Occupy Dreamviews

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Originally Posted by juroara

*cries* I got lost. Epic failure! I'm new to town okay! I only had a paper map and somehow twice I missed pearl street. I'mma try again after work since I'm not too far from downtown. I hope other people will still be there! I just saw a video and I'm surprised by the turn out. Sure its not NY, but its more than I thought Texas would bring! I hope they do this again tomorrow or sometime in the weekend. I was supposed to meet a friend there but she CHICKENED out!

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Too bad I just took the Dart so I didn't have trouble getting there. People will still be there but considering the protest started at 9:00 in the morning many people will have left. Show up tomorrow they are protesting Bank of America (today we demonstrated in front of the Federal Reserve Building and Chase Bank). On Saturday is going to be the big day so be there! Today was absolutely amazing, almost a 1000 people turned out (at the fed at 9:00am) I wish I was still there but I have to work tomorrow...

Also mods can I post a bunch of pics on this thread or do I have to make a new one? (also I dont know how to do the spoiler thing..)

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Originally Posted by tommo

Where is her link to stream?

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She streams on the link Stormcrow submitted. Procasting mostly during the afternoon hours. I had to call her earlier today to get a status update because for some strange reason Time Warner Cable had some sort of black-out in Lower-Manhattan and it took pretty much half the day for the network to be restored.

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Originally Posted by stormcrow

Its also being streamed at globalrevolution - live streaming video powered by Livestream

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Just thought I'd mention, I'll be dropping in on Occupy Philadelphia this Sunday. I'll let you guys know what I think after.

This is the world we live in
and these are the hands we're given
use them and let's start trying
to make this a place worth living in

Fuck the spoilers and TinyPic as well its taking about 10 minutes to upload one picture so I will upload them sporadically throughout the night. Im also uploading videos on youtube but they are taking about an hour each to upload so Ill post a link to them later tonight.

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I can haz protest sign.

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I want to be all "don't use this without asking me first", but I kinda realized, the framework for this was some random picture that some person took that I snagged off google images :lol:. So just don't make it look like you made it.

Make a sign saying. "Fed up with the fed. Will not feed until they end this greed".
And put a dead, emaciated mannequin next to it. ....Or just see what happens and sit there yourself.

"Kleptocracy"? I LOVE that lol!!

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Originally Posted by stormcrow

Too bad I just took the Dart so I didn't have trouble getting there. People will still be there but considering the protest started at 9:00 in the morning many people will have left. Show up tomorrow they are protesting Bank of America (today we demonstrated in front of the Federal Reserve Building and Chase Bank). On Saturday is going to be the big day so be there! Today was absolutely amazing, almost a 1000 people turned out (at the fed at 9:00am) I wish I was still there but I have to work tomorrow...

Also mods can I post a bunch of pics on this thread or do I have to make a new one? (also I dont know how to do the spoiler thing..)

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Good news!! I found the fed building yesterday!! But there was no one there........... A fed employee was waiting for his ride and he kept looking at me with weird eyes. >:/

Where is Saturday going to be at?

1000 people sounds nice! But 10,000 would be even more awesome. What's it gonna take for us to get those numbers? I told a couple of friends and family and all of them gave me the same excuse "but I have to work". I can understand how hard it is to miss work. I missed two days this pay period because I was sick, I was worried about missing a third for the protest, because then I might not make rent.

But at the same time, if everyone is like "i can't go because i can't miss work", then aren't we already losing the fight? Isn't the lack financial security, living paycheck to paycheck one of the reasons why we want this whole system to change? Isn't the person who says "I can't miss work" the person who needs to be there the most?

"a corporation isn't a person until Texas executes one"
Classic XD

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Originally Posted by Supernova

"a corporation isn't a person until Texas executes one"

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I almost want to laugh at the joke... but then I remember how many people have been exonerated while on death row... 139 people (in recent history.)

It's soooooo depressing. Horribly depressing.

http://blog.dondapo.net/wp-content/i.../wait_what.jpg

Nothing. Just being a buzz kill is all.

To clarify, since 1970, 139 convicted murderers on death row have been exonerated due to further evidence. How many people have we killed now that were innocent?

Buzz killing, and depression-building.

Depressing indeed, but a different issue.

I joined my first Occupy protest today. It was a small group especially for a saturday. But the people who were there were dedicated. They even provided us with food and water which was nice. There were pros and cons about today's strategy, lots to take in and think about. Dallas is going to be a huge challenge I think. We had good and bad responses. We had a guy call us losers from his aloft hotel room, and we had employees at work cheer us on. There was a wedding that thought we were a tourist attraction. The police were nice to us but they treated us like a parade. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Its kinda nice to know the Dallas police are protecting our right to speak out, other times it felt belittling.

It reminds me of when I let my cat play outside and I watch her from a distance and them im like "okay time to go back inside". Yeah, that's what I got from the police.

We didn't go the Fed building today which was really disappointing. I'm surprised they were only there for one day, and I'm wondering if the Fed building pulled the private property card on them or what.

