SUBMISSION: Occupy San Diego #STOPTPP Call to Action Spread and Share, Endorse and Join us in San Diego
http://www.sandiegooccupy.org/node/309
www.stoptpp.org is under construction and will be launched soon. For now: http://stopptpp.wordpress.com
June 2012
10 posts
Occupy National Gathering - July 4th, 2012 - Philadelphia →
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Occupy National Gathering on July 4th, 2012 in Philadelphia, PA! Come together to collaborate, share ideas and help brainstorm a vision for our future!
Description
From June 30th to July 4th, 2012, Occupy movement activists and supporters will gather in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the first Occupy National Gathering. This event is the culmination of months of organizing and consensus-building by countless activists from across the country. It has been endorsed by Occupy General Assemblies from Wall Street to Sacramento, and Austin to Kalamazoo, providing a clear example of the movement’s disparate chapters collaborating on a massive scale.
Occupy Philadelphia and the National Gathering Working Group, which initially proposed the event, invite all people to gather on Independence Mall for five days of community and movement building culminating in a massive outdoor gathering on July 4th. The main goals of the event are to strengthen our internal bonds, join together in direct actions, and engage in a transparent democratic process reflecting the values of the movement.
Activities will include:
• Four days of discussions, teach-ins, political theater, and community
bonding.
• Protests and direct actions with Occupiers from across the movement.
• Collectively crafting a Vision for a Democratic Future on July 4th.
All people of good conscience who are fed up and ready to stand up for economic and social justice are invited to join us at Independence Mall. We will send the message that injustice of any kind is unacceptable. No government or corporation can ignore the will of the people any longer. We can build a better world together.
Visit http://www.occupynationalgathering.com/ for more information.
We convene by conference call through InterOccupy every Tuesday at 9PM EST/6 PM PST. http://interoccupy.org/natgatcall/
For media purposes please feel free to utilize @OccupyNG and #NatGat for social media coordination.
Occupy D.C. protesters try to block an eviction; police say they will make arrests →
washingtonpost.com
About 50 protesters gathered in front of 917 Maryland Avenue NE Tuesday morning in a second attempt to have a face-off with an eviction squad hoping to carry out a foreclosure on a home, a three-story rowhouse.
The crowd stood in the yard and on the front steps, chanting, “Homes, not banks,” as the police attempted to enter the property despite protesters lying along the entry path. A live video stream of the protest showed a physical confrontation between the police and protesters, with the police dragging protesters off the property. One protester appeared to be taken away by an ambulance.
NYC Casseroles Night #2
I don’t even need to say it, I know you guys had fun at our first Casseroles Night.
What makes this Casseroles Night any different? It will be bigger, louder, and rowdier. We will take more streets, we will back down in less confrontations, and we will produce the needed momentum for an American fight over student debt in the Fall.
INVITE *ALL* YOUR FRIENDS!!!!
We’re inspired by the Quebec student strike and the popular uprising in Quebec against Law 78 and the Charest government, so…
On Wednesday, June 6, starting at 8pm, people from coast to coast to coast all over the world are showing solidarity by banging pots and pans everywhere!
This will be one of many casseroles nights across the world.
This event is at 8PM, on Wednesday, June 6th, at Washington Square Park.
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May 2012
26 posts
The Infinite Strike
SOLIDARITY WITH QUEBEC STUDENT STRIKE GOES ON
INFINITE SOLIDARITY WITH A CALL FOR INFINITE GENERAL STRIKE
ACTIONS IN NYC ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2012:
6pm: Night School in Solidarity with the Quebec Student Strike
Washington Square Park, Manhattan
8pm: March Against Police Oppression
Meet in Washington Square Park, Manhattan
(reconvergence at Union square)
10pm: Night School at Union sq.
WE MARCH AGAIN!
May 22 marked the 100th day of the ongoing Quebec student strike, one of the largest student mobilizations in history. Demonstrations against the massive tuition hikes (which would increase tuition by 60% over five years) occurred daily across Quebec, with over 160,000 students on “infinite strike.” Last Friday, the Quebec government enacted a draconian emergency law (Bill 78) intended to break the strike. The legislation in effect outlaws public assembly, imposes harsh fines for strike activity and criminalizes protest, just as the struggle is gaining popular support and escalating to unprecedented levels. Many are questioning the law’s constitutionality.
Bill 78 summary:
· Fines of between $1,000 and $5,000 for any individual who prevents someone from entering an educational institution.
· The fines are higher for student leaders (up to $35,000) and for unions or student federations (up to $125,000). Fines double with repeat offenses.
· Authorities must be notified at least 8 hours in advance about public demonstrations involving more than 10 people. Organizers must provide the start time and duration of the demonstration, as well as the routes of any marches.
