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Associate Artists Daoud Heidami and Caitlin Miller perform Sean and Laura of the People’s Library, interviewed after the raid on Zuccotti Park. 

This performance was part of The Civlilians’ Let Me Ascertain You: Occupy Wall Street, part II at Joe’s Pub on January 13, 2012. 

EDITED TRANSCRIPT

    • #post44
    • #Edited Transcript
    • #video
    • #multiple actors
    • #People's Library
    • #raid
    • #november 17th protest
    • #occupy Wall Street
    • #Zuccotti Park
    • #curate an evening
    • #thecivilians
    • #joes pub
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Associate Artist Caitlin Miller performs an actress who has become very involved with movement, participating in Occupy Homes and Occupy Lincoln Center. 

Check out the unedited transcript for stories about undercover cops, her work in the kitchen, and more depth on Occupy Homes. 

Let Me Ascertain You: Occupy Wall Street, part II at Joe’s Pub in New York City on January 13, 2012.

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UNEDITED TRANSCRIPT

    • #Edited Transcript
    • #curate an evening
    • #joes pub
    • #kitchen
    • #occupy Wall Street
    • #occupy homes
    • #police
    • #post43
    • #thecivilians
    • #undercover police
    • #video
    • #unedited transcript
  • 2 weeks ago
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Actor Quinlan Corbett performs Wezel, a 70 year old farmer in town from North Carolina who he met in Zuccotti Park. Wezel describes himself as the mayor of Wezeltown and talks about social security, his daughter’s vegan restaurant and The Last of the Mohicans. 

This performance was part of The Civilians’ Let Me Ascertain You: Occupy Wall Street, part II at Joe’s Pub in New York City on January 13, 2012.

EDITED TRANSCRIPT

There are a lot of Occupy May Day events going on today, click here to find something in your area and go out and do some interviews and get involved with Occupy Your Mind!

    • #Edited Transcript
    • #Hollywood
    • #Zuccotti Park
    • #curate an evening
    • #joes pub
    • #occupy Wall Street
    • #post42
    • #social security
    • #thecivilians
    • #video
    • #May Day
  • 2 weeks ago
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Michael Friedman performs his song “Consensus is Fucking Hard” based on an interview with Interoccupy activist Andrea. The song highlights one part of her interview, but read the transcript below to hear about her experiences travelling, how she got involved in Occupy, and her thoughts on hippies eating raw garlic. 

This performance took place at The Civilians’ Let Me Ascertain You: Occupy Wall Street, Part II at Joe’s Pub in New York City on January 13, 2012.

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    • #post41
    • #Edited Transcript
    • #video
    • #song
    • #Michael Friedman
    • #Interoccupy
    • #consensus
    • #hippies
    • #Joe's Pub
    • #the civilians
    • #occupy Wall Street
    • #garlic
    • #curate an evening
  • 2 weeks ago
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Civilians Associate Artist Daniel Jenkins performs Richard from New York at the November 17 rally. Richard talks about his conspiracy theories and interacts with a local politician.

This performance was part of The Civilians’ Let Me Ascertain You: Occupy Wall Street, Part II at Joe’s Pub in New York City on January 13, 2012.

EDITED TRANSCRIPT

    • #Anarchist
    • #Edited Transcript
    • #banks
    • #multiple actors
    • #november 17th protest
    • #police
    • #politics
    • #post40
    • #socialism
    • #video
    • #fracking
  • 2 weeks ago
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Garrett Neergard and Dan Domingues perform Dan and Nelson, a businessman and a Fed Ex worker who met at Zuccotti Park and protest together.

This performance was part of The Civilians’ Let Me Ascertain You: Occupy Wall Street, part II at Joe’s Pub in New York City on January 13, 2012.

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UNEDITED TRANSCRIPT

    • #video
    • #unedited transcript
    • #unemployment
    • #Edited Transcript
    • #post39
    • #curate an evening
    • #multiple actors
    • #occupy Wall Street
    • #Zuccotti Park
  • 2 weeks ago
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Greta Lee from New York performs Carey from New York, a self-proclaimed “independent media watchdog” who created Occupy Ideas on Twitter (#concreteideas) to share concrete ideas from voices in the movement.

This performance took place at The Civilians’ Let Me Ascertain You: Occupy Wall Street, Part II at Joe’s Pub in New York City on January 13, 2012.

