By Bill Shein October 6, 2016 Way back in March, 2006, I wrote a newspaper column commenting on the turnover in storefronts in downtown Great Barrington. As old, longtime stores closed up, many of the new ones, I wrote, could…
Category: Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Christmas
Mickey Friedman December 25, 2011 As 2011 comes to a close, it’s fair to say Occupy has occupied the land. Far from the opening and closing bells of Wall Street, and its powerful bull, here in the southern Berkshires, Occupy…
Hasta Luego, Pablo – Occupy Everywhere
By Mickey Friedman December 12, 2011 I’ve been very sad lately, having lost another dear friend to cancer, Dr. Paul Epstein, Pablo to me, Rufus to his family. Paul was one of the world’s leading experts on the ever-increasing effects…
Re-Invent America; Re-Imagine the World
Mickey Friedman December 2, 2011 (This column, without illustrations, appeared in the Berkshire Record on Thursday, December 1, 2011. This morning my very conservative friend Anthony told me I should start packing. This time I went too far; I’d probably…
Some More Moments Of Occupy
Mickey Friedman November 22, 2011 Remember the mythic and mystical friendly neighborhood policeman. He is alive and well in the form of Retired Police Captain Ray Lewis of the Philadelphia Police Department. Captain Lewis was recently arrested as part of…
UC Davis & Some Teachable Moments
Mickey Friedman November 21, 2011 It’s been quite awhile since I dwelled in academia. So I’m out of practice. No longer speak the language. Maybe you do. Maybe you know what Chancellor Katehi is saying. Maybe it’s the wax in…
The Power of Silence – Occupy UC Davis
By Mickey Friedman November 20, 2011 Red Crow’s Bill Shein has written and spoken often of the power of nonviolent protest. The students at University of California, Davis have offered a new and inspirational example. Take a moment to review…
Who are the 99% and what’s bothering them?
The mainstream media in the United States keeps asking about the 99% – and about the Occupy Movement – wondering who they are and what they want. Well thanks to the smart folks across the water at the UK Guardian…
A Million Faces
By Mickey Friedman November 7, 2011 This Sunday morning, after an hour of serious shoveling, I was able to get my car to Fuel for my Sunday latte. My deepest sympathies to our Great Barrington pear trees which fell overnight,…
Sen. Downing’s ‘Tips Bill’ & Fundraising Raise Questions
By Bill Shein October 31, 2011 There’s at least one thread that runs through the many-flavored Occupy Wall Street protests: Big money from a narrow economic elite, flowing into and around our political system, has distorted participatory democracy to create…
Bill Shein & Occupy Berkshires
Bill Shein, Red Crow writer, reporter, racounteur and small-scale duck farmer, hits the airwaves to explain to WGBY’s Carrie Saldo what Occupy Berkshires is all about: Occupy Movement comes to Western Massachusetts from WGBY on Vimeo.
Occupy Wall Street! All Day! All Week!
By Matthew Vernon Whalan October 11, 2011 Zuccotti Park smells like B.O. and fresh bagels and the drum circle in the middle launches up into the city and ricochets off of the surrounding buildings. And they sing and they chant,…