EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION: Prevent the forcible closure of Occupy Wall Street

[workinclasszero]

Source: http://occupywallst.org/

EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION: Prevent the forcible closure of Occupy Wall Street!

Posted Oct. 13, 2011, 2:14 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Tell Bloomberg: Don't Foreclose the Occupation.
Join us at 6AM FRIDAY for non-violent eviction defense.

Please take a minute to read this, and please take action and spread the word far and wide.

Occupy Wall Street is gaining momentum, with occupation actions now happening in cities across the country.

But last night Mayor Bloomberg and the NYPD notified Occupy Wall Street participants about plans to “clean the park”—the site of the Wall Street protests—tomorrow starting at 7am. "Cleaning" was used as a pretext to shut down “Bloombergville” a few months back, and to shut down peaceful occupations elsewhere.

Bloomberg says that the park will be open for public usage following the cleaning, but with a notable caveat: Occupy Wall Street participants must follow the “rules”. These rules include, "no tarps or sleeping bags" and "no lying down."

So, seems likely that this is their attempt to shut down #OWS for good.

Read more: http://occupywallst.org/

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[Lindsay]

1. So Bloomberg gets to make up new rules

whenever he feels like it?

Nice.

For him and the rest of the Overlords.

[truedelphi]

5. Well, we can't have "mob" rule now can

We?

Much better to have these dictatorial forces from the Upper One Percent making their intelligent moves on the chessboard of a movement..

:sarcasm:

[durablend]

6. Well of course!

They're the ones with the gold...we just get rained on when they unzip

[workinclasszero]

2. Livestream OCT 13...2:45pm Day 27 Emergency General Assembly

To discuss Bloomberg threat to clear park: http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

[workinclasszero]

4. OWS also has a link to a form on moveon.org

to protest the shutting down of their constitutional rights to speech and assembly.

http://www.civic.moveon.org/defend_ows/

[Warpy]

3. He's said they could return and that the park will be cleaned in stages

While it's a pain in the neck to strike camp and move, it's still {i]camp. The idea is to remove their belongings to the parts not being cleaned (or to the sidewalk or whatever) and then move back and set up camp tonight after it is done.

Resisting this is just going to get their belongings loaded into garbage trucks they way they were in Boston.

Should the police arrest them while they're complying with the cleaning process, they should not resist. The whole thing will prove Bloomberg a liar and overload the system with arrestees who need to start asking for jury trials if charges are pressed.

This is the other way civil disobedience works.

Your way gets their tents, backpacks, clothing, food, and everything else they have put into a landfill and that's not a victory in any definition of the word.

They're out there to shame the government. They're not out there to capture and hold turf.

[lapislzi]

10. Warpy, you know I love you, but I must disagree

It's an occupation. Not in the sense of a turf war, but in the sense of polite, non-confrontational non-cooperation. That was another term Gandhi used often. Civil DISobedience.

Sorry, but I would not cooperate one iota with law enforcement. I would courteously refuse to move.

[justiceischeap]

18. Have to disagree Warpy, they're posting new rules once they get them out of the park

for "cleaning." The new rules include the following, no tents, no sleeping bags, no tarps... basically, no way to comfortably occupy the outdoors at this time of year.

[Warpy]

34. The signs won't have the force of law.

Striking the camp this time could be useful practice if the cops come through like they did in Boston.

[NightWatcher]

7. Don't give an inch, the pigs will take a mile

If they start cracking heads, take pictures and watch your ranks grow again as they did after the white shirts maced those ladies.

Be strong. Resist.

[workinclasszero]

8. The 1% fear October 15!!!! nt

[Blue Meany]

12. My thought exactly. They are trying to scare people out of coming on the 15th n/7

[workinclasszero]

15. Yup but its too late now! Occupy is worldwide!

We will the growing power of this movement on the 15th!

The 1%er banksters worse nightmare is coming true!

The world has to expel this cancer that is killin us all!

[NYC_SKP]

9. Unrec, sorry, it's a trap and they should comply with the mayor and the cleanup crew...

But before striking camp make sure that the guaranty that they can return is in place and loud and clear.

To resist is to play into their hands.

It sounds all romantic and heroic to resist, but such actions will give them the ammo they want.

Seems pretty clear to me.

Cooperate and if they renege THEN act up.

[Fire Walk With Me]

14. It's a lose-lose situation, another conniving police tactic. I agree with being peaceful

but this is just more of the same war they've been waging from the beginining.

