#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot Occupy Protesters Take Over SF Wells Fargo Branch To Denounce Foreclosures http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/12/06/occupy-protesters-take-over-sf-wells-fargo-branch-to-denounce-foreclosures/ SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Occupy demonstrators and housing advocates briefly took over a Wells Fargo Bank branch in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood Thursday as part of a protest denouncing foreclosures. Around 11 o’clock, one protester distracted security while three dozen more invaded the bank on the corner of 3rd Street and Galvez Avenue to string yellow foreclose tape all over the interior and shut it down. KCBS’ Doug Sovern Reports: To avoid arrest when about two dozen police officers arrived, the group then staged a noisy rally outside. Chiropractor David Lewis described how he and…http://www.twitpic.com/bjpluw
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot LANSING, MI – About a half dozen people who were protesting against right-to-work legislation were arrested outside the Senate chamber shortly after 12 p.m. today. The protesters, who are among an estimated 3,000 union members and others demonstrating against right-to-work bills at the Capitol, were arrested for impeding the flow of pedestrian traffic, said Michigan State Police Inspector Gene Adamczyk. He said the protesters were trying to push their way into the Senate chamber and laid down in a common walk way. They were asked to move and did not, so two troopers responded with CS gas, or mace, he said. “They have a right to protest, we want to keep them safe, but the people who work here and the little kids that are coming here for tours have an expectation to be safe also,” Adamczyk said. “We’re here to protect both sides.” Union members and others in the Senate gallery applauded and cheered for those who were arrested as they were brought through the Senate floor. (see video below of police leading out some protesters in handcuffs). Around the same time, police blocked all access to the capitol, citing pockets of density that threatened the “structural intergrity” of the building. “It was a state police decision in unison with Capitol Facilities, who manages this building” said Adamczyk. Adamczyk told MIRS that police are concerned that people are congregating in one area, which could compromise the building's structure. “As soon as the State Police believe it is safe to let people in again, the building will be reopened,” MIRS wrote. Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer motioned to recess pending a lawsuit that she says has been filed by Democratic chair Mark Brewer to force the building open. Dozens were shut out, including United Auto Workers President Bob King, AFL-CIO President Karla Swift and American Federation of Teachers President David Hecker. — via MLIVEhttp://www.twitpic.com/bjqfn4
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot Occupy Sandy: A Movement Moves to Relief http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/nyregion/where-fema-fell-short-occupy-sandy-was-there.html ON Wednesday night, as a fierce northeaster bore down on the weather-beaten Rockaways, the relief groups with a noticeable presence on the battered Queens peninsula were these: the National Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Police and Sanitation Departments — and Occupy Sandy, a do-it-yourself outfit recently established by Occupy Wall Street. This stretch of the coast remained apocalyptic, with buildings burned like Dresden and ragged figures shuffling past the trash heaps. There was still no power, and parking lots were awash with ruined cars. On Wednesday morning, as the winds picked up and FEMA closed i…http://www.twitpic.com/biwqmj
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot “Gilda got married and went away. None of us saw her anymore. There was one good thing: Laraine had a party one night, a great party at her house. And I ended up being the disk jockey. She just had forty-fives, and not that many, so you really had to work the music end of it. There was a collection of like the funniest people in the world at this party. Somehow Sam Kinison sticks in my brain. The whole Monty Python group was there, most of us from the show, a lot of other funny people, and Gilda. Gilda showed up and she’d already had cancer and gone into remission and then had it again, I guess. Anyway she was slim. We hadn’t seen her in a long time. And she started doing, “I’ve got to go,” and she was just going to leave, and I was like, “Going to leave?” It felt like she was going to really leave forever. So we started carrying her around, in a way that we could only do with her. We carried her