Submitted by jcasey on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 8:28pm
https://twitter.com/JoshandMusic/status/156892774350852096
Word from the Livestream chat here is that this document (PDF) triggered the removal of barricades this evening by Brookfield staff. Is Bloomberg afraid he'll lose in court? Read below the fold...
Submitted by jcasey on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 1:53am
Police have completely surrounded the park. Buses pulling up. Reports of some kind of sonic pain crowd control device on premises (people calling this "LRAD" on the Livestream chat).
1:27 a.m. Police scanner says EVERYONE is going to be swept.
1:20 a.m. Subway stops are closed.
1:20 a.m. Brooklyn bridge is closed.
1:20 a.m. Occupiers chanting "This is what a police state looks like."
1:20 a.m. Police are in riot gear.
1:20 a.m. Police are bringing in bulldozers.
Live feeds:
Global Revolution on Livestream
OccupyWallStreet feed
1:58 a.m. "Spitting pepper spray out of my mouth now." Read below the fold...
Submitted by jcasey on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 4:23pm
Submitted by jcasey on Wed, 11/09/2011 - 2:46pm
This is an open letter from The Association of Community Trainers that speaks to, among other things, the "diversity of tactics" discussion that has been ongoing here at Corrente and throughout the Occupy movement. Here's a summary of the advantages of what they call "strategic non-violent direct action":
Strategic nonviolent direct action has powerful advantages:
Read below the fold...
Submitted by jcasey on Wed, 10/12/2011 - 7:05pm
Please see this proposed list of demands from Occupy Wall Street.
At the bottom of the list there is a request for help:
NOTE 4: There needs to be a very well researched and concise addendum that contains a list of the top 50 corporate crimes / harmful actions during the past 15 years. This ought to really blow people away and will help increase support both on the ground in DC and in living rooms across America as the story unfolds. We can't assume everyone knows why these demands are necessary. We must demonstrate.
Read below the fold...
Submitted by libbyliberal on Sat, 10/08/2011 - 1:10pm
Fool us once blame you. Fool us twice and then again and again and again?
Obama is being credited due to the usual bureaucratic numbers twisting that though he hasn’t been able to increase jobs, he has at least arrested job losses. This is profound bullshit.
Hugh has done the real math which deserves a serious read. He has dug into The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ September jobs report with its “undercount” and unearthed the real and horrifying dimensions of disemployment in America. He has also explained just how pathetically and grotesquely inadequate Obama’s and the Dem’s faux-emergency solution to the jobs crisis actually is.
Hugh: Read below the fold...
Submitted by jcasey on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 3:47am
Submitted by jcasey on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 3:41am
For several days I have been meaning to update you on what's happening in Austin, TX. Between RL and pre-event GA activities I've just been too damm busy.
Tomorrow Today is the big day for Occupy Austin. Starting at 10am the 99% is occupying the City Hall block, with a General Assembly planned for 3pm CST. The Assembly will be live streamed at a link you can find on the OA web site. The AFL-CIO is showing up in support. Most people attending seem to be under 30, but the number from all walks of life in terms of age, gender, class, and vocation has grown with every GA. Read below the fold...
Submitted by twig on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 1:15pm
Starting September 17th and lasting until ....? (The ending date above is just a guess.) Initiated by Adbusters, with Anonymous and other groups joining in.
On the 17th of September, we want to see 20,000 people to flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months. Once there, we shall incessantly repeat one simple demand in a plurality of voices and we will not leave until that demand has been met.
Read below the fold...
