Yesterday Achilles and I spent the day following Occupy Wall Street. At the end of the day, we ran into this guy. This is Jeffery Marx from Brooklyn, New York. He was part of the OWS group that had been staying in Zuccotti Park. We caught him in front of the Brooklyn Bridge talking about Mayor Mike Bloomberg and why he is participating in OWS. He is a an articulate guy and says some really smart things, but we actually just like him because after a long day of serious political discussion and conflict with the police, he was funny and snarky. Here are his comments on OWS.
Early this morning Occupy Wall Street Protestors swarmed downtown Manhattan to block off access to the stock exchange. After a confusing start, protestors brought the neighborhood to a near standstill. Police are reporting that so far about 200 people have been arrested today. Continue reading →
Today both CunningLinguist and Capt. Badass wrote a post about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) hearings taking place in Congress. I thought I would combine them both so we can get a good look at this act and what it means for you internet types. This is important. Read and click on the links. Continue reading →
OK, maybe it didn’t go down like that. It actually started with a casual conversation on Gawker about starting a blog so the Gawker commenters could have a little place of their own to write and amuse one and other.
Bots: So how did Crass come about? Here’s how I remember it.
Back in late 2010, there was a general sense among the denizens of #crosstalk that Gawker was starting to feel like a New Jersey Turnpike rest stop. Any sort of weirdo could stiop by at 2:30 a.m. and poop on the floor before hitting the road again. Around that same time, Nick Denton gave an interview to some magazine (I can’t even remember which one at this point) where he described the burden of entertaining Gawker’s “self-aggrandizing” regulars.
So a few of us started thinking about what would happen if we started our own site. Wouldn’t it be neat if we could write our own blog posts about stuff we cared about instead of merely responding to Richard and Moyland and HamNo all day?
First, there was the Tumblr. However, Botswana Meat Commission FC soon realized the Tumblr was for dirty hipsters and he decided to launch a proper website. He just needed a name. Continue reading →
Good morning Crasstalk! Today is our one year anniversary and we have a few special things in store for you. We want to thank all of you who have put so much work into this site to make it a great place on the interwebs. Here’s a little refresher of our very first post by Bots. Continue reading →
Hello Crasstalk, hope you have an exciting weekend planned. Reminder: Monday is the one year anniversary of Crasstalk. If you want to submit an article for our celebration, please get it into the pending queue by Saturday at midnight. Notice I extended the deadline? Don’t say I don’t love you. Anyway, bring your A game so we can have a really great party. Now here is something to kick off your day. Continue reading →
A very special thanks to Sir Digby who put together this story for us.
On his October 26 broadcast, Jon Stewart ran footage of peaceful, sanguine scenes from various Occupy Wall Street protests across the country before cutting to teargas, blood, and chaos on the streets of Oakland, California. “What the fuck happened in Oakland?” he asked. Stewart was speaking for many people when he puzzled over the raw anger and violence on display as cops attacked Occupy Oakland protesters with flash bang grenades, teargas, and less-lethal projectiles in Oakland. What made this city so different? What’s the matter with Oakland? Continue reading →
Yesterday Achilles and I spent the day following Occupy Wall Street. At the end of the day, we ran into this guy. This is Jeffery Marx from Brooklyn, New York. He was part of the OWS group that had been staying in Zuccotti Park. We caught him in front of the Brooklyn Bridge talking about Mayor Mike Bloomberg and why he is participating in OWS. He is a an articulate guy and says some really smart things, but we actually just like him because after a long day of serious political discussion and conflict with the police, he was funny and snarky. Here are his comments on OWS.
