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OCCUPATION COMMUNICATION TELECONFERENCE 11/25

Information and or ideas for raid preparation.

Occupy St. Louis

Scottie

Assemblies are a new form of political council

There was an eviction on oct. 6th with 10 arrests

The assembly is the legal idenity

27 arrest were made in November

have a real divergence in rhetoric between other neighboring occupations

in st. louis they used a curfew restriction

Occupy

Gawn

  1. rally public support

  2. make ourselves visible

  3. make it difficult to make the officers look virtuous when holding our ground

Occupy San Diego

Chris

  1. Always know your surrounding

  2. close by rally points after a raidc

  3. strength in numbers I.e. gather more people to protect the occupation

  4. it takes high heat for tear gas canisters to operate, have a bucket of water on stand by to dump over the canisters.

  5. Thick clothing for rubber bullets

  6. tasers have a 30 ft maximum length to deploy, so if you’re aware of their use keep 30 ft away

  7. have a buddy system

  8. have people set up an over watch position, to give a warning signal for where they’re going and where they’re coming from ie 1what are they supplied with 2 constantly know your surroundings.

Occupy Nashville

Michael

  1. divide into 2 groups those who are willing to get arrested and those who arent

  2. remove imperative supplies

  3. State clearly that we are not willing to be violent

  4. disarm them with your dialogue and how you present yourself for arrest

  5. remove supplies that are not being used for the raid

  6. set yourself up to be presentable for the media as well as your own camera

Occupy

Lauren

  1. Worries if we are confrontational we might put furthering our occupation under scrutiny

Occupy

Laura

  1.  is the email of a lawyer.

Occupy Austin

  1. having video coverage and or document what was happening

Occupy Seatle

Alissa

  1. the faster you can respond with someone

  2. have a list of drivers who can remove items and list of their id

  3. list of important number on your forearm

Scottie

  1. call NLG to setup legal observers

  2. make note that police officers have no transparency

  3. Occupiers in St. Louis are proposing a vigil after their raid to further support their presence

OLA

  1. Assign peace keepers who are train in non violent resistance for the newbs

how other occupations dealt with post raid media coverage?

Jack rabbit

  1. possibility for the movement to move forward with out a physical space

Laura

  1. have a person in your media team as a media liason

Dan

  1. treat occupations as a picket line to utilize legal presidence

Occupy Jersey

lauraine

  1. went before city council because they were in support

  2. use the aclu and get a strong group of attorneys

  3. they were given the right to occupy

Sheryl OLA

  1. contact the mayor as well as city council #s mayors 2# ‘s 213 978 0600 (213) 978 0721 

Occupywallstreet.org wallst.org

Bill

  1. Where are things moving from here? Launching an internet radio shows featuring other occupy sites as well as organizations involved

Response to Dan’s question

Scottie

  1. part of the job is to create a continuing discussions for ideas to evolve your forum

Response to jack Rab

Lauren

  1. the ga is an essential part of the movement

Chris

  1. Create another location to regroup

  2. stand your ground

  3. have coffee money

Jack Rabbit

  1. stay focused and be proactive

  2. do not be reactionary

  3. the people involved in housing should think about housing persons who haven’t a place to stay post raid.

Scottie

  1. there was discussion about the decamp in another location: occupy LA is meant to create a dialogue between people NOT to create a business.