November 2011
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Official refuses Tennessee governor’s orders to...
Just one week after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) saw his order to push an “Occupy” protest out of a public park at night rebuked by a local official, Tennessee’s governor is experiencing a similar problem.
Gov. Bill Haslam (R) has twice given the order to crackdown on protesters at “Occupy Nashville,” only to see it denied by judicial commissioner Tom Nelson. In Tennessee, a judicial...
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Largest Union in Oakland (SEIU) Reportedly Joining... →
Occupy Oakland has just announced that SEIU Local 1021, which represents over 50,000 public service workers, will be asking its members to join Wednesday’s General Strike. If confirmed, this could exponentially increase the number of participants in this important and historic act of collective civil disobedience. While SEIU cannot make a pronouncement that it is joining a general strike,...
October 2011
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OSD Update October 30
OFFICIAL DAILY UPDATE! MIC CHECK! — MIC CHECK! NEWS Occupy San Diego still standing firm despite ridiculous rules by SDPD * Grassy area along 3rd by Civic Center is OK for sleeping, bedrolls ok. * OK to sit on pads but you can’t leave any personal belongings unattended. * Robust attendance at the GA meeting plus many committees are very active on other areas. ...
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Solidarity Statement From Cairo →
occupywallstreet:
Posted Oct. 25, 2011, 2:39 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt
To all those in the United States currently occupying parks, squares and other spaces, your comrades in Cairo are watching you in solidarity. Having received so much advice from you about transitioning to democracy, we thought it’s our turn to pass on some advice.
Indeed, we are now in many ways involved in the same...
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Nashville Judge throws out Occupy Nashville... →
socialdemocracy:
“It’s not every day you get to see a night court magistrate smack down the governor of Tennessee,” a legal observer said outside the Metro Courthouse at 2:30 a.m. today, as fog shrouded downtown in mist.
Yet that’s what happened in the early morning hours, as Metro Night Court Judge Tom Nelson told the troopers who arrested 25 peaceful Occupy Nashville protesters at midnight...
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Occupy San Diego Teach In's for Sunday October 30,...
11:00 AM: Teach-In by James Bartoli, “Economic Aristocrats and the Struggle for Economic Justice in the Early American Republic: Popular Action and the Roots of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights”
The topic will cover the early period of American independence, from the Revolution through the turn of the 19th century, with a focus on how the ‘founding...
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Marine Says Oakland Used Crowd Control Methods... →
stfuconservatives:
The Military manual states: …have a duty to collect and care for the wounded. Prioritize treatment according to injuries. Make NO treatment distinction based on nationality. All soldiers, enemy or friendly, must be treated the same. Second, the officer threw a flash-bang directly into a group of people trying to carry him away for medical treatment. Here’s the...
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Riot Police clear out Occupy San Diego late at... →
citymaus:
OUR MEDIA TEAM WAS JUST ARRESTED! — 9 hrs ago (3:30am)
Civic Center cleared. Get some sleep folks. Tomorrow we regroup. — 8h ago.
The Occupy movement is only growing stronger. Occupy SD will not be moved, we will not be dispersed, our voices will not be stifled by Chief Landsdowne and…
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All Night Vigil at Occupy San Diego
Time Today at 8:00pm - Tomorrow at 6:00am
Location Civic Center Plaza3rd & B StreetsSan Diego, California 92101
Created BySan Diego Labor-Council
More Info As you may have heard, San Diego’s Police Department cracked down on Occupy San Diego Protesters last night – and raided the Civic Center Plaza. The San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council will continue with our plans to...
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At least 50 people were arrested on Friday morning after SDPD in riot gear raided the both camps of OSD at 2am. The media was not allowed in re scene, innocent bystanders filming the incidents, and members of the media team were arrested. Among them a very dear friend of mine was sent to jail.
OSD is currently regrouping.
More info as it becomes available.