up and down the stairs, around the house, repeatedly, for a long time, until I was exhausted. Then Danny did it for a while. Then I did it again. We just kept carrying her; we did it in teams. We kept carrying her around, but like upside down, every which way—over your shoulder and under your arm, carrying her like luggage. And that went on for more than an hour—maybe an hour and a half—just carrying her around and saying, “She’s leaving! This could be it! Now come on, this could be the last time we see her. Gilda’s leaving, and remember that she was very sick—hello?” We worked all aspects of it, but it started with just, “She’s leaving, I don’t know if you’ve said good-bye to her.” And we said good-bye to the same people ten, twenty times, you know. And because these people were really funny, every person we’d drag her up to would just do like five minutes on her, with Gilda upside down in this sort of tortured position, which she absolutely loved. She was laughing so hard we could have lost her right then and there. It was just one of the best parties I’ve ever been to in my life. I’ll always remember it. It was the last time I saw her.” – Bill Murrayhttp://www.twitpic.com/bijvl9
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot Syrian Internet Is Off The Air http://www.renesys.com/blog/2012/11/syria-off-the-air.shtml Starting at 10:26 UTC on Thursday, 29 November (12:26pm in Damascus), Syria's international Internet connectivity shut down. In the global routing table, all 84 of Syria's IP address blocks have become unreachable, effectively removing the country from the Internet. We are investigating the dynamics of the outage and will post updates as they become available. Update (15:45 UTC) Looking closely at the continuing Internet blackout in Syria, we can see that traceroutes into Syria are failing, exactly as one would expect for a major outage. The primary autonomous system for Syria is the Syrian Telecommunications Establishment; all of t…http://www.twitpic.com/bhmsdn
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot Austerity without end http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/nov2012/pers-n29.shtml The media has largely ignored the main message from Monday’s meeting of euro zone finance ministers: that the Greek people confront years, if not decades, of austerity. In comparison, the issues headlined by the media—whether Greek debt falls below 120 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2020 or in 2022; whether lending rates are lowered or a debt haircut is imposed—were of a marginal and largely hypothetical nature. They boiled down to the question of how many food scraps one allows the victim, in order to exploit him as long as possible, before he eventually dies. Despite their differences on a number of issues, the assembled finance…http://www.twitpic.com/bhlw45
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot Jennifer Foster of Florence, AZ was visiting Times Square with her husband Nov. 14 when they saw a shoeless man asking for change. She writes, “Right when I was about to approach, one of your officers came up behind him. The officer said, ‘I have these size 12 boots for you, they are all-weather. Let’s put them on and take care of you.’ The officer squatted down on the ground and proceeded to put socks and the new boots on this man. The officer expected NOTHING in return and did not know I was watching*. I have been in law enforcement for 17 years. I was never so impressed in my life. I did not get the officer’s name. It is important, I think, for all of us to remember the real reason we are in this line of work. The reminder this officer gave to our profession in his presentation of human kindness has not been lost on myself or any of the Arizona law enforcement officials with whom this story has been shared.” Our thanks to the Fosters for their attention and appreciation, and especially to this officer, who remains anonymous. Send us your NYPD snapshots via Facebook message, and/or email the Department through http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mailnypd.html.http://www.twitpic.com/bhd7xj
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot Occupy Long Beach Protests Downtown Wal-Mart on Behalf of Workers http://www.lbpost.com/news/2000001423-occupy-long-beach-protests-downtown-wal-mart-on-behalf-of-workers#.ULQUHuS6paY Approximately 30 members of Occupy Long Beach assembled in front of the Wal-Mart Friday afternoon to do what store employees chose to eschew, joining Wal-Mart employees at stores across the country in protesting the retail giant for what many perceive as unfair labor practices. “For decades, Walmart Stores, Inc have dragged down wages, forcing their workers to work irregular schedules, and intimidated and took retribution on any workers who fought back,” read a Facebook event page set up by Occupy Long Beach. “It's time for the retribution to end, so come to this local Walmart to show your solidarity…http://www.twitpic.com/bgsj49
