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...
