I have a bunch of excerpts from Twitter traffic here, including a bunch about the “cleaning” issue:

http://my.firedoglake.com/ny40something/2011/10/13/daily-excerpts-from-ows-twitter-traffic-11132011/

Dustin Slaughter & Ghostpickles want to go back to NYC to cover but short of funds:

https://www.wepay.com/donate/116187

@RDevro Ryan Devereaux
Direct Action predicts Saturday’s demonstrations will be larger than massive union-backed march last week, minus permits. #ows
5 minutes ago via HTC Peep

…thus why attempted eviction on Friday to head off even more momentum?

someplace spotted call for “Occupy Central Park” at some point next week…

Ah, the old “the protesters are trashing the place so we must clean it” lie. Where did we hear that one most recently? Ah, yes, Wisconsin — where it was promptly debunked:

http://blog.preservationnation.org/2011/03/02/demonstrators-treating-historic-wisconsin-state-capitol-with-care-and-respect/

The original plan before they claimed the park was to sleep on the sidewalks in groups of 19 or fewer. It was the NYPD that encouraged Brookfield to let them stay in the park instead. This is all worth remembering.

I can’t tell if this cleaning thing is a real threat or more of the paranoia we see too much of in our movement (something we have in common with the far-right). I find it hard to believe that the Mayor would really do this, knowing that the police will have to arrest thousands and could well spark a riot. I guess I’ll go over at 6 AM tomorrow to support OSW, just in case.

@allisonkilkenny allisonkilkenny
RT @exileinflyville: #OWS is now twice as popular as the Tea Party. Quick, time to crush it! goo.gl/kHtkp

#OccupyTogether
4 minutes ago via TweetDeck

http://www.inthesetimes.com/ittlist/entry/12098/the_daily_occupation_plutocracy_lowers_the_hammer/

But if a “riot” breaks out isn’t that just what would be needed to justify mass crackdown on the entire thing?

@OccupyChicago Occupy Chicago
#AmericanAwakening is now Trending in Pheonix and Los Angeles and #1 trend in Chicago! #OccupyChi #OccupyLa #OccupyPheonix
4 minutes ago via web

I gather it’s the overall hashtag for Saturday’s events?

we will need folks to cover Twitter & livestream in the pre-dawn and early morning hours for NYC, but can’t be me as late night at work tonight and will need zzs by then

off to work in a few mins

From watching several general assemblies on livestream, there does not seem to be the panic and paranoia on the ground that there is in the blogosphere.

new sign needed: we are not the ones crapping on you!

If provoking a riot was their real goal, wouldn’t they move in tonight at like 3 AM instead of at 7 AM on a work day?

To be clear, I was not trying to imply that protesters would riot, but that the police raiding the park would cause total chaos that could degenerate into a riot.

Good to hear. I’ll stop by on my way home from work and see what is going on and if support is needed tomorrow morning.

Suggested action to keep Liberty Park occupied.

So bloomberg thinks this is syria

Like the man said, “get the truth, get compassion; everything else is a distraction.”

I call Adrian Benepe, NYC Parks Commish, the grass nazi.

He’s a nasty excuse for a human.

He wouldn’t let and of the multi-hundred thousand antiwar protesters into Central Park in 2003 bc they’d just resodded it.

Grass is, dontcha know, much more impt than peace or speech.

sod off! LOL. Did you tell him this is a grassroots movement?

Did you tell him this is a grassroots movement?

Slapping forehead. Geez, why didn’t I think of that.

I just baked Russian tea cakes: one batch regular, one batch choc mint. You deserve some for your cleverness, if you’d like. Glass of milk on offer too.

Thank you, eCAHN!

Wow you are always posting tasty things you are cooking and baking…..make me hungry…..where do you live:-)

Here’s Benepe’s contact form.

Bloomberg is the ultimate pig capitalist – lives in mansions and sends goons to destroy public protest against the kings and queens of America.

Mid-Hudson. And NO that isn’t the place that Sully Sullenberger landed his plane. *g*

Having a dinner party tomorrow, so this is prep for that. Last time I made then was a year ago on 10/10/10 for a wedding reception cookie table of neighbors. I really like them, so it was time to make them again.

Has anyone suggested carrying pitchforks – a farm implement – that could also be used as a defensive weapon? New York can’t be against farmers showing their tools.

It would scare the brown stuff out of bullies with batons.

Kevin
In your write ups if you could include contact information where people can send money for food etc to protestors. I put a note on FDL without much success. Eventually, found contact information in yesterdat’s Ralph Nader’s piece in Counterpunch.com. this is for NY http://occupywallst.org/

But but but, Mayor Mike, man of the peeps, takes the subway to work. Or at least he did once, for a photo op, when he originally became mayor.

It would be kool if you could get some actual farmers to show up on tractors. Very unlikely to happen, though. The farmers in the area have been inundated this year: 2nd highest rainfall on record & still 2-1/2 months to go. August record exceeded by a foot (Irene & Lee) and September by 8″. A lot lost the majority of their crops. Usual floods are in spring, so they have a chance to recover.

More like, put a gleam in their eyes and shotguns in their hands.

The corporate media is beginning to give play to the 53%ers who call for personal responsibility.

How about truck drivers with their 18 wheelers?

We either watch this lose momentum, get stopped by the weather, see it co opted or up the ante !

What’s important is that we create something which is easily participated in, out of the weather and available to all that takes this from the merely symbolic towards a movement with teeth that allows the bulk of the population to flex it’s political and economic muscles .

A late day to work, paying our bill just at the cut off before late charges or a month of no payments or etc.

Evolve or die Occupy Wall Street .

Now (click the LS linked therein or the embedded video above):

janehamsher Jane Hamsher
@KGosztola and @JohnChandley are livestreaming from #OccupyBoston fdl.me/r9TCo1 @fdldissenter
2 minutes ago

Hmmm. Try contacting the union. If anyone knows union members, esp.

I’m thinking along the lines of the farmers who show up regularly at French protests.

Some 18 wheelers are industrial honeybee keepers who cart them around the country to pollenate crops. Those girls are not treated well, but that’s another story. It would be kool to get one of those loaded trucks to show up, take the straps & shrink wrap off the hives & start setting them up.

‘Fraid that’s right. You do not want to be face-to-face with a New York City cop with a heavy implement in your hands. I shudder at the very thought.

18 Wheelers could do a number on December 7th during the General Strike.

Now, that makes me smile. Those cops certainly deserve a stinging rebuke.

Is there going to be a general strike? I haven’t heard of it. (Not been online much for last week or so). Do you have a link?

Ah, yes. Honeybees are just the thing for cooperative urban agriculture.

We need a thread devoted entirely to brainstorming about how to push this to the next step !

Pardon my cynicism about general strikes when it requires most workers to agree. But is this the proverbial philosopher’s strike?

Honeybees are semidomesticated. They don’t sting much, and when they do, they lose their stinger & die about 4 hours later. But I think the beezzzz would get a bit out of sorts (they definitely have moods) with all the melee, so perhaps some would commit to be suicide stingers.

Tweeted to peeps! U bring more re pressure points in NYC & I distrib.

There’s a scene in this movie of bee keepers on roof of very urban neighborhood in Bronx. Changes your whole feeling about the environment there.

Also story about bee hives in some section of Brooklyn making red honey, as they are near some red dye producing plant. Uck. Poor girls.

Since Obama basically tried to lie us into war today, how many leading lights of the “left” will fall in line to support him in 2012?

Ironically, of all the GOP candidates Romney is the candidate most similar to Obama. He is a Massachusetts Liberal after all.

If we don’t break ranks with the two-party hustle in 2012, we are culpable.

Thanks. I don’t tweet.

That is being done in multiple general assemblies as well, between the times that they are defending their turf. Taking it to the next step is not an abstraction. It depends on where you are. Each local movement is involved in taking it to the next step. For some that means have the courage to meet face to face to plan to picket some event or in front of a bank. For others that means how to push the legal envelope to more forcefully assert the rights of free speech and assembly. For others that means serious discussion about how to include the homeless, hobos, and street people in their general assemblies. For others it’s what to do about the coming winter.

Interesting to think about the right to assemble in general. PTB have done their best to take away all the public space that might be used for that.

anyone know what is going on with clean up tomorrow. heard oWS offered to pay for it?

