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Foley Square: Occupy Wall Street tells Prez and Attorney General: No Immunity Deal for Crooks

Posted on November 5, 2011 by kwilder

Update, Saturday at 3:46pm: Police…are blocking sidewalks, shoving people, using netting. Please go support occupiers at Foley Square or at least observe on Live Stream. We must watch over our democracy!

Occupy NYC Live Stream: http://www.livestream.com/occupynyc
(Live comes in and out, in between, showing a meeting room scene)

Global Revolution Live Stream for NYC: http://www.livestream.com/occupywallstnyc
(Appears to be down)

If you cannot see video on these streams, you can at least watch comments and streaming info through chat. Or, follow the action on Twitter at #ows or #occupywallstreet , etc.
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On Bank Transfer Day, November 5, 2011, at 2pm in NYC, Occupy Wall Street marchers are going to make a stand against big banks, and a current political maneuver which may grant megabanks immunity for “robo-signing” foreclosure fraud.

from OccupyWallSt.org, an unofficial website,
connected to the Occupy Wall Street movement:

Don’t Be Big Banks’ Puppet; No Immunity Deal for Crooks
posted Nov. 4, 2011, 11:28 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

To help expose the looming cash-for-immunity deal between the Obama administration and big banks, there will be a march from Liberty Square to the U.S. Court House Building at Foley Square on November 5th.

The march will gather at 2:00pm on the east side steps at Liberty Square (Zuccotti Park), and will arrive at Foley Square at 3:00pm. Join the Facebook event page Read more »

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Celebrate Bank Transfer Day on Long Island

Posted on November 4, 2011 by kwilder

Bank Transfer Day, November 5th, is on a Saturday. So, if you can get yourself into the city, to gather with the masses at Occupy Wall Street who support this, please do. Though, if you want to stay closer to home, there are also Long Island events. My favorite one is the occupation in Patchogue. -Kimberly Wilder

An Occupy image from NYC

Occupy Patchogue
Bank Transfer Day
Saturday, November 5, 2011

Time: Sat from 12 noon to 3pm*
Location: The square at “Capital One Plaza” in front of Capital One Bank & across from CHASE
(It is also across from the Congregational Church)
*This is an ongoing occupation, with hours every weekday evening and weekend day.
Read more »

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Goldman Sachs Sucks! – Chris Hedges and Reverend Billy arrested at protest

Posted on November 3, 2011 by kwilder

(excerpt from) The Gothamist
Protesters Arrested Outside Goldman Sachs Include Author Chris Hedges, Reverend Billy

Over a dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested today outside Goldman Sachs, where they had marched with 300 others after holding a mock trial of CEO Lloyd Blankfein. Among those arrested were performance artist gadfly Reverend Billy and author and columnist Chris Hedges, who is a senior fellow at The Nation Institute…

Earlier, in Zuccotti Park, “prosecutors” conducting the mock trial demanded “the return of billions of taxpayer dollars to the 99 percent and criminal sentences for those Goldman Sachs executives who carried out the fraud.” They then marched en masse to the firm’s headquarters, led by four drummers and chanting “Goldman Sucks!”…

Bank Transfer Day is this Saturday, November 5th. Consider transferring your savings and checking accounts and/or taking out mortgages and loans at a credit union or community bank, instead of one of the megabanks!

Some links to help you find a new place for your money: Read more »

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OWS in NYC: Eviction Defense

Posted on November 3, 2011 by kwilder

There are rumors that Occupy Wall Street may soon be evicted from Liberty Square. I hope that a lot of onthewilderside readers and other activists will help “watch their back”. Please stay tuned here for information and action alerts. And, please consider using this cool opportunity and cool technology to be on the quick callout list/occupy alert in case of eviction:

Posted at OccupyWallSt.org
Eviction Defense!
Posted Nov. 3, 2011, 7:25 pm EST

Sign up for the eviction defense text blast!
Send a text to the number 23559 with the the message @occupyalert
This will be used for emergency alerts and announcements

Read more »

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Green Party calls for a nationwide moratorium on home foreclosures

Posted on November 3, 2011 by iwilder

• Green Party urges Obama, Congress to halt further bank foreclosures: Wall Street firms should suffer ‘austerity’ for the economic crisis they caused, not the American people 

The Green Party of the United States called for an immediate nationwide moratorium on foreclosures and urged President Obama and Congress to take steps to halt further actions by banks to foreclose on the homes of Americans in the continuing economic recession.

