Occupy Philly, Training and Library Tent in album Occupy Philly

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Training and library tent at Occupy Philly, a light green tent with lots of books

Oct 18th, 2011, by Alex Zorach

This photo shows the training and library tent at the Occupy Philly protest. This was the first tent that I entered.

I was surprised with the generosity of the people at this protest. The person told me to take whatever books I like, and that I could return them if I wanted but that I did not need to return them, and that it was fine to keep them, especially if I was interested in them and intended to read and use them.

I took three books from this tent...Slow Money, Money: Understanding and Creating Alternatives to Legal Tender by Thomas H. Greco, and Peter North's book on local and community currencies. After taking these books (all of which were new), I decided that I wanted to contribute at least as much in value to this protest, either through donations of tangible goods, or labor.

After walking around, I found that this attitude and spirit was reflective of the spirit and feeling of the whole movement: it is a very generous movement. The movement is constantly soliciting donations of resources and labor, but is also constantly giving them out. There is free food available for all as well.