Media arrives at Occupy Seattle.
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Occupy Seattle - making signs.
There is a power that can be created out of pent-up indignation, courage, and the inspiration of a common cause, and that if enough people put their minds and bodies into that cause, they can win….
Note how often…we have been surprised. By the sudden emergence of a people’s movement, the sudden overthrow of a tyranny, the sudden coming to life of a flame we thought extinguished. We are surprised because we have not taken notice of the quiet simmerings of indignation, of the first faint sounds of protest, of the scattered signs of resistance that, in the midst of our despair, portend the excitement of change. The isolated acts begin to join, the individual thrusts blend into organized actions, and one day, often when the situation seems most hopeless, there bursts onto the scene a movement.
Note how often…we have been surprised. By the sudden emergence of a people’s movement, the sudden overthrow of a tyranny, the sudden coming to life of a flame we thought extinguished. We are surprised because we have not taken notice of the quiet simmerings of indignation, of the first faint sounds of protest, of the scattered signs of resistance that, in the midst of our despair, portend the excitement of change. The isolated acts begin to join, the individual thrusts blend into organized actions, and one day, often when the situation seems most hopeless, there bursts onto the scene a movement.
Live coverage of Occupy Wall Street by The Uptake.
(via Social Network Ad Revenues to Reach $10 Billion Worldwide in 2013 - eMarketer)
Beyond words beautiful.
My first video blog post: an exercise in helping organizations strike the balance between investing in building relationships and investing in putting those relationships to work.
10% of the people in Spain have watched this explanation of how their economy blew up.
