On the route to the Tear Down The Walls National Gathering a community of people from Olympia, Portland and Las Vegas learned from each other and bonded over what ultimately became a 9 day adventure for global justice. This is the story from the first day that ran in the Seattle Times. Expect more stories, video…
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Bruce Wilkinson, Occupy Movement, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized
Actions against Bank of America shareholders meeting a huge success
Charlotte, NC: Bank of America had its shareholders meeting at their headquarters and for the first time in a generation a major protest poured onto the streets in Charlotte, NC. There was repression and arrests leading to and during the protests, whose details, soon to be described, show a potential reaction for the Democratic National…
Action alerts, Occupy Movement, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism)
Extraordinary Times call for Extraordinary Protests not Police
Organizers are converging on Charlotte, NC, known as Occupy Wall Street South, for a showdown with Bank of America (BoA) at their shareholders meeting. BoA has constricted Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx into declaring the protest an “extraordinary event.” Thanks for recognizing the extraordinary efforts of the organizers of the protest, but no thanks for the…
Bruce Wilkinson, Democracy, Occupy Movement, Trade, economics & globalization (neoliberalism), Uncategorized
AfGJ and the Occupy Solidarity Social Forum–Reflection and Analysis
by Bruce Wilkinson, AfGJ Grassroots Development Coordinator “What is the nature of the process by which organizations, institutions and societies transform themselves?” Donald Schon contemplated the question of how we learn and adapt to change in an increasingly unstable society during the upheavals that frame the late 1960s and early 1970s. Now Occupy Wall Street,…
News, Occupy Movement
Occupy National Gathering Gains Steam
Occupy National Gathering Gains Steam as First Round of Occupy Express Train Tickets Sell Out! Occupy activists are coming from around the country to attend the first national gathering of the Occupy movement and many will do so by train. The “Occupy Express” quickly sold out of its first round of tickets and plans are…
News, Occupy Movement
All Aboard the Occupy Express!
In order to transport activists all along the West Coast to the first national gathering of the Occupy Movement, the first cluster of train seats have been purchased for the “Occupy Express”. Group Amtrak tickets have been purchased from Los Angeles to arrive in Olympia, WA for the Occupy Solidarity Social Forum, February 18-19, 2012.
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Occupiers to Converge on Olympia, WA in February
Occupy Olympia (WA) and the Alliance for Global Justice are hosting an Occupy Solidarity Social Forum Feb. 18-19 in the Washington state capital city. The self-organized, social forum-type gathering is open to all occupiers and allies. Occupy Olympia agreed by consensus at General Assembly to host a self-organized gathering of the Occupy Wall Street Movement…
Democracy, Jamie Way, Occupy Movement, Uncategorized
An Occupied Consciousness: The Two Biggest Critiques of Occupy Wall Street
By Jamie Way, Alliance for Global Justice Many have complained for some time that the corporate press had failed to pay attention to the grassroots movement against corruption and profit over people. It would be hard to argue that is the case now. Occupy Wall Street has garnered a great deal of press, (even more…
Chuck Kaufman, News, Occupy Movement
Occupy Wall Street, Fiscal Sponsorships & the Alliance for Global Justice
By Chuck Kaufman (AFGJ National Co-Coordinator) The Alliance for Global Justice (AfGJ) and its predecessor and founder, the Nicaragua Network, have been well-known grassroots organizations within the Central and Latin America solidarity movement and the anti-corporate globalization movement for over three decades. For probably 25 years we’ve used our 501(c)(3) non-profit tax status to fiscally…
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Prevent the Closure of Occupy Wall Street
This Alert was sent out originally by the Rebuild the Dream Movement. Emergency action is needed to prevent the forcible closure of Occupy Wall Street! The NYPD and Bloomberg have told the protesters that they’ll be cleaning the park tomorrow starting at 7am and that protesters will be allowed to return after that, as long…