1. Update on NYC Liberation Summer C- Brief review of first call- worked on a clarification of vision statement. Already in the works are local trainings, this may end up being a “liberation fall” 2. What’s happening around the country? C- Looking for more info about national gathering this summer in Philadelphia S- Encouraging more...
We have not remained silent! Our consciousness has awakened, and we have joined the wave of collective consciousness now spreading light and hope to every corner of the world. From Tunisia to Tahrir Square, Madrid to Rejkavik, New York to Brussels, people are rising up. In the Arab Spring, in the dignity of Iceland, in...
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May 10, 2012 • Legal, non-violent vigil on public sidewalks in Thurmont, Maryland, will take place on Friday and Saturday, May 18 and 19 from 8 AM till sundown both days. Bring signs, banners, folding chairs, food and drink.
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May 10, 2012 • Hi folks across the US, the press release below will be sent to media on Friday (11.5.2012) by local Occupy press teams around the world (London, Madrid, Hong Kong, etc). Could you please help to send this press release to media in the US? People that participated in the international assemblies on Mumble have worked...
1) “WE DON’T OWE! WE WON’T PAY!” The 15M citizens’ assemblies in different cities in Spain, along with other networks and social organizations, have built a platform for a Citizen Debt Audit to determine its illegitimacy. It began a process led by the people to address the debt problem, denouncing those responsible for it...
Our next Occupy Supply Skill Share, titled “Occupy The Press: Alternative Media,” is this Wednesday, May 9th, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Space is limited; click here to register: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/411464214 Our presentation this week features alternative means to get your message out. After all, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” and it is up to Occupiers...
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May 6, 2012 • “The mandate of CUTV, as a campus/community TV station, is to provide alternative programming to communities at Concordia University and the island of Montreal.” They’ve got some videos of the ongoing protests. http://cutvmontreal.ca/ Free Education Montreal’s mandate is based on principles of social justice and stems from Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human...
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May 6, 2012 • Move Your Money 101-Break Up Bank of America Do you want to move your money out of big corporate banks? This document is a step by step guide to what to consider before moving your money, how to move your money, and tricky questions to consider like what happens to retirement investments… Why Join A...
We are living in a world controlled by forces incapable of giving freedom and dignity to the world´s population (if, indeed, they ever were). A world where we are told ‘there is no alternative’ to the loss of rights achieved through the long, hard struggles of our ancestors.
meeting minutes for RevOlympics! Attendees: Kimi, Occupy Santa Barbara Tracy, InterOccupy TA Alexandre Carvalho, #OWS/Revolutionary Games Brief introductions of call participants. Call started debriefing MayDay. Discussion focused on the importance of the date, a show of force, and the challenges moving forward. How to bring a new ideology to occupy? how to move...
May Day Radio is a community radio station experiment that will broadcast the movement live on May Day – offering a central source for information and inspiration to those marching in the streets and those listening in support from their desks/trucks/schools/homes. MAYDAY radio is live at maydayradio.occupy.net and in NYC at 97.5FM
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May 1, 2012 • InterOccupy Communique for May 1, 2012 We, at InterOccupy, support all forms of nonviolent protest, not just on May Day, but every day. While all participants in the Occupy movement express their societal dissatisfaction and position in various ways, we respect those important differences and work to open and expand the lines of communication among...
Online version: http://www.globalmay.org/blog/item/100-newsletter-globalmay-issue-6.html Versión en Español: http://www.globalmay.org/blog/item/99-bolet%C3%ADn-globalmay-edici%C3%B3n-no6.html Please spread through all channels and send us material for the next number, thanks! NEWSLETTER – #GLOBALMAY issue 6 (subscriptions: http://eepurl.com/klvBr ) You are receiving this Newsletter because you are in some way related toOccupy/Occupii, or Real Democracy Now/DRY or Inidgnados/Indigné If you would not like to get the next issue, please unsubscribe by sending us an email...
Highlight’s of tonight’s May 1st General Strike and Solidarity Actions Call: Bikes for floats! Don’t worry if you can’t get a flat bed or vehicle – decorate bikes and join the march. Create a caravan. Decals that look like boarded up glass. Speaker didn’t know where they go them. Feeder marches, DAs along route; convergence....
For comprehensive M1GS information please visit The Sparrow Project You can also click on the following cities for more that locations May Day information! This is alphabetized by City (or Region) and will be continually updated. Don’t see your city? Email us! Anchorage, AK Bay Area, CA Boston, MA Buffalo, NY Chicago, IL Las Vegas,...
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Apr 28, 2012 • Contact: press@occupyeugenemedia.org (or Lauren Regan, Director, Civil Liberties Defense Center, 541-687-9180). occupyeugenemedia.org, @OccupyEugene Eugene Police Harass and Brutalize Parents at Children’s Occupy The Trees Event In a disturbing display of police brutality and abuse of power, two local mothers were arrested after being pepper sprayed by Eugene police officers. The events began on Wednesday, April 25, in the...
