November 17th actions list

[agnixie]

So I know a few places are still trying to decide what they'll do if they do anything on November 17th, and I'm trying to compile a list for the NYC PR crew and anyone who wants it really; I'll post the stuff I get from elsewhere as it comes, please post yours too, I'll be poking around occupy emails all afternoon :p

The Facebook event page for the call to action (https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=241419422582978)

Albuquerque (http://www.unoccupyabq.org/2011/11/16/labor-solidarity-action-thursday-3-p-m/)
Ambridge, PA (part of occupy Colleges) (http://www.meetup.com/occupytogether/Ambridge-PA/-514432/)

Detroit (http://www.occupy-detroit.us/2011/11/16/nov-17-day-against-austerity/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OccupyDetroit+%28Occupy+Detro it+Official+Website%29&utm_content=FaceBook)
Springfield, MO (will be actually voted on in a few hours) (http://occupy417.com/announcement/november-17-national-day-action)

[RED DAVE]

Anyone who wants to work with the Occupation Wall Street/Labor Outreach Committee should meet at the SE corner of Center Street and Worth Street starting at 3:30 PM (5:00 the latest).

The LOC will be leafleting and getting names of unionists to build itself up. This is the most left-wing and union-oriented part of OWS.

RED DAVE

[coda]

My local NY occupy is heading down to Wall street. Albany is also having a Day of Action on 11/17 to shut down NY State. Troy, Buffalo and Rochester are heading there. Other NY State Occupies are Binghamton, Cortland, Ithaca, Saratoga, Syracuse, & Ithaca. Don't know where they are going, if anywhere.














(http://occupyutica.org/)

[mrmikhail]

The local occupy movement in the city I am in as taken a bus to NYC to join in for the Nov 17 actions.

[coda]

Thursday
November 17th
International Day of Action

Twitter #N17 (https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23N17) | Direct Action Resources (http://occupydaysofaction.com/act/resources.html)
On Thursday November 17th, the two month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement, we call upon the 99% to participate in a national day of direct action and celebration!
New York City
BREAKFAST: Shut Down Wall Street - 7:00 a.m.

Enough of this economy that exploits and divides us. It's time we put an end to Wall Street's reign of terror and begin building an economy that works for all. We will gather in Liberty Square at 7:00 a.m., before the ring of the Trading Floor Bell, to prepare to confront Wall Street with the stories of people on the frontlines of economic injustice. There, before the Stock Exchange, we will exchange stories rather than stocks.
LUNCH: Occupy The Subways - 3:00 p.m.

We will start by Occupying Our Blocks! Then throughout the five boroughs, we will gather at 16 central subway hubs and take our own stories to the trains, using the "People's Mic".


Bronx

Fordham Rd
3rd Ave, 138th Street
163rd and Southern Blvd
161st and River - Yankee Stadium

Brooklyn

Broadway Junction
Borough Hall
301 Grove Street
St Jose Patron Church,185 Suydam St, Bushwick

Queens

Jackson Heights/Roosevelt Ave.
Jamaica Center/Parsons/Archer
92-10 Roosevelt Avenue, Jackson Heights

Manhattan

125th St. A,B,C,D
Union Sq. (Mass student strike)
23rd St and 8th Ave

Staten Island

St. George, Staten Island Ferry Terminal
479 Port Richmond Avenue, Port Richmond


DINNER: Take The Square - 5:00 p.m.

At 5 pm, tens of thousands of people will gather at Foley Square (just across from City Hall) in solidarity with laborers demanding jobs to rebuild this country's infrastructure and economy. A gospel choir and a marching band will also be performing.
Afterwards we will march to our bridges. Let's make it as musical a march as possible - bring your songs, your voice, your spirit! Our "Musical" on the bridge will culminate in a festival of light as we mark the two-month anniversary of the #occupy movement, and our commitment to shining light into our broken economic and political system.

[coda]

http://occupyalbany.org/



Occupy Albany NY Day of Action


Where
Occupy Albany - Academy Park, Albany, NY
Description
On Thursday, November 17th, Occupy, labor, and community groups will converge in Albany to call on New York State's government to put the interests of the public before corporate profits and stop business as usual.

Overview of the day:

6:00am - Buffalo: Bus departs 271 Grant St, Buffalo NY 14213

7:00am - Rochester: Bus departs from 167 Flanders St.

7:30am - Rochester: Bus does second pick-up at Washington Square Park

11:30am - Buses arrive at Occupy Albany with supporters from across upstate NY. Occupy Albany welcoming committee will greet them and give tours of our encampment.

12:00pm - Joint rally/assembly in Academy Park in front of Old Academy Bldg. by Joseph Henry Monument.

