Andrew Purcell
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Occupy, Everywhere and Nowhere
From the start, Occupy Wall Street was a coalition of causes, united around a memorable slogan – “We are the 99%” – and the conviction that an elite class of profiteers and politicians is enriching itself at the expense of everyone else. Freed from the burden of running a makeshift village and bringing all these disparate voices into one physical space, the movement has divided into cells, each offering its own flavour of social justice.
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On March 31, burdened with survivor’s guilt and unable to cope with his PTSD nightmares, Corporal Clay Hunt shot himself. According to official military statistics, he was not a casualty of war.
“I’m never gonna get to a point in my life where what it costs to shoot a movie is going to determine what it is,” says Ferrara. “The limits of my imagination is the only thing that’s gonna stop me.”
They gave out the flags at three o’clock, one for every person in the stadium. I told the woman thanks, but no thanks, I’m not American. “You are tonight,” she said.
“The idea is immortal, it is without class and it doesn’t care anything about wealth,” he says. ” I could get my horn and play for you, and believe me, I would play something.”
Kurt Vonnegut is dwelling on the apocalypse. For the third time over lunch America’s funniest and most pessimistic novelist is explaining why he will welcome the end of the world.
The phone rings. Would I mind if he takes it? His daughter in California is worried about forest fires. “Well how far away is the smoke? I’ll buy you another house if it burns down, honey, OK?”
Andrew Purcell
I’m a British freelance journalist based in New York. My principal clients are:
BBC World Service radio – Arts Correspondent – regular reports, live and packaged
The Sunday Herald – US Correspondent – weekly news and politics stories
The Guardian – regular contributor – writing primarily about music
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