Zach D. Roberts

Missing the Library… #OWS

zdroberts — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:35:30 +0000

Occupy Wall St Sept 27, 2011, originally uploaded by zroberts.

“Food Stamp President” – BS all around

zdroberts — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:06:39 +0000

“food stamp president” – It’s bullshit expression that is also racially coded – But trying to use the numbers that Sharpton is using on his show “PoliticsNation” – 14.7 million (Bush 8 years) to 14.2 Million (Obama 4 years) to prove that Obama hasn’t had more Food stamp recipients is also bullshit.

Though – it’s not completely Obama’s fault that over the same 8 years he’ll have likely double the number that Bush had – under Bush’s years the formula changed and took effect for the most part under Obama’s first years…

SOPA explained.

zdroberts — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:57:22 +0000

This will stay here for a while.

zdroberts — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:33:17 +0000

#D17 Protest and My Arrest

zdroberts — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:26:36 +0000

#D17 Protest and My Arrest, a set on Flickr.

My #OWS Arrest at #D17

zdroberts — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:59:52 +0000

For SuicideGirls.com and TheMudflats.net

My wrist hurts.

Photo by CS Muncy

Really more that it possibly should. This is not good. I’m a writer, a photographer, I like to shake people’s hands. I need my wrist functioning.

And I’m not even arrested yet.

It’s 12 o’ clock and there’s maybe 100 people here…and that’s including the press. #D17 is not looking to be all it was cracked up to be, like an ‘N Sync reunion when Justin doesn’t show up. (It was intended to be a celebration of the 3 month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement and its encampment at Zuccotti Park, and was supposed to be marked by a reoccupation in New York at the nearby Duarte Square, a vacant plot of land owned by Trinity Wall Street, a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of NYC.)

It’s freezing, well, maybe not that bad, but I’m underdressed for the occasion, wearing a light jacket and no gloves or a hat. An hour and a half into standing around at Duarte Park in Lower Manhattan – I thought I’d be running after occupiers and dodging kettling nets.

Read the rest here.

In the Paddy Wagon heading to Central Booking

zdroberts — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:33:53 +0000

Should note, this is not my video.

In the Holding Cell at One Police Plaza

zdroberts — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 08:40:20 +0000

My Work in a New book by Alternet: The 99%

zdroberts — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:06:23 +0000

The 99%: How the Occupy Wall Street Movement Is Changing America
by Don Hazen, Tara Lohan, Lynn Parramore

Click here to buy it now

Provocative, fresh, and profound, The 99%: How the Occupy Wall Street Movement Is Changing America reveals how in a tiny park, a bold idea broke through to broad public consciousness: that regular people can take on the entire economic and political system.

Journalists, eyewitnesses, artists, teachers, union leaders, rappers, progressive icons and ordinary citizens follow the spark of hope as it leaps from city to city, state to state, and across the ocean, igniting a new conversation about our society and the future. They share the sights, the sounds, and the solidarity of the early days, and take you on the drama-charged journey from the concrete of lower Manhattan to the mass marches and the police violence that swept across the globe.

Experts delve into the root causes and long-term trends that have driven the movement, from economic inequality to the corrupt influence of money in politics.

Created in less than a month by the editorial team at AlterNet, featuring dozens of participants, experts, and the inspirational every day people who have made OWS a success, The 99% is the first comprehensive look at the incredible phenomenon that has made the hope of a better life possible for millions.

EDITORS: Don Hazen, Tara Lohan, Lynn Parramore

CO-EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS: Joshua Holland, Tana Ganeva, Sarah Jaffe, Lynn Parramore, Sarah Seltzer, Adele M. Stan, Kristen Gwynne, Lauren Kelley, Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Rania Khalek, Nick Turse.

CONTRIBUTORS ALSO INCLUDE: Eve Ensler, Arun Gupta, Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman, Roberto Lovato, Rose Ann DeMoro, Nelini Stamp, Tom Engelhardt, Eliot Spitzer, Robert Johnson, Thomas Ferguson, Nomi Prins, Robert Greenwald, Leo Gerard, Yves Smith, Charles Eisenstein, James K. Galbraith, Pam Martens, Les Leopold, Immortal Technique, Manissa McCleave Maharawal, Melanie Butler, Yotam Marom, J.A. Myerson, Anna Lekas Miller, David Graeber, Richard Kim, Tamara Draut, Alex Pareene, Andrew Leonard, Stephen Lerner, Lisa Kaas Boyle, Jennifer Sacks, Mikki Brunner, Barbara Schneider Reilly, Christina Gonzalez, Derrick Crowe and more.

#OWS This is SO not over!

zdroberts — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:45:57 +0000