Occupy

#WaveOfAction Is Coming, The Time Is Now To Prepare

March 26, 2014 David Swanson, www.davidswanson.org Organize! #www, Occupy, Revolution

If there was ever a moment to put survival and well-being ahead of politeness and obedience, this is that moment. The weather is right. The climate is right. The experience is fresh, but the participants rested. April 4th is opening day. Will you throw out the first pitch in your town? Will you do it now? Will you re-occupy everything and never give it back? Find an event, create an event, or enliven an event near you or far from you: https://waveofaction.org This is not for show this time. This is not to send a message. This is not to make a few friends. This is to make millions of friends. This is to change the course of our culture. This is the big leagues. Rest up. Get ready. Know your power.

Occupy Protesters Gather Outside The Home Of Denver CEO

March 25, 2014 Kate Gibbons, www.denverpost.com Resist! Denver, Occupy

Occupy Denver protesters have set up camp outside the head of the Downtown Denver Partnership's Park Hill home, accusing her of criminalizing homelessness. Every Sunday afternoon, picketers who hold Tami Door, CEO of the partnership, responsible for the ban on urban camping chant and carry signs on her quiet residential street. "You should be considered a criminal for taking the blankets away from homeless people and children," protester Janet Matzen shouted at Door's home. Matzen, holding a sign that said "Wanted! Tami Door," has been protesting every Sunday since November, when the group first targeted Door's residence.

The Case That Could Rock the Occupy Movement

March 25, 2014 Ari Paul, mews.vice.com Educate! Occupy

The police say McMillan elbowed Officer Grantley Bovell in the face on March 17, 2012. OWS activists had gathered in Zuccotti Park (the OWS encampments there were evicted the previous November) and the police started to make arrests. McMillan claims that while leaving the park her right breast was grabbed from behind and she instinctively reacted. She was arrested, beaten, and later hospitalized after going into a seizure (she was released without bail, although prosecutors sought a $20,000 bail). McMillan had bruises and cuts on her back, shoulders, head, and right breast.

Taiwan Occupy Congress Excalates

March 23, 2014 Staff, www.revolution-news.com Resist! China, Democracy, Occupy, Taiwan, Trade, Video

Taiwan occupation: 30,000 supporters expected on Saturday have arrived, It’s upgraded from opposing unjust trade pact to a war for Taiwan’s democracy! Activists occupying the chamber hall of legislative yuan announced that they would prolong their 120hrs occupy into an unlimited struggle, as President Ma failed to answer their demands about the contentious China trade pact. Starting from Sat, Mar 22, Protesters expand their actions, 1st by calling on the public to join surrounding KMT(the Chinese Nationalist Party) local headquarters nationwide(already happened), now occupy the congress won’t stop until the gov answer the protest with goodwill, withdraw the China trade pact & pass the monitoring legislation!

FBI Withholds Information On Occupy Assassination Plots

March 23, 2014 Katie Rucke www.mintpressnews.com Educate! FBI, Occupy

“Houston has a bad history of violent, racist police officers,” Franklin said, explaining that this is why he believes it’s possible the FBI may have opted to not notify Occupy leaders in order to protect their fellow lawenforcement colleagues. Franklin said this never would have happened to a local Democratic Party or a Tea Party group, but the Occupy movement has long been treated with suspicion due to the various grassroots causes it supports. After listing a slew of possible scenarios for why the FBI would try to cover this up, Franklin said that though he doesn’t know why the agency did what it did, since the FBI was caught trying to cover up this information, it’s all the more reason why the public should have access to the documents in their entirety.

On Austerity Chopping Block, Students & Faculty Occupy University

March 22, 2014 Sarah Lazare www.commondreams.org Educate! Occupy, Student Activism

Wendy Chapkis, professor in Sociology and Gender and Women's Studies who participated in the occupation, told Common Dreams that the lay-offs hit faculty of color the hardest. "We've been agitating for years for the university to hire women of color," said Chapkis. "Now they are laying off dozens of faculty members, starting with the most recent hires. Out of the 8 people I know who were laid off, three of them are minority faculty." John Eric Baugher, associate professor in sociology who received a lay-off notice Friday after 9 years at USM, told Common Dreams that "university management is pressuring seniorfaculty to retire to save the jobs of younger faculty" — in what he said amounts to "emotional blackmail."

