Articles tagged with: Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Language: On the meaning of “occupy”
Annie Muse comments on use of the word occupy, jumping off from a December blog post (“What if We Occupied Language?” 21 Dec 2011, nytimes.com), in which H. Samy Alim wrote, “Occupy Wall Street has occupied language, has made ‘occupy’ its own…. What if we transformed the meaning of occupy yet again?”
Occupy Wall Street movement spreads to Anchorage and Fairbanks
Bent Alaska’s news tweets over the past few days included a few about the Occupy Wall Street movement, which has now spread to cities nationwide — including Anchorage and Fairbanks. “Occupy” demonstrations were held in Anchorage last Wednesday, and in both Anchorage and Fairbanks on Saturday.
