[Noisebridge-discuss] [sudoroom] FW: "OCCUPY" Actions Planned for Monday, September 17, 2012

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On 9/13/12, rachel lyra hospodar <rachelyra at gmail.com> wrote:
> There's a really interesting slow-motion schism happening in the
> movement right now between revolutionary approaches and more reformist
> approaches.  The Sept 17th Occupy anniversary event is actually the
> 'reformist' camp within that movement, lots of old-school people doing
> Seattle-WTO-style protesting.  Over this coming weekend, there is also
> an event revisiting the Human Be-in which was so monumental in the
> sixties [1].  http://humanbein.org/  Lots of folks from occupy and
> elsewhere, hacking the commons and partying in the spirit of the Albany
> Farm: sheet-mulching Golden Gate Park while teaching yoga and playing
> free concerts.
>
> I think it's interesting to note the choice that we have.  On one hand
> there is 'protesting', trying to get a disinterested government to pay
> attention and grant us our desires.  Sometimes this is used as a tool to
> reach the public but they are reached, bro.  Popular opinion in America
> is weighted heavily towards dissatisfaction, and people are eager for
> alternatives.  So then, if the American People are eager for
> alternatives, and we are proponents of do-ocracy...
>
> Basically, it's time to get to work building the future already.
>
> <3
> R.
>
> [1] The Human Be-In was an event in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on
> January 14, 1967. It was a prelude to San Francisco's Summer of Love,
> which made the Haight-Ashbury district a symbol of American
> counterculture and introduced the word "psychedelic" to suburbia.
> -wikipedia
>
> On 9/13/2012 3:03 PM, Matthew Senate wrote:
>> FYI from SFPD
>>
>> // Matt
>> ----
>>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 1:41 PM
>> Subject: "OCCUPY" Actions Planned for Monday, September 17, 2012
>>
>> We are advised by SFPD that the Occupy Action Council San Francisco has
>> planned a day-long event for the one year anniversary of Occupy Wall
>> Street.  The San Francisco event is being called, "Occupy Wall Street
>> West", and it's scheduled to take place on September 17th.  Below is the
>> list of events that have been made public so far by OccupySF, Occupy
>> Oakland, Occupy Bernal, Occupy Bay Area United (OBAU) and the Occupy
>> Action Council San Francisco.
>>
>> 1) Occupy Bay Area United
>> Beginning at 5:00 p.m. on 9/16/12, they will initiate a 24 hour
>> occupation at 555 California Street.  This occupation will conclude at
>> 5:00 p.m. on 9/17/12.  OBAU states that this will be a nonviolent
>> action, and they will be protesting the "financial malfeasance, embodied
>> by the corporations residing in the building located at 555 California."
>>
>> 2) Occupy The Banks
>> All Day action beginning on 9/17/12.  People are asked to move their
>> money and "take creative nonviolent action to confront the banks' theft
>> and destruction of our communities, homes, environment, education,
>> health care and democracy."
>>
>> 3) "Occupy Senior and Veterans Foreclosures and Evictions"
>> 401 Van Ness, 12 noon to 3:00 p.m.
>> Protest and Press Conference coordinated by Foreclosure and Eviction
>> Fighters and supporters of Occupy Bernal, Occupy Noe, and the Alliance
>> of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE)
>>
>> 4) Occupy Oakland Street Party
>> People are asked to gather at Justin Herman Plaza at 1:00 p.m. on 9/17.
>> "Party takes to the streets of the San Francisco Financial District" at
>> 2:00 p.m.
>>
>> 5) "Occupy Fortress Investment Group"
>> One Market Plaza, Spear Tower, 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
>> Protest coordinated by Foreclosure and Eviction Fighters and supporters
>> of Occupy Bernal, Occupy Noe, and the ACCE
>>
>> 6) "Mass Convergence" Protest
>> 555 California - Bank of America and Goldman Sachs
>> 5:00 p.m. t0 7:00 p.m.
>> It appears that all of the participating groups/people will come
>> together at this time for a mass protest.  This includes OccupySF,
>> Occupy Bernal, OBAU and Occupy Oakland.
>> ________________________________
>>
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