InterOccupy General Conference 1/9/12
Bruce:
conf call next Sun 8pm
met in NY to discuss
working on flyer and short statement on message on occupation in mall
Kevin for Margaret Flowers:
production meeting in NY, Mar 30 event occupy social forum, sharing info about goals, strategies
wash dc protest
occupyyourcongress.info
Kevin Logan
London Ontario direct action federation of labor, united union, etc trying to meet at caterpillar plant expected 400-600 people Jan 21 anyone welcome
jacob
occupy gardens
spring guerilla gardens compost, planting food all over cities, flash mobs, produce when people are hungry, connect online at
work with local food communities for 28 feb day of action
occupy gardens for world peace – facebook pg
occupy gardens toronto
Caroon
Australia: Occupy Perth
shout out to international people
indigenous day of resistance 40th anniversary of embassy
occupy office
nate
occupy philly
committee of correspondence call tomorrow 9pm
regional gathering scranton
philly GA passed proposal national gathering process proposal national gathering working group, to be sanctioned by as many groups as possible
to meet on IO conference calls
Bruce Wright
Florida MLK Jr. weekend big event sat and sun night
FB: ignite the fire
panel discussions, teach-ins, arts and cultural in celebration of MLK addressing race, economics
committee: for RNC people’s welcoming committee, for Tampa
occupythernc—website
???
anna mcrobin
nick gallero
wed SF new federal bldg stop the torture now event 12pm
ANSWER, courage to resist
20th SF occupy wall st. event
berkeley: 17th occupy city council about berkeley encampment
margaret flowers
for planning of NOW DC contact planning calls every Sunday night
mark armstrong
occupy philly
interoccupy this thurs 9 EST
michael savante talking about foreclosures at local level
kevin schmidt—Chris
occupy kalamazoo
anthony occupy illinois
regional conference occupy the midwest – St. Louis Mar 15-18
occupythemidwest.org
ronny occupy austin
hit 3 months in austin
check out austin if you don’t have an encampment
warmer climate
felony charges – port action in houston, will be in court on 9th, likely to go to trial
photoshop tents over things the powers that be would rather you not see
Jay Eck
Occupy the Courts 20th – started by move to amend
citizen united 2nd anniversary J20
Q: petitions: convention to put on Bill o rights
Jay: I believe so, in the works
Anyone welcome to join listserve
wiki.occupyyourcongress.info
need help and planning
Amy Price
occupy houston
calls for constitution
6 bills proposed about this amendment
in congress, none address PACs
move to amend does address (as well as money as speech)
Chris Warmhoth
Occupy Chicago
G8 committee May 19-21
a lot going on Apr 7: planning group to check out
mayor rahm emanuel was changing laws around it preparing for that
encourage everyone to check out G8 and NATO
large event, very excited for it
Occupy Kalamazoo made FB page for occupy phone blitz—phone protests
if can’t make it to an event e.g. Occupy Congress, groups of people who want to call in, provide congress info
Anthony
occupy illinois
NATO G8 update: occupy chicago putting together committee on facilitating logistics to have “GA summit”
Amy Price
organizing houston to G8 protest
occupy chicago working on it
allied with local groups?
anarchistmove.org—have been organizing it for a while, don’t list occupy chicago as an allied group
to make as successful as seattle in 1999, need to work with community groups, get big numbers out there
Anthony
Chicago working on committee and appreciate anyone who has experience with this
contact through occupy chicago FB page
need help with logistics
information on G8, how to communicate with them, how to deal with professional protesters who will come
Bob Ballard
Occupy Wash DC
excited about occupy congress and spring event
Tracy Lubhouse
Occupy Terre Haute
jan 20 protest
person behind Citizens United James Broch? in their city, protest at office and call bomb on J20
occupy terre haute
Anna mcrobie
Occupy Canada
walking to ottowa beginning of sept.
