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POETRY BREAK
"WAR of TERROR"


       Only As Long As You Are Afraid,  
    Can They Keep Getting Away With It. 
  The  WAR  OF  TERROR  has disabled US 
     - Crippled our sense of Strength in Self -   
       as well, Our sense of Right and Wrong.   
              It  only ever could have .    
  It is not the Soldiers in the Field,  
                not the Boots on the Ground,       
                Not the " Foreign Policy "            
    which By The Way, is a make-beLIEve  
      political term, roughly translating as   
        the "Public Relations" campaign,      
              designed to  DISTRACT you  
     from Your Own Once Great Nation's   
         current Worldly  EXPLOIT ations,    
   for the benefit of the Criminal  Bankers
   THEIR Politicians, 
   THEIR subsidized investments, 
   THEIR corporal, CORPORATE NATION. 
   THEIR  WEAPONS  FOR SALE 
   THEIR corporations.         

 WE Will Not 
  Remove Them From  POWER  in order to punish them.   
                                       That's  THEIR World .  
                          We WILL Remove Them From POWER   
            in order to FREE ourselves - and EACH OTHER



#OWS Worldwide #MayDay Coverage


#MayDay: The Whole World is Waking! Live Coverage of #M1GS

Originally published May 1, 2012, 9:07 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

TODAY IS MAY DAY! INTO THE STREETS!

Find events in your city here. Before you head out, check our Last-Minute May Day Checklist. If you are in NYC, check out the full schedule. If you can only make one event, come to the (permitted) Solidarity March leaving from Union Square at 5:30pm ET! (Note: This article will be at the top of our main page all day. To see other new posts, scroll down!)

Resources

Twitter Hashtags: #M1GS | #GeneralStrike | #MayDay
In NYC: #M1NYC | @OWSMayDay | @StrikeEverywher | @NYMay1st
Elsewhere: @OccupyGenStrk | @OccupyGenStrike | @BayAreaStrike | @oo_mayday
NYC Resources: Live May Day Radio NYC | Live May Day Protest Map
Other live-blogs: May Day NYC Live | The Occupied Wall St Journal | Village Voice | The NationThe Guardian

