Poetry

From Poet In The City, British writer, Caroline Bird reciting her poem, I Married Green Eyes.

Teach In

From StudioOccupy via OcupyTVNY, writer and activist Dada Maheshvarananda interviews linguist Noam Chomsky about the Occupy Movement and economic democracy.  Mr. Maheshvaranda is a monk of the Ananda Marga Yoga Society and director of the Prout Research Institute of Venezuela

Take Five

A rare 1976 German TV broadcast of Al Jarreau in Take Five.  "Sometimes the words and music get a little bit mixed together." 

Regulate Regulate Regulate

"Get up!  Get down!  There's revolution in this town!" shouted large and energetic crowds reported marching today by Occupy Wall Street on the 6th month anniversary of the movement - and among other chants denouncing the lack of regulation on Wall Street.  Extensive UStream livestream coverage below by Tim Pool:




Papers this week reported an early return of street activists with the early return of warm weather, along with a former Goldman Sachs executive's public denunciation of his company, and laid out in a column he wrote for the New York Times explaining why he resigned.

In speaking to NYC protesters retaking Liberty Square, AP reported via USA Today::

"I kind of like to think that the Occupy movement helped him to say, 'Yeah, I really can't do this anymore,'" retired librarian Connie Bartusis said of the op-ed piece by Goldman Sachs manager Greg Smith, who claimed the company regularly foisted failing products on clients as it sought to make more money.

Carrying a sign with the words "Regulate Regulate Regulate," Bartusis said the loss of governmental checks on the financial system helped create the climate of unfettered self-interest described by Smith in his piece, although Goldman's leadership suggested he had not portrayed the bank's culture accurately.

More photos from around the nation revisited here.

Green Split Peas With Yam

courtesy of wikipedia

posted by Tagishsimon via Project Gutenberg

the comedic writer, aristophenes (446-386 b.c.),

who immortalized split pea soup in his play, 'the birds.'

 

green split pea soup with red garnet yam

appliances

collander
bowl and cover

cutting board and knife

1 large pot
1 large spoon


ingredients (in order of appearance)


1 cup of dry split peas, cleaned in a collander, and soaked overnight in water in a covered bowl

1-2 tbsp olive oil

5 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 medium to large yellow onion, sliced and chopped
2-3 stalks of celery, chopped

1 16 oz can of diced tomatoes
4-5 cups of water
1 medium to large red garnet yam, sliced and chopped

seasoning, to taste unless otherwise indicated -

sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
basil, rosemary, and thyme

courtesy of wikipedia

photographer: Rasbak

pisum sativum or "pea plant"

"split peas are the dried, peeled, and split peas of pisum sativum."

procedure

1.  sauté your onions, garlic, and celery in olive oil at the bottom of the pot on a low to low-medium heat unless softened, seasoning mildly.

2.  add your diced tomatoes, water, beans, chopped yam, and more seasoning.  Stir, raise heat, and bring to a boil.

3.  lower heat, and simmer for about 1-2 hours, covered, stirring thoroughly every now and then. (The longer you cook the soup, the more the peas dissolve and thicken.  So, it's a matter of taste and time available.)

Enjoy!  Serve with crusty bread, and topped with grated cheese or brewer's yeast, or garnished with fresh Italian parsley.


variation

try with yellow split peas, instead.

courtesy of wikipedia

photographer:  Christophe Meneboeuf

The Acropolis as viewed from the Mouseion Hill.

Ancient Athenians cultivated split peas, and vendors sold split pea soup on the streets of Athens.

discussion

this simple, nutricious recipe can be sealed in a tuperware container, refrigerated, and easily reheated during the week in a microwave, tasting even better.

this blog post continues discussion of lentil recipes here and here, and the many lovely uses of the red garnet yam, such as here and here.

according to wiki, split pea soup was sold on the streets of athens 500-400 b.c.  split pea soup is mentioned in aristophenes' comedic play, the birds, a tale in which two athenians - euelpides and pisthetairos - set out to establish a new city in the clouds (the realm between gods and humans) where justice and pleasure will rule, and calling upon the birds to join them.

below, from a 1959 Greek performance:

Living Room

Occupiers set up a very nice living room in the lobby of the bank that took their homes.




People are invited to join in similar activities, nationwide, on March 15th (Thursday, this week) at these locations..

"Expect us."

Arrests

If you haven't seen the footage, here are the arrests of non-violent women's rights demonstrators on the capitol steps in Richmond, Viriginia.  Police in full riot gear are brought in, and as peaceful protesters are removed from the steps they aren't even blocking, the crowd shouts "Shame! Shame!" and "Who are you protecting?  Who are you serving?"  and "This is what a police state looks like!"




More video footage here from the Richmond Times-Dispatch of the demonstration and arrests.  One demonstrator states in tears, "No one here had a weapon.  No one here tried to fight anybody.  Nobody pushed back.  Nobody interrupted the arrests.  And they come in riot gear.  Riot gear!  They have people with children and babies here.  I'm a Mom.  I'm a Sunday School Teacher.  Why are you standing in front of me, toe to toe, in riot gear?"

More extensive footage below that includes the march through the city.  At least a thousand march, chanting, "What do we want?  Women's rights!  When do we want it?  Now!"  and "This is what democracy looks like!" and "We are unstoppable!  Another world is possible!"  "Who's capitol?  Our capitol!  Whose state?  Our state!"  Protesters also boisterously chant "Mic Check!" and "Freedom of Assembly!" and loudly sing "We have come too far to turn around!"




33 protesters were reportedly arrested, with most left on a bus for 6 hours without access to water or bathrooms.  One man out of view of the camera shouts at the police, "How do you fucking sleep at night?  He [apparently referencing another demonstrator] defended your children!  He defended your children in a war!  And you carry them off!"