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citymaus: Reminder: Occupy San Diego to protest... →
citymaus:
Occupy San Diego will be gathering at 8:45 tomorrow morning, Friday, October 28th, to attend an important SANDAG meeting regarding the 2050 Regional Transport Plan. The group will meet in front of the Wells Fargo building at 401 B St. before heading upstairs to the SANDAG Board Room for the 9am–12pm meeting on the 7th floor.
SANDAG’s $214 billion 2050 Regional Transportation Plan has...
Added a submission icon for people to post their own articles and other media, let’s all create a database of information and educate ourselves and one another.
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WatchInside Job Full Documentary
A comprehensive analysis exposing the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008
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Occupy San Diego Teach In for Wednesday October...
7:30 AM: Teach-In by Mitch Hambley: “What: Introductory Tai Chi and Meditation.”
An opportunity to awaken our inherent inner peace, stability, compassion, and resilience to maximize our ability to bring peace out into our community, city, country, and world. Both the tai-chi and meditation are drop-in style so anyone is invited to join in for any amount of time.
7:30 AM -7:50 AM Tai...
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Occupy San Diego Teach In Events for Tuesday...
7:30 AM: Teach-In by Mitch Hambley: “What: Introductory Tai Chi and Meditation.”
An opportunity to awaken our inherent inner peace, stability, compassion, and resilience to maximize our ability to bring peace out into our community, city, country, and world. Both the tai-chi and meditation are drop-in style so anyone is invited to join in for any amount of time.
7:30 AM -7:50 AM...
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American Studies Association, U. of California...
The Occupy Wall Street movement is receiving new backing from academe. The Council of the American Studies Association has released a statement expressing support as faculty members who study and teach about American society. “As educators, we experience the dismantling of public education, rising tuition, unsustainable student debt, and the assault on every dimension of education,”...
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Occupy San Diego Regroups
Just some highlights from a nice article by SD City Beat on Occupy SD. Everyone down there is doing a great job.
A stormy start isn’t enough to dampen our support of the movement.
But once the confrontation with police had passed, the infant movement began to coalesce again. Committees covering such topics as media, logistics, education and safety got back to work. We witnessed a ...
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Occupy San Diego Teach In's for Monday October 24...
7:30 AM: Teach-In by Mitch Hambley: “What: Introductory Tai Chi and Meditation.”
An opportunity to awaken our inherent inner peace, stability, compassion, and resilience to maximize our ability to bring peace out into our community, city, country, and world. Both the tai-chi and ...
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UCSD Faculty Association Endorsement of Occupy San...
“The UCSD Faculty Association, a member of the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) stand in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street, Occupy San Diego and Occupy Higher Education movements. Over the past few years, our University has witnessed dramatic declines in state support and public funding, widespread cuts in...
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JP Morgan Making a Fortune Off of American Poverty...
By Mary Bottari, Bankster USA Posted on February 7, 2011, Printed on October 17, 2011 http://www.alternet.org/story149827/jp_morgan_making_a_fortune_off_of_american_poverty
Earnings and bonus reports are rolling in and the big, bailed-out banks are back in the black. In 2010, total compensation and benefits at publicly traded Wall Street banks and securities firms hit a record of $135...
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Upcomming Occupy SD Teach Ins
All events held at San Diego Civic Center unless otherwise noted. All events times subject to change. Anyone is welcome to attend any event listed here.
October 22, 2011
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM:Teach-in by Tera Gardner, The Center for Nonviolent Communication (national, local), “NVC-Nonviolent Communication Basic Introduction” ...
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Why Iceland Should Be in the News, But Is Not
By Deena Stryker
Date posted: 15 August 2011 View this article online here: http://sacsis.org.za/site/article/728.1
An Italian radio program’s story about Iceland’s on-going revolution is a stunning example of how little our media tells us about the rest of the world. Americans may remember that at the start of the 2008 financial crisis, Iceland literally went bankrupt. The reasons were...