In other news Iranian leaders, furious over the Saudi intervention in Bahrain and what they call crimes against the Shiites of that country, have openly created centers to recruit volunteers for suicide bombings against Saudi Arabia’s interests worldwide. Several grand ayatollahs in Iran have issued a fatwa for Muslims to come to the aid of their Shiite brothers in Bahrain, who they claim are suffering horrific crimes from their government in collaboration with the Saudi armed forces.

Not sure what to make of it. seems strange this would come one day after what was obviously a govt made up plot that iran was trying to kill SA diplomat? All seems so strange. thoughts?

Rather than attempt a general strikie in one fell swoop , we could attempt a collective late day to work and augment it over time. O

Excuse my cut and pasting but I adressed this in a post several days ago :

Sympathy with the protesters on wall street is growing nation wide and as a result of the lack of clear specific demands and leaders , anyone with imagination , on either side of the political aisle is able to paint their own reasons why our oligarchs, wall street and their henchman in govenment have outlived their usefulness. This movement is gaining steam exponentially and yet the question remains , how can we involve those not yet engaged and keep these protests in the public eye .

Many around the country , with families and mortgages to pay, deep in credit debt, who now applaud the protesters can not make it to Wall Street or Washington DC but would still like to do more than merely sympathize .Without providing a viable way for the people to participate in these events, while these actions will undoubtedly raise public awareness and force a more serious dialogue about our real problems as a nation upon the MSM and our “Representatives ” in government, they will remain mostly symbolic , carried out by only a small segment of those who are in support of them.

In view of this appraisal I would like to advance the following proposal .

Begin to advocate and provide an avenue which will make those now on the sidelines engaged in a way that is not merely poetic but has the threat of some teeth in it through means involving little real effort or danger to working men and women , and is both universally available to most among the citizenry and more efficient than what is now going on in the streets.

Working men and women around the nation could be encouraged to go to work an hour late on a certain day collectively , en masse !

This is unlikely to put anyone among the 99% in any real danger of losing their livelihoods or homes but would be extremely empowering to the American population as a whole and allow them to become participants rather than spectators ! The simple fact of such a small act would be to forshadow a much larger possibility , the threat of a general strike nationwide which stops the wheels of industry and finance entirely . This would put those in the upper 1% on notice that the democracy is neither for sale or exclusively the property of their ilk and educate us all on who really holds the reins of power !

The threat of such a possibility would be a clear shot off the bow of the ship of state and involve the vast majority of Americans in our collective liberation .

We’ve been damn well culpable for quite some time. Looking good trying doesn’t provide an escape from culpability.

And again:

Not only is it hard to sustain something as it approaches a zenith but there remains another more obvious problem , the weather ! This event is now entering it’s third week and has been successful beyond most of our wildest dreams in gaining traction among the American populace , how many weeks shall we attempt to sustain such numbers before natural entropy slips in and the numbers begin to dwindle based on the inevitable burnout ? The weather in the northern tier of the US will turn sour within weeks as well and as a result those crowds actively participating will dwindle despite their best intentions , this is obvious.

Equally obvious is that the next step is an escalation away from what is largely a symbolic protest towards a real demonstration of political power . This should be done is such a way as not to endanger the people who are now under the yoke of credit debt OR the system on which they depend. A show of force nationwide which brings the majority into the fray and out of the weather will be necessary in order to move forward rather than see the momentum diminished .

Who is this “we” in your statement. That’s the rub. Unless you already have 10-20 million folks committed to strike with little possibility of replacing them with scabs, it does not work. And even then, it is unlikely to put the 1% on notice because they already are on notice. Why do you think they want to shut down Liberty Plaza and other occupation sites?

From Zinn: Workers’ strikes in the U.S. began in the 1820s & it took them a century to achieve much. Still gotta keep on keeping on.

Other variatins on this basic strategy are possible . What ever it is it must be supremely easy to be involved in and universally available .

Otherwise we are probably nearing the end of mass participation , which I still contend is the only way forward in light of the situation .

The more likely practical action will be to occupy empty buildings and provide shelter for the homeless. There is a lot of empty commercial real estate in the US, some even that must keep the utilities running to protect the value of the property. That makes an effective case about waste.

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The we is both more than tens of thousands now directly engaged in 800 cities across the US and the many more who are not participating directly but that support the occupiers.

Re: Boston. . .

Verizon, OK. But how about protesting at Beacon Hill and City Hall? They’re the nexus of what goes on in Boston, no?

Occupy Birmingham (AL): Occupation of Financial District (videos)

That’s not enough people yet. There are roughly 240 million adults in the US.

With climate change and a predicted mass extinction event in the oceans unseen in human history within twenty years on the horizon , we don’t have a century to work our way up to this.

Also as economic conditions worsen and social unrest occurs in earnest we will come to better understand the reason why all our phones are bugged and the government has dispensed with Habeas Corpus while claiming the right to assassinate us without oversight.

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090202_its_not_going_to_be_ok/

Tarheel@ 60

Most of whom support the protests but because of geographical or inancial reasons can not join them .

Agreed. we live on a finite planet and the signs are everywhere that the earth can not take it anymore.

OccupyColumbia OccupyColumbia
#OccupyColumbia would like to thank SCSLED for showing their support of our peaceful occupation by following us on Twitter.
42 minutes ago

SCSLED is South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division, the counterpart of state bureaus of investigation in other states.

With all of the local movements sprouting up, geography and finances is no longer an excuse. Heck there are three hardcore folks who’ve been standing by the side of a street in Cumberland MD. Enough to get press coverage.

And then there’s this:

OccupyRaleigh Occupy Raleigh
Wow, from @FoxNews… A call for Tea Party supporters to join OWS? Come on over you’re the 99% too and we share goals – fxn.ws/o4uB6y

1 hour ago

I still maintain that the numbers that support this are far greater than those on the street at any one time.

CouncilofCDNs Council of Canadians
Council of Cdns endorses the Occupy movement. bit.ly/ppOvVF & bit.ly/qITBko | @OccupyCanada #ows #cdnpoli #resistance2011
52 minutes ago

W0000T!

Yeah the bank don’t know squat !

Another eviction ploy:

OccupyHouston Occupy Houston
trans ocean and trans canada want our spot for their kids propaganda festival. We aren’t happy. We are not sheep. twitpic.com/6zt7l5

1 hour ago

Mother-fuck a TransOcean.

OWSAtlanta Occupy Atlanta
MARCH TO DEFEND PEACHTREE-PINE HOMELESS SHELTER #OccupyAtlanta occupyatlanta.org/2011/10/13/mar…

2 hours ago

Another eviction ploy:

OccupyGvilleFL Occupy Gainesville
Update: All Sprinklers @ Bo Diddley Plaza came on last night while we were Occupying the space under permit. The… fb.me/HEyPztOA

2 hours ago

10/13 Occupy Tulsa Livestream Interview with This Land Press

freeman,
how about cutting and pasting these useful
remarks one more time into a Diary?
to start a thread.

OTOH, perhaps anything we do today may be irrelevant bc human race is extinct 100 years from now. Look on the bright side. Earth would be well rid of us.

Occupy Tulsa
NOTICE: This morning in front of Chase Bank in downtown Tulsa a man in a truck (Oklahoma License XXXXXX called me over to his truck and ask what I was doing, as I started to explain he pulled a Machete and stuck through the passenger window at me and screaming he was a millionaire and we weren’t taking his money. I moved around the corner and took his license # and called Tulsa PD.. In my disbelief the officer told my I should not have stopped for the man to ask a question. The Officer did say he would file a report.

(License number redacted)

Link:

You know when you read about revolutions in the past and how they killed in horrific ways those they saw as part of the old way it seems so removed from ones life. Then I turn on the TV and some news guy is just pushing more BS and lies, doing his bit to keep up the left vs right illusion, and when called upon banging the drum for war etc, And he does it all with a smug look on his face. I can understand why revenge is such a powerful driver and how the mob mentality can take over. I hope it doesn’t but I think we all need to be aware it is their lurking in us all, and we must work hard to not let it or those around us succumb to it. Not saying we are anyway near this happening, or that it will happen, just saying we need to be aware.

Jane Hamsher

We (meaning FDL) have got a team of people out there covering the Wall Street protests. We’re the only media outlet that has had a full time person covering it every day since day 1.

When are you actually going to start doing something yourself, instead of ordering other people around and telling them to do what they’re doing more to your liking?

http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2011/10/13/whats-a-few-dead-labor-leaders-between-friends-colombia-free-trade-then-and-now/#comment-163246

I must say, the best peeps hang out in the OWS threads. Enjoyed the company, the commentary, the ideas after exhausting days yesterday & today.

