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I am putting this up just before I take off from O’Hare Airport in Chicago. This is for those who regularly read and comment on my Occupy movement live blog.
As you may know, I have credentials to cover the Bradley Manning Pre-trial hearing. While the hearing is going, the Occupy live blog will be on hiatus. However, I will post threads like this so the FDL community can continue to update each other daily on the latest developments with Occupy. And I will also use this to post a kind of round up of stories I may want to share each day on Occupy, Bradley Manning, civil liberties, etc.
I will be landing in DC in a few hours. Check in again soon.
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The Rev. Anne S. Howard, Beatitudes Blog: Occupy in Seattle: Blessed Are the Peacemakers
From the Rev. John Helmiere:
Read on…and the comment thread too.
Occupy Denver UStream
Occupy Seattle:
OneAngryQueer: Memos, Conference Calls, and Police PR
What on EARTH is this?! A massive #bpd bus just drove by us labelled civil disturance van! Frightening! #ndaa #ows
Occupy DC:
Sam Jewler, Washington Post LTE: Our hunger strike for democracy in D.C.
#occupyboston Party Wagon
Occupy Philly: 99% Declaration Receives a Vote of “No Support” from OP GA
Occupy Youngstown and Occupy Cleveland at Stop Foreclosure Action
The Santa is up at the #occupykstreet Christmas party!
Somebody worked hard on that one!
Discussions going on right now live re: NDAA
http://rt.com/on-air/rt-america-air/
What’s to discuss? Obama will sign, veto, or pocket veto the legislation. All the leakage says that he will sign it. Congress has passed it with “veto-proof” majorities. Rahm is panicking about the G8/NATO Summit (which has a possibility of being unaffordable for the Yurpeans by May). Looks to me like the only discussion is that the US government decided to end the Bill of Rights 220 days to the day after they were instituted. James Madison wept.
Got a few minutes before I give my Mom a ride …
Anybody have the link handy to the diary or post from a few months ago for uploading video from a phone, or whatever?
Got off the phone with Mary McNurnin’s husband this am and the supplies are here! Thought it might be nice to have a video to show the firepups as we hand out the gear
Thanks in advance
Occupy Wall Street NYC:
The Transit Workers Union is occupying Liberty Park right now in solidarity with #OWS!
Here you go
http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/occupy-coverage/activismkit/
Awesome! Thanks Kelly
Been monitoring denver today. INteresting.
So first they get the eviction notice, with no “no later than” date or time on it.
Then a Lt. shows up to say the new Police Chief wants to meet with the Occupiers next Monday. The Occupiers are all “Well then why didn’t the Chief come himself?”
So a bit later the Chief DOES show up – tells them ultimately he’s going to enforce the law. (This time it’s about encumbrances on the sidewalk impeding pedestrians.)
Then the Dept. of Public Works hands out flyers – says “pack it all up and take it away. Anything remaining will be disposed.”
Then the Dept. says they’re not going to do anything today.
So there’s a fear that the usual method will happen; DPD will come after dark and do the enforcement action.
One thing that’s different this time is that the Occupiers built new structures – TODAY, and also in a location on the opposite side of Broadway.
So the Occupiers are a bit concerned, and I’d side tension is building.
Occupy DC: Chamber Christmas Party – AJWatch UStream
Occupy DC UStream (AJWatch):
Singing Occupy carols outside the US Chamber of Commerce Christmas Party.
They brought Christmas lights to make it festive and plugged them into an outside outlet of the US Chamber of Commerce. A cop immediately unplugged with the warning that that was “theft of services”.
While I have been chatting up on twitter I got a call from my senator. No, no> It was not something I could talk to him about. It was a robo call, townhall with no way to ask questions because it was PRE-recorded!
Hims scared.
Just got word that Fienstein is trying to get wording changed that does not capture US citizens without due process. A little too late if ya ask me.
Thanks, Kelly!
Yay! Hope he goes to jail.
Grandstanding to cover her actions. The worrisome part now is giving the President – not Barack Obama, specifically, but any President – the discretion to decide who is al Quaeda without any sort of checks or balances or due process. We have seen how that works. And the question becomes who is he depending on to provide him with information to make that decision. My suspicions of who that might be are not comforting.
Articles of the Constitution give us the ability to Impeach him over that signing.
