancouver
Occupy Wall Street en Español
, see also Información en Español
Occupy Wichita
Occupy Wisconsin
Ohio
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Olsen, Scott
one percent
see 1%
Oregon
  •  
Portland
O’Reilly, Bill
Organization
organizers
see leaders: movement
Orwell, George
Oscar Grant Plaza
see under California
osteomyelitis
Outreach
working in
outreach
doing
See also inreach

P

painkillers
see under drugs
Palestine
pallets
parasitical element
getting rid of
strike against
parents
see under family
Parents For Occupy Wall Street
Parkinson’s disease
Parks, Rosa
passive house
Patriot Tours
Paul
Paul I
Paul II
Paulie
Pennsylvania
Allentown
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Shanksville
pensions
see under retirement
People of Color Caucus
People’s Kitchen
  •  
accommodations
defending
finances
origins of
patronizing
schedule
services
sleeping in
sustainability of
working group
working in
People’s Library
  •  
accommodations
autonomy of
see under working groups
collections
origins of
patronizing
sleeping in
working in
People’s Mic
People’s Soapbox
pepper spray
incident
Peru
Peter
Phil
Philadelphia
see under Pennsylvania
Phillips, Utah
philosophy
Pho
photographers
Picasso, Pablo
Picture the Homeless
Pittsburgh
see under Pennsylvania
pizza
, see also names of individual pizzerias
Plumbers Local Union No. 1
poetry
Chinese
magnetic
Poetry Anthology
Poetry Assembly
Poland
police
arrests
brutality
harassment
officers
presence
raids
See also New York Police Department
policing
political correctness
political science
see under science
politicians
corrupt
politics
books about
and money
national
park
working in
Poole, Ernest
poor, the
vs. the rich
porta-potties
Possibility Alliance
post-traumatic stress disorder
pot
see marijuana
press
see media attention; newspapers
Press Relations
Priscilla
prison
see jail
prison-industrial complex
progressive stack
propane
Protest Chaplains
Providence
public relations
Pulse

Q

Qaeda, Al
Quakers
Queens College
Queering O.W.S.

R

Radiohead
Rafael
Rainbow Gatherings
Randy
Razor
Reagan, Ronald
Recai
recycling
Red
reddit.com
regulation
R.E.I.
religion
in America
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
reporters
Republican Party
see under United States
restaurants
retirement
coming out of
pensions
savings
See also 401(k)
Revolution, the
Revolutionary War
rich, the
free range
vs. the poor
Rich, Adrienne
rights
  •  
constitutional
human
legal
property
workers’
See also civil rights movement
Rikers Island
see under New York
RISD
Robert
Rockefeller Laws
Rolling Stone
Roma
Roosevelt, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Rory
Rosetta Stone
Rosh Hashanah
Russell
Russia
Russians
Rutgers University Press

S

safe spaces
safety
  •  
fire
industrial
in numbers
park
public
of women
see under women
work
Saint Paul’s Chapel
Salvation Army
San Francisco
see under California
Sandinistas
Sanitation
working group
working in
sarcoidosis
Saudi Arabia
Scales
school
elementary
Friends
graduate
high
medical
middle
open source
public
teachers
work
See also college
science
  •  
editing
library
neuro-
political
Sean
Sebastian
Security
working group
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
Shakespeare, William
Shale Gas Outrage
Shen
Shipping, Inventory and Storage
Shon
Siegel, Norman
signs
anti-fracking
library
making
name
picket
traffic
Simmons, Russell
Sinclair, Upton
sixties, the
sleeping
arrangements
at home
in hotels
metaphorically
outside
in the park
,
see also under names of individual working groups
securely
in shifts
in tents
sleeping bags
from Comfort
layering
manufacture of
rows of
wet
Slow Money
smart phones
Smith, John
Smithsonian Institution
smoking
, see also marijuana
social justice
social media
see under media
Social Security
socialists
sociology
solutions
see under Occupy movement
Someone Knows My Name
Sophocles
soup kitchens
Soviet war in Afghanistan
see under Afghanistan
Spain
Spanish (people)
Spectra Energy
Spokes Council
vs. General Assembly
history of
See also under working groups
Stacy
Starbucks
Stefan
Steinbeck, John
Stephen
Steve’s Pizza
Stop Stop-and-Frisk
Structure
Student Labor Action Coalition
student loans
see under debt
Stuyvesant High School
Styrofoam
see Dow Chemical
substance abuse
see drugs
subway
see under New York
summer
Suri, Himanshu
Sustainability
accommodations
working in
Sweden
system, the
changing

