Discussion → Joshua Clover on the UC protests
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If you don't know the LA Review of Books, I think it has some of the best commentary not just on books but on current events. (All from the pov of the bookish.) The poet Joshua Clover (prof at UC Davis) gives the bigger context for the UC Occupy movement, showing its relationship to both past UC movements and also to other national and international Occupy movements.
http://lareviewofbooks.org/post/12736956288/seize-the-ponies
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Thanks, Jane. Excellent piece covering the UC incident. Definitive.
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Thanks, Jane.
It was a relief to see that the cops involved in the raid on the Occupy Oakland camp this morning showed more restraint than the ones on campus.
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