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot Occupy Sandy: Disaster Relief With a Side of Solidarity http://campusprogress.org/articles/occupy_sandy_disaster_relief_with_a_side_of_solidarity/ It's 2 PM on Veterans Day, and the lobby of the Ocean Village high-rise in the Far Rockaways is pitch-black. Guided by guards with flashlights, new Occupy Sandy volunteers stumble through an iron door into a bunker-like community room full of supplies. Ocean Village tenants aren't allowed into the supply room, and volunteers must do their best to fill orders (batteries and deodorant, for instance, run out quickly). The low-income residents have been without power, heat or water for over two weeks, and many are at their wits' end. Vanita Wheeler, an asthmatic, struggles to go up and down 17 flights of stairs, a…http://www.twitpic.com/bf9prq
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot CRITICAL ALERT – Saving Detroit from State takeover. Tuesday we heard the Consent Agreement was never approved to be signed. But the Mayor made sure it was signed. The Milestone Agreement was in front of City Council – they voted it down 8-1. Miller Canfield sitting in as lead extortionist to the city handling legal matters will put the city firmly in the control of the State. City Council voted to do the right thing on the majority of over 100 items on the agenda Tuesday in a meeting that had 3 hours of public comment then ran 5 hours additional for business. They also had an evening session that started an hour afterward. The Mayor is upset (its that hand up the puppet thing where his eyes bulge). He has called for a meeting with City Council to get the Milestone Agreement working. Miller Canfield – wrote the law, litigates the law, and now is being positioned to oversee the law. EXTORTION has to be declared The white saviour sent to Detroit – Kyrss Andrews needs to be removed. Our vote to repeal PA4 and its instruments (the Consent Agreement) needs to be executed. PA72 is dead law walking – slay the zombie. The opinion of the Attorney General has to be removed. The Governor needs to understand SELF-RULE through the Home Rule Act means Detroit elects its officials and we can REMOVE THEM ALSO! There is an active RECALL MAYOR BING push. All Detroit resident voters need to sign this and move him out of office NOW. We can't wait to find a replacement, Charles Pugh will become interim Mayor. Gary Brown and other members of City Council need to be recalled also and there are campaigns to do that in place now as well. Campaigning for Mayor will ensue quickly, candidates are coming forward for City Council also. http://www.facebook.com/events/132259856926646/
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot CRITICAL ALERT – Saving Detroit from State takeover. Tuesday we heard the Consent Agreement was never approved to be signed. But the Mayor made sure it was signed. The Milestone Agreement was in front of City Council – they voted it down 8-1. Miller Canfield sitting in as lead extortionist to the city handling legal matters will put the city firmly in the control of the State. City Council voted to do the right thing on the majority of over 100 items on the agenda Tuesday in a meeting that had 3 hours of public comment then ran 5 hours additional for business. They also had an evening session that started an hour afterward. The Mayor is upset (its that hand up the puppet thing where his eyes bulge). He has called for a meeting with City Council to get the Milestone Agreement working. Miller Canfield – wrote the law, litigates the law, and now is being positioned to oversee the law. EXTORTION has to be declared The white saviour sent to Detroit – Kyrss Andrews needs to be removed. Our vote to repeal PA4 and its instruments (the Consent Agreement) needs to be executed. PA72 is dead law walking – slay the zombie. The opinion of the Attorney General has to be removed. The Governor needs to understand SELF-RULE through the Home Rule Act means Detroit elects its officials and we can REMOVE THEM ALSO! There is an active RECALL MAYOR BING push. All Detroit resident voters need to sign this and move him out of office NOW. We can't wait to find a replacement, Charles Pugh will become interim Mayor. Gary Brown and other members of City Council need to be recalled also and there are campaigns to do that in place now as well. Campaigning for Mayor will ensue quickly, candidates are coming forward for City Council also. http://www.facebook.com/events/132259856926646/http://www.twitpic.com/bfkrcf