Occupy Wellington: whiteboard, camera, outrage, action!

Penelope Lattey of Wellington, New Zealand headed down to her local Occupy with a whiteboard, a marker, her camera, and asked people to explain why they were there. The result: Occupy Wellington: a project.

(thanks, Susannah Breslin!)

Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: xeni@boingboing.net.

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Teller

I know it’s tedious, but why go global misspelling your one big thought?
DreamboatSkanky

Those ents are out of control. Take back the forest!
flagler23

Simple typo…. doesn’t change the truth in it. We’re all being ant-raped
- Teller
  
  typos.
  governmental
agthorn1981

Is that Harry Potter?
http://twitter.com/Rey_Carr Rey Carr

Government is spelled differently in New Zealand. It’s not a typo or the result of the Americun education system.
- Teller
  
  Got it. That one’s on me.
- David
  
  No it’s not. ‘Government’ is the correct spelling.
godfathersoul

ENTRAPPED. there. Perhaps he is protesting the failing school systems…
Richard Bartlett

Thanks for the link love Xeni! I’m on the comms team at Occupy Wellington and we’ve made a big effort to get the positive angle out: we’re not a bunch of angry protesters, we’re an intelligent fluid group demonstrating how an equitable society can function.

Or anyone in the region, come and visit!

We held the first of many ‘Occupy Your Mind’ events over the weekend: a dozen academics and community leaders giving open air lectures and workshops. This weekend we’re having a Real Free Trade Market where people can come to the Civic Square and exchange or give away stuff they don’t need, get some free food, and hear some talks about alternative economies like Timebanking.

If anyone wants to know more we are beginning to get organised online,
with all of our many channels falling into place under our umbrella
website: http://www.occupywellington.org/
Â¿Â¡QUE!?

what the hell is a kiwi rid?
pjcamp

Being raped by an ent sounds painful. Splinters! Pine cones!
BijouxBoy

Elijah? Statue, bro?
claudette mccubbin

How nice for these kids to have something to do. I hated to have my son and his posse hanging out at the house in the backyard all day doing nothing until he finally decided to go to school. Boredom is not a good advisor!
Bobsyeruncle

Well, clearly his spelling ability isn’t going to get himself freed the poverty cycle. Maybe with a little government action…

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