Oh yeah and my feet are going to fall off

KEEP UP THE FIGHT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=N8o3peQq79Q

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Originally Posted by juroara

I joined my first Occupy protest today. It was a small group especially for a saturday. But the people who were there were dedicated. They even provided us with food and water which was nice. There were pros and cons about today's strategy, lots to take in and think about. Dallas is going to be a huge challenge I think. We had good and bad responses. We had a guy call us losers from his aloft hotel room, and we had employees at work cheer us on. There was a wedding that thought we were a tourist attraction. The police were nice to us but they treated us like a parade. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Its kinda nice to know the Dallas police are protecting our right to speak out, other times it felt belittling.

It reminds me of when I let my cat play outside and I watch her from a distance and them im like "okay time to go back inside". Yeah, that's what I got from the police.

We didn't go the Fed building today which was really disappointing. I'm surprised they were only there for one day, and I'm wondering if the Fed building pulled the private property card on them or what.

Oh yeah and my feet are going to fall off

KEEP UP THE FIGHT

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I didn't go Saturday I have to work on weekends. The police have been very cooperative and respective but the Dallas city council wants to prevent us from demonstrating starting this Friday. I was there yesterday briefly but I left because cops where searching protesters and some black bloc wannabes were trying to convince everyone that we should "fight the cops" so I kicked rocks. I cant stand violence and the simple minded people who cannot think of a solution to a problem that doesn't involve violence. Yes the fed has gotten the police to evacuate us off of the property numerous times. Things are moving really fast, I addressed by dissatisfaction with some of the decisions that certain parts of the group were advocating at the general assembly. Some agreed and some didn't we couldn't really reach a consensus all day. I love that the diversity of opinion in the group is an accurate reflection of democracy and don't expect everyone to agree on everything but Occupy Dallas seems to be splitting off into two separate factions I cant say I agree with either of them (nevertheless I support the movement [just not all of the decisions we vote on]). I work and go to school all of this week but I am going on Friday. Good luck and stay safe.

>:/

I will occupy your mind!

This saturday, everyone, at 11:30 am, join your local occupy group. Now go make some fun signs!

I guess they're kicking everyone out of NYC tomorrow to clean up and not letting them return with camping gear.

today occupied dallas protested at two banks, i missed out on it.

Later on we had a speaker, he marched as a teenager with MLK. He related his own experiences to us, and it turns out what occupy dallas is going through right now is not so different what he went through. The city of dallas is asking the occupiers to get a million dollar insurance policy to continue occupying the park or else. It turns out, the same thing happened to him all those years ago, to which he replied "there is no insurance policy for constitutional rights"

The group, earlier this week, had voted to move to another location that the cops said they could stay in. But this location is further away from the action, actually it means the federal building workers no longer have to look at us everyday. He griped at us! To really badly paraphrase him "If MLK was here, he wouldn't care what the cops told him. He'd stay right, and camp out in this park with you. He would not move." The mood of the group changed, and more people rallied that they should stay no matter what rather then let cops push us around.

But the concerns for arrest weren't done. "How many people would have to be arrested for it to matter? Lets say only five people get arrested?"

To be practical, and to get the media attention which in this case would be good for the cause, he explained "You need at least fifty people who refuse to leave and are ready to be arrested" The group will decide tomorrow. At least we have a practical number. As five people staying in the park and getting arrested sends no message at all. He also explained that we should refuse to pay bail and except to stay the entire time. Why? Because the city can't actually afford to keep mere protesters locked up when they need the jail space for real criminals. Hopefully this is as true today as it was for him.

But still, the thought terrifies me - and I don't want to see any arrests. That and mom who knows Im out there phones me everyday "dont you do anything that'll get you arrested" "yes mom!". But there are members in the group who've stated that they are ready to be arrested. If it comes to that, I at least hope the media does coverage so the arrest doesn't go to waste. And if it comes to that, I will protest their arrests!

He gave us great advice on how to increase our numbers, which have dwindled everyday. He basically said, that we all here have a responsibility to organize and coordinate the groups efforts, to rally more people. That's the situation I think all the texas occupy groups are in, which is no surprise really. Yes we've grown smaller, but I think we've weeded out confused people who expect us to become a political party and don't understand the meaning of a social movement.

He explained to us, that while the media portrays us as unfocused with no specific aim - that its a load of bull. The message is clear - 99%. If youre incapable of understanding what we stand for youre like, half alien.

Occupy dallas is getting is really getting its act together. The website is finally announcing when-and-where to be protests (took a few days to get that going! thank you media crew). Hopefully, all the website viewers will snap out of their zombieness and join us tomorrow.




PS. Dreamviews, for all these years you have been the most radical, socially-conscious and aware people I have ever known. Don't be all talk! Show up!

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Originally Posted by Omnis Dei

I guess they're kicking everyone out of NYC tomorrow to clean up and not letting them return with camping gear.

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Kick out, what? 10's of thousands of people? Uhm.... nope.

23 people were arrested for simply trying to close their bank accounts at Citi. They did it in front of live video feeds. :wtf:

wtf?!?!?!?!?!??????????????????????????????????

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Originally Posted by ninja9578

23 people were arrested for simply trying to close their bank accounts at Citi. They did it in front of live video feeds. :wtf:

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You're kidding me. What were they officially arrested for? :wtf:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6svA6Qvq1U

"You were inside" was the official reason................

Some non-uniformed guy basically fondles her breasts.

What a society we live in. :cry: