Published in Overland Issue Online Occupy Issue · Uncategorized Issue Occupy Jacinda Woodhead Occupy special published 27 January 2012 In the wake of economic crises, political atomisation and an increase in militarised policing, what does the Occupy movement mean? Contents Jacinda Woodhead – Editorial Occupy – Features Sean Scalmer – ‘The world of all of us’ Occupying history Elizabeth Humphrys – From Global Justice to Occupy Everywhere The antecedents to a new movement Jude McCulloch and David Vakalis – Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue Militarised policing and Occupy Melbourne Ali Alizadeh – The revolution to come? Revolutions past and present Occupy – The view from Europe Giovanni Tiso – Europe’s Perfect Ruins The crisis on the continent The OWS perspective Manissa McCleave Maharawal and Chris Maisano – ‘We are at the beginning’ Activists in Dialogue about Occupy Wall Street Jacinda Woodhead Jacinda Woodhead is a former editor of Overland and current law student. More by Jacinda Woodhead › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 7 March 20257 March 2025 · Poetry 3 songs for Charles Darwin John Forbes begins with languor, / the past tense of caress / which, besides flies & heat haze / post stress, / the intense air supplies — no ostrich feather fans / or punkahs needed — just to be at rest. 5 March 20257 March 2025 · Human rights Showing what really matters to us: on Australia’s continuing failure to uphold the UN torture prevention protocol Monique Hurley and Andreea Lachsz So why have there been no — or only limited — moves to implement the bare minimum obligations pursuant to the OPCAT? The answer appears to be a lack of political will and a dangerous disregard for the lives of people detained behind bars.