John Eder

John Eder

John Eder, Green Party candidate for Mayor of Portland, Maine and former State Representative in Maine:

An order barring lenders from evicting people from their homes would be a powerful first step towards restoring financial stability and easing the fears of middle- and low-income working Americans. The economy might be thriving again for the one percent, but for most Americans, the Subprime Mortgage Crisis and 2008 recession are not over.  Millions of families face the loss of their homes, millions are without a job or only semi-employed, millions have no health coverage or inadequate coverage.

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Occupy Oakland update

Posted on November 3, 2011 by kwilder

Here are some reports I gathered by observing news reports and activist LiveStreams last night and this morning: The overall Occupy Oakland General Strike was peaceful. During the afternoon and early hours, there were some reports of people ahead of the march doing graffiti, etc. But, it seems that peacekeepers from the march actually stopped that from happening. The port was shut down. Overall, probably 7,000 to 10,0o0 people participated. *Near the port area, a man driving a silver Mercedes became frustrated, and  in his road rage injured two demonstrators. The police spoke to him, but let him leave the scene, which appears to be an injustice. A very cool event was that some protesters tried to take and occupy a building that used to be a homeless shelter which is not vacant. I think they only held it temporarily. In the very late hours, some protesters started a fire in a street. The police intervened and there was tear gas and arrests.

Link to the Occupy Oakland website: here.

Some of the above happenings are reported in a story at Business Insider, with excerpts below: Read more »

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Prez hopeful Stein (G) Opposes Keystone Pipeline, Supports 11/6/11 Climate Change Protest

Posted on November 3, 2011 by iwilder
Photo of Jill Stein in 2010

Jill Stein image via Wikipedia

Jill Stein, who is seeking the Green Party nomination for President, lent her support today to the pending November 6th protests at the White House against the Keystone XL pipeline:

We are facing a climate disaster and we are witnessing a major failure in leadership at the top. Like Bill Clinton and George Bush before him, President Obama has been dragging his feet on climate protection, and doing favors for the oil industry that will only make things worse. The Keystone pipeline will spew a massive amount of carbon pollution into our fragile atmosphere. It should be stopped.

Both the Canadian and United States Green Parties are on record opposing the pipeline. Since the pipeline involves Canada, the President has the ability to reject it without the need for Congressional agreement. The proposed multi-billion dollar 1,700 mile Keystone XL pipeline would connect the tar sands oil resources in Alberta, Canada, to refineries in the United States. The pipeline would pose a threat to the Ogallala Aquifer, water source for many millions in the US.  The tar sands deposits are the second biggest pool of extractable carbon on the Earth. Climate scientist James Hansen has said that if the tar sands get extracted it’s essentially “game over” for the climate.   Read more »

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NYCLU Calls on Rochester Mayor to Respect Right to Protest

Posted on November 2, 2011 by iwilder

The New York Civil Liberties Union today urged Rochester Mayor Thomas Richards to protect the right to protest by accommodating Occupy Rochester demonstrations in the city’s parks and public spaces.

KaeLyn Rich, director of the NYCLU’s Genesee Valley Chapter said:

As the home of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, Rochester should be a welcoming place for peaceful protest. Cracking down on the Occupy Rochester protest violates the spirit of the First Amendment and is an affront to our city’s great civil rights legacy.

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Occupy Long Island gathers at Suffolk Peace Network

Posted on November 2, 2011 by kwilder

Some photos of the meeting are at Flickr: here.

SPN hosts Occupy Long Island groups

Suffolk Peace Network welcomes Occupy LI

On Tuesday evening, November 1, 2011, Suffolk Peace Network held their regular, monthly meeting at The Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington. Central to the agenda was a discussion about how Suffolk Peace Network could support local occupations throughout Long Island. Due to the excitement of the occupy movement, there were about double the number of attendees at the meeting. There were some new faces, and more than usual amount of folks attending as individuals (instead of representing a group).

There were decisions made about how to connect Long Island groups, and proposals for how to coordinate things such as communications, publicizing each others’ events, doing joint events, and coordinating donations of warm clothes and blankets to Occupy Wall Street in Liberty Square.

People who either organized or attended the following occupations gave reports: Occupy The Hamptons (Lisa), Occupy Huntington (Nicole and Chris), Occupy Patchogue (Michelle), and Occupy Port Jefferson (Bob). Other groups were mentioned for folks to follow up with. Read more »

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Wed. Nov 2, 2011: General strike in the city of Oakland, California

Posted on November 2, 2011 by kwilder

As part of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and in response to police oppression, including injuries to peace veteran Scott Olsen, Occupy Oakland has called for a general strike on November 2nd.

