OCCUPY WALL STREET

[Sachita]

Originally Posted by dykeumentary

And regarding action, Sachita, I know that you and I as rural, sustainable people know the value of patience! I see all these "occupy" actions as big compost piles. Sure they don't look like much now, and they have all kinds of disorganized elements that don't seem to go together well, but give that organic matter a chance to hang out together long enough with the right conditions, and in time you get some kick-ass compost that will fertilze, nourish and support even more life! I don't know yet what the result of these actions will be, but nature would suggest that it will be positive in the long run.

I know I know... I admit I'm inpatient. I know change won't happen overnight but I sure would like to see some big politicians jumping on this bandwagon and making public speeches about it. But it's also going to be a huge agenda, perhaps perfect timing for elections, during voting. I worry thought that we'll get a lot of lip service as we have in the pass.

So other then people moving bank accounts from banks what other strong actions are people taking?

[SoNotHer]

I talked to a couple people today including a colleague with whom I immediately bonded with about the protests. We're going to hook up and go into Chicago. I had him laughing when I compared the bloated corporatocracy to the "Death Star" (we're both SF/Fantasy geeks), and he responded, "Yeah, and I don't see any Luke Skywalker around ready to fire the shots to blow that thing up." We laughed hard.

Anyway, I've got a line on a credit union. Thanks everyone.

[atomiczombie]

I worry about just how long the protests can go on with winter coming.

[Corkey]

Originally Posted by atomiczombie

I worry about just how long the protests can go on with winter coming.

My hope is that it spreads further than just the east, Occupy the US entirely.
Winters can be brutal out here.

[Ebon]

Originally Posted by atomiczombie

I worry about just how long the protests can go on with winter coming.

Yeah I was thinking about that.

[SoNotHer]

on indigenous peoples' day. Maybe another quote here would serve to embolden and allay - I've worried as well about the effect of winter on the protests:

From A People's History of the United States, "Robber Barons and Rebels":

"That winter in Yonkers, a few women carpet weavers were fired for joining the Knights [of Labor], and in the cold of February, 2,500 women walked out and picketed the mill. Only seven hundred of them were members of the Knights, but all the strikers soon joined. The police attacked the picket line and arrested them, but a jury found them not guilty. A great dinner was held by working people in New York to honor them, with two thousand delegates from unions all over the city. The strike lasted six months, and the women won some of their demands, getting back their jobs, but without recognition of their union.

What was astonishing in so many of these struggles was not that the strikers did not win all that they wanted, but that, against such great odds, they dared to resist, and were not destroyed."

[Corkey]

http://rt.com/usa/news/umbrellas-out...y-seattle-585/

If one is going to protest in Seattle, you're going to get wet, or collapse

[Starbuck]

There's even people protesting here in Oklahoma! Don't know the size of the crowd but it made it onto the evening news last night.

[nowandthen]

Here is some good thoughts on the relationship to power and movements. Rethinking how language arrives with meaning. Thinking how "decolonize" is a more inclusive term vs. how "occupied" is positioned in relations to indigenous communities around the globe.

http://oaklandlocal.com/posts/2011/1...r-struggles-co

[Cin]

Mayor Bloomburg is asking protesters to clear out for a clean up. The NY Post says they won't be allowed back in.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/m...fXamvvwkvSbHbM

There is a petition that will be presented to Mayor Bloomburg that anyone interested can sign at moveon.org

http://www.civic.moveon.org/defend_ows/

Another article about the attempt.
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews...es/#paragraph3

[Ebon]

Originally Posted by Miss Tick

Mayor Bloomburg is asking protesters to clear out for a clean up. The NY Post says they won't be allowed back in.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/m...fXamvvwkvSbHbM

There is a petition that will be presented to Mayor Bloomburg that anyone interested can sign at moveon.org

http://www.civic.moveon.org/defend_ows/

Another article about the attempt.
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews...resses_charges

I hope they are not stupid enough to fall for that dumb ass crap.

[Cin]

Originally Posted by Ebon

I hope they are not stupid enough to fall for that dumb ass crap.

The last article in my post, the one from Alternet outlines a sort of plan.

Sorry the links weren't working. They seem to be okay now.

[SoNotHer]

When Bush came into office, the homeless in downtown DC disappeared. Homelessness didn't disappear, but the immediate presence of it did.

So this is the latest tactical response? Interesting. OK then let something fester beneath the surface and see how that works out.

The links worked, Miss Tick, when I cut and pasted in an address bar. Thanks for posting them.

Originally Posted by Miss Tick

The last article in my post, the one from Alternet outlines a sort of plan.

Sorry the links weren't working. They seem to be okay now.

[Sachita]

Originally Posted by Miss Tick

Mayor Bloomburg is asking protesters to clear out for a clean up. The NY Post says they won't be allowed back in.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/m...fXamvvwkvSbHbM

There is a petition that will be presented to Mayor Bloomburg that anyone interested can sign at moveon.org

http://www.civic.moveon.org/defend_ows/

Another article about the attempt.
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews...es/#paragraph3

or start calling

http://www.occupywallst.org/article/...e-closure-occ/


come on everyone flood the phones and messaging center! don't let this happen.

[atomiczombie]

EMERGENCY #OWS EVICTION DEFENSE:
Prevent the forcible closure of Occupy Wall Street

Tell Bloomberg: Don't Foreclose the Occupation.
NEED MASS TURN-OUT, SHOW UP NO LATER THAN 6 A.M.

This is an emergency situation. Please take a minute to read this, and please take action and spread the word far and wide.

Occupy Wall Street is gaining momentum, with occupation actions now happening in cities across the world.

But last night Mayor Bloomberg and the NYPD notified Occupy Wall Street participants about plans to “clean the park”—the site of the Wall Street protests—tomorrow starting at 7am. "Cleaning" was used as a pretext to shut down “Bloombergville” a few months back, and to shut down peaceful occupations elsewhere.

Bloomberg says that the park will be open for public usage following the cleaning, but with a notable caveat: Occupy Wall Street participants must follow the “rules”.
NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has said that they will move in to clear us and we will not be allowed to take sleeping bags, tarps, personal items or gear back into the park.
This is it—this is their attempt to shut down #OWS for good.

PLEASE TAKE ACTION

1) Call 311 (or +1 (212) NEW-YORK if you're out of town) and tell Bloomberg to support our right to assemble and to not interfere with #OWS.
2) Come to #OWS TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT to defend the occupation from eviction.

For those of you who plan to help us hold our ground—which we hope will be all of you—make sure you understand the possible consequences. Be prepared to not get much sleep. Be prepared for possible arrest. Make sure your items are together and ready to go (or already out of the park.) We are pursuing all possible strategies; this is a message of solidarity.

LINK: http://www.occupywallst.org/article/...e-closure-occ/

[Corkey]

Russell Simmons has personally asked to do the cleanup and pay for it. Lets see if Bloomberg accepts his offer, that is if it really is about "sanitation" as Bloomberg asserts.