leaving beg. of may, stopping at every occupy
east provinces going other direction, meeting in ottowa
occupy walk wg
need help with coordination
stefan giorgio
occupy oakland
attended community college board of governors meeting in sacramento
longview action: port shutdowns in Nov in solidarity with IWU in port of longview WA
caravaning up there, have asked for support, stopping grain shipment
trying to circumvent hiring union workers
grain 30% of work on docks
bringing in scabs, other unions
requesting GA solidarity in support or action
contact info
Nancy Carpenter
J20 Occupy Courts
Charlottesville VA fed courthouse direct action 2-5
partnered with move to amend, providing speakers david swanson
bill for amendment—leaning towards sanders
major street corner, should get a lot of attn and feedback from passersby
walt roberts
chicago organizing team using interoccupy system with kalamazoo
effective when west coast port shutdown coordination, using that system
larry
if have question about national gathering process, e-mail
if interested in official printed copy, send PO Box to e-mail address
aubrey nicole rubar
occupy syracuse
FB occupy page elected to start nationwide food or power day show up at local branch of power co on pay day offer free chili or soup who had to make choice of paying power or grocery bill
national grid owned by UK company highest rate of power vs. everyone else
when everyone’s fighting for heat
break-out sessions
1: may day general strike 6
2: interoccupy 6
3: corporate personhood city council resolution 13
suggestions:
Lauren: amendment to overturn citizens united, all diff versions 8
heavy lift, could take ten years, last thing we need is multiple versions. everyone should get behind one
Sam Jueller: hosting hunger strike this week, DC statehood 4
Bruce Wright: intentional communities and local economies as alternatives 6
Anna McRobie: Northern Gateway pipeline, starting hearings today, talk about strategy with other occupies; alberta tar sands to BC coast, through native land, delicate ecosystems in small bay, oil spill waiting to happen to exploit tar sands. 3
Amy Price: G8/NATO 5
Kenneth Logan: Titan Pad resource in london and canada. living document to create save space statements, direct action plans. how to use in further communications. 1
Gina: moving to direct democracy on national level 7
Jacob: occupy gardens, food groups all over the world, coordinating global day of planting food 6—won run-off
Direct Democracy:
Gina: time for a change, we have a representative democracy (republic) established hundreds of years ago because of the situation at the time. now we have global communication, can get to places more easily
info readily available
direct participation more feasible
come into alignment with our current capacity
need to move away from old system. in canada. not representative, trim #s, leader received less than half the vote, trying to get away from hierarchy, everyone has a single vote and voice—happen on community level to start and make it spread
has already started at GA, model of what it is
plus use of technology
can only choose representative with no say over issues, can only select the people. to address the cause, not just the symptoms
e.g. most americans against NDAA, so called representatives have not listened
marching on ottowa 100k building 360k just demanding direct democracy, bringing all occupies together, by Sept 17
A3society.org—talks about direct democracy incl. complaints about it
proposed congressional amendment; movetoamend.org/other-amendments
so difficult to get that many states on board
get behind one thing and push it
wall st. proposal?
would have to completely rewrite constitution
mysafehomeca@gmail.com
FB page: occupy for reform
corporate personhood break-out group:
citizens united amendment:
Lauren Steiner
described different amendments, Sanders
Michael from Ohio—can come from the states, triggers constitutional convention, entirely new bill of rights, media has to provide free airtime to candidates, health care is a right
2/3 of state legislatures have to ratify (article 5 of con)
overdue for an amendment
create wiki page, all occupations interested in pursuing
need more general public behind it
Bill Klein:
direct democracy: combine amendment movement and community movement with this, envisioning occupy as a new institutional form of democracy
May Day:
George:
get unions to buy into May Day
what not to buy?
mortgage or rent strike
what to plan next?
take over abandoned houses (did that last may day?). occupy LA having meeting jan 22 about that
mobilizing students, big actions
theme like direct democracy for may day action
Occupy Gardens with Global Action Day:
Maria Augusto
started planting in various areas, working with other gardening groups, 100 people interested
idea in toronto: action that starts towards end of april/may, incl flash mobs, guerilla gardening, small symbolic food gardens culminating in big march
all occupies do together
FB: occupy gardens for world peas
gardening groups: connected with intentional communities, Transitions, Food not Bombs
logistics: finding tools and seeds, look to friends and family, local seeds companies, freeshare websites
benefits: good opening discussion for other political issues, icebreaker, political action to stay out of dysfunctional food supply, creates offshoots e.g. sustainable living
interest in florida
jacob
start with local gardening organization, getting local community talking about
FB: occupy gardens for world peas
interoccupy announcement:
Tammy: subgroups call planning group, web and tech, outreach
trying to connect occupations, let them know what it is
if interested in participating in interocc
orientation 9PM EST
subj. general call feedback—encourage to give feedback
general conference calls next step in evolution, since GAs you have to actually be there and worry about police, can get everyone in the country, follow along with google doc, better process. enables everyone to participate
