Courant de Conscience

newyorker:

Map: How Occupy Wall Street Chose Zuccotti Park

This week in the magazine, Mattathias Schwartz writes about the origins of Occupy Wall Street, including an explanation of how New York’s general assembly decided on Zuccotti Park as the site of original encampment. After discussing possible sites at the G.A.’s weekly Tompkins Square Park meetings, the decision was ultimately left to a small group known as the Tactical Committee, who narrowed the choice down to eight candidates. During the week leading up to the protest, the Tactical Committee scouted the remaining sites. On the afternoon of September 17th, three of the committee’s members decided on Zuccotti Park, which they then called Location Two.

Above, a copy of the map that the Tactical Committee distributed at Bowling Green. Click through to see the notes of one member of Tactical Committee on the locations’ advantages and disadvantages: http://nyr.kr/tAM8Z6

mothernaturenetwork:

Venus Williams out of U.S. Open with autoimmune disease
The former world number one quit the tournament before her second-round match and later released a statement that she has Sjogren’s Syndrome.

This is very sad. Hopefully she can find a way to continue playing in the future.