McMillan Trial: Judge Denies Request For Officer’s Disciplinary Record

March 21, 2014 Anna Merlan, www.villagevoice.com Educate! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Occupy, Police abuse

In two weeks, the last trial of an Occupy Wall Street activist will begin, when 25-year-old Cecily McMillan faces charges that she assaulted a police officer, Grantley Bovell, on March 17, 2012, during a 6-month anniversary demonstration at Zuccotti Park. In a decision issued yesterday, State Supreme Court Judge Ronald A. Zweibel decided that the information contained in Bovell's internal disciplinary file isn't relevant to the case and that the defense can't see any part of it. But McMillan's lawyer argues that this officer has assaulted and falsely arrested people before, and that the file can help them prove it. Stolar, McMillan's attorney, calls the judge's decision "disappointing." "Internal affairs investigated him and lawsuits were filed," he says of Bovell. "That's sufficient allegations that tell me something is going on, and that he did get some internal discipline on some of them. The judge basically says that unless you can make a showing that there's something in the file that shows your client is innocent, you can't have the file."

$4.5 Million Settlement In Scott Olsen’s Lawsuit Against Oakland Police

March 21, 2014 Staff, www.wecopwatch.org Resist! Occupy, Police abuse

Mr. Olsen had only been at the demonstration for a matter of minutes before OPD commanders gave the order to use munitions on the assembled crowd. He was shot 18 seconds later. Lederman explained, “The commanders knew the teargas and flashbangs would cause people to panic and run, yet they elected to shoot SIM into the densely packed crowd and it is only a matter of luck that more people weren’t injured as severely as Scott Olsen or killed. If the police had done sufficient planning for the demonstration and followed their own Crowd Control Policy, the use of weapons could have entirely been avoided. After all, no other Bay Area city responded to Occupy with SIM or teargas and no other city has incurred the enormous costs that the people of Oakland have as a result.” “The cost is not only money,” added Olsen. “If people can’t speak out without fear of being shot we don’t really have democracy.”

Fed Up!: The People Need to Take Ownership of the Production of Money

March 21, 2014 Lorna Shannon and Harrison Tesoura Schultz, www.PopularResistance.org Organize! Federal Reserve, Occupy

Our ultimate goal is to take the ownership of the means of producing money in this country away from the private cartel of Wall Street banksters. Sovereign, debt-free currency is our demand. This isn't a solution as much as it is a necessary first step that will create more opportunities for all of the changes we want to see. FedUp is an idea, a conversation more so than a formal organization. It is a pragmatic way of organizing around a realistic goal of monetary reform by nationalizing, or federalizing, the Federal Reserve. Our goal is no longer merely changing the conversation or urging people to quit their jobs, leave their homes to occupy the streets, or get arrested and beaten by the police. We do however recognize the value of spending time in the streets at actions, demonstrations, rallies and marches in order to help grassroots activists and organizers learn more about the Federal Reserve; and to show the public that people are organizing to create a better economy for all of us.

#WaveOfAction To Challenge Mayor de Blasio

March 20, 2014 Worldwide Wave of Action, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! #www, De Blasio, Occupy

On April 4th, in honor of Martin Luther King’s legacy of nonviolent civil disobedience, the Worldwide #WaveOfAction is being launched in the Manhattan park Occupy made famous. Zuccotti Park will once again be filled with people looking to ‪#‎ReOccupy‬. Will de Blasio “respect their First Amendment rights” and let this peaceful campaign “play out." Will he walk his talk and support the movement that made his election possible, or will he prove to be yet another Two-Party Oligarchy shill? Is Mayor de Blasio a legit supporter of the people, or is he just a Wall Street puppet spouting meaningless propaganda like President Obama? Show up on April 4 and let’s find out!

