Philadelphia GA – National Gathering Process Proposal – Communique #1
Occupy Philadelphia National Gathering Process Proposal – Communique #1 We, the General Assembly of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, being the open, transparent, direct democratic decision-making body of the Occupy Philly movement, bring the following proposal to all other peaceful Assemblies across the United States of America. In recent weeks, we have grappled with the question of...
A Call to Reassert Our Right to Protest: 2012- A Year of Struggle
From Occupy LA “… as a direct response to these assaults on our civil liberties, we are calling for a year of struggle among all communities and across all issues to unite against state sponsored repression and assert the inherent right of the people to peacefully assemble.” Occupy Los Angeles, in solidarity...
OLA – 12/8/11 – A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THE NATIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY
We have been hearing reports that occupiers from all over the country were flown to DC in the past week by numerous independent organizations in order to participate in the “Take Back the Capitol” rally, which has led to a National General Assembly. Unfortunately, The Occupy LA General Assembly never consented to be part of...
OLA – 11/13/11 – FALSIFY THE CURRENCY!- N17 DAY OF ACTION
As we come closer to the N17 day of action, we would like to express our thanks to occupiers everywhere for your participation in this movement. If Monday night’s conference call from the encampment at OccupyLA to 150 other occupations is an indication of our strength, then we are all mighty. Looking back, we...
OLA – 10/30/11 – COPS GIVE NEW MEANING TO “OAKLAND RAIDERS”
The use of weapons, lethal or life-threatening, against peaceful protesters anywhere is a threat to democracy everywhere. The police raid on OccupyOakland and serious injury to Scott Olsen is reminiscent of the early force ordered by Mubarak on the protesters in Tahrir Square. While Mubarak employed henchmen to carry out vicious attacks on the...
OLA – 10/18/11 – THE PUBLIC USE OF PUBLIC SPACE
THE PUBLIC USE OF PUBLIC SPACE We, OccupyLA, agree that the legal state of affairs at many occupation sites is unacceptable. Mass arrests are numbering in the thousands across NYC, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, Denver, San Diego, Long Beach and many more cities. The charges include, but are not limited to resisting arrest,...
OLA – 10/12/11 – RECOGNITION OF OPPRESSION ACROSS OCCUPATIONS
‘AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL’ We recognize that some occupations are experiencing police oppression in the form of baton hitting, chemical spraying, and mass arrests. There are also subtle forms of coercion such as the enforcement of health and safety regulations that aim to shut down our ability to share food...
Communique from Occupy LSX International Commission – 12/01/11
Communique from Occupy LSX International Commission 1st December 2011 Greetings from London ! In the hope of improving communication, co-operation and raising the political temperature worlwide some of us have put together the following information on global platforms, call outs and ideas for People’s Assemblies and Occupations worldwide. Please distribute to all your relevant networks! 1.ENG / Summary...
Communique from Liberty Plaza, NYC – 11.22.11
The following communique was produced by the OWS General Assembly on November 22, 2011. Please spread the word about this communique by sending people to this page. After the recent coordinated attacks on our peaceful occupations around the country, we need to build our communication channels so that we too can coordinate in order to...
Communique from London GA
London International Commission Invitation to All Assemblies Dear friends and fellow occupiers all over the world, One of the key elements that makes this movement so strong is the fact that we are everywhere. There are many hundreds of occupations all over the world, and we’re struggling to keep up with all the incredible work. But...
Communique from Philadelphia GA – October 20 2011
[passed by the Occupy Philly GA on the evening of October 20th, with near unanimity] We, the General Assembly of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in solidarity with all other peaceful occupations in communities around the world, offer this first official message from our General Assembly to every other General Assembly on this planet. We arrived at this...