Occupy McAllen (TX): At the National Nurses United action for safe staffing at Rio Grande Regional! Power to the nurses!

head’s up, drama in Houston tonight:

OccupyHouston Occupy Houston
ATTN URGENT: City is kicking us out at 7 tonight. We need people there to help figure out our action. Trans ocean doesn’t own this city!
2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

OccupyHouston Occupy Houston
ATTN URGENT: City is kicking us out at 7 tonight. We need people there to help figure out our action. Trans ocean doesn’t own this city!
4 minutes ago

OK tell every Texan you know.

OWSAtlanta Occupy Atlanta
City of Atlanta to Evict us Monday 11-17! The Atlanta North Georgia Labor Council stands with us! #OccupyAtlanta yfrog.com/kk80128635j

5 hours ago

What’s really needed is an entirely new section devoted to brainstorming how to build from this momentum before it’s lost and then implementing those ideas.

A new post will fade into oblivion over a few days but a place whose entire purpose is to bring good ideas to the forefront and people working on logistics to make them a reality would go a lot further.

I am not talking about something apart from the events of the last month but something which is grown directly from it, a continuance if you please.

OccupyClarksvil OccupyClarksvil
This evening is a sign making get together for the Occupiers, 6pm at The Coup on Crossland road.
5 hours ago

Speaking personally, I don’t have a revenge gene. I went thru a tremendously difficult period, now nearly 25 years ago but one never forgets. I did not wish ill upon my tormentors then or since, just wished I could get rid of them sooner. (5 years of soap opera stereotypical will contest lawsuits after my husband’s tragic death.)

Point I’m trying to make is that human desire for revenge falls on the bell shaped curve like other human behaviors. I am very far out on the tail for those who have better things to occupy my time. While very much aware of my counterparts on the other end of the distribution. I call them “slight collectors.” You may have noticed some on the intertoobz.

You are absolutely right to warn of dangers of mob mentality, but I have been impressed so far with how much that has been absent in OWS. Gives me a little hope (TM).

I used to feel that way till I abandoned the hinayana.

Now I’m attached.

Gary Snyder once said , wisdom without compassion feels no pain.

That’s why I’m here . Love is the only thing worth being attached too even though it can hurt.

Psychotic millionaires with machetes on hand and ready for action!
Dayum.

Also, I’m not seeing the link?

Ben Flanagan, al.com: Occupy Colleges protest draws 143 colleges today but none yet listed in Alabama

We’ve been honored to have you!

We R #Occupy Peeps LOLcatz & We Can Do Anything!

Rock ‘em! & rawk with us!

It’s beyond my editing. There needs to be the word “Link” in the text section between the tags.

After experiencing the “turning-about” in the deepest seat of consciousness, they(bodhisattva)will experience other Samadhis even to the highest, the Vajravimbopama, which belongs to the Tathagatas and their transformations. They will be able to enter into the realm of consciousness that lies beyond the consciousness of the mind-system, even the consciousness of Tathagatahood. They will become endowed with all the powers, psychic faculties, self-mastery, loving compassion, skillful means, and ability to enter into other Buddha-lands. Before they had attained self-realisation of Noble Wisdom they had been influenced by the self-interests of egoism, but after they attain self-realisation they will find themselves reacting spontaneously to the impulses of a great and compassionate heart endowed with skillful and boundless means and sincerely and wholly devoted to the emancipation of all beings.

Lankavatara sutra

See 96

Just emailed my friend in Houston. She’s UMC [upper middle class], active in local D politics. I asked her whether her well healed friends had even heard about it. (She knows me well, so she will take that little provocation in the spirit in which I offered it.) Will report back anything of interest. She’s recovering from a nasty fall, so don’t expect much feedback soon.

Link: http://www.facebook.com/OccupyTulsa/posts/277242208965914

Read Siddharta twice, listened to it once on audio book, other attempts at understanding that way of thinking from non-German, more authentic sources (LOL). No offense, but I just don’t have the frame of mind for it.

our homeboy:

kgosztola Kevin Gosztola
Emergency change of plans: headed back to @OccupyWallSt to show solidarity & report on possible eviction of #ows

Category: Weird detractors.

Bunkie Perkins, Friends of the Program: The Occupy Dickson Street Movement in Fayetteville is Not Going Well

Tag line of the blog: Sports and Culture….all under the table of course.

What a stud. I wonder if, when he signed up with FDL a few months back, he realized he’d be a traveling revolutionary.

Thanks.

Also, tarheel (and anyone else who want to follow) I’ve got a HUGE twitter list going.
http://twitter.com/#!/kellywind/ows

I know, right?

I know nothing (worst SGT Schultz imitation you can imagine). But it seems like Kevin knew exactly what he was getting into. YMMV.

Arkasas Times: A short history of public protest in Arkansas

Sorry to hear you went through that and your husband’s death.

I agree revenge is not in everyone’s DNA, but when the mob takes over and fright or flight kicks in, crazy things can happen, and people do things they never thought they were capable of doing. Agreed OWS gives me hope too but it is something we should all be aware of and keep in mind because we may find ourselves in strange and unchartered waters

Agree.

Jordan Melnick: Occupy Miami, on the verge

Update from houston: says they are moving voluntarily tonight, not being evicted?

davidgraeber David Graeber
“clean-up” excuse seems a nationally coordinated strategy. Tried it on us in Austin last night – “we need to clean 2 hours every day”! #OWS

I just realised yesterday who david is. I agree about the coordinated strategy thing.

Matthew Hendley, Broward-Palm Beach NewTimes: Occupy Fort Lauderdale Sets Date for “Solidarity Demonstration”

OccupyHouston Occupy Houston
ATTN: I was just informed that we arr not being kicked out , but rather moving on our own accord. The city only suggested we move #DontPanic
14 minutes ago

WTF

OccupyLou Occupy Louisville
Live from city hall: the permit is ours. Let the 24/7 occupation of Jefferson Square begin! #OccupyLouisville #OWS
20 minutes ago

Great news!

Feynman and Heisenberg were taking a road trip together. Feynman was driving, with Heisenberg acting as navigator. As they conversed, they sped past another car, and Feynman jerked himself back to look at the speedometer, thinking he must be speeding. He saw their speed and said with a sigh of relief, “Whew. We’re only going 60.”

Heisenberg then threw the map out of the window in frustration and exclaimed, “Great, now we’re lost!”

WPBF: Occupy Protest Planned At FAU

Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton FL

Myō-ō!

Troy Moon, pnj.com: Jam-packed weekend ahead for the Pensacola area

Too cute by half.

“Does a dog have Buddha-nature?”

Some of the local media are starting with “small crowd, nothing to see here stories”. Which means that the local PtB are starting to take the movement more seriously.

http://ashortstorylong.tumblr.com/post/11411514332
lol!

WKMG Local 6: Occupy Orlando Protest Planned For Saturday

Tag line: Angry Mothers Marching In ‘Stroller Brigade’

West Orlando News Online: Occupy Orlando Gears Up for ‘Tour of Shame’

What if I were to tell you that your next door neighbor was robbed of everything he owns and he knew exactly who did it. Now what if I were to tell you that the neighbor reported that robbery and the police knew exactly who robbed him but did absolutely nothing about it.

OccupyHouston Occupy Houston
HPD is still telling our ppl on the ground they r kicking us out at 7. CID has said we will not be kicked out. #Miscommunication
2 minutes ago

CID?

When the NYS Thruway was originally built, one of the first superhighways, the singage for the on-off ramps was not great. On one early trip, my father driving (no sense of humor), one of my older brothers determined that we were going east when we should have been going west. My father: Yes, but we’re making great time.

KBTX: 8 Arrested at Occupy Houston Sit-In

That’s funny !

That was the 1950s, nearly 60 years ago. I hadn’t even thought about it for that long. But you can’t imagine how easy it was to get onto the Thruway going in the wrong direction. It was built in sections, and inbetween the ones that were already open, you had to take Rte 5 or 20. When you came to the next “open” section of the Thruway, the on-ramps frequently gave no indication of east or west.

Thanks for provoking that bit of nostalgia.

Ray Villeda & Ellen Goldberg, NBCDFW.com: Dallas Yanks Occupy Dallas Agreement

OccupyHouston Occupy Houston
“@blogdiva: AAAACK! @OccupyHouston @exiledsurfer it’s not you but DALLAS is.gd/RsPHF5

issuing correction STAT ” thank you
7 minutes ago

Again, WTF

That little update looks very dramatic on my blog. Thanks for posting it! (I credited you, of course).

meanwhile in other news, foreigners in the last six weeks have dumbed more treasuries that in any given time in history. F U benron. The US treasuries were once considered the safest place on earth and you and your criminal organization has managed to suck the blood out of this country.

