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chita_iEach night at Liberty Plaza since the occupation began, a few hundred people have clustered in loose, semicircular rows to attend the GA. The meetings always begin with a primer — amplified, like every other public pronouncement at the plaza, through the “people’s mic,” in which those who are nearby echo the speaker’s short phrases so those further away can hear. (The police officers who perpetually surround the plaza have arrested occupiers for using megaphones.) One of the facilitators explains the hand signals: flutter your fingers upward for applause, and downward for discontent; touch your index fingers and thumbs in a diamond for a point-of-order; hold up an index finger for a point-of-information. New signals can be added or old ones changed, as needed.
The meetings proceed with oral reports from the occupation’s various committees (Food, Direct Action, Sanitation, Arts & Culture, and more, with new ones invented daily), then general announcements of a minute or two each, then agenda items and proposals, which cover topics from schedule changes to public declarations. Throughout, someone takes “stack” — a list of those who wish to speak — and adjusts its order if necessary, to favor those representing traditionally marginalized races, genders, and ages, as well as those who haven’t spoken yet. When someone makes a proposal, others can counter with questions, amendments, concerns, and, finally and most seriously, “blocks” — vetoes, essentially. In the absence of a serious concern or a block, the assembly reaches consensus (or close to it, if necessary), and the proposal passes. Then the human amphitheater typically bursts into applause and perhaps a chant, effervescent that hundreds of people have just reached agreement. The GA usually lasts a couple of hours, but it could as easily go on all night.
While the occupiers take their time, the outside world keeps wondering why the “one demand” Adbusters called for hasn’t materialized yet, and whether it ever will. “This is not about the demands,” said facilitator Amin Husain at a recent Liberty Plaza GA. “The demands will come. It’s about the beautiful thing we’re doing here.” The demand, for now, is in process, and the process isn’t easy. It takes practice to work well, not to mention time, which is why duration is a crucial feature of the occupation: it’s not only a sign of commitment, but a practical necessity.
(c) Harper's magazine
The meetings proceed with oral reports from the occupation’s various committees (Food, Direct Action, Sanitation, Arts & Culture, and more, with new ones invented daily), then general announcements of a minute or two each, then agenda items and proposals, which cover topics from schedule changes to public declarations. Throughout, someone takes “stack” — a list of those who wish to speak — and adjusts its order if necessary, to favor those representing traditionally marginalized races, genders, and ages, as well as those who haven’t spoken yet. When someone makes a proposal, others can counter with questions, amendments, concerns, and, finally and most seriously, “blocks” — vetoes, essentially. In the absence of a serious concern or a block, the assembly reaches consensus (or close to it, if necessary), and the proposal passes. Then the human amphitheater typically bursts into applause and perhaps a chant, effervescent that hundreds of people have just reached agreement. The GA usually lasts a couple of hours, but it could as easily go on all night.
Взято звідси: http://www.harpers.org/archive/2011/10/hbc-90008270
І таке вже там коїться десь з місяць. Вони надихнулися у "маршу обурених" з Іспанії.
The meetings proceed with oral reports from the occupation’s various committees (Food, Direct Action, Sanitation, Arts & Culture, and more, with new ones invented daily), then general announcements of a minute or two each, then agenda items and proposals, which cover topics from schedule changes to public declarations. Throughout, someone takes “stack” — a list of those who wish to speak — and adjusts its order if necessary, to favor those representing traditionally marginalized races, genders, and ages, as well as those who haven’t spoken yet. When someone makes a proposal, others can counter with questions, amendments, concerns, and, finally and most seriously, “blocks” — vetoes, essentially. In the absence of a serious concern or a block, the assembly reaches consensus (or close to it, if necessary), and the proposal passes. Then the human amphitheater typically bursts into applause and perhaps a chant, effervescent that hundreds of people have just reached agreement. The GA usually lasts a couple of hours, but it could as easily go on all night.
While the occupiers take their time, the outside world keeps wondering why the “one demand” Adbusters called for hasn’t materialized yet, and whether it ever will. “This is not about the demands,” said facilitator Amin Husain at a recent Liberty Plaza GA. “The demands will come. It’s about the beautiful thing we’re doing here.” The demand, for now, is in process, and the process isn’t easy. It takes practice to work well, not to mention time, which is why duration is a crucial feature of the occupation: it’s not only a sign of commitment, but a practical necessity.
(c) Harper's magazineThe meetings proceed with oral reports from the occupation’s various committees (Food, Direct Action, Sanitation, Arts & Culture, and more, with new ones invented daily), then general announcements of a minute or two each, then agenda items and proposals, which cover topics from schedule changes to public declarations. Throughout, someone takes “stack” — a list of those who wish to speak — and adjusts its order if necessary, to favor those representing traditionally marginalized races, genders, and ages, as well as those who haven’t spoken yet. When someone makes a proposal, others can counter with questions, amendments, concerns, and, finally and most seriously, “blocks” — vetoes, essentially. In the absence of a serious concern or a block, the assembly reaches consensus (or close to it, if necessary), and the proposal passes. Then the human amphitheater typically bursts into applause and perhaps a chant, effervescent that hundreds of people have just reached agreement. The GA usually lasts a couple of hours, but it could as easily go on all night.
Взято звідси: http://www.harpers.org/archive/2011/10/hbc-90008270
І таке вже там коїться десь з місяць. Вони надихнулися у "маршу обурених" з Іспанії.
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Date: 2011-10-11 08:44 am (UTC)бгггггг! You said it! Але уважно дивіться карикатуру
Date: 2011-10-11 01:25 pm (UTC)Тепер люди трошки освіченіші (але не розумніші набагато), Месії, Лідера, генерала нема і не треба, маєтки та іншу інфраструктуру руйнувати не бажано, в мегафони репетувати забороняє влада (сказати б це гадам з центру Києва), кожний рве майку за своє. Виглядає кумедно, я теж про це вчора подумала, але цікаво. Щось новеньке під луною. Вам не здається?
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Date: 2011-10-11 01:34 pm (UTC)