Live Updates

(all times Eastern, all locations in NYC unless otherwise noted)
  • 11:59PM: Reports of live ammunition being used on protesters in Egypt
  • 11:59PM: More police arriving at #LibertySquare
  • 11:47PM: Police are setting up barricades on north side of #LibertySquare , Park closes at midnight
  • 11:40PM: Police are setting up barricades on west side of #LibertySquare
  • 11:30PM: Reports of solidarity rally from Battery Park to #LibertySquare
  • 11:07PM: At least 200 people at #LibertySquare , currently no tension
  • 10:58PM: Reports of possibly 20 or more arrested at Vietnam Veterans Plaza, including medics, veterans, and clergy. Arrests allegedly made because of 10 PM park closing.
  • 10:55PM: More police arrive at #LibertySquare along with what appears to be news vans
  • 10:42PM: March arrived at 24hr park on Wall St & South St, on the waterfront.
  • 10:42PM: First folks released from 1 Police Plaza as more brought in
  • 10:13PM: Police surrounding people in Battery Park, giving a dispersal order. NYPD says they will begin making arrests in 5 minutes. Reports of kettling nets sighted as well.
  • 8:38pm: Popular assembly about to begin at Veteran's Memorial - 55 Water St.#PeoplesAssembly
  • 8:30pm: The permitted march is over. Meet up at Battery Park!
  • 7:30pm: The very front of the march now reaching #LibertySquare. The sidewalks are barricaded, but the park is open. Crowd estimates place size between 10,000 to 25,000. Follow the action via this list of #M1GS street journalists on Twitter or any of the streams throughout this article!
  • 7pm: From Foley Square to Union Square, Broadway is Occupied. March headed to Wall Street now. via @mollyknefel: ¨We are 32 blocks south of Union Sq. People just left there and the streets are full the whole way.¨
  • 6:45pm: Occupy Chicago has shut down five Bank of America branches. Currently blockading Madison & Clark. Occupy Miami reports their livestreamer was targetted and arrested as their march was dispersing. Occupy Detroit tweets: ¨Police tell us to get out, no camping. We say we are here to stay. Camping workgroup meeting now.¨ In Seattle, where police used tear gas earlier in the day, the May Day march just passed the Space Needle. Back in NYC, via @davidgraeber: ¨Random harassment arrests start across Houston [Street]. Saw kid's head smashed repeatedly on concrete, just to show they could.¨
  • 6:35pm: Wash., DC May Day march getting ready to leave Malcom X Park. Reports of police brutality in Montreal, Quebec. Tank/armored personnel carrier seen in Oakland.
  • 6:25pm: Occupy Chicago has successfully shut down a Bank Of America. Watch as they move in. In San Francisco, Occupiers are rolling back the fence as they re-occupy the #SFCommune
  • 6:20pm: via @allisonkilkenny: ¨Apparently, NYPD only letting 10 people out of union sq at a time, which, ya know, is a good way to kill a march.¨
Union square aerial
Union Square just after 6pm
may day on broadway
Broadway just after 6pm
  • 6pm: 1000s still trapped in a labyrinth of police barricades trying to march from Union Square to Wall Street. Broadway is packed, stretching for blocks for the permitted march. Some people report being stuck in the same place for 45+ minutes. Chants: ¨Let us march!¨ Large union presence. Chants at front: ¨Obama, escucha! Estamos en la lucha!" "One struggle, one fight! Workers of the world, unite!" Reports that Occupy Oakland is being kettled. Los Angeles airport (LAX) has been closed for the day. (See info below.) Occupiers in San Francisco tweet: ¨#888Turk reoccupied #sfcommune¨
  • 5:50pm: Many marchers still trapped behind police barricades, some becoming frustrated. Police with metal and plastic cuffs and batons drawn line up around march. Taxi Workers Alliance leading march out of the Square. Meanwhile, Occupy Oakland is being surrounded by three lines of riot police, trapping them in the street and threatening to use more chemical weapons.
  • 5:40pm: In NYC, protesters are being kept behind police barricades and many are stuck in Union Square and unable to move out due to police interference. In Oakland, police have declared an ¨unlawful assembly¨ and issued a dispersal order.
  • 5:30pm: Massive march headed by unions and immigrants rights groups leaving Union Square now, headed to Wall Street! Watch one of many streams live from NYC here. Protesters are reviewing basic march tactics: ¨Keep moving, keep on sidewalk. Don't engage or make contact with cops.¨ @NYCLU reports at least 30 arrests so far today. In Oakland,heavily armed police continue to aggressively attack protesters currently engaged in a stand-off. Oakland police have used tear gas twice already.
  • 5:15pm: As riot police tear gas peaceful protesters in U.S. cities, CNN is covering a surprise 2am (local time) visit to Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan by President Obama. We are still having a party in Union Square! Join us and see for yourself!
  • 5pm: Calls made at Union Square to "cancel student debt, stop foreclosures, provide jobs and healthcare." Across the country, after police fire tear gas, protesters in Oakland are marching on City Hall, which is now being surrounded by riot police. Huge marches forming in Chicago, SF, Seattle, Boston, DC, Philly, Miami, LA...
  • 4:50pm: via Occupiers in Chicago on Twitter: ¨We are having another Direct Action vs the Banks at 4PM [Central]! Want to join us? Come to 180 W Lake St!¨ Others in Chicago enjoying music in Federal Plaza. In NYC, Das Racist is taking the stage at Union Square.
  • 4:40pm: Between music acts at Union Square, speakers from labor movement call for union rights, end to stop and frisk. Undocumented immigrants speaking now: "No human being is illegal! All workers have a right to organize, to unionize!" Crowd chants ¨We are one!¨ Immortal Technique up soon.
  • 4:20pm: In Chicago, riot police on horses are on the scene as march reaches Federal Plaza on Dearborn.
  • 4:05pm: Tom Morello and friends taking the stage now at packed Union Square singing "Worldwide Rebel Song." Watch live! Crowds have been estimated over 10,000 and growing.
  • 4pm: Anti-capitalist march in full effect in Seattle. Occupy Detroit is ready to re-occupy. #M1GS is live in Los Angeles.
  • 3:40pm: Confirmed that police in Oakland have used tear-gas and grenades on crowds including children, elderly, and people with disabilities peacefully demonstrating. Watch on livestreamIn NYC, we are still gathering peacefully for a permitted march at Union Square and getting ready to march to Wall Street at 5:30! The Square is packed!
  • 3:35pm: Marchers in Chicago taking a knee in the street in moment of silence for those who fought for the 8 hr day. In Oakland, reports emerging that police have used flash bang grenades and tear gas. via @BootsRiley: ¨The police have tried to arrest several people during bank shutdowns. All have been physically freed by the crowd.¨ via @OccupiedOakTrib: ¨Young woman being treated for a head wound, blood dripping down side of her face¨
  • 3:30pm: The #Guitarmy has reached Union Square.
  • 3:27pm: Speeches taking place on livestream around the Maypole at Union Square.
  • 3:15pm: Multiple marches of thousands are continuing to enter Union Square for the permitted Solidarity Rally and March with performances from Immortal Technique, Das Racist, Tom Morello, and many more! Come hang out and see a free concert! Occupy DenverOccupy San Francisco, and many other May Day events are being livestreamed.
new york may day
Union Square, NYC
oakland may day
Oakland, CA
chicago may day
Chicago, IL
LA may day
Los Angeles, CA
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The Hypocrisy of Mike Bloomberg [VIDEO]

