Articles

• Red Hook State of Mind "Why Occupy Red Hook?" This was the question asked at the beginning of our January 4 meeting. It was asked with a skepticism many of us have come to expect when talking to people whose only exposure to the Occupy movement has come from the mainstream media. Considering the current state of our economy, the…
• When He Plays Reveille The on-growing Occupy Wall Street movement has been called a leaderless movement. It's an understanding that seems to raise passion in some camps and suspicion in others. It has generated controversy among both supporters of Occupy and its detractors. My friend Ian Marvy who runs Added Value and the Red Hook farm refer to Occupy…
• Falconworks Artists Group About nine years ago I founded a theater company in Red Hook. The dream was to make plays that would respond to the issues and the culture of this diverse South Brooklyn community. I hoped these plays would resonate deeply with the people who live, work and play here. Falconworks Artists Group (www.redhooktheater.com) has gotten…
• Which meeting is this? It's a question that's come up more than once at Occupy Red Hook. A person will introduce themselves (or not) then sit quietly through an hour of thrilling debate after which the new attendee will explain that they only came to pass out some flyer for the library. Now, I love the library and I'm…
• Broken Windows In March of 1982 Atlantic Magazine published an article called "Broken Windows: The police and neighborhood safety." In this article George L. Kelling and James Q. Wilson explain how signs of decay in neighborhoods that go untended lead to further breakdown in the community. The idea is that, regardless of neighborhood demographics, if a building…