PeasantParty, but who do you think would initiate such an action? This was a bipartisan vote. I am asking b/c I really don’t see where that would come from, or who would support it since so many on both sides voted for it. Am I missing something?
You are not missing anything. American citizens can rise up and do it themselves. I just don’t think it is going to happen. But, it shouldn’t keep citizens from talking about it.
The Articles of the Constitution give us nothing. They give the House, which voted for it by a veto-proof majority, the power to impeach him and the Senate, which voted for it by a veto-proof majority, the power to convict and remove from office.
Occupy Atlanta Goes Door To Door In Riverdale
So, what can the citizens do?
We can’t vote to change it because the voting is rigged.
The lot is owned by Trinity Church (Episcopal), who Vestry board reads like a list of the top of the 1%.
MBTA’s giant bus, the Civil Disturbance Unit, appears at anti-NDAA demo today
Senate bill 1867 (NDAA) Occupy Virgina D14
Hey John! I was just going to call Ron and ask him if he had gotten in touch! I am still in Louisiana but will be home on Sunday.
Re Olympia, WA:
OccupyOurHome.Org: “If You Support The Occupy Movement, Pitch A Tent In Your Front Yard”
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Re Olympia, WA (my bold):
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The newly Occupied building apparently is renamed the “Rachael Corrie Community Center” in honor of the Olympia, WA native. Legal observers present within viewing distance. Police present in parking lot.
Re Olympia, WA via Olypunkboi live stream:
Shortly after midnight PST 200 people occupied the open and unattended building in the city’s jurisdiction after being evicted from property under State jurisdiction on WA State’s capitol grounds.
Police shining light at building now. Olympia Police Department known for police brutality. Expecting police raid at any time.
Re Bradley Manning pre-trial hearing at Ft. Meade, Anne Arundel County, MD:
Kevin G. in line. Will be Tweeting at #Manning:
Re Olympia, WA via Olypunkboi live stream:
Still seems calm.
Re Olympia, WA via Olypunkboi live stream:
Sounds like there will have to be a court hearing for any prospective eviction proceedings against Occupy Olympia from Rachael Corrie Community Center.
Re Bradley Manning pre-trial hearing at Ft. Meade in Maryland:
Re Bradley Manning pre-trial hearing at Ft. Meade in Maryland:
“Feinstein Tries Again to Fix the Detainee Provisions” (EmptyWheel.Net, by emptywheel, Dec. 15, 2011 6:37 pm)
WEWS: Occupy Cleveland protesters join effort to stop foreclosure of family’s Ashtabula County home
Occupy Allentown Eviction photos
Occupy New Hampshire 10/29/11 Sarah the mill girl
A little NH labor history
Occupy Los Angeles:
Indefinite Detention is coming to town
Hollywood Boulevard under Occupation
Re Olympia, WA via Olypunkboi live stream:
Live stream back up and at the Park. Occupy Olympia barricaded in. All road accesses to the Park area being blocked off so those that have a vehicle and want to leave need to do leave now.
Re Olympia, WA via Olypunkboi live stream:
Legal Observers present. Animal Services (demonstrators have animal companions) and Administrative Services present. MSM present. Riot police present. Things look calm at the moment.
Re Olympia, WA via Olypunkboi live stream:
3 MSM camera crews. Color-coded police teams for this eviction in progress. Olympia Police Dept. in BoA parking lot kitty corner to Park.
Re Olympia, WA via Olypunkboi live stream:
WA State police moving in very slowly giving demonstrators packing up plenty of time.
Re Olympia, WA via Olypunkboi live stream:
Apparently shelters full and no place for unhoused to go despite assurances of the WA State Governor that people will be taken care of. Bulldozers coming through clearing camp. MSM interview of demonstrator caught by live stream. MSM interviewer repeatedly asked about feces and needles. In a parking lot on the edge of the live stream field of vision, there’s a group of riot police gathered. State Police being very gentle with this eviction so far.
Re Olympia, WA via Olypunkboi live stream:
The 3 month encampment is trashed. A demonstrator is on the live stream challenging the MSM not to just swoop in to film the wreckage and simply present that as the Occupy Movement. She wants a full accounting of the movement taking care of people the society at large has discarded and doesn’t want to acknowledge or take any responsibility.
Re Olympia, WA via Olypunkboi live stream:
MSM disappeared. Intercity transit bus drivers with vehicles for arrestees. Riot police advancing in a formation.
