OWS really is disaster relief...
Nov. 4th, 2012 08:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
psybelleMeant to put this up yesterday, but lost it in the shuffle...
http://jacobinmag.com/2012/11/power-to-the-people/
And there's a slew of other articles this morning about how #Occupy folks have assessed needs, gathered and transported goods, and are set up and providing services and relief while Red Cross is still figuring out where to go.
This is a perfect illustration of "distributed versus top-down" from Saitta's talk...
http://jacobinmag.com/2012/11/power-to-the-people/
And there's a slew of other articles this morning about how #Occupy folks have assessed needs, gathered and transported goods, and are set up and providing services and relief while Red Cross is still figuring out where to go.
This is a perfect illustration of "distributed versus top-down" from Saitta's talk...