Occupy Wall Street | NYC Protest for American Revolution

Occupy Wall Street | NYC Protest for American Revolution

Urgent: Winter Donation Needs Publié oct. 29, 2011, 10:54 après-midi EST par OccupyWallSt It's been dumping snow here in NYC all day, high winds and 3 inches of slush on the ground. With the NYPD and FDNY confiscating six generators on Friday and this unprecedented October snow, those occupying Liberty Plaza in downtown NYC are in need of emergency supplies crucial for cold weather survival (and occupation). We've made a lot of headway on getting winter gear here in the last 48 hrs but definitely need more. Please help by purchasing or donating supplies directly. Winter gear and other necessities can be dropped off in person, delivered, or shipped. 1) NEEDS insulated gloves, wool hats, scarves long underwear / smart wool thermal socks 300 hand warmers, 300 foot warmers waterproof boots in all sizes disposable shoe covers winter coats hot beverages thermal heaters all weather sub-thermal sleeping bags tarps all-weather tents foam padding / insulation for inside of tents wooden pallets to get tents off the ground cots to get people off the ground (don't currently have any - could really use these) 2) DROPPING OFF IN PERSON IN NYC Daily until 9pm at the OWS storage space at 52 Broadway Ave, ground floor. After 9pm at the OWS Comfort Station on the east side of Liberty Square (aka Zuccotti Park) 3) WHERE TO SHIP Occupy Wall Street 118a Fulton St PO Box 205 NY NY 10038 Please show your support for the stalwart occupiers who are braving the winter storm! 91 Comments Enacting the Impossible (On Consensus Decision Making) Publié oct. 29, 2011, 9:55 après-midi EST par David-Graeber TO THE VILLAGE: With a large college and high school student contingent, occupiers from all over the city have repeatedly marched to Washington Square where at least two general assemblies have convened. PHOTO: Stephen O’Byrne On August 2, 2011 at the very first meeting of what was to become Occupy Wall Street, about a dozen people sat in a circle in Bowling Green. The self-appointed “process committee” for a social movement we merely hoped would someday exist, contemplated a momentous decision. Our dream was to create a New York General Assembly: the model for democratic assemblies we hoped to see spring up across America. But how would those assemblies actually operate? Read More... 43 Comments #ows and #occupythehood March In Solidarity With Those Foreclosed On By Criminal Banks Publié oct. 28, 2011, 5:39 après-midi EST par OccupyWallSt Jamaica Queens, NY—On Saturday, October 29th Occupy Wall Street, in solidarity with Occupy the Hood, will take action against the homelessness forced upon innocent Americans through criminal foreclosure practices. At 10:00am we will gather at Liberty Square and march to the J train, which we will take to Jamaica, Queens, the foreclosure capital of New York. Metro fare will be provided for those who need it. On the subway we will hold democratic forums on the intolerable hardships Americans have been suffering because of bank foreclosures. Read More... 400 Comments Occupy Wall St. And Allies Rally & March United for Civil Rights Publié oct. 27, 2011, 8:46 après-midi EST par OccupyWallSt In a demonstration of the broadening base of the Occupy Wall Street / 99% movement, a rally will be held this coming Saturday, October 29 at City Hall Park in New York City, co-sponsored by the Coalition Black Trade Unionists (CBTU), the A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI), the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), the National Action Network (NAN) and the NY State and NYC City Chapters of the NAACP. Read More... 360 Comments #ows Takes The Streets In Solidarity With #occupyoakland Publié oct. 27, 2011, 2:53 après-midi EST par OccupyWallSt Last night hundreds marched through the streets of NYC, chanting "New York is Oakland, Oakland is New York." We circled City Hall, ran in the streets, refused to be kettled or have our voices silenced, marched up broadway, North on 6th Ave, circled around on Bleecker, and marched south against traffic on 6th ave, running past police barricades, running past our fear, running in solidarity with each other and #occupyoakland. Read More... 387 Comments Occupy The DOE Publié oct. 27, 2011, 12:53 après-midi EST par OccupyWallSt 148 Comments Tonight: Vigils Across America for Scott Olsen, Marine Veteran Critically Injured by Police Projectile at #OccupyOakland Publié oct. 27, 2011, 12:13 après-midi EST par OccupyWallSt This morning Occupy Oakland and Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) put out a call for occupations across America and around the world to hold solidarity vigils for Scott Olsen, a former Marine and two time Iraq War veteran. Olsen sustained a skull fracture after being shot in the head on October 25 with a police projectile while peacefully participating in an Occupy Oakland march. Read More... 207 Comments Deliver Your Message To The 1% Publié oct. 27, 2011, 12:08 après-midi EST par OccupyWallSt Thousands of #OccupyWallStreet protesters to barrage bank CEO's with 6,000 angry letters from the 99% WHAT: Mass march to deliver 6,000 letters from the 99% to the 1% WHEN: 1pm, Friday, October 28 WHERE: Meet-up at Bryant Park (6th Ave. & 42nd St.), march to Bank of America headquarters, Morgan Stanley headquarters, Wells Fargo headquarters, Citigroup headquarters, JP Morgan Chase headquarters. See map for target locations. Read More... 122 Comments