Straight from the facebook page of Mike Bloomberg.
It's just amusing sometimes to see him speak about the 'safety of citizens' or really - anything to do with Human Rights at all, since he has so proudly overseen the perpetual abuse of Human Rights through the brutality of his NYPD. Literally breaking the bones and shedding the blood of peaceful protesters who assert their RIGHT to be - and to protest - in public places is far from sincere concern for the wellbeing of The People.

You just can't make this stuff up...
But look at the overt reaction he's been getting since launching constant physical assaults on peaceful protesters. Hey Mike... We Are Winning. Your tyranny dressed up as legitimacy, just isn't fooling anyone anymore. We're coming for you. You and your Wall Street buddies better figure something out quick - because your brutality has served no purpose but to expose you for a brute.
We will not relent.
See you soon.


While trying to capitalize on the current American zeitgiest regarding a tragedy...

“Stand Your Ground” laws pushed by the National Rifle Associationhave not made our country safer. They’ve made us less safe.

How FEAR Turned Peace Officers
into Militarized CRIMINAL Henchmen:
- a 360 perspective - [VIDEO]




PROTESTER, Cecily McMillan
tells Democracy NOW! about her first hand experience in one of the
NYPD's most recent physical assaults on protesters in a public square:




ONE GOOD COP: OUR CAPTAIN, Ray Lewis

breaks it all down for We Are Change this past November:


It's amazing to have this perspective
from a former Philedelphia Police Captain

A shining example of what the NYPD and other departments COULD BE, if only they too, would stand up against their own fears. It is FEAR that makes a police officer obey without conscience. It is FEAR that keeps all people doing the wrong thing. The FEAR of not being able to feed yourself and your family, should NEVER be the motivating force in your life. FOLLOWING ILLEGAL ORDERS can only happen in a world corrupted and controlled by money. When our police departments don't have to FEAR losing their budgets, and their officers don't have to FEAR not being able to feed their families, see how much more just and equal our world will be.

When the watchmen don't have to FEAR for their own survival, see how many less ILLEGAL ORDERS they are willing to follow. See how many more of them are willing to put conscience before orders. See how many less of them are willing to look the other way. See how many more of them are willing to stand with The People, rather than against us!



You simply cannot be in FEAR that you will lose your job, and truly stand with The People at the same time. It's one or the other. Your FEAR serves no one. It is FEARLESSNESS that we require.


