What's next? Occupiers ponder the future
Tuesday, November 29 is deadline day for Occupy Charlottesville, but at noon– just six hours before protesters must decide whether to stay in Lee Park in violation of an expired permit or to move to...
View ArticleNot welcome: As Lee Park empties, UVA shoos Occupiers
Members of Occupy Charlottesville planning to move their tents to George Rogers Park on the Corner won't find a welcome wagon waiting, according to a warning issued by UVA brass, and those who choose...
View ArticleThe last campfire
The final campfire at the Occupy Charlottesville encampment at Lee Park provides a warm focal point as Charlottesville police stand ready to make sure campers move on with the exodus forced by the...
View ArticleVery Veronica: Unclothed Occupy protester explains why
The woman whose nude protest and arrest sparked questions in the final moments of the Occupy Charlottesville encampment says she's a little surprised by the attention but definitely not regretful....
View ArticleLast stand: The Charlottesville Occupier who died
She didn't come to Lee Park to protest. She was just looking for a safe place to sleep.Now, friends and family are mourning the death of Linda Doig, a former international fashion model who once worked...
View ArticleEssayist misunderstood Occupy and its fingers
I don’t mind criticism of the Occupy movement except when it is based on misrepresentations of the sort in the essay ["Great people? Steve Jobs, the Occupy movement, and us"] on the last page of the...
View ArticleBroken beauty: The lofty life and tragic death of Linda Doig
"She had further to fall than I did," says the wiry, bearded man, gesturing to his companion on a beat-up sofa. Next to him sits a tall but weathered blond who nods in agreement and asks the man to...
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Indoctrination? You decide what happened at Woodbrook
It started with a blog entry at BigGovernment.com, and now such esteemed journalistic sources as the U.K.'s Daily Mail, the Daily Progress, and the Schilling Show Blog have explored the question of...
View ArticleRich and powerful: Why won't they save themselves?
I spent a recent week at Occupy Miami and Occupy Fort Lauderdale. One question came up several times: What if the system responds– or pretends to respond– to our demands? What if the political class...
View ArticleFlowering and fescuing in Lee
Spring has brought forth the annual flowering of this weeping tree in downtown's Lee Park, which also recently received a coating of grass seed, straw, and water– an effort to re-cover the patches of...
View ArticleThe one-percenter
Based on this story, "Lifejacket-clad demonstrators deliver message to Hurt"
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