T

Taibbi, Matt
Taiwan
Tamber
Taoists
tar sands
tarps
clothing
cover
shelter
See also under tents
Tasch, Woody
taxes
cigarette
corporate
gas
teachers
see under school
teach-ins
tear gas
television
appearances
coverage
sets
shows
stations
watching
tents
cleaning
coordinating
and crowding
good
living in
one-person
putting up
restrictions on
taking down
vs. tarps
See also sleeping in tents
Terry
Texas
Austin
San Antonio
Thanksgiving
Thatcher, Margaret
Think Tank
Thoreau, Henry David
Tiananmen Square
Tibet
Times Square
see under New York
Time’s Up!
Titanic
tobacco
see smoking
Tobocman, Seth
Tolstoy, Leo
Torah
Town Planning
Training
transgender people
Transition Towns
Transport Workers Union of America
tree name
trees
trench foot
Trinity Church
Trinity Real Estate
Tropicana Casino
Trumbo, Dalton
Tuesday’s Children
Tunisia
Tupperware
Turkey

U

Udall, Mo
U.F.C.W.
U.F.T.
unemployment
benefits
finding work
high
layoffs
See also welfare
Union Square
see under New York
Union Theological Seminary
unions
see under labor
United Fruit Company
United Kingdom
National Art Library
United States
Army
citizens
Congress
Declaration of Independence
Defense, Department of
Democratic Party
EastCoast
Electoral College
F.D.A.
federal agents
Federal Government
power of
secrecy in
See also Washington
Federal Reserve
FERC
Green Party
I.R.S.
Marine Corps
president
Republican Party
Socialist Labor Party
U.S.A. 2.0

V

Vagina Monologues, The
Vedas
Vermont
Vietnam
Virginia
voting

W

Walcott, Dennis
Waldman, Anne
Wall Street
financiers
occupying
working on
Walmart
Walt Disney World
Walter I
Walter II
Warren
Warren Buffett’s Secretary
War Resisters League
Washington (District of Columbia)
actions in
corruption in
National Mall
visiting
Washington (state)
Kent
Richland
Seattle
weather
bad
cold
nice
rainy
stormy
wet
weed
see marijuana
Welcome
welfare
Wellness
Wells Fargo
West, Cornel
Whirlpool Corporation
Whitman, Christine
Whitman, Walt
Whole Foods
Wicked
Wi-Fi
WikiLeaks
Wikipedia
William
William Howard Taft High School
winter
accommodations
gear
plans
preparations
Wisconsin
Wizard of Oz, The
Wolf, Naomi
women
lesbian
and safety
white
Women Occupying Wall Street
Women-Only Tent
Woodstock
working
in activism
see under activism
class
see under class
for corporations
see under corporations
freelance
full-time
hard
and occupying
at O.W.S.
, see also under names of individual working groups
part-time
time off from
two jobs
on Wall Street
see under Wall Street
See also retirement; unemployment
working groups
autonomy of
coordinating
joining
of one
and Spokes Council
and sustainability
troubleshooting
See also under meetings
World Trade Center
see under New York
World Trade Center Rash
writers

X

Xbox
Xìnbù [信步]

Y

Yippie Café
yoga
YouTube
yuppies
Yvette

Z

Zach
Zadroga Bill
Zeitgeist
Zen Buddhism
Zinn, Howard
Žižek, Slavoj
Zola, Émile
Zuccotti Park
see Liberty Plaza