The Human Rights of all are undermined buy socio-economic constructs that paralyze minds and hearts, with FEAR. You can only be truly serving The People, when you are serving with FEARLESSNESS. If you are too afraid to lose your job, you are likely to not do the right thing. The FEAR of losing the ability to feed their families - being dangled over their heads in every moment - is it any wonder that yesterday's Peace Officer is today's MILITARIZED THUG? One who dares not to question suppressive orders, nor interrupt corruption and oppression, nor apply critical thought to their professional situation being one of actually keeping them from helping The People, but rather, helping those who aim to exploit The People? You don't have to understand all of the intricacies therein, to know that it is WRONG to suppress protests in public squares. In fact - IT IS A CRIME. If you know that much, you are on the right track!

Actions and Updates in Albany

#OAbanner
WaterOnFire

With an unprecedented showing of community support, Albany banned fracking last year. It was then vetoed by Mayor 1% Jennings (yes, the one who evicted Occupy Albany). After two NYS Supreme Court judges ruled in favor of municipal zoning rights in other locales, the Albany ban is being introduced once more. Come stand with the Environmental Sustainability Working Group tonight!

MONDAY | March 19 | 6pm | Albany City Hall, 24 Eagle Street

#OCCUPYnewscorp


Enjoy an early morning action at the office of the parent company of Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post. Despite making $8.65 billion in profits from 2008-2010, News Corps pays less tax than a family of four making $58k. In 2011 alone, they spent $7 million on lobbyists, $35.6 million on accountants, and $2.9 million in contributions to political candidates. Together with VOCAL-NY, we will engage in direct action at the NYS Capitol followed by a teach-in in the War Room challenging the role of corporate influence over our political process. Meet at the Washington Avenue entrance to the Capitol at 9:30.


TUESDAY | March 20 | 9:30am | NYS Capitol Building

WelcomeToTheInternet


Do you like computers? Are you fond of the internet? Do you wish that you could post to the Occupy Albany website? The I.T. Working Group will be holding a Teach-In to show working group members how to access and post to the new website.

FRIDAY | March 23 | 6-8pm | #OA 472 Madison Avenue

Learn More...
Matewan


Set in 1920's West Virginia, Matewandepicts the struggle of miners as they attempt to organize and defend themselves against the exploitative and heavy-handed Stone Mountain Coal Company. The film touches not only on the hardships of early labor organizers as they fought for unionization, but also explores issues of race, infighting within social movements, and the autonomy-stripping nature of capitalism. Film showing begins at 8pm, followed by discussion.

FRIDAY | March 23 | 8pm | #OA 472 Madison Avenue

Learn More...
#ows #occupyalbany #onys

The Occupy Poughkeepsie Journal (Vol.1 #5)

Occupy Poughkeepsie
The Occupy Poughkeepsie Journal

Brought to you by the Media Working Group of Occupy Poughkeepsie.
http://www.occupypoughkeepsie.org

Vol. 1 #5 - February 1, 2012

On Monday, January 30th, 6 members of Occupy Poughkeepsie, 5 from New Paltz and 1 from Kingston, joined the community at Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 130th birthday celebration at his homestead in Hyde Park, New York. Several Occupiers gathered at the walkway entrance to the Rose Garden holding signs in support of FDR's policies and calling for a new, New Deal.

The overall reaction from the attending crowd was very positive and Parks Police did not disperse the Occupiers even though they made note that a permit was necessary for political demonstrations on Federal property. This underscores the amount of quiet support the Movement has gained since September 17th, 2011 when it all started.

On Monday, February 6th, Occupy Wall Street is coming to Occupy Poughkeepsie with a full afternoon and evening of events at Christ Episcopal Church on Carroll Street. Events begin at 3PM with a workshop, followed at 5PM with a pot luck dinner with OPK and the Dutchess Peace Coalition, and finishing at 7PM with our regular Monday evening Think Tank session. For more information and the latest schedule, visit our website at occupypoughkeepsie.org.

