Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Occupy Wall Street has not made headlines in weeks. That is about to change.
Harnessing the considerable power of the Occupy Wall Street movement, protestors from all over the country are being called to participate in "Occupy Congress" next week. It is the next stage in the widespread public protest that began last September in New York. On January 17th, an Occupy "Call to Action" urges protestors to convene on the West Front Lawn at Capitol Hill in an effort to bring the movement's message to the doorstep of Congressional lawmakers. Rallying against corporate greed and corruption, the so-called "99%" will arrive on Martin Luther King's birthday weekend to participate in a day of organized protests. According to the Occupy Congress website, the day's activities will include Teach-ins, an Open Mic, a Multi-…
Friday, December 9, 2011
Local Activists Rail Against 'Outsiders,' Urge Council not to Issue Special Permit
The municipal council this afternoon decided to postpone a decision on whether to allow Occupy Newark to maintain a round-the-clock encampment in Military Park, a move that highlighted the rift between the three-month-old Occupy movement and the city’s well-established citizen action groups. Council members say they generally support the spirit of the Occupy movement, a coast-to-coast protest against policies that the group believes favor the economic elite at the expense of average citizens, the so-called “99 percent.” “We’ve always said, whether we like it or not, the city welcomes that kind of demonstration,” said Councilman Ron Rice. “We should always be about supporting that kind of action.” But Rice and other council members also …
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
"Drop by Wall Street" just doesn't have the same ring to it
The irony is, Occupy Wall Streeters are no longer occupying. This week, I went over to Zuccotti Park to see what was left of the protest movement. Not much, it turned out. The tents, the sleeping bags, the drums, the food trucks, the noise, the excitement – all gone. After weeks of struggling with authorities and eventually being forced to break down their encampment during a 1:00 a.m. raid on November 15, the protestors have largely dispersed. In fact, on Tuesday afternoon there were only about twelve people left in Zuccotti Park. They were standing quietly in the square, talking, rolling cigarettes and drinking coffee. One man wore a sign that said, “Quantum Democracy.” Other than that, it would not have been evident that a …
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Ras Baraka calls on movement to make demands
Occupy Newark protesters in Military Park gained a new roommate Monday night – one that packs a political punch. Arriving at 7:30 p.m. with a sleeping bag and Coleman tent, Newark Councilman Ras Baraka made good on a promise he had made a week ago to stay overnight in support of the social movement. Protesters have been camping out between Broad Street and Park Place since Saturday night, defying a city ordinance that requires the park to close at 9 p.m. Demonstrators Monday night played Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" and beat on a snare drum before a group of roughly 50 people amassed in Military Park for the hours-long forum discussion. Baraka, Newark residents and members from community activist groups People's Organization for Progress, …
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Gregory45
5:12 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012
We are really talking about what Martin King would call a revolution - a transfer of power from oligarchs to everyday people of all colours. And that is a step-by-step process, it's a democratic process, it's a non-violent process – but it is a revolution. Could be, but if you Google "define revolution" the first meaning is this "A forcible overthrow of a government or social order for a new … more ›