· No on-campus protests. Protests outside universities must stay at least 15 feet from entrances.
· Encouraging someone, explicitly or tacitly, to protest at a school is subject to punishment.
No More “Good Faith”
The government of Quebec has conceded the power of the students by suspending the current semester, while the education minister has been forced to resign amid the crisis. The Quebec Premier Jean Charest claims that the government has negotiated in “good faith,” but the student unions say that the government has refused to budge on the central issue: TUITION HIKES. Students are fighting to maintain affordable, accessible higher education for all the people of Quebec. The crisis has put into question the political future of the Premiere’s Liberal Party and his own career. Civil liberties in Quebec are being fundamentally undermined. “Good faith” is dwindling between the people and the government.
What Is An Infinite General Strike?
The infinite strike is a voluntary and collective cessation of activities in order to assert claims that would not be addressed otherwise. The word “infinite” points to a confrontational stance with the government. It does not mean that the strike is limitless, but that its length is undetermined in advance. This means that the strike goes on until demands are met or until the body decides to stop the strike. In the case of Quebec’s student mobilization, the students meet every week to decide whether to continue the strike. The educational system is a crucial part of the economy and it requires human capital in order to function. Only through a strike is it possible to create the institutional congestion generated by a whole cohort of students that may not graduate. That is why an open-ended general strike is such a powerful weapon.
Why the Quebec Student Strike Matters For NYC
We are all in the red! In Quebec strikers, demonstrators andsympathizers alike have shown their solidarity through the emblem of a red square, signifying a state of “being in the financial red”—untenable student debt.In the United States, the Federal Reserve recently stated that student debt stood at $870 billion, while the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (a new government agency regulating private student loans) estimated that it had already surpassed $1 trillion. As more and more students stand up and organize against exorbitant escalations in tuition and debt, similar draconian laws have been passed in the US. Unprecedented levels of police brutality have been perpetrated against student uprisings across New York City—at Baruch College, Brooklyn College and the New School, just to name a few. The state seeks to silence these students, many of whom have been arrested on trumped up charges that reek of biased intimidation.
It would appear that we too are in the red, both financially and politically. This is untenable. It is time that we stand in solidarity with students in Quebec and across the world to fight for our right to free education. On May 23rd we in New York City continue our solidarity and stand with the infinite strike. Our demonstration in solidarity with Quebec students is also in defense of our right to assemble and protest. An increase in the powers of the police and the state anywhere is an attack on us everywhere. State repression exists globally and it is unjustifiable. We will not stand by and watch our already limited voices be silenced even more. The warnings and fear mongering of new protest laws being enacted in Frankfurt, Chicago and Montreal will not deter us. The new laws only prove that our mass mobilizations are a threat to the powers that be. We will be heard. We will take part in our own lives and not be pawns for the workings of capitalism. Our rights are not given to us by governments but established by us. OUR LIVES ARE NOT NEGOTIABLE!
Call to Students, Workers and Debtors of New York
With call on students, workers and debtors from all walks of life to stand with us in our right to assemble and dissent in our commons, against police brutality and intimidation. There is nothing to fear or be ashamed of in this. There is only strength and solidarity for us to find each other. As we stand with the students of Quebec, we acknowledge their grievances, and join their chorus with our own. As Quebec does not stand down, neither will New York. We are not afraid, and see no limit on the horizon. All we see is red!
WE ARE ALL IN THE RED!
—New York, May 21st, 2012
Organized by folks from Strike Everywhere and Occupy Wall Street
whymikashfights a reblogué votre photo : Go fuck yourself. :)
Nice to see a reasonable argument from #occupywallstreet. How well spoken and sound. Tell me again why people should…
Calm down and take off your fedora. If you think men are oppressed in this society you are just as deluded as the capitalists that whine about “class warfare.” Feminism IS about equality.*
Now you can go fuck yourself.
(*except for anti-trans radical feminists who can also GTFO)
For true Equality, not based on gender or any other factor, please read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egalitarianism
As a man whose penis cannot reach his anus, I am unable to comply with your requests. I also do not own a fedora, and if that was meant to be some form of insult, it was rather sad. Feminists, or people who identify themselves as such, are rarely TRUE feminists, BECAUSE they believe in equality for all. Equality = Egalitarianism.
Read sometime, it’s good for the soul.
To think that a force for equality means giving equal attention to problems of those with privilege as those who are oppressed is to ignore the fact that those systemic inequalities exist to begin with. The fact of the matter is that cis-men hold privilege over people who identify as women - to give both groups’ issues equal attention is to uphold that inequality. If we want to gain any kind of equality, we need to address issues proportionally. Especially considering how many problems faced by men are caused by patriarchy to begin with.