Last week Blair Goodman and James Tremblay of OPKs Foreclosure Working Group traveled to Springfield, MA to attend a meeting of "No One Leaves" a group that helps people in foreclosure get through the process. The coalition that forms the organization is made up of the American Friends Service Committee of Western Mass, Arise for Social Justice, WNEC Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, Western Mass. Jobs with Justice, Springfield Partners for Community Action, Pioneer Valley Project, and Universal Community Voices Eliminating Disparities. No One Leaves mobilizes tenants and former homeowners living in recently or about to be foreclosed homes (bank tenants) to stop evictions, protect Springfield’s housing and communities, and mobilize bank tenants to fight back against major lending institutions and banks that are tearing our communities apart. The goal of the visit was to seek information on bringing that project here to the mid-Hudson Valley. More information on the project can be found here: http://www.projectnooneleaves.org/

OPKs Musicians Working Group: For the initial meeting, a group of spirited musicians came together last Thursday to meet, play music and exchange ideas. They'll be meeting each Thursday at 7PM to continue on. See below for contact information.

OPKs Stone Soup program continues in Hulme Park on Friday evenings from 4PM until 6PM, just in time to get you to our Friday evening GA at 7PM. Come on out, have some soup, bring some food to share, bring a drum and Occupy Hulme Park with some good food and cheer and like-minded people.

OPK hosts an informal "think-tank" program each Monday night at 7PM at Christ Episcopal Church, 22 Carroll Street. Topics are as wide spread and varied as are those who attend. Feel free to drop in and add your views.

Have you visited OPK's page on Facebook? Check us out.

#ONYS #OPK

OWS Thanks Our Supporters!

Originally published on Dec. 22, 2011, 6:15 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt
2011 was a revolutionary year for a new movement that is changing the world.
From NYC to Cairo, we are just getting started. We are still busy building this
amazing movement, and we couldn't do it without you -- our supporters!

Let's make next year even better!


(This video was passed by consensus through the New York City General Assembly 
on Tuesday, December 20, 2011.)

The Founders of New York Stand With Us In Founding Another New World

From New Amsterdam to Old Amsterdam: Solidarity!

Originally published on Dec. 8, 2011, 5:02 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt
Occupy Amsterdam Raided
from Occupy Netherlands:
Occupy Amsterdam Police Raid on 8 December 2011
Somewhere around 13:00 NL time Occupy Amsterdam was raided by the local Police and Military Police.
Tents and even medical supplies like for example an arm crutch have been confiscated and removed.
Cleaning vans of the city have been deployed just after the removal of the tents to clean up the pavement.
Occupy Amsterdam has only the big army tent, media tent and the kitchen still standing on beursplein 5.
Elsewhere in the Netherlands, Occupy Arnhem was evicted today, while occupations in the Hague, Rotterdam, Eindhoven, Utrecht, and other Dutch cities continue. Occupy Wall Street stands in solidarity with occupiers across the Netherlands, Europe, and the world. We are truly a global movement. From Tunisia to Russia, 2011 has been a year of global uprising unparalleled in modern history. As we enter 2012, we will continue to strengthen the bonds of solidarity that bind the global 99%, because global capitalism and and the cannibal oligarchies that do its bidding can only effectively be challenged by global action. Together, we are the world's only true superpower.

Bezetten Alles! Occupy Everything!

Mayor Bloomberg's Campaign of Terror & Distraction

You may remember that last week, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg made the sudden announcement of an emergency press conference on the subject of "terror".  What you may not know is that to people who work inside the news media and in television broadcasting, the rare event of a sudden Sunday evening press conference with top officials is either an actual emergency, or the mark of someone desperately trying to get ahead of the 'weekly news cycle' - perhaps in order to bury one story with an even more sensational one. 

Leading up to last weekend, both Mayor Bloomberg and the NYPD had earned plenty of negative attention that they were desperate to divert the public away from. Between the regular reports of NYPD brutality being inflicted on the peaceful protesters in lower Manhattan and the middle of the night NYPD assault on the Occupy encampment in Liberty (Zuccotti) Park just earlier in the week - which involved the NYPD securing the ground and airspace from all news media in apparent efforts to disallow any evidence of their assault on the protesters and the illegal destruction of their property - as well as their blatant contempt for Judge Lucy Billings' temporary restraining order against the City and the NYPD the next morning - it was going to take a serious hijacking of the media's attention in order to redirect the public's focus.


