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Peer review:

Hey this is Angela. My edits are below- feel free to reach out with any questions. Overall, you have a great start.

1. Grammar: Please proofread, as you have a few obvious errors (The third sentence is missing the first letter- it reads, eyond). Also be sure you always have complete sentences ("He is notable for his research contributions," not "notable for his research..."). The word "appearances" is spelled incorrectly in the social media section. I suggest you use a spell check program to double check your writing. In the interest of making your article relevant for a long time, I would keep the format in the past tense. So instead of saying "They have been using the #BernieBlackout..." I would say "During the 2016 Presidential campaign, they used..." Citation should go after the period at the end of each sentence, so "Movements Against Corporate Globalization;[2]..."
2. Objectivity and academic language: In general, I would avoid adjectives to keep this article objective and academic. For instance, saying that Dr. Juris is a "passionate activist" is not objective. Saying that the "website has since been killed" is too informal. I would say something like, "the website was taken down due to lack of activity."

Other than those few small edits, I think you are right on track and these are great contributions!

Thanks,

Angela

Jeffrey S. Juris:

Jeffrey Juris is an American professor, currently teaching anthropology at Northeastern University. Dr. Juris received his Ph.D in anthropology from UC Berkeley. Beyond being an educator, Jeffrey is an author, political activist, and researcher. Jeffrey specializes in social movements, transnational networks, new media activism, and political protests. He has a number of published books and maintains his own website, where he updates his latest publications and political activism. Jeffrey has been cited and referenced many times for his research on the Occupy Movement and other Anti-Globalization movements.

Political Activity

Jeffrey was involved with the Boston Occupy on Dewey Square, both as a protester and as an academic observer. Jeffrey recalls seeing a large rowdy young crowd of protesters walking the streets and chanting things like 'We are the 99%' and even encouraging bystanders by calling them the 99%. He also recalls seeing police brutality against peaceful veterans who were part of the occupy movement. The same violent images that followed the disencampment of Occupy Wall Street. In his article, Reflections on #Occupy Everywhere, Jeffrey asserts that websites and listservs were a big part of the inception of Occupy, but the movement took a turn towards a more decentralized, social media led organization. He believes this was for the best as their online presence allows for the movement to maintain some sort of media influence. Jeffrey notes that social media outlets, such as Facebook and Twitter, were an important part of organizing movements at the initial stages, but have since slowed their presence on internet platforms. Jeffrey also noted that the modeling of the movement was based on the structure of social media. It was no longer about getting people to join the movement, but rather to bring as many groups of people together for their unique agenda. For example, one group could have a successful peaceful non-violent protest and then afterward, more violent protesters can come thru and express themselves. Jeffrey asserts that new radical democracy does not depend on a consensus among everyone, but rather a respect for other people's point of view. He says the new social media platforms call for new types of political, social, and economic organizations. The old systems are no longer serving our society as best as they could and Jeffrey says it is time for major reform.

Recently, Jeffrey has been working on a new project that explores the topic of pirate radio in Mexico City and Beyond. This is going to be based on his 15-months of research both academically and in the field.

Works

Jeffrey is the author of Networking Futures: the Movements Against Corporate Globalization; co-author of Global Democracy and the World Social Forums; co-editor of Insurgent Encounters: Transnational Activism, Ethnography, and the Political; and written many more articles on related topics.

His latest and most popular work is Networking Futures, which focuses on his ethnographic research into the Barcelona-based Movement for Global Resistance. He has done extensive work to understand the movement. Along with his first-hand experience, interviews with key actors, social media networking, and involvement in organizing protests, Jeffrey has created theories and proposals on why these movements have been successful.

Dr. Juris and other OWS activists created a website called Occupy Research that allows researchers to share tools and data sets for the Occupy Movement. The website was taken down for lack of activity, but Dr. Juris still maintains the records.

Occupy Movement Updating

This is a new paragraph that I plan to add to the article, Occupy movement, in an effort to remove the "This article needs to be updated" tag at the top of the article.

Social Media

The beginning of the Occupy Movement was reliant on the usage of social media accounts for the dispersal of information. These accounts were very useful and helped tremendously. The social media accounts eventually became hierarchical and failed their purpose. In order to have been more successful, the social media accounts should have been more heavily regulated and kept to a standard.

Responses to the movement from celebrities were both in-person and online. Some find it controversial that rich celebrities made appearances at the Occupy Wall Street Movement, but one rapper Kanye West justified his appearance as helping give power back to the people. Other Celebrities such as Yoko Ono, Mark Ruffalo, and Micheal Moore tweeted and showed their support.

Many hold that the success of OWS has lead to the success of Bernie Sanders and his political platform. Although he lost, he still disrupted the political conversation about environmental impact and economic equality. Some believe that there was social media blockage of Bernie Sander's Presidential Campaign, in favor of more air time for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. During the 2016 Presidential Election, people used the #BernieBlackout hashtag to boost awareness around the unfair usage of popular media to favor some presidential candidates over others.

Sasha Costanza-Chock

Sasha has worked extensively in the political activism realm. One movement he focuses on is the Immigration Rights Movement and evaluates the success of the DREAM Act's active presence in the social realm. Sasha works with activist media networks and has always been involved with the community.

Occupy Cal Updating

Add to "Other Responses":

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich responded to the Occupy Cal movement saying that he believe inequality is bad for everyone. Reich says that Median households are dropping, adjusted for inflation, and is worried about where people are going to get the money to keep the economy going. If there isn't money for the middle class to spend the economy will hurt across the board.

Add to "police response":

Police Review Board (PRB) released a report on May 29, 2012 reflecting on the events of November 9. They make it very clear that this is not something they typically do, but given the circumstances and the request of the chancellor to look into the case, the PRB was forced to investigate. They collected a variety of evidence and conducted interviews of key players to understand the scope of the events. They concluded that not all instances of police conduct were consistent with campus norms, and were disturbed by the inappropriate use of batons against students and faculty. PRB noted that deviations from police conduct standards will happen, no matter how comprehensive training is. They encouraged Berkeley campus police and leaders to review their report so as to better understand the scope of their actions and make future improvements to how they handle protests.

BAMN is a newer organization fighting for civil rights 'By Any Means Necessary' and they responded to the PRB review strongly. BAMN wrote an article in which they proposed that the PRB should be boycotted now and in the future because they have a conflict of interest. This is a conflict of interest because they claim that the board is appointed by and answers to Chancellor Birgeneau, which would in turn taint their unbiased review.

Fix the header to say "General Strike on November 15"

New header to say:

Winning Lawsuit and Resolution

BAMN and twenty-nine protesters sued the UC-Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau, other administrators, UCPD, and other Alameda County Sheriffs for $15 million for excessive force, false arrests, and violation of First Amendment rights from the November 9 protests. They cited other cases where excessive forced was used on Occupy protestors and instances where camping was allowed to strengthen their case. The lawsuit went on for a number of years and the organization BAMN fought hard to present evidence and legal precedent, showing that police and administrator actions were excessive and aimed at repressing political speech. BAMN encouraged people to attend the final hearing on Sept. 10, 2013, claiming that this was a major part of the movement and without the support of the community, the protests on Nov. 9th were in vain. The outcome of the lawsuit awarded the protesters $15 million for punitive and general damages.