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 First published in Overland Issue 228 25 November 202225 November 2022 Poetry Poetry | Summer animal Jini Maxwell This summer I can feel myself turning back into an animal. I wake up early and seek out trees, walking through the expansive quiet of the park until the heat starts feeling sharp on my skin. I leave the blinds closed, so when I return home the building is dark and familiar, and as I shut the door behind me I feel a satisfaction I can only describe as territorial. First published in Overland Issue 228 24 November 202225 November 2022 Politics ‘Sir, please get me the Manager’: Brazil before and after Bolsonaro Guido Melo By then, although young in age, I already knew about those rituals of humiliation and how they were part of my Black family's lives. I also knew that surviving those daily interactions required putting my head down and following the instructions received with no hesitation. I must have had ‘the talk ‘with my parents when I was eight or nine. Life was just like that. Being Black in Brazil means living in a war. No one should ever go to war underprepared.