It’s nothing, never mind .

Yes, Dog Has Buddha Nature

Newyorkist Newyorkist
RT @CityHallNews: Manhattan Dem boss Keith Wright emails in support of #ows protesters; “this is a call to action…”
10 minutes ago

Occupy Clarksville (TN) sign making meeting

Awwww , that’s nothing .

Even Rinzai could fetch a stick.

OccupyHouston Occupy Houston
RT«@andrewbigdoor HPD spreading disinfo. @occupyhouston is NOT getting the boot at 7pm. We have to be gone by 7am though»
3 minutes ago

OccupyHouston Occupy Houston
«@EdwinDMunoz Oil COs have permits 2 stay @ da park. #OccupyHouston is VOLUNTARILY movin 2 Tranquility Park. #WishHPDKnewHow2Tweet»RT
2 minutes ago

Take the Square: How to Camp Guide

Take the Square: Nonviolent Struggle: 50 Critical Points

Cleaning up Liberty Park

Gwynedd Stuart, Creative Loafing: Occupy Atlanta and Atlanta Hip Hop Day join forces

Outstanding slide show at the bottom of this article.

That is great.

These people in Atlanta have some great signs. Hope they are allowed to remain where they are.

Take a look at @142

The number of Occupy Canada cities for Saturday’s rallies has grown to at least 15, while the international total is now more than 1,500

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/10/13/occupy-canada-protests.html

Occupy Wall Street, Zuccotti Park, and the First Amendment

Hey ya’ll, I found this link and am concerned about it. This “Pajamas Media” article claims the guy is speaking for the Occupy LA movement and advocating/inciting violence.
The comments beneath are really disturbing.
I haven’t been over to Occupy LA yet but I know the rule is NONVIOLENCE.

I don’t know what this posting is, but I thought someone should know it’s going on, that people are saying these things/posting them/stirring people up against the protestors.

http://pajamasmedia.com/tatler/2011/10/11/occupy-l-a-speaker-violence-will-be-necessary-to-achieve-our-goals/

Pajamas Media? Pffft.

Freeman, I agree that people who can’t physically make it to protests should be able to do something to show solidarity, nothing seems to be taking though. I WILL go, but it will have to be on the weekend, and that’s just the way it is.

I work and so do a lot of people who should be able to do something at work. I don’t really like the idea of coming in late because as a practical matter for many of us it could mean putting our jobs at risk.

I suggested wearing green the other day in a blog. It’s a small thing, but easy and easy to spot from afar. Only works if it caught on among a lot of people.

I also agree with you that without something people can do to participate while working, or from wherever they have to be physically (lots of people have kids, elderlies to take care of, and so forth)—-its power will be limited. I think demonstrating is great but there has to be something to do for people who can’t get there and it needs to be something that’s visible and real in the offline world that makes a statement. Peacefully.

Hell I don’t know who they are. It just bothers me if someone’s out there saying this crap in the name of the OWS movement.

They’re just trying to start something. I doubt if he’ll emerge as a credible “spokesperson,” particularly since the movement has none. I wouldn’t worry to much.

Great sign!

Hey you! We’re heading out again this Saturday. We should get to Austin around noon. If you’re planning to head out let me know!

Will do. Am thinking about the Austin Friends of Traditional Music String Band Festival at Camp Ben McCulloch this weekend. I’ll let you know what I decide. I’ll probably figure it out tomorrow. Too tired now. I’m glad you’re going. Perhaps we’ll meet there.

Poor Victoria Jackson! She left SNL decades ago but never managed to stop playing the dumb blonde. And to think she was mother to Toonces The Driving Cat!

I’ve seen fake reports of violence against police for the last week or so in many different places. The most egregious? Pat Buchanan on The McLaughlin Group.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHRO9-M_LLU&feature=feed

If you can’t bear the whole thing, McLaughlin winds up his “issue one” question somewhere about 3:30 and by 4:30 Pat has a significant chain of lies strung together.

That’s a great idea cindy .

It is something that can bring an awareness into the work place as well as get the discussion going where people are in their daily lives .

Canadians, why not give it a try?

pforpetra Petra S
Hey Canada! Quick easy way to help stop a Cdn company from evicting #occupywallstreet tomorrow morning. leadnow.ca/stop-occupy-wa… #OccupyCanada
18 minutes ago

One dude likely speaking at the soap box. People can basically say whatever they want. Some may say things many disagree with. As far as I know, that’s not some direct action meeting, so nothing to see. Can’t force people out because they may give fodder for the right wing media.

3.18pm: The clean up of the park is set to take 12 hours, Brookfield has said. Tomorrow could be a very long day.

NYPD confirmed to the Guardian that there will be police present to facilitate the clean-up from 7am. If there is an influx of protesters at 6am, things could get quite interesting tomorrow morning.

2.58pm: Just spoke to NYPD. They say protesters will not be completely cleared from Zuccotti Park, it will be cleaned in thirds, and protesters allowed to be present while cleaning takes place.

However a police spokesman confirmed that protesters would not be allowed to keep sleeping equipment in the park.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/oct/13/occupy-wall-street-protests-eviction-live?newsfeed=true

Newyorkist Newyorkist
There’s a senior gentleman here, putting gloves on hands of senior wheelchair bound woman. “Staying here tonight?” I asked. “Yes,” he said
5 minutes ago

allisonkilkenny allisonkilkenny
This: RT @KagroX: If I was a city official and I saw that #OWS was expecting backup at the crack of dawn, I’d come before the crack of dawn
7 minutes ago

True story from seconds ago.

a tweet:

allisonkilkenny allisonkilkenny
“reform” is code for “destruction:” #USPS RT @JasonLeopold: U.S. Postal Service reform moves forward in Congress

My first thought: Hey. She sounds like one of us. Heh.

Reply:

kgosztola Kevin Gosztola
On #USPS: “Reform” is even more code for “destruction” if power attaches the word “bipartisan” to it @allisonkilkenny

then,

allisonkilkenny allisonkilkenny
@
@kgosztola true

Lol.

That was gr8t! Now Twitter-ified.

One of the 99%

via Occupy Jacksonville

Action now at Denver Capitol. Police action rumored at #OccupyDenver 4 tonite. Please watch now & RT live stream link please as per camera person:

mz_chief mz chief
Watch #OccupyDenver @ Capitol now bit.ly/oeydHy #OccupyPDX #OccupyCanada #OWS #15O #Oct6 #OccupySeattle #OccupyBoston
17 seconds ago

SabzBrach Joanne Michele
@
RT @JackalAnon via text from @EisMC2: attempted eviction is happening #OccupyDenver
1 minute ago

Wow.

I wanna be a DFH when I grow up!

following now

http://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/%23occupydenver

Thank you!

YourAnonNews Anonymous
#OccupyDenver is beginning to form a picket line around the park. Attempting to create a perimeter.
43 seconds ago

Might be agent provocateur-ing afoot. I’m going down further into the Twitterage now …

YourAnonNews Anonymous
Curious onlookers are gathering on the west side of Broadway. T-minus 40 min. until the PD is supposed to intervene at #OccupyDenver
33 seconds ago

YourAnonNews Anonymous
RT @C0d3Fr0sty: Live news stream Denver news 9NEWS ONLINE bit.ly/p5Kgw9 #OccupyDenver
3 minutes ago

Denver people are on FIRE!
WOW.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/standupdenver

http://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/%23occupydenver

Anyone got information from Occupy Denver. There are rumors of occupation of either the state capitol or the city hall.

another livefeed here:

http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2011/10/live-camera-view-of-the-occupy-denver-protesters/

YourAnonNews Anonymous
30 min until cops are expected to evict at #OccupyDenver only live video I can find: tinyurl.com/6hzjzsd (WE WATCHING DENVER)
3 minutes ago

a functioning live stream right now

I’m hearing more that it’s the capital?

Camp is at park on or adjacent to the Colorado State Capitol grounds.

AGrandKerfuffle Jenn
RT @YourAnonNews 16 cop cars around the corner via @9newsdotcom news for #OccupyDenver
1 minute ago

Anonymous
USAnonymous Anonymous
RT @C0d3Fr0sty Denver 9 news just reported riot police are massing in the capital. #OccupyDenver

Can someone report if ustream goes live again?