While holding a very rare and in this case, quite unnecessary Sunday evening press conference on the subject of a supposed "terror" suspect who was both already in custody and considered by the FBI to be no legitimate threat, the Mayor and Police Commissioner - who recently found themselves in hot water over a slew of  civil rights violations against both protesters and journalists attempting to report on the city's aggressive suppression of the Occupy protests - desperately pushed all of their chips into the center of the table and apparently hoped to bluff the public into fear-based loyalty, while at the same time distracting us from their recent crimes against democracy.

Within 90 seconds of the start of the press conference, a video was shown of a car blowing up. That video was created by the NYPD. So was the bomb used in the video. Why is the NYPD assembling bombs and video taping them blowing up cars? Why was there a theatrical "model" bomb at the press conference? If they arrested the suspect just after he was "drilling holes" in preparation for a bomb, as they said, then he had no completed bomb at the time of his arrest. This begs the repeat of the question:

Why is the NYPD producing shock and awe propaganda videos of cars blowing up, when their suspect did not even have a completed test bomb?! 


If this were a legitimate legal case, wouldn't it be inappropriate for these officials to produce propaganda like this against their suspect and show it to the news media and general public before that suspect even has a day in court to be officially charged? Wouldn't it be inappropriate for city officials to poison the potential jury pool by making and publicizing this such propaganda? Wouldn't this kind of conduct hurt the prosecutors case against the suspect, if in fact it were a legitimate case? If they are willing to threaten the stability of this such case once it is actually tried in a court of law, with these theatrical props and unnecessary, but visually frightening video presentations - what might be the real motive behind these presentations to the public? Does the suggestion of a terrorist, combined with the video of an explosion, frighten you?


Why would city officials show us their own video of an exploding car that is in no way directly connected to their suspect?

Bloomberg stated during the press conference that the suspect, "was not part of a larger conspiracy." He also referred to the suspect several times as a "lone wolf" as he pleaded his case about this supposed solo-terror-threat. The police commissioner repeated this term more than once as well. So, why the concerted branding of, and emphasis on a "lone wolf" aspect of this supposed suspect? One reason might be that the City and the NYPD want to give the clear impression that there is no need for any outside entities - FBI or otherwise - to further investigate their "terror threat" allegations.



In any event, within 48 hours of the press conference, some interesting points came to light.

Not only did the FBI not consider the suspect to be a credible threat, but they apparently also considered the NYPD's tactics in dealing with him, to be dangerously close to entrapment.

More than 50% of the general public who have commented on the Billionaire Mayor, Mike Bloomberg's facebook post announcing this arrest, have shown up to display their lack of faith in the honesty of Bloomberg's terroristic press conference. This figure holds strong even though it appears that many of the posts have somehow been censored/removed. This is reassuring that the fear-mongering tactics of the Bush era are still no longer welcome among the majority - or at least the majority of those who feel obliged to speak their minds on such matters.

Even the mainstream media questioned the timing of this sudden and rare Sunday evening announcement.

However Bloomberg aims to distract the public, or to scare us back into submission and blind obedience - the awakening of the world around him cannot be stopped. His pathetic attempt at playing the terror-card is as transparent now as it was initially (see our coverage PRE & POST press conference). His crimes against The People of New York City, the Occupy Movement, and democracy itself, are on record. He cannot wash away what he has done - and we will not forget.


Having ignored The People of New York City twice voting to keep their mayoral term limits in place and skirting their wishes by throwing his monied-weight around to stay in power, we already knew that Billionaire Mayor Mike Bloomberg is a tyrant. Now we know that he is a terrorist too.

Mayor Bloomberg, this is your legacy.

Your fortune may have been just enough to keep you in power after you had worn out your welcome in New York City, but every single penny of your enormous empire cannot save you from your place in history.

Our legacy will be to create a better world; one without the likes of criminal oligarchs like
you.


ter·ror·ism

  [ter-uh-riz-uhm]  
noun
1.
the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce,especially for political purposes.
2.
the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization.
3.
a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.







