I read Paul King’s letter, “Dear Occupy Asheville,” in the Dec. 28 Xpress, and I felt the need to respond. I’m not as an “occupier” myself, though if I were I'd wear the name proudly — but I am a citizen who has tried to keep up with the movement locally and nationally. From what […]
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Direct participatory democracy is a thing to behold
Every time someone writes a letter, blog or article about what they think the Occupy movement should do, where “it” should go or what “its” strategy should be, I see the disconnect that this movement is meant to heal [“Dear Occupy Asheville,” Dec. 28 Xpress]. We are familiar with sitting in our homes complaining about […]
Protesters demand focus on jobs, infrastructure
Dozens of protesters lined the sidewalks on the bridge over the Swannanoa River in Biltmore Village on Thursday evening, Nov. 17, to demand that politicians in Washington focus on jobs and making “Wall Street pay its fair share.” (photos and report by Max Cooper)
Senior citizens occupied Asheville — where was Xpress?
I find it hard to believe that in your Nov. 2 issue you ignored an important event in your reportage of the local Occupy Wall Street movement. On Oct. 29, some 40 members or friends of Elders United for Just Society joined the Occupy regulars in protesting downtown. The group met in Pritchard Park and […]
Please, Mayor Bellamy: don’t blame the messenger
If the Occupy Asheville movement has cost the city of Asheville any extra money in pay for our police, that responsibility lies with Mayor Terry Bellamy and not the Occupy Movement [”Fully Occupied,” Nov. 8 Xpress]. It is the mayor’s view that the movement is dangerous that has caused the larger problem. So far, her […]
24 Occupy Asheville protesters arrested at Vance Monument for violating park curfew
Lt. Wilke of the Asheville Police Department informs Occupy protesters of their options, including that they face arrest for remaining in the park past 10 p.m.
Photos by Bill Rhodes
Kool-Aid and the tea party
Tim Peck has been reading too many Ayn Rand novels [“Occupy Wall Street Protests are Misguided,” Oct. 26 Xpress]. His “Greed is Good, Government Bad” view of unrestricted capitalism is a poor prescription for running a society — if justice, equal opportunity, and a nice place to live are important to you. Capitalism is there […]
Occupy Wall Street protests are misguided
Capitalism is morally good. It also happens to work remarkably well, raising millions around the world out of poverty and providing the marketplace with a myriad of life-enhancing material goods. This social system of economic and political freedom is the only one that fully recognizes, respects and protects individual rights. It is a system that […]
Occupy Asheville: A roundup of video, photos and reports
On Saturday, Oct. 1, a small gathering of people pulled together to show solidarity for the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations … and put an Asheville focus on a number of issues. photo by Jonathan Welch