I’m watching this one:
http://photos.denverpost.com/mediacenter/2011/10/live-camera-view-of-the-occupy-denver-protesters/

LS Denver – Wow. They’re doing good so far at avoiding being a televised “mob”. It was very close to losing it.

And a Democratic governor follows in the path of several Democratic mayors.

So far, so good. But it is still early and there are not nearly enough viewers on their UStream.

Hearing someone on megaphone but can’t make it out.

Enforcement of curfew in less than 20 minutes by this:

YourAnonNews Anonymous
CSP prepares to enforce curfew on #OccupyDenver campers – goo.gl/q1WEu
3 minutes ago

Muffissness Sharalee
RT @KyleClark @jeremyjojola @denverpost crews reporting SWAT team massing inside Capitol. Heads up. #OccupyDenver #Denver

I’m 99% sure ustream is prerecorded now. try refreshing to check.

eadvocate Kendra Kellogg
Mic check for nonviolent civil resistance. Lul as #occupydenver waits for riot police. Press huddle. Many cameras. #ows.

I hear “mic check!” by the #OccupyDenver GA.

Track here: http://twitter.com/#!/YourAnonNews . Other 2 streams off-line ( http://www.ustream.tv/channel/standupdenver and http://www.livestream.com/occupydenver ). Watch for mention of iPhone/SmartPhone on the ground. The SWAT is suit up & ready to go.

westongentry Wes Gentry
#OccupyDenver leaders are encouraging the crowd to huddle and join arms.

Is the denverpost livecam down for anyone else?

No.

YourAnonNews Anonymous
RT @KforKallisti: Local media is here. They turned on the sprinklers at the Capitol. #OccupyDenver tinyurl.com/3u8zq8q
1 minute ago

YourAnonNews Anonymous
You think its by accident that all #occupywallstreet movements are being shutdown at nearly the same time? NO. #FEDS
1 minute ago

another livefeed:
http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx

(sorry about ad at beginning)
this one appears to be on the ground

people on the ground in denver:

http://twitter.com/#!/westongentry

http://twitter.com/#!/danielpetty

http://twitter.com/#!/sara_burnett

I saw the existence of that. Multiple camera people with different locations/shot angles. Good one!

They’re chanting “banks got bailed out, we got sold out” really loudly now.

westongentry Wes Gentry
Police expected to enforce curfew at any moment @ #OccupyDenver
1 minute ago

crowd has really really grown, spilling over into the street now.

sara_burnett Sara Burnett
Pounding on Capitol doors – still lots of yelling. Wow. Loud. #occupydenver
1 hour ago

Did you see any of this? This is likely going to become and urban legend like the spitting on returning Vietnam veterans. It looked to me like there were protest monitors who were successfully holding people back from the doors.

sara_burnett Sara Burnett
A nice guy just gave me a tear gas rag – soaked in apple cider vinegar, in a ziploc. just in case. #occupydenver #thanksdude

lots of people out just to drive by slowly and honk in rhythm.

crowd cheering now. don’t know why.

I dunno. Pounding on a door isn’t that bad, and they were really mad on ustream. It might have happened.

From October2011.Org:

If you cannot be in New York we urge you to call Mayor Bloomberg and express your outrage at undermining constitutionally protected rights to Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Assemby. Call 212-New-York. If you are in New York City call 311. Or you can occupy a local Brookfield Property.

people are driving by just to honk in solidarity. Parking must be bad or something.

NewPretender Edward Francis III
More drivers needed downtown RIGHT NOW @ #occupydenver Presence and honking are the only requirements! #ows #occupywallstreet

Crowds on denverpost livestream still growing. Probably 3 times as big as when I started watching.

@YourAnonNews Anonymous
Call Colorado’s Governor (303) 866-2471 & support our people #occupydenver #occupyorlando

Check out the live coverage at 9News right now.

YourAnonNews Anonymous
State patrol assembling in parking garage sw of capitol #occupydenver
48 seconds ago

denver post reporter:

westongentry Wes Gentry
Police are making people at #OccupyDenver sweat. The anticipation combined with the riot gear will scare some people away immediately.

Then they moved back twenty feet or so before the video I saw. The doors were recessed into the building by that much.

The issue for me is that the leaders/monitors, head of the line, whatever they were worked their butts off to make sure that the building was not threatened in any way. At least in the video that I saw. That work should not be misrepresented.

who’s that guy they’re interviewing?

I only watched the last couple of minutes, I think.

I haven’t heard the columnist’s name yet and the 9News didn’t mention again if they had at all. He gets around.

YourAnonNews Anonymous
RT @KforKallisti: On the otherside in the park area #OccupyDenver tinyurl.com/3t9rbcs
3 minutes ago

KforKallisti Kallisti
by YourAnonNews
Change? #OccupyDenver pic.twitter.com/kxdC3BmR
1 minute ago

crowd still growing, people still driving by and honking. news9 must be way far away from the capital building. I think they’re at the campsite.

YourAnonNews Anonymous
A 3ed live feed: tinyurl.com/66kvufb (from the air- odd lighting)
58 seconds ago

westongentry Wes Gentry
#OccupyDenver leaders are encouraging the crowd to stay in spite of the PD’s tardiness.
5 minutes ago

San Antonio police action anticipated:

YourAnonNews Anonymous
RT @the_infecti0n: #OCCUPYSANANTONIO IS BEING ASKED TO VACATE THE PREMISIS!!!! @YourAnonNews @AnonymousIRC
3 minutes ago

Westongentry Wes Gentry
11:30 and the situation at #OccupyDenver remains the same. No police, a ton of cameras and protesters pacing nervously.
1 minute ago

SHIT! Seattle, too!

OccupyBOS_Media Occupy Boston
by caulkthewagon
#OccupySeattle is surrounded by police and arrestee transport has been brought in. Plan is to clear park tonight. Stay strong!
6 minutes ago Fa

Divison of labor. Who wants seattle, who wants to watch denver?

sara_burnett Sara Burnett
Good video of scene outside capitol doors earlier tonite. RT @NoviComm: youtube.com/watch?v=-2-zjl… #occupydenver
4 minutes ago

LS off for #OccupySeattle …

OccupyGvilleFL Occupy Gainesville
Bo Diddley’s son being released from the GPD vehicle at Bo Diddley plaza. fb.me/110QBOyZm

14 minutes ago

I’m peeking at them but if you take it, just shout out at me if you need.

working for me.
http://www.livestream.com/owsoccupyseattle

want me to take seattle?

YourAnonNews Anonymous
RT @the_infecti0n: SAPD left after we showed them video of the Chief of Police saying we are allowed to Occupy the park! WIN FOR US!
2 minutes ago

I’ve got NYC going just in case.

No verification of the San Antonio report—yet.

Go for it! Thank you.

Awesome and thank you! Shout out if you need more eyes.

Activity at Seattle right now:

OccupySeattle #OccupySeattle
A number of occupiers are sitting in erected structure peacefully, police arresting one at a time, at least 6 arrests so far
14 seconds ago

#OccupySeattle
OccupySeattle #OccupySeattle
3rd arrest carried by several cops to paddywagon
11 minutes ago

#OccupySeattle
OccupySeattle #OccupySeattle
More arrests ow.ly/i/j8Vb
15 minutes ago

#OccupySeattle
OccupySeattle #OccupySeattle
ow.ly/i/j8V3 at least one arrrest
16 minutes ago

#OccupySeattle
OccupySeattle #OccupySeattle
Police moving into park. Crowd chanting #occupyseattle
17 minutes ago

#OccupySeattle
OccupySeattle #OccupySeattle
Lots of bike cops meeting around The corner at Pike and 4th ow.ly/i/j8Ub
24 minutes ago

#OccupySeattle
OccupySeattle #OccupySeattle
Large crowd at westlake and heavy police presence
34 minutes ago

goodsampark samuel k
livestream reports protesters are forming a chain around the Sukkah, and SPD is pulling people off for arrest one by one. #occupyseattle
2 minutes ago

Seattlest
Seattlest Seattlest
RT @goodsampark: livestream– protesters are forming a chain around the Sukkah; SPD pulling people off for arrest 1 by 1 #occupyseattle

My computer’s crashing; too many streaming tabs open. on seattle ls, people are drumming and chanting as arrests are made. Like some bizarre religious ritual.

i really need to take denver off or I might be out for an hour. will you watch denver?