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Apr 28, 2012 • This resource guide, compiled by Catalyst Project and Chris Crass, includes recommended readings, interviews, curriculum, and exercises to support. It is a tool to help build up the movement of the 99%, deepen its anti-racist analysis, and support respectful and transformative multiracial alliances and collaborative organizing efforts. http://collectiveliberation.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=123
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Apr 28, 2012 • Dear Occupiers, We at The Civilians create work based upon interviews taken from real people who find themselves in a particular political or social circumstance of controversy or interest. Over the past several months we’ve been interviewing people involved in the Occupy Wall Street movement. With these interviews we’ve held two cabaret-type performances in Joe’s...
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Apr 28, 2012 • NATIONAL DIRECT ACTION from OCCUPY BUFFALO RETURN TO LENDER! PLEASE SAVE ALL OF YOUR CREDIT CARD AND BANK JUNK MAIL OFFERS AND ASK YOUR FRIENDS TO DO THE SAME! BACKGROUND: The US Post Office, created in 1792 and authorized by the US Constitution, is slated in Spring 2012 to cut 28,000 jobs, drop overnight delivery...
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Apr 28, 2012 • Announcing, free OCCUPY ebook, detailing how corporations have overtaken our food and our health. http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/133065 Occupy Wall Street has opened a dialogue about life as we know it in America. This short book carries the discussion one step further reviewing the American system as it pertains to your health and well-being. Simple diagrams help you...
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Apr 28, 2012 • Occupy Merced Will be occupying Merced City Hall on Fridays until May 12, 2012. After May 12, 2012 a 24/7 occupation will begin to bring attention to the law Merced City Council is planning on repealing on May 21, 2012 called “Just Cause for Eviction”. The Realtors Association of Merced is putting pressure on the...
Hosted by Firedoglake/OccupySupply Wednesday, April 25, 2012 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT Registration link: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/189853942 This week’s webinar is on Outreach: Premise: In order to grow the base of people in the Occupy Movement targeted and effective Outreach is essential. We will discuss innovative tactics to get people involved. How to target different areas...
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Apr 21, 2012 • Occupy Long Beach celebrates Earth Day with a Human Peace Sign on the beach followed by live music and activities at Bixby Park Occupy Long Beach Presents: Earth Day 2012 Sunday, April 22nd 12:00pm – 2:00pm @ on the sand at Temple Avenue 2:00pm – 9:00pm @ Bixby Park (Broadway and Junipero) 2:30pm – 5:30pm –...
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Apr 21, 2012 • Easton, PA- Occupy Easton and The Sierra Club of Leigh Valley coordinately invite the Easton Community to celebrate Earth Day by attending their Say No To GMO and Buy Local! Event at Scott Park on April 22, 2012. There will be speakers, live music, seed giveaways, sign-making station, local and organic vendors, local activist groups...
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Apr 21, 2012 • We the people of Salt Lake City invite all those opposed to the tyranny of the 1% to join us from July 23-28th 2012 in providing a warm welcome for the 39th Annual Meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council. This annual meeting by ALEC is paid for and attended by corporate sponsors who sit...
Converge for Justice Occupy Wall Street, South Break Up BOA’s Business as Usual! May 6-9, Charlotte, NC On May 6-9 people from across the country and world will be converging in Charlotte, NC, home of Bank of America’s Headquarters and their annual Shareholder meeting, to demand an end to their practices that are bankrupting our...
Notes IO Arts (@gmail.com) Call Wed 4/18 BeautifulTrouble Janelle facilitator contact us at info@interoccupy.orgFacebook: interoccupyart ——————————————————————————- Intro Need NOTETAKER! Purpose (Overall and Theme) Length: 1.5 hours Agenda Website to see slideshow: http://bit.ly/HZPvms Recording of call and notes sent out Reach us at InterOccupyArt@gmail.com Call for Planning Committee members Next call: Not planned yet. ...
Join members of Firedoglake, Occupy Buffalo, Subversive Theater and Interoccupy for an outreach webinar in the interest of understanding the history of Mayday, past actions and why we should strike this year. Varied approaches and creative, fun ways to reach out to your community. Hosted by Firedoglake/OccupySupply Wednesday, April 18, 2012 8:00 PM – 9:00...
I wanted to share this story of these NYPD officers taking revenge on me. As you might know I make it a habit of filming the many incidents of the NYPD, Stopping and Frisking people in the Harlem community. On December 2, 2011 when I was leaving my weekly Campaign To End The New Jim...
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**Please Forward and Share** Liberation Summer No Surrender Film the Police! Pack the courthouse for Jazz Hayden, Justice, and our right to live free. April 17th, 9am 100 Centre St. On December 2, 2011, Joseph “Jazz” Hayden, founder of allthingsharlem.com, was arrested by the NYPD in retaliation by 2 officers he...