Live Blogging of the Occupy Oakland Strike by Mercury News: here.

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Early morning update from Oakland at RT.com: here.

“Hundreds of teachers have called-in to work. Shops have locked their doors in solidarity. Although the sun is only just rising over Oakland, California, thousands have started taking it to the streets.

Later this evening, today’s events will accumulate with a massive march in the Bay Area this evening…”

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excerpt from the Occupy Oakland website:
How YOU can Participate in the General Strike!

WAYS TO PARTICIPATE ON NOVEMBER 2 GENERAL STRIKE & DAY OF ACTION
called for by Occupy Oakland

Occupy Oakland is calling for no work and no school on [Wednesday] November 2 as part of the general strike. We are asking that all workers go on strike, call in sick, take a vacation day or simply walk off the job with their co-workers. We are also asking that all students walk out of school and join workers and community members in downtown Oakland. All banks and large corporations must close down for the day or demonstrators will march on them.

The Occupy Oakland Strike Assembly has vowed to picket and or occupy any business or school which disciplines employees or students in any way for participating in the Nov 2 General Strike. Please email OccupyOaklandLaborSolidarity@gmail.com if you are the subject of any disciplinary action. Read more »

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Party Transfer Day 11/8/11

Posted on November 1, 2011 by iwilder

IW:  Everyone knows that 11/5 is Bank Transfer Day.  We should have Party Transfer Day on Election Day 11/8.  On 11/5, depositors should move their money out of the corporate banks and into self-controlled credit unions. On 11/8 voters should move their votes and enrollment out of corporate parties — the Democratic Party and Republican Party — and into parties that are not corporately controlled.  My suggestion would be the Green Party which is the only party that does not take corporate contributions.

If you like this idea, please consider joining the FaceBook Group and spreading the word to your friends! Thanks!

“Party Transfer Day 11/8/2011” at FaceBook: here.

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People’s Trial of Goldman Sachs: Brought to you by Occupy Wall Street and WBAI

Posted on November 1, 2011 by kwilder

Update: This trial and action happened. Protesters chanted “Goldman Sucks”. Chris Hedges and Reverend Billy were arrested as part of the anti-Goldman Sachs demonstration. Story at The Gothamist: here.

Note that this event is just in time to get people thinking about
Bank Transfer Day on Saturday, November 5th!

WBAI 120 Wall Street 10th Floor: NYC 10005
212 209 2800: www.wbai.org

Contact: Berthold Reimers
ows AT wbai DOT org

People’s Trial of Goldman Sachs by Occupy Wall Street:
Live Broadcast on WBAI 99.5 FM
(You can also hear it over the internet at wbai.org)

Cornell West and Chris Hedges to preside at trial, open to public, on Nov. 3 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.

NEW YORK — On Thursday November 3, 2011 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, WBAI radio will broadcast the public trial of Goldman Sachs by Occupy Wall Street (OWS) at 99.5 FM. It can also be streamed live at www.wbai.org. Read more »

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Occupy updates from around the world: DN! Report

Posted on October 31, 2011 by kwilder

The occupy movement is becoming so big, it is difficult to keep up with.

Thanks to Democracy Now! for a round-up of Occupy Wall Street and other occupation news from around the country and the world.

Story at the Democracy Now! Monday headlines: here.

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Election day is next week! Links for Long Island election info

Posted on October 31, 2011 by kwilder

Kimberly at the Suffolk BOE 11/08/2010

Election Day is Tuesday, November 8, 2011.

Basic Suffolk County info at The Suffolk County Board of Elections: here.

Basic Nassau county info at The Nassau County Board of Elections: here.

Look up and “build” your own, personalized ballot, for local races at
The League  of Women Voters: here.

Our onthewilderside post with ideas and opinion pieces about
Occupy Wall Street and Election Day 2011: here

KW writes: Onthewilderside has always been a source for election information. We believe strongly in democracy, so we have always valued the right and responsibilities of voting. We will definitely provide basic voter information for Suffolk County and Nassau County on our site.

Though, I have to say, lately, I have seem more action towards social change, public discussion, decision-making, and justice happening with the occupy movements, than I ever saw with any political campaigns.

So… Read more »

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