Take your own advice, dudebro. Take a minute to actually research feminism beyond what Merriam-Webster and the first paragraph of a wikipedia article can give you. Excluding one gender’s issues is necessary when that gender’s privilege is the source of the inequality at hand.
You can’t bring about an equal world by pretending you live their already.
There are a lot of problems within feminism that need to be addressed and that, when left alone, lead to racism, anti-queer and -trans* bigotry, and ableism.
Please keep that in mind, occupywallstreet. There are a lot of reasons to be wary of feminists, especially if you’re not a white straight cis abled woman.
The thing is, those are actually legitimate criticisms.
“Feminists are bigots by their very nature,” is not a legitimate criticism - especially when it refers to some mythical hatred of men by “misandrists.”
And just because it grinds some peoples’ gears, here are links to the Women Occupying Wall Street pages:
Nice to see a reasonable argument from #occupywallstreet. How well spoken and sound. Tell me again why people should…
Calm down and take off your fedora. If you think men are oppressed in this society you are just as deluded as the capitalists that whine about “class warfare.” Feminism IS about equality.*
Now you can go fuck yourself.
(*except for anti-trans radical feminists who can also GTFO)
The working class and the employing class have nothing in common.
April 2012
31 posts
Currently spamming general strike pics because general strike.
things brand new people should know about poc criticism of the occupy movement
this
this post about indigenous activist criticisms of occupy that came out in october;
the decolonize oakland website;
the occupy wall street poc commitee;
in front and center: critical voices of the 99%;
brown power at occupy wall street about poc activists working to change the language of the original ows declaration.
tequila sovereign with some background about occupy oakland’s interaction with indigenous activists
NYC Endorsers of May Day 2012
- AFSCME DC37
- AFSCME DC 1707
- AFSCME CSEA Region 2
- AFSCME Local 371 (SSEU)
- AFSCME Local 372 DC 37
- AFSCME Local 375 DC 37
- AFSCME DC 37 Retirees Association
- AFT - PSC/CUNY
- American Federation of Musicians Local 802
- Anakbayan NY/NJ
- Answer Coalition
- BAYAN-USA
- Brandworkers
- Centro Guatemalteco Tecun Uman
- Coalition for a District Alternative
- Coalition for Public Education (CPE)
- Committees of Correspondence
- Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center
- Community Farmworker Alliance
- CSEA 1000
- CWA District 1
- CWA Local 1180
- CWA Local 31003 The New York Newspaper Guild
- NABET-CWA Local 16
- Domestic Workers United
- Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment (FiRE)
- Freedom Socialist Party
- Frente Unido de Inmigrantes Ecuatorianos
- GABRIELA USA
- Greater NY Labor-Religion Coalition
- Green Party of NYC
- Green Party of NYS
- Guyanese American Workers United
- Honduras USA Resistencia
- IBT Joint Council 16
- IBT Local 808
- IBT Local 814
- IBT Local 210
- IBT Local 272
- Immigrant Workers Movement
- Immigrant Solidarity Network
- Industrial Union Council New Jersey
- International Action Center
- International League of Peoples Struggle
- International Migrants Alliance
- International Socialist Organization
- Jersey City Peace Movement
- Jews for Racial and Economic Justice
- Jornaleros Unidos de Woodside
- Kurland Group
- Labor Network for Sustainability
- La Fuente
- La Pena del Bronx
- Labor for Palestine
- Left Labor Project
- LIUNA Local 10
- LIUNA Local 78
- LIUNA Local 79
- Long Island Workplace Project
- Make the Road New York
- May 1st Coalition
- National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON)
- National Domestic Workers Alliance
- New Immigrant Community Empowerment
- National Immigrant Solidarity Network
- New York Broadcast Trades Council
- New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
- New York City Labor Against the War
- New York City LCLAA
- New York Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (NYCHRP)
- New York Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador
- New York Communities for Change
- New York Immigration Coalition
- New York New Jersey Regional Joint Board, Workers United
- New York Taxi Workers Alliance
- NYS District Communist Party USA
- NYS Nurses Association
- Occupy Sunset Park
- Occupy Wall Street
- Operation Power
- Organization of Staff Analysts
- Pakistan USA Freedom Forum
- Philippine Forum
- Radical Women
- Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York
- Retail Action Project
- RWDSU
- School of Americas Watch (SOA Watch)
- 1199SEIU
- SEIU 32BJ
- Senegalese Workers Association
- Sisa Pakari Cultural & Labor Center
- Take Back the Future TWU Local 100
- UAW Region 9A
- UAW Local 1981 National Writers Union
- UNITE HERE Local 100
- United Federation of Teachers
- United NY
- Veterans for Peace Chapter 3 NYC
- Workers United, SEIU
- Workers World Party
- Writers Guild of America, East