At #OccupyDenver …

The attorney up now doing a great job of schooling the 9News guy on http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx .

Yes, go ahead. I’m still on it watching Denver. Thanks!

Strong First Nations presence in Seattle & indigenous pride. They might do things a bit differently just to under score a few points (e.g. broken treaties).

Mass arrests in seattle and the atmosphere is indescribable. drums going, people chanting “our park!”, dancing, screaming; religious ecstacy of martyrdom or something. Gives me chills in a good way. Never seen anything like this before.

LS down, but seconds before it went off the broadcaster promised to be right back.

My god, I hope that LS was recorded somewhere. It was just…I don’t know what to say.

sara_burnett Sara Burnett
A lot of what were hearing is solidarity with Denver’s homeless. Protesters have free coffee, ready to stay up all nite#occupydenver
5 minutes ago

Good!

Thousands of people watching seattle LS now (it’s back). Drumming and chanting and arrests still happening.

OccupySeattle #OccupySeattle
10 protesters guarding Sukkot tent arrested so far, large crowds chanting and drumming
1 minute ago

We just passed Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement).

LS seattle: chant “hell no, we won’t go”, with drums. Battery about to die again. they’re drumming on recycling bins. Police surrounding. now chant “this what democracy looks like”. Protesters laughing and smiling. LS narrator talking about how a lot of us are watching denver and seattle at the same time according to LS chat.

Sara Burnett, Jeremy P. Meyer and Tim Hoover, Denver Post: Tensions high as 11 p.m. deadline passes for Occupy Denver

Still, concerns of violence persisted. Employees working late-night shifts at some downtown businesses were told to move their cars in case riots broke out. The tension also seemed to draw an influx of people who appeared to be mostly interested in mayhem.

Constructing a narrative. Were there provocateurs in the crowd who would not allow a disciplined mic check general assembly at the doors of the capitol?

OccupySeattle #OccupySeattle
Tensions high, but everything remains non-violent #occupyseattle
1 minute ago

LS camera folks asking people at the Sukkot tent to conserve their energy.

In seattle, people sitting in a circle with arms linked awaiting arrest, swaying, chanting “power to the people, hell yeah” while drums beat. Even the cops are laughing and smiling. Just unreal.

Things still kewl in Denver so far. 9News appears to have turned off their generator to conserve energy and cut to a camera angle on the GA from an position across the street at street level.

Seattle LS down.

If your computer can handle it, you’ve got to check out what’s happening in Seattle when their LS goes live again. It really can’t be put into words.

It’s back!

It’s off again.

Psychemeleon John the-existent
Good luck tonight #OccupyDenver #OccupySeattle and #OccupyWallstreet

I’m also watching Seattle.

Record Twitter traffic right now and the system is sputtering.

oh, catching up, I see you have! isn’t that wild?

sara_burnett Sara Burnett
agree. RT agree. RT @KyleClark: Corry outlining #occupydenver scenario I think is most likely: no violence, dozens force police to arrest them & carry them out of the park deck.ly/~3iwbK
4 minutes ago

1900 viewers on #Occupy Seattle LS.

Yeah, I’m definitely awake again!

From Denver ( http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx live stream ) :

Sign: “Debt Is Slavery”

In Denver …

KforKallisti Kallisti
@
@EisMC2 Starting to clear out. Not as many people.
2 minutes ago

Kallisti
KforKallisti Kallisti
And still no cops. People are starting to clear out except for those actually “occupying”. Media still here. #OccupyDenver
4 minutes ago

In Denver …

KforKallisti Kallisti
Unmarked white van. No media logo. Looks odd #OccupyDenver pic.twitter.com/AAKzk0w7
1 minute ago

Re Denver …

YourAnonNews Anonymous
RT @TrendsDenver: Anonymous, @youranonnews is now trending in #Denver trendsmap.com/us/denver
1 minute ago

From LS text crawl on http://www.livestream.com/owsoccupyseattle …

#OccupySeattle needs reporters to broadcast live 24/7. Drop them at line at O S Reports {AT] Gmail [DOT} Com

1713 viewers.

OccupySeattle #OccupySeattle
Police withdrawing, paddywagon, and bike police has left, just a few officers left on scene. #occupyseattle
3 minutes ago

#OccupySeattle
OccupySeattle #OccupySeattle
Crowd celebrating at #occupyseattle ow.ly/i/j92T
5 minutes ago

#OccupySeattle
OccupySeattle #OccupySeattle
Police disperse their circle without arresting 5 remaining Sukkot. Occupiers. Crowd is cheering
6 minutes ago

Wow. Hopefully the (seeming cool) denver media presence helped.

LS – seattle seems to be back up. Reporting 12 arrested.

The interviewees were great and kept putting the 9News guy in check.

unconfirmed:

thatgirlkatt Katt Purr
Those 3 kept it going! The police LEFT. 5 were in circle and we erupted in cheers! #occupyseattle

Can’t tell from LS if it’s true or not.

OccupySeattle #OccupySeattle
Our legal team counts 10 total arrests tonight #occupyseattle
1 minute ago

#OccupySeattle
OccupySeattle #OccupySeattle
Atmosphere at #westlake is fantastic #occupyseattle
2 minutes ago

Seattle folks won a big one tonight.

Seriously. Dude on LS just said when he was arrested, they immediately let him go. Like, no processing, nothing.

LS – Needs a hot spot. And they got it. This and the batteries make the difference in the ability to deliver on “The whole world is watching”

Seattle LS: everyone else who was arrested was just released, no processing.

Persistence and a good legal team begins to erode all the BS excuses for arrests. So either there is an exercise of raw power or the authorities have to back off the the public space.

LS – Seattle: The Parks guy moved his own funds from BoA to a credit union.

Another libertarian on Seattle LS. “End the fed.”

What a weird alliance.

In Denver …

Waiting for clarification (seems as though the unmarked white surveillance van is still around):

YourAnonNews Anonymous
police RT @MiyazakiMegu: @YourAnonNews @EisMC2 Gang unit? Like police counter-gang units? Or actual armed thugs?
9 minutes ago

Watching the aerial live cam.

YourAnonNews Anonymous
Cops in full riot gear on 16th st #OccupyDenver
2 minutes ago

Seattle pizza chat making me hungry for a deep dish.

Anyone still checking in on Denver? Was that a win, too?

Crosspost!

Oh, goodnight Seattle people! I actually have tears in my eyes.

More watches continue (my bold) …

YourAnonNews Anonymous
RT @JackalAnon: No sleep for me tonight… have @EisMC2 at #OccupyDenver and @Ghostpickles #OccupyWallStreet #FamilyFirst
2 minutes ago

The litmus test of the alliance seems to be dislike of the legal status of corporations as persons. Some libertarians see a government grant of limited liability as unconstitutional interference in the economy. One can make arguments about the Fed, because it is neither private nor public, both central bank and manipulator of the money supply.

Did something go down in San Diego? I saw a few references fly by on the livestream chats.

OccupyGvilleFL Occupy Gainesville
Forth arrest at Occupy Gainesville fb.me/N8l42EpB

36 minutes ago

OccupyGvilleFL Occupy Gainesville
Bo Diddley Jr. Arrested @ Bo Diddley Plaza fb.me/zUtlkxm7

44 minutes ago

Most libertarians, IME, don’t really know what they believe outside of the stuff that FDL progressives agree with. Besides “End the fed”. And even then, they’re easily adaptable to “nationalize the fed” positions. Very few libertarians want corporations to have the same civil rights as people. Also, the ones that see stop lights, etc as tyranny are a small minority.

Most are young progressives in the forming, I think. I thought I was a libertarian till I learned a bit more about the Whole Libertarian Enchilada. It was really weird going from “Yeah! Imma libertarian!” to “Wait. Norway’s actually cool. I’m actually a leftie who just likes civil rights, I guess.”

OccupySanAntone OccupySanAntonio
No arrests. @AnonSyndiv @SubVidaDiva All #occupysa Twitter feeds rock.
3 hours ago

The Last Refuge of Scoundrels

From Denver …

YourAnonNews Anonymous
RT @KforKallisti: From a friend of mine: “Staging at 13th and Broadway and 14th and Sherman” #OccupyDenver
4 minutes ago

From San Diego …

@anarcosocialist eat therich
@RasMarcus do you have cell service back? Word is #occupysandiego was jammed so police could rally without tip off
40 minutes ago

Re San Diego …

OccupyEarthNow Occupy Earth Now
#OccupySD LIVE No arrests at all despite midnight deadline.
8 minutes ago
1 minute ago

OccupyEarthNow Occupy Earth Now
#OccupySD LIVE News vans have left. People committed to stay in defiance. Small num of police standing by. SIGNING OFF #OWS
3 minutes ago

I’m not able to confirm this at this time:

Sanarcosocialist eat therich
@
@Samstwitch are you at #occupysandiego did you get cell phone jamming? Lots of reports coming in #occupySD #occupywallstreet
29 minutes ago

Denver 9NEWS livestream shows protesting still going on while cars drive by.