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    • #video
    • #Edited Transcript
    • #occupyideas
    • #concreteideas
    • #post38
    • #police
    • #Zuccotti Park
    • #occupy Wall Street
    • #joes pub
    • #thecivilians
    • #curate an evening
  • 3 weeks ago
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Civilians Associate Artist Kelly McCreary performs Karen from Occupy Broadway at Joe’s Pub as part of Let Me Ascertain You: Occupy Wall Street, part II.

Karen is an activist and artist who talks about art in public space, her interactions with the police, and dramatic karaoke.

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    • #Edited Transcript
    • #Occupy Broadway
    • #dramatic karaoke
    • #occupy Wall Street
    • #occupy your mind
    • #police
    • #post37
    • #raid
    • #unedited transcript
    • #video
    • #curate an evening
    • #joes pub
    • #the civilians
  • 3 weeks ago
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Pierre from New Haven performs Creative Director from New York as part of an Occupy Your Mind event put on at Yale on April 3, 2012. The Creative Director used to be steadily employed in the kid’s television industry, in this interview he talks about how kid’s television is being exported to Canada and why he’s at Zuccotti Park.

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    • #Edited Transcript
    • #Zuccotti Park
    • #occupy Wall Street
    • #post36
    • #tele
    • #unedited transcript
    • #unemployment
    • #video
    • #curate an evening
    • #Yale University
  • 3 weeks ago
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Civilians Associate Artist Jordan Mahome performs Jordan from New York, at Joe’s Pub as part of Let Me Ascertain You: Occupy Wall Street, part II.

Jordan is a business owner who talks about changing the practices of his own business as a way of setting an example for his son. 

    • #video
    • #occupy Wall Street
    • #post 41
    • #Zuccotti Park
    • #Edited Transcript
    • #business owner
  • 3 weeks ago
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Noah from New Haven performs Robert from Zuccotti Park. Robert is a hitchhiking anarchist with a travelling gnome named Gnome Chomsky on his backpack. 

This performance was part of an Occupy Your Mind event at Yale University on April 3, 2012. 

EDITED TRANSCRIPT

    • #Edited Transcript
    • #video
    • #occupy your mind
    • #occupy Wall Street
    • #curate an evening
    • #Yale University
    • #post35
    • #hitchhiker
    • #Anarchist
  • 3 weeks ago
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Michael from New Haven performs the Lawyer from New York, a native New Yorker involved in global justice law. This performance is part of an Occupy Your Mind event put together at Yale University on April 3rd, 2012.

EDITED TRANSCRIPT

    • #Edited Transcript
    • #video
    • #post34
    • #Law
    • #occupy your mind
    • #occupy Wall Street
    • #Yale University
    • #curate an evening
    • #Bill of Rights
    • #Phil Ochs
  • 3 weeks ago
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A young woman from New Haven performs Rudolph from New York. This performance is part of an Occupy Your Mind event put on at Yale University on April 26th. 

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    • #Edited Transcript
    • #Rachel Maddow
    • #Yale University
    • #children's future
    • #curate an evening
    • #occupy Wall Street
    • #occupy your mind
    • #raid
    • #video
    • #post33
  • 4 weeks ago
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Leonard from New York performs Anthony from Albany, a self proclaimed Capitalist and member of the Occupy movement. This performance is part of an Occupy Your Mind event put on at Yale University on April 3rd. 

“I think I used to see money as an ends. When I was young. But I see money as a means now to just. Look it. Capitalism is a game. You have to buy your way out of it. You have to buy your freedom.”

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    • #Albany
    • #Edited Transcript
    • #Yale University
    • #capitalism
    • #curate an evening
    • #drugs
    • #occupy Wall Street
    • #occupy your mind
    • #video
    • #post32
  • 4 weeks ago
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A young woman from New Haven performs Jordan from Philadelphia, interviewed at Zuccotti Park. Jordan is playing chess in the park and he worked in the kitchen. He talks about the raid, and the labor issues he ran into running his own companies in Philadelphia.

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    • #Edited Transcript
    • #video
    • #curate an evening
    • #post31
    • #kitchen
    • #labor
    • #Yale University
    • #occupy your mind
    • #occupy Wall Street
    • #occupy
    • #Philadelphia
    • #raid
    • #children's future
  • 1 month ago
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