This morning, public radio stations across the nation played a Marketplace piece about small businesses supporting the OWS family of protests.
And who did they feature in the story? Occupy Seattle and Big Mario’s New York Style Pizza:
Big Mario’s has made it cheap and easy to feed the protesters. As The Ave points out, even if you cannot join the crowds at Westlake Center or other occupied sites, you can still support the cause by sending food (or other essentials of life).
I could live the rest of my life on pizza alone, but that may not be true for all. The Ave article asks people to identify other places that support the protesters through discounts and deliver to Occupy Seattle. If you know of any, leave details in the comment thread, here or at The Ave.
Isn’t capitalism great! I love the irony of small business turning profits on this “protest”.
99% covers a wide swath doesn’t it?
“This morning, public radio stations across the nation played a Marketplace piece about small businesses supporting the OWS family of protests.”
And NPR fired a freelance producer of a non-politicial program called “World of Opera” for participating in OWS on her own time.
http://www.truth-out.org/npr-g.....1319118373
Roger Rabbit Commentary: If you’re wondering why they fired her, it’s almost certainly because NPR depends on corporate donations to support programs like “World of Opera,” so doesn’t want anyone associated with NPR programming doing anything in their private lives that might irritate a big corporate donor.
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Big Mario’s pizza is damned good!
Eating a Big Mario’s pie is a deed that is its own reward,
Give unto others what you would eat yourself.
I am what am.
This is a repost of a post on the UW AAUP listserv by Ed Clark, Prof. of Immunology
Although the AAUP has expressed support for the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement, unfortunately only a few of us have been able to show up at rallies behind the AAUP banner has been. Most of us are very busy, yet many faculty may be looking for ways to support the protest without having to spend a few hours in the rain or sleep overnight at Westlake.
Over at The-AVE.US, Steve Schwartz has posted a great suggestion. SEND FOOD. At least one pizza place is now delivering to Westlake and they will take orders over the phone. I suggest faculty either call their favorite pizza joint, or alternatively you can donate online at the Occupy Supply Fund site.
I recommend watching Chris Hedges make major points on CBS about the OWS movement.
I also recommend looking over the data the OWS movement is based on in case any of you think it is a diffuse movement
I hope it is okay for me to plug the OWS movement like this on this site. I am doing so since the AAUP have come out in support of OWS and because the OccupySeattle movement is reaching a critical stage.