"Buy Nothing Day" Combating CONSUMErism With One Strong 24-Hour Message

#OCCUPYXMAS Kicks Off with
"Buy Nothing Day" Nov 25/26

Originally published on Nov. 23, 2011, 10:32 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt
buy nothing day / a 24 hour moratorium on consumer spending / north america nov 25th, international nov 26th / adbusters.org/bnd
from Adbusters:
You’ve been sleeping on the streets for two months pleading peacefully for a new spirit in economics. And just as your camps are raided, your eyes pepper sprayed and your head’s knocked in, another group of people are preparing to camp-out. Only these people aren’t here to support occupy Wall Street, they’re here to secure their spot in line for a Black Friday bargain at Super Target and Macy’s. Read More...

November 17th International Day of Action

OCCUPY ALBANY: facebook event
OCCUPY WALL STREET (NYC): facebook event

Thursday
November 17th
International Day of Action

On Thursday November 17th, the two month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement, we call upon the 99% to participate in a national day of direct action and celebration!

New York City
BREAKFAST: Shut Down Wall Street - 7:00 a.m.

Enough of this economy that exploits and divides us. It's time we put an end to Wall Street's reign of terror and begin building an economy that works for all. We will gather in Liberty Square at 7:00 a.m., before the ring of the Trading Floor Bell, to prepare to confront Wall Street with the stories of people on the frontlines of economic injustice. There, before the Stock Exchange, we will exchange stories rather than stocks.

LUNCH: Occupy The Subways - 3:00 p.m.
We will start by Occupying Our Blocks! Then throughout the five boroughs, we will gather at 16 central subway hubs and take our own stories to the trains, using the "People's Mic".

  • Bronx
    • Fordham Rd
    • 3rd Ave, 138th Street
    • 163rd and Southern Blvd
    • 161st and River - Yankee Stadium
  • Brooklyn
    • Broadway Junction
    • Borough Hall
    • 301 Grove Street
    • St Jose Patron Church,185 Suydam St, Bushwick
  • Queens
    • Jackson Heights/Roosevelt Ave.
    • Jamaica Center/Parsons/Archer
    • 92-10 Roosevelt Avenue, Jackson Heights
  • Manhattan
    • 125th St. A,B,C,D 
    • Union Sq. (Mass student strike)
    • 23rd St and 8th Ave
  • Staten Island
    • St. George, Staten Island Ferry Terminal 
    • 479 Port Richmond Avenue, Port Richmond

DINNER: Take The Square - 5:00 p.m.At 5 pm, tens of thousands of people will gather at Foley Square (just across from City Hall) in solidarity with laborers demanding jobs to rebuild this country's infrastructure and economy. A gospel choir and a marching band will also be performing.

Afterwards we will march to our bridges. Let's make it as musical a march as possible - bring your songs, your voice, your spirit! Our "Musical" on the bridge will culminate in a festival of light as we mark the two-month anniversary of the #occupy movement, and our commitment to shining light into our broken economic and political system.
Resist austerity. Rebuild the economy. Reclaim our democracy.

Portland

  • Occupying steelbridge in morning
  • Rally afterwards
  • Subsequently occupying banks

International Actions

Spain

General Strike

A general strike of university students will be taking place in the following cities: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, Tarragona, Palma, Sevilla, Santiago de Compostela, Murcia, Madrid, Valencia, Castello, Alicante, Zaragoza

17:00: Demonstration in Madrid

Place: From Nuevos Ministerios to Puerta del Sol Square
Call: Assembly UAM-CSIC / 15M
http://tomalafacultad.net
http://madrid.tomalaplaza.net/2011/11/08/17n-manifestacion-estatal-por-los-servicios-publicos/

Belgium

Germany

Massive student strikes, flash mobs, rallies, and other actions will be taking place in dozens of cities:
http://ism-global.net/germany_education_strike_nov17

Posters

N17 Direct Action
High-quality, print-ready versions (11x17, 15x24, 23x36) are available as a freely downloadable .zip file.
Let's get these posters everywhere! The artist's only stipulation is that they cannot be sold, only given away.
Props to r.black for his amazing work!

   8,000 Protesters Arrested 
 Not A Single Banker Indicted [link]


  

BECAUSE GOVERNMENT
is a FAILURE at best

WE ARE HERE