On Saturday 14th at 20h (GMT+2) (2pm NY Time) via the Mumble server ” tomalplaza.net “ We will hold a Global debate in an Open Space environment. The subject: “Global May: A new beginning?” Please share this invitation around, with all the people who would like to take part of change It’s an exceptional opportunity...
Coalition to March on the RNC Call In Day – April 4th Say NO To Tampa Mayor’s “Clean Zone” Give Us Our Permit To March Repression of March On the RNC Is Dirty Politics The city wants to silence dissent and cage thousands of protesters away from the RNC. On Thursday, April 5, Tampa’s City...
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0. We are happy to present the web page dedicated to gather and discuss all actions planned for May2012: http://www.globalmay.org/ it is an International meeting point where you can register and get involved in the actual work. There is where we host this newsletter: http://www.globalmay.org/blog/item/59-occupy-inidgnados-may12-#12m15m-newsletter-issue-no-3&Itemid=145 You will find some bugs and a lot of room...
Hey Everyone! Please click on the image below and print, sign and mail this letter to Attorney General, Eric Holder of the Department of Justice requesting that the DOJ take further action in the Trayvon Martin case.
1) Greece – AGORA in Athens From 5 to 15, there will be the Agora Athens. The international march (you can follow the march here: http://www.scoop.it/t/march-to-athens) it started back in Nov 2011 and its expected to arrive at the greek capital on the 5th of may This will be the starting signal for the beginning of the...
Dear Fellow Occupiers: On Sunday, May 20, 2012, the 27th Annual AIDS Walk New York will take place in New York’s Central Park. I’m writing for your support to provide a massive showing from members of the Occupy Movement to participate in the world’s largest gathering of its kind. We would like to invite Michael...
PRESS RELEASE 1 APRIL 2012 Press contact: Hans Lammerant, +32 479 682 443 NATO GAME OVER: non-violent intervention teams from ten European countries shut down NATO Today, about 500 peace activists from more than ten European countries will take part in an action to shut down NATO headquarters in Evere, Brussels in a nonviolent intervention....
Hello from Barcelona, this is the weekly newsletter that will inform you about the activities of 15M movement in Barcelona, Catalonia and occasionally the main events in Spain. If you do not wish to receive it anymore, please say so. 1 29M GENERAL STRIKE IN BARCELONA Though the strike was on March 29th, the...
Hey Everyone! This is a message from across the pond about a transatlantic comms meeting taking place every Monday @ 17:30GMT, 18:30 CET, 12:30EST This call is open to all but may be of most interest and usefulness to media / tech / external comms individuals and groups from each occupation / assembly....
Hello International Commissions, Outreach Teams and Everyone ! In the run up to May we are inviting local workgroups to share the political statements so far endorsed by the Assemblies of the world, here on the Inter-Assembly list. If you think it’s important to document and share the global, national and local politics of Assemblies, please post...
Welcome Nancy introduced facilitation team, welcome, and reviewed WO’s previous focus on Intl Women’s Day actions, current call objectives and call guidelines (see Call Participation Guidelines at bottom). Communication using phone keypad (review numbers 1-5): If this is your first time on the call and you’d like to introduce yourself raise your hand and tell...
Also visit www.justicefortrayvonmartin.com #Vigils4Trayvon On February 26th, George Zimmerman tracked down & shot Trayvon Martin. He still hasn’t been arrested. On March 26th, we will hold vigils on the one month anniversary of Trayvon’s murder. We will remember Trayvon and the countless thousands of people who have been wrongfully murdered because of prejudice and fear. You...
3-5 mins: Welcome & Introduction Introduced facilitation team, welcome, review call objectives and call guidelines (see Call Participation Guidelines at bottom). Call Guidelines overview (from bottom of agenda) If this is your first time on the call and you’d like to introduce yourself raise hand and tell us what inspired you to join the...
National Occupy Arts Call 3/21/12 Janelle: Artismyoccupation.org – Spring Resurgence link Interoccupy Art FB page National Artist google group Planning Committee: interoccupyart@gmail.com Occupy is blooming, spreading its seeds Tonight’s call: Events with an element of mass participation Maybe in 2 weeks (otherwise 4 weeks): Beautiful Trouble – new book coming out...
National Actions people are planning around the country time/location post to website contact information for organizers Messaging talking points press relase? media contacts Daniel’s Stuff Create a mobile site and QR code so that people attending the rally can instantly sign the Change.org petition. We’ll have a camera on-hand to film testimonials and short interviews/...
Notes for Occupy Town Square [OTS] Breakout Group Interoccupy/occupyArts conference Call 03/21/12 Participants: Athena of OTS, and Jennifer Slattery (myself, providing notes) The potential for OTS to utilize artists and help Occupy Re-emerge are extensive. This kind of creative, direct action that branches out from Wall Street and directly engages communities in...