[Blue Meany]

11. Whatever they decide to do, they should have a plan-B to

keep their organization intact, communications online, etc. somewhere off-site. If they are all in jail, who is going to raise money for bail, lawyers, etc. and plan for the next move?

[workinclasszero]

17. I hope many lawyers will be at the park as observers

and tons of cameras of course so the whole world can see how "free" we really are in the USA!

I have no idea if they have backup people to take over if everybody gets arrested. Maybe making those plans today?:shrug:

Occupy Everything!

[Arctic Dave]

13. When are the Predator drone strikes on Bloombergs office going to begin?

Isn't that what we would do in other countries?

[workinclasszero]

20. I know, right?

Theres a vid goin around showing the hypocrisy of our pols condemning other countries for violently denying the rights of free speech and assembly to their people.

But here?

Not a f***in peep out of them! They don't DARE cross wall street!

[in_cog_ni_to]

16. The Protesters should just start cleaning it themselves! Don't give them the need to clean.

:)

[blogslut]

24. They already are

And they have been doing so for a long time. They've got recycling stations. Washing stations. Volunteer cleanup crews. Medical service stations. Food stations...

I would rather the occupiers find creative ways around the rules. My bet is they will find those creative ways.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

19. So, what will Bloomberg do if they refuse to move. Arrest them all? Tear gas? Dogs? Guns?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6Y-NXZmDcxU/S-BRIsuQljI/AAAAAAAAK9c/D2zW3u6K1wo/s1600/kent+state_tear+gas.jpg

[lbrtbell]

23. Probably all of the above

And that scares the hell out of me.

[workinclasszero]

25. I hope it don't come to that

I dunno, just sit down link arms and pray or think nice thoughts if your an atheist.

Offer no resistance at all. We will see how the cops react I guess.

Course easy for me to say I'm not on the frontlines like these brave kids, God bless them.

[dana_b]

28. I believe so

and it sounds like they have no plans of leaving tomorrow since they are cleaning this afternoon/evening. God help them (for those who are so inclined to believe). I hope they really stay non violent and peaceful.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

32. Non-violent resistance works. It worked for Gandhi and MLK and in Tahrir Square.

I participated in sit-ins and occupations during the civil rights and anti-war movements and the bosses usually backed down. When we turned to counter violence we usually lost.

"I plan to stand by nonviolence, because I have found it to be a philosophy of life that regulates not only my dealings in the struggle for racial justice, but also my dealings with people, and with my own self." Martin Luther King Jr.

[DLnyc]

21. Okay, eveyone needs to get down there and sit our butts

down. I plan to be there 6 am tomorrow (Friday), sitting my ass down in the public park. If they want to arrest people, I plan to help ensure it's one fuck of a LOT of people they need to arrest!

[dana_b]

30. good for you!!

please take me with you in spirit. :) I live in California but will turn on the live stream at 3:00 a.m.

[lbrtbell]

22. K&R - n/t

[Fire Walk With Me]

26. Too bad Bloomberg isn't interested in cleaning up Wall Street.

[workinclasszero]

27. No doubt!

Lots and lots of scum down there ought to be sitting in jail cells for the biggest theft in the whole history of mankind!

[mmonk]

33. You got it. He should clean up Wall Street first.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

29. Asshole.

[JPZenger]

31. Should offer to clear out 10% of the park at the a time, and move back in right away

The occupiers should offer to clear out a small area at a time, let it be cleaned out (and help with the clean up) and then move back in immediately to that area.

Remember what happened in Boston - The police claimed that the protesters were threatening new plants, and then the riot police squashed much more of the vegetation than the protesters ever would have.

[workinclasszero]

35. How To Hold Your Ground

How To Hold Your Ground

Posted Oct. 13, 2011, 2:12 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Starting at midnight through tomorrow morning, we will hold our ground against police aggression and assert the right of the people to peaceful assembly. The following are links to resources on using nonviolent tactics to defend Liberty Plaza.

Practical Protest Techniques
Delia Smith's Basic Blockading

For those of you who plan to stick around PAST MIDNIGHT—which we hope will be all of you—make sure you understand the possible consequences. Be prepared to not get much sleep. Be prepared for possible arrest. Make sure your items are together and ready to go (or already out of the park.) We are pursuing all possible strategies; this is a message of solidarity.

Important info at link for protesters.

http://occupywallst.org/article/how-hold-your-ground/