Park being fenced off and corralling people inside.
Re Occupy Olympia in WA State:
OK so Heritage Park is fenced off and no live streams are taking unedited live footage of police, the police are taking photos that have no context– no video– that they are putting out on Twitter which @komonews (Seattle, WA), @theolympian (Olympia, WA) and @TedfordKING5 (Olympia, WA) are just repeating because they aren’t taking unedited live footage of what’s happening either. So the police are policing and reporting on themselves?
Rachael Corrie Community Center also being raided now but by Olympia Police Depart.
If you are an occupier with diabetes, you’re suddenly a poster child it seems. A biohazard on the loose.
Adrian Parsons #dcvotingrights Hunger Striker arrested at US Capitol.
From Manning Liveblog:
Anyone seen info about this on twitter?
Three Painters Witness Occupy Oakland & Occupy San Francisco
@71 ysd
Just this
This appears 2 b the start of Occupy Fort Meade as the 1st tent goes up
Thnx. If you see anything else related, please post.
New Orleans Mayor Landrieu Occupied By His Premature Evacuation
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Global Revolution is livestreaming from Cairo. The Transportation Ministry building is on fire. The dynamics are this, according to the livestream. Every time the protesters engage in peaceful protest, the military incites them by using live fire–which causes those not committed to peaceful protest to riot, which is what the military wants to see.
Coming soon to a country near you.
At least we might be able to read all about ourselves being detained and shot on the Internet, since SOPA seems dead in the House for now, although the Reid in the Senate supposedly wants to bring PROTECT IP (the Senate version) up for vote first thing in January.
“Here’s Wired’s take on what went down:
The House Judiciary Committee considering whether to send the Stop Online Piracy Act to the House floor abruptly adjourned Friday with no new vote date set – a surprise given that the bill looked certain to pass out of committee today.”
http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/sopa_win/
Occupy Columbia:
Noelle Phillips, The State: Judge: Protesters can stay at Capitol
Whitney Hodgin, Houston Press: Occupy Houston: Unnamed HPD Cops Reprimanded for Blacking Out Their Badge Numbers
New Paltz Village Board supports Occupy movement
Union members rally with Occupy Poughkeepsie group
Occupy Oakland:
Interfaithers proudly displaying their tickets from the OPD traffic division.
Hell yes, it’s civil disobedience. In your face, officer.
Occupy Lancaster UStream
NDAA protest – Street theater “Indefinite Detention”
I seem to recall in one of the early stages, one of the West Coast occupations (might have been Sacramento…?) where they were being given citations every night, some occupiers started wearing their collection of citations as badges of honor…
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Tim Elfrink, Miami New Times: FAMU Students Occupy Rick Scott’s Mansion; Governor’s Reply Is Kinda Racist
Elizabeth Flock, Washington Post: Occupy D.C.’s newest hunger striker: Congressman Keith Ellison
article re occupy datona
http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/local/east-volusia/2011/12/08/occupy-daytona-group-questions-park-permit-fee.html
OT but hilarious:
Russia Today meets Rev. Billy. The RT anchor has never seen an evangelistical preacher in action, and it shows.
Rev Billy — Shopocalypse is upon us
Occupy Lawrence (KS)
Look at @TrinityWallSt Twitter stream; Trinity is a liberal Episcopal church that retweets Desmond Tutu.
Los Angeles Times: What the Dickens? Occupy protest inspires a new ‘Christmas Carol’
Occupy Wall Street NYC
Hunger strikers Diego and Mallory
Occupy Wall Street NYC UStream (TimCast)
Episcopal bishop Packard from Trinity Church #D17 #ows
Occupy Wall Street NYC Library arrives at Duarte Square
Duarte Square NYC rules
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
About 300 people there right now.
Giving out the phone number to call if arrested.
Protest Chaplain at Duarte: Jesus prayed in the Temple and Occupied it
Occupy Wall Street NYC: #D17 – Duarte Square
Another view of the puppet
Breaking the “no rallying” rule
NYPD chilling for the moment
OWS NYC: Duarte Square
This dude has a pretty spectacular sign! A#D17 #OWS
O-C-C-U-P-Y
Balloons at Duarte Square
At the Manning hearing:
Bradley Manning Tipi at Duarte Square
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
The People’s Puppet Theater just did a performance of An Occupy Carol (featuring Mayor Bloomscrooge) and sang a carol to help people remember the mayor’s address.