Headline is:

Deadline for protesters passes, no police activity

kgosztola Kevin Gosztola
In Liberty Park. No police buildup yet. Human chain beginning to form around perimeter. Sweeping up park #ows
4 minutes ago

PWeiskel08 Paul Weiskel
Just reached Liberty Plaza #occupywallstreet and it is packed for 4am! Mood is light and the plans seem to be well thought out.
3 minutes ago

kgosztola Kevin Gosztola
twitpic.com/701eis

7 minutes ago

Packing up

In Denver …

westongentry Wes Gentry
Windowless white police vans making loops near #OccupyDenver – no feet on the street yet.
3 minutes ago

sara_burnett Sara Burnett
Protesters chanting “we are peaceful” as police are said to be en route. Speakers urge calm. #occupydenver
13 minutes ago

sara_burnett Sara Burnett
@
@ChrisLerum yes. Hearing everything from 2 am to 4 am.
27 minutes ago

kristengwynne Kristen Gwynne
Word is that the “people’s Donald’s” has closed temporarily in response to lots of customers #ows
5 minutes ago

In Denver …

YourAnonNews Anonymous
RT @JackalAnon: from @EisMC2: Gearin up by the library. #occupydenver
5 minutes ago

In Denver …

In line-of-sight of the 9News camera, a demonstrator holds a sign:

I Am You
You Are Me
We Are One

In Denver …

john_ingold John Ingold
by KforKallisti
Just heard on police scanner: “There’s a lot of photos being taken out here. Remember to be professional.” #occupydenver
4 minutes ago

In Denver …

Mic Check.

In Denver …

Can’t hear what was being said on a megaphone by a male.

YourAnonNews Anonymous
Broadway is blocked off #occupydenver
29 seconds ago

Mic Check.

Did Twitter go down for maintenance? I’m getting “Sorry, that page doesn’t exist!” for everything I was looking at.

Here’s the order to disperse.

What’s going here at http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx ?

I think that when it’s daytime in both Europe and Asia that the Twitter gets overloaded by 2/3 of the world’s users being on at the same time.

Hmmm … Twitter’s back and there have been updates for Denver:

KforKallisti Kallisti
Shit’s going down now! Park has been officially closed. #OccupyDenver
50 seconds ago

YourAnonNews Anonymous
Riot cops are out with clubs #occupydenver
11 minutes ago
Anonymous

YourAnonNews Anonymous
Just got off the phone with @EisMC2 police walked into the middle of the park and said to get out by 3:15 news are saying 3:00.
12 minutes ago

danielpetty Dan Petty
It all goes down at 3:15 a.m. People must have themselves and their property out. #occupydenver
5 minutes ago

Dan Petty
danielpetty Dan Petty
Colorado State Patrol staging in the garage near the Capitol. DPD staging nearby. #occupydenver
18 minutes ago

Denver LS – another order from the state patrol to disperse

In Denver …

ourAnonNews Anonymous
#OccupyDenver Police moving in to clear protesters now. -> tinyurl.com/3ch8582
2 minutes ago

Camera shot of saw horse and an unmarked car police car I’m thinking is here:

KforKallisti Kallisti
Colfax and Broadway is blocked. #OccupyDenver
1 minute ago

KforKallisti Kallisti
@
@AnonSikko Here’s a live feed of video/radio show/scanner at #OccupyDenver livestream.com/OccupyErie
3 minutes ago

Split screen with police scanner and K-How radio live ( http://www.livestream.com/OccupyErie )

9News cameras rolling now at http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx .

Denver LS – Here are the cops

Denver NEWS9 – At that end of the park there are police in riot gear.

Now the cops are in the Denver Post stream as well

On http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx :

9News guy on the air.

Colorado State troopers with night sticks. A HazMat vehicle …

Demonstrators holding up peace signs.

YourAnonNews Anonymous
100′s of cops going into the park with riot gear and clubs #occupydenver
44 seconds ago

On http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx :

9News guy explaining that protesters cover their faces to protect from tear gas from the police.

On http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx :

Riot police breaking down the tent city. Lots of cameras out. Demonstrators: “We are the 99%” and “You are the 99%”

Denver news coverage: The protesters sing the Star-Spangled Banner

“Police are the 99%”

Officers are removing tents.

On http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx :

Chant: “The Whole World Is Watching”

9news guy saying this is a heavily documented event with lives streams, cell phones, private video cameras. Majority wants a peaceful protest. So far no arrests. Riot police slowly walking through crowd. At least a couple hundred observers.

Denver 9NEWS – so far no arrests

On http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx :

No arrests, seizing property. My bold:

YourAnonNews Anonymous
Denver police threatening to seize dogs and turn them over to the humane society. #OccupyDenver
1 minute ago

sara_burnett Sara Burnett
CSP slowly tightening perimeter around the “camp.” crowd chants: “free hugs for cops” #occupydenver
43 seconds ago

Sara Burnett
sara_burnett Sara Burnett
I gotta say these state troopers in riot gear are calm, expressionless, #occupydenver
2 minutes ago

westongentry Wes Gentry
#OccupyDenver protesters chanting: “Police are the 99 percent”
7 minutes ago

Sara Burnett
sara_burnett Sara Burnett
Police now surrounding park on sidewalk. Some protesters chanting “peaceful!” others swearing at the cops. #occupydenver
10 minutes ago

Police moving from tent to tent seizing property.

WTF

Police announced they’d do that (confiscate property at the final call to disperse).

On http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx :

One demonstrator says to police, “Please don’t take the food.”

Mic Check.

Denver – Shame, Shame, Shame, Shame

Someone is getting arrested.

On http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx :

9News guy comments that the demonstrators are not having a clash with police over any confiscation of property. There have been some arrests. Attorneys on the ground and legal observers. Demonstrators have written phone # on their bodies in case of arrest.

Denver 9NEWS reporter is amazed that there has not been violent resistance to the seizing of property.

Chant: This is what a police state looks like.

On http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx :

Demonstrators hold up peace signs while police disassemble tents and confiscate property inside the tents.

On http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx :

9news guy hear police say that pets left unattended will be taken to Humane Society and children left unattended would be taken to Social Services. No use of pepper spray by police.

YourAnonNews Anonymous
yes they are there… talked to one on the phone. RT @KforKallisti: Lawyers in green down at #OccupyDenver obs… (cont) deck.ly/~JvBoa
4 minutes ago

Denver 9NEWS reporter: “It had a sort of Woodstock vibe” gack!

“..drinking beer…smoking marijuana”

I guess even general assembly rules are meant to be broken. Or the reporter is lying.

On http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx :

9News guy, Jeremy Hohola, says that a small minority of demonstrators smoked some marijuana and drank some beer.

Some demonstrators locked arm in arm by the medical tent. Earlier, demonstrators in orange vests appear to be security and removed an intoxicated man who was disorderly.

Demonstrators chanting to the police, “You are one of the 99 Percent.”

On http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx :

9News guy says he has seen no physical violence.

uiskifriki luiski
by KforKallisti
We will rebuild #OccupyDenver !!!
16 minutes ago

KforKallisti Kallisti
@
@YourAnonNews The #OccupyErie stream the radio host said they got word from KUSA that there was some arrests, but host hasn’t seen any yet.
14 minutes ago

On http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx :

Park officially reopens in about 1 hour.

Al Lewis columnist with Dow Jones (same person that gave the interview to 9News earlier).

Lewis says that all the things the demonstrators have been saying are what he’s been writing about in his column for the last 10 years.

On http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx :

The other interview just about 10 minutes ago was Will Ripley who remarked about how peaceful the group is and has been.

On http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx :

Lewis will be going to Occupy Chicago and Occupy Wall Street.

This Dow-Jones reporter that the 9NEWS guy is interviewing gets it to a great extent.

On http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx :

No arrests made by Colorado State or Denver police.

