A few days ago while walking along the street near the University of Washington in Seattle, I was passed a flier by an anonymous individual that announced a coordinated effort by the Occupy movement to shut down the ports of every major city along the west coast. The efforts were scheduled to take place in [...]
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Apathy Is Over!
If you want it. Happy solstice! This morning, following on the heels of a student walkout at Garfield High School and the hours-long occupation of University Bridge on November 17th, students and workers commuting on University Bridge were greeted by a 100-foot banner off the I-5 bridge reading “Give A Damn #Occupy”. A communique claimed [...]
Building Indefinitely Occupied in Central District
From PSA: Occupiers took a large abandoned/repossessed (bank-owned) house in the Central District today, November 19th. The building is located at 23rd & Alder across the street from Garfield High School. The banner displayed across the facade reads “Occupy Everything / No Banks / No Landlords” with a circle-A. Political posters and graffiti have [...]
“Yes, We Are Anti-Capitalist”
An excellent article from Bill Weinberg, a NY Journalist, on why it is capitalism, and not just corporate-greed, that the Occupy movement must challenge. Read the Article Here
Occupy Seattle, U District Strategy Session
Website http://occupyseattle.org When? Friday, 5pm Where? Red Square Why? To Make #OccupySeattle Accessible to the U-District Description How are we going to engage with the direct action downtown? What can we do to support if we can’t or don’t want to go downtown? How should we come to the occupation as students, the next generation, [...]
500 Tents in Westlake
Tomorrow! Be thurr – and hit me up on twitter @BrekkeBlacksmth and we’ll meet up! Global Day of Action/Night of 500 Tents Schedule: 12:00pm Global Day of Action Rally 3:00pm March to Chase Bank 5:00pm Tent Raising Ceremony 6:30pm General Assembly
Police Flex Power with Occupiers this Morning
This morning the police directly woke up everyone in the rebel camp @ Westlake Park. This is in contrast to our usual mode of operating where the rangers first come in and gently wake folks up and to let them know that the parks department will be cleaning soon and everyone needs to pick up [...]