LS – Occupy Wall Street (TimCast)
It appears that more NYPD showing up as more people show up at Duarte Square.
Someone just returned a book to the #owslibrary that she had checked out in Zuccotti. Huzzah!
Child wearing an Occupy sign, playing near a police officer here at Duarte Square.
Dicey Troop Livestream from Duarte Square
OWS NYC Duarte Square: Medicare for All
OWS NYC – Duarte Square: Unarmed Civilian
The Return of #SQUIDDING!
OWS NYC Duarte Square: Crowd pic
Occupiers share food on rug at #d17. #ows
The real story of #D17
Angie is part of the Medics crew. Most are here #DuarteSq #D17 #OWS
Another unarmed civilian
Our Voices Need Space
Sanctuary for Assembly
Granny Peace Brigade in Duarte Square
Taiko Drumming at Duarte Square
Doing their thing @Timcast and @JesseLaGreca #DuarteSq #D17 #OWS
These wonderful folks have some important messages for Trinity!
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast);
March beginning at Duarte Square
Estimate 500 people right now
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
NYPD has scooter wall to keep people on sidewalks.
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
NYC Councilman at front of the march.
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
March just reversed direction marching back. Now turned right on Broome.
LS- Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
March has encountered a two-layer scootercade wall at Watts and Barrett.
LS – Occcupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
March is right by Holland Tunnel.
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
Tim passes an NYPD Counter-Terrorism Unit cop.
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
Heading back to Duarte Square.
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
Marching in place. Put a wooden staircase in place and climbing into park.
On the Portland, OR live stream now:
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
The vacant lot is being occupied by up to 500 people.
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
AP reporter trying desperately to find an occupier to interview. They are blowing her off.
Police are climbing on top of a van outside the fence and filming the re-occupation.
Santa now climbs over the staircase. Staircase has be precisely measured to fit this action.
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
Fence cut. Police moving end. Occupiers trying to get out of the park.
Police are taking down the staircase.
Police are arresting people.
Medics have their hands up. Medics are being arrested.
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
Fence has so weight pressing against that the fence might come down.
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
People are pushing fence. Fence being pushed over. Police shaking a can of pepper spray.
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
Police are now lining the fence ordering the crowd outside to move back. Tim Pool is caught in the pressure.
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
Tim is sitting on ground looking up at cops.
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
Another march seems to be starting.
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
Tim is standing up again. Cops holding crowd back.
Crowd singing Imperial March from Star Wars.
On the Portland, OR live stream now:
Dancing down in Portland Town for Immigrant Rights with a rapper who’s name I don’t have but folks are groovin’. Open mic for “Los Derechos de los Migrantes son Derechos Laborales” (translation: Migrant Rights are Labor Rights”). Great group up now playing South America pan pipe music.
Re Occupy Ashland OR:
Episcopal Bishop George Packard
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
Second march beginning. Large amount of media – incl. al Jazeera and RT
LS – Occupy Wall Street
Rumor that Plan B is march to Trinity rector’s house.
TimCast marching under a large banner held by a number of people.
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
Protesters have taken over Varick Street when the NYPD blocked them from marching to the rector’s house.
Occupy Portland live stream back at 6 PM PST to cover the March Against the NDAA at Director Park.
Re NYC:
LS – Occupy Wall Street NY (TimCast)
Scooter cops cannot deal with the size of the crowd to get them onto the sidewalk.
Protesters now taken over 7th Avenue.
“Occupy. Shut it down. This is. The people’s town.
You can watch it live here.
Re Occupy:
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
Police have kettled off entire block. Not even residents of the block are getting out.
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
Looks like NYPD is going to make mass arrests.
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
Tim Pool has successfully gotten outside of the kettling.
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
The crowd burst out of the kettling. Cops where shoving a Democracy Now reporter.
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
NYPD let rest of people out of the kettle. More cops heard on the way.
+4k viewers now across live streams OccupyUnity, occupyptown and theother99.
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
Crowd is moving in direction of Times Square.
NYPD are walking in the street in between cars, stopping traffic.
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
Other groups seem to be joining together at Times Square.
LS – Occupy Wall Street NYC (TimCast)
Group undecided what to do now. Some are saying next step is to go to 60 Wall St. Others want to stay and protest.