Judge: FBI Explain Withholding Records Of Occupy Houston Assassination Plot

March 19, 2014 Carol Christian, www.chron.com Resist! Occupy, Police abuse

A federal judge has ordered the FBI to explain why it withheld some information requested by a graduate student for his research on a plot to assassinate Occupy Houston protest leaders. Shapiro said in his complaint that the existence of an assassination plot against Occupy Houston's leaders became known through the FBI's earlier release of information in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. "According to one of the released records, ... [REDACTED] planned to gather intelligence against the leaders of the protest groups and obtain photographs, then formulate a plan to kill the leadership via suppressed sniper rifles...," Shapiro stated in his complaint. Shapiro requested additional information from the FBI in January 2013. "There is presently a vigorous and extraordinarily important debate in the United States about the authority of the government to conduct extrajudicial killings on American soil," the complaint stated.

Out of Occupy, a New Populist Political Party Forms

March 13, 2014 Dennis Trainor Jr, www.PopularResistance.org Resistance Report Anarchism, Capitalism, Carl Gibson, Dennis Trainor Jr, Green party, Occupy, Socialism, Socialist alternative

Carl Gibson, co-founder of U.S. Uncut, is joining with other Occupy Wall Street organizers to launch a new populist political party. While more details (including the name of the party and the identities of other key organizers) will be available when the group launches on March 20, the party will be explicitly anti-capitalist. Says Gibson: “A new party that actively opposes capitalism and unites people around the basic ideas of meeting human needs would be widely respected and immediately acknowledged. This new party could stand apart from the two corporate-owned parties by refusing to take campaign donations from corporations, banks and developers, standing up for the rights of immigrants and indigenous people, calling for sustainable energy and development, making education for all a top priority, and believing in universal access to healthcare as a human right. While it would take time, focusing on building power first at the local and county level is the surest way to make lasting change.”

Let’s Make Capitalism a Dirty Word

March 7, 2014 Carl Gibson, www.HuffingtonPost.com Educate! Capitalism, Corporatism, Occupy, Wall Street

In return for all their hard work, Americans who aren't executives or shareholders are paid just enough to meet basic needs like food, clothing, and shelter. Under the capitalist system, the majority of life for today's average American before retirement is spent pursuing profits that will never be shared with them. And because capitalists like Pete Peterson and the Koch Brothers are so determined to weaken Social Security in the pursuit of ever-increasing profits, even retirement is unstable. As a system predicated on the need to grow endlessly and never stagnate, capitalism is doomed to fail. I've written previously about how capitalism is currently in its endgame, similar to the endgame of Monopoly, where one player has accumulated nearly all of the property and money, and all the other players are afraid to make any moves at all, lest they land on the wrong square and are destroyed by debt.

Deadline: Take Action Now To Oppose The KXL Pipeline

March 6, 2014 Occupy Network Team, occupynetwork.com Resist! Government, Keystone XL, Occupy, Tar Sands

The evidence is in: if the Keystone XL pipeline proceeds it will be “game over for the climate” as NASA scientist James Hansen says. If we want a livable climate, an ‘all of the above’ strategy is not an option. The notion of Occupy The Pipeline has never been more important. The Occupy Network is standing in solidarity with our friends at 350.org and all those who are now engaged in the middle of the last official public comment period for the State Department’s Final Environmental Impact Statement on the Keystone XL. This is one of the very last steps before President Obama makes his decision on the pipeline, and the final opportunity to give your input in an official way.

Six Things Tahrir Protesters Taught About Starting a Movement

March 4, 2014 Samiezade’-Yazd, www.occupywallst.org Strategize! Egypt, Occupy, Revolution

The Square digs deeper, showing viewers the anatomy of mass movements and the DIY ethos that drives those within to action. It shows you first-hand that decentralized movements aren’t about the headlines and the talking heads that define them, or, for that matter, the establishments that oppose them. They’re about the people and objectives within that propel them. The Square is an important film-- not just about Egypt, but about freedom movements and social change for an entire generation. The Square is a snapshot of a greater uprising, a social shift that is interconnected with Occupy and others like it all over the world. And while some have turned their backs on protesters within both movements, The Square is a vital reminder of the lessons that Tahrir’s revolutionaries taught Occupy and the world, inspiring the disenfranchised to to turn to the streets to amplify their voices.

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