Anonymous
YourAnonNews Anonymous
Looks like some members of Black Bloc are blocking Broadway #OccupyDenver
5 minutes ago

On http://www.livestream.com/avaazwallstreet :

Large group of folks at Liberty Park using the People’s Mic

sara_burnett Sara Burnett
This is a very slow moving police action. Still no arrests. Protesters heckling officers; cops ignoring them. #occupydenver
3 minutes ago

danielpetty Dan Petty
Police clearing tents, sweeping through the park south to north. Dumping them in trucks, inching along. #occupydenver
7 minutes ago

Sara Burnett
sara_burnett Sara Burnett
Think Im technically a looky-looRT @john_ingold: Police talking about “sweeping the street” to clear looky-loos off the road. #occupydenver
20 minutes ago

westongentry Wes Gentry
Protestors stand with arms linked (two deep in some places) around the tent city’s kitchen at #OccupyDenver
27 minutes ago

RDevro Ryan Devereaux
Protesters clearing a space for “first line of defenders” in the event of police incursion. #ows
7 minutes ago

LucyKafanov Lucy Kafanov
Union workers seem to have encircled #Zuccotti park to protect #OWS. Can any journos on West side of #LibertyPlaza confirm?
8 minutes ago

Colin_Jones Colin_Jones
Crowd keeps growing here at the park as people stream in. #occupywallstreet
10 minutes ago

allisonkilkenny allisonkilkenny
RT @matthewstoller: UAW is here. #OccupyWallStreet
13 minutes ago

On http://www.livestream.com/avaazwallstreet :

Looks like a very large group of folks at Liberty Park. Right now they are clapping and cheering. Here’s why, apparently:

YourAnonNews Anonymous
RT @Ghostpickles: ROFL we win. city just backed down and postponed cleaning. #OccupyWallstreet
2 minutes ago

YourAnonNews Anonymous
A win for both #OccupyWallStreet and #OccupySeattle lets get a win for #OccupyDenver. This Anon needs sleep.
2 minutes ago

Anonymous
YourAnonNews Anonymous
Any confiscated property can be retrieved on 10/18/11 #OccupyDenver #OccupyWallStreet
4 minutes ago

At the moment, the state police say that the park will be closed indefinitely.

New York Occupy wins-cleanup postponed. YAY!!!

YourAnonNews Anonymous
yes RT @MotoRacR1: @YourAnonNews #OWS police standing down?? Is this confirmed?
3 minutes ago

allisonkilkenny allisonkilkenny
Hearing the clean-up may be postponed. UNCONFIRMED. Anyone have deets? #OWS
2 minutes ago

linktothepast86 Joshua Wilcox
Reason for postponement of cleaning: they believe that they can come to an arrangement with #OWS & because there’s a lot of people here
4 minutes ago

DustinSlaughter Dustin M. Slaughter
RT @brian4NY: Dep NYC Mayor: Brookfield no longer insists on Zuccotti cleanup-W/draws request 4 police help #ows #occupywallstreet
4 minutes ago

On http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx :

9News Jeremy Hohola surprised that there are no violent encounters and no arrests.

Bloomberg’s plan was to smash them, until he saw the huge turnout.

The tweet below came into #ows about 40 minutes ago.

@kristengwynne Kristen Gwynne

“The rift between the new left and the old left is being healed this minute” unions at #ows

It sounds as though the unions arrived and surrounded the protesters. If the police had wanted to make arrests it sounds as though they would have had to go through the Teamsters, UAW, Nurses, ….. first. Iraq and Afghanistan veterans were also involved. This morning was a huge victory, because it was a test of the resolve and the discipline of the protesters. They showed their mettle at night facing the prospect of the NYPD.

In NYC:

YourAnonNews Anonymous
RT @Ghostpickles: Out comes the drums and now the party begins. ~4-5k revelers #OccupyWallStreet
1 minute ago

In Denver:

OccupyDenver
OccupyDenver OccupyDenver
by YourAnonNews
Scratch the 5am thing. State Patrol says park closed indefinitely. We can continue from the sidewalks. #OccupyDenver #OccupyWallStreet
4 minutes ago

Gr8t t-shirt:

WoolyBumblebee Kristina ❤
One for the Canadians! Lets help support #occupywallst ow.ly/6WZEc
35 seconds ago

Nice excuse to get a lot of brooms donated. Next step is to clean up Wall Street

westongentry Wes Gentry
Just talked a Lt. with CSP…The park is closed indefinitely by executive order. It will NOT reopen at 5 am. #OccupyDenver
5 minutes ago

It’s 5 AM MT in Denver. 9News appears to have gone off-air ( http://www.9news.com/video/9newsonline.aspx ).

westongentry Wes Gentry
The Lincoln Park lawns are clean. CSP has given protesters 30 min. to take down remaining structures. (including the kitchen) #OccupyDenver
2 minutes ago

K-How just reported that the US Attorney was involved in this action by the police.

Nice recruiting tool for Occupy Denver you’ve got there Gov. Hickenlooper.

Good morning TD, and any other Firepups up and feeling giddy this morning. They will need pressure washers to clean up Wall Street.

I’m done. Gonna catch some sleep.

Could anyone named Hickenlooper ever posssibly not be an asshole?

Sweet dreams, TD. Thanks for holding the fort.

K-How reported that demonstrators can pick up personal property next Monday after giving proper id.

K-Now interviewing one of the #Occupy Denver folks named Duncan.

Text marquee on http://www.livestream.com/OccupyErie :

Arrests at #Occupy Wal Street have been “postponed”

jopauca Joshua Paul
NYPD directs marchers back to sidewalk #OccupyWallStreet twitpic.com/7038lt
4 minutes ago

#OccupyWallStreet begins marching! twitpic.com/70336x
18 minutes ago

http://twitpic.com/70336x
http://twitpic.com/7038lt

AdamGabbatt Adam Gabbatt
We’re next to the bull on Wall St. “Castrate the bull” chants. This is chaotic #occupywallstreet yfrog.com/nu9apzj
3 minutes ago

Still in centre of the road. Traffic stuck behind. 200-300 protesters #occupywallstreet
6 minutes ago

No police with the march at the moment… #occupywallstreet
8 minutes ago

The very front of the march #occupywallstreet yfrog.com/kjn04qaj
8 minutes ago

200 or so walking down centre of Broadway. “Whose streets? Our streets” #occupywallstreet yfrog.com/1820doj
10 minutes ago

http://yfrog.com/1820doj
http://yfrog.com/kjn04qaj
http://yfrog.com/nu9apzj

westongentry Wes Gentry
I am calling it a morning at #OccupyDenver. Follow @schneidan and @danielpetty for more updates from @denverpost
50 seconds ago

I’d like to call it a morning too. Anyone taking watch over Denver?

AdamGabbatt Adam Gabbatt
.Instead of going back towards Zuccotti Park, march gathered on the road and stopped. Police pushed into the crowd on their scooters… ..forcing them back onto the sidewalk, but protesters double back, now again heading away from Zuccotti, down Broadway #ows
6 minutes ago

http://yfrog.com/khalbckj
http://twitpic.com/703d8l

Besides mocking Americans that don’t have jobs on breaks between official broadcast segments, here’s 9New’s coverage ( http://www.9news.com/news/local/article/224539/222/Police-move-in-on-Occupy-Denver ) which doesn’t get their facts straight regarding the status of Occupy Wall Street.

Been here since 9pm. Protestors still here. Crowd now down to about 150. #occupydenver

#occupydenver @occupydenver 05:45 From live cams, looks lk DPD is letting 3 bike trailers carry off kitchen/medic supplies

Police seem a bit more relaxed. Chatting among themselves. #occupydenver

One protestor in the middle of
Broadway. #occupydenver

http://twitpic.com/703flr

jeremyjojola jeremyjojola
Here we go police moving in. #occupydenver
1 minute ago

Police are literally dragging protestors through the street in forcibly removing them from the park #occupydenver
2 minutes ago

#OccupyDenver More police than protesters in Denver.
4 minutes ago

OccupyDenver OccupyDenver
Arrests of our remaining comrades taking place right now! #UnitedWeStand #OccupyDenver #OccupyWallStreet
15 minutes ago

PopMusicNotes John
Denver police break up peaceful protest, give park back to the drug dealers. #occupydenver
5 minutes ago

http://yfrog.com/o0vhnjhj

new:

http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2011/10/14/live-blog-for-ows-day-28-nypd-surrounding-liberty-park-eviction-could-come-soon/

Money is not the ONLY form of speech? Yikes. That means we can’t corner the market on the entire supply. Bring on the riot police./s