12:45pm - March begins. Will stop off at least one corporate lobby target en route to the NYS Capitol Bldg.

1:30pm - Action at Gov.'s Office, 2nd Fl, of Capitol to deliver letters of protest against Cuomo's economic policies.

2:15pm - A people's assembly/session outside of Senate lobby 3rd floor of Capitol Bldg.

3:30pm - Bus pickup on State St. outside the LOB.

5:30pm - Anyone who can stay is invited to attend the Occupy Albany General Assembly and spend the night at Occupy Albany (tents and blankets will be made available).

[Fawkes]

Big ups to Broadway Junction, Jamaica Center, Roosevelt Ave, 125 St., Yankee Stadium, etc., these are the neighborhoods we need to be in.

Due to me literally getting fired from my job or failing my class if I skip either one tomorrow, I unfortunately can't be there (skipping so much stuff back in September/October is coming back to me now), hopefully there will still be stuff going on when I get out (work/school from 9-8:30).

Solidarity to everyone going out tomorrow, give em hell

[agnixie]

Ambridge, Anderson, Aurora, Atascadero, Casper (WY), Huntington Beach, Port Orford, Provincetown, Palo Alto are taking part in Occupy Colleges

Atlantic City begins an occupation the 19th

Occupy Baltimore does a rally on Howard Street Bridge (http://www.occupybmore.org/event/get-bridge-economic-emergency-99-rallyaction-howard-st-bridge)

Brulington Occupies the courtroom (http://occupyvermont.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/occupy-the-courthouse-stand-in-solidarity-with-travis/) in support of a comrade.

Atlanta has a block party on Courtland Street Bridge ar 2PM, meet up at 1:30 at Troy Davis Park (formerly Woodruff).

Occupy the Quad Cities has a meetup at 1 at Longview park.

Charlotteville marches on Market Street at 4

Charlotte NC has a solidarity march on Bank of America from 5:30 til 9

Chicago has a meetup for the preparation at 3:30 at Thompson Center but I have no idea what the action is.

Clarksville has a March on BoA, starting at Public Square at 3.

Pittsburgh marches on Greenfield Bridge, meetup is at Magee Park at 3 (http://www.occupypittsburgh.org/content/occupy-bridge)

Occupy Ottawa and friends are meeting at Confederation park at 11 this morning.

Orlando occupies Conroy Bridge, starting at 17 this evening.

Olympia has an event called Evict the Evictors, starting at 4PM at Heritage Park

Columbus, OH has both a Bank March at 15, at Huntington Bank Building, and Get on the Bridge, at 4:30, at 444E Broad Street

Occupy Durham (North Carolina) has a show of support for the 8 squatters arrested, at Hillsborough Quart Haus since 9AM (It's already going on).

Fresno has its typical schedule, plus a 10AM rally at Senate Dirksen 608, a Noon rally at Freedom Plaza.

Denton, TX, has protests starting at 17 in the Square.

Contra Costa has a march scheduled for 11:30AM (from their site: Locally, MoveOn has scheduled a demonstration for Mt. Diablo Blvd. and Main Street in Walnut Creek starting at 11:30 a.m on Thursday).

[xub3rn00dlex]

Comrades i am sorry i am not down there marching alongside you. Our project deadline is tomorrow, and the only people on the jobsite is me and another coworker. I am at work right now to prevent any blame from falling on my coworker in case the project does not get completed on time. I have never felt so shitty for not being able to participate before. I am doing all i can to raise awareness and support of the movement at our workplace, and i do think i'm being successful ( in front of the bourgeiosie too )

I have a suggestion for the movement to occupy subways. The media portrayed it out as if the protesters would be blocking entry into the stations, and from my observations the workers are against this because they still have to travel. My proposal is to consider blocking the turnstiles, and opening the gate to give people free passage. I floated this idea to some people on the subways who were worried, and they fully supported this idea. It might put out cause in a more positive light.

Edit: i've also noticed several custom agents in patrol cars cruising around headed towards the financial district. Be wary of this.

[agnixie]

Comrades i am sorry i am not down there marching alongside you. Our project deadline is tomorrow, and the only people on the jobsite is me and another coworker. I am at work right now to prevent any blame from falling on my coworker in case the project does not get completed on time. I have never felt so shitty for not being able to participate before. I am doing all i can to raise awareness and support of the movement at our workplace, and i do think i'm being successful ( in front of the bourgeiosie too )

I have a suggestion for the movement to occupy subways. The media portrayed it out as if the protesters would be blocking entry into the stations, and from my observations the workers are against this because they still have to travel. My proposal is to consider blocking the turnstiles, and opening the gate to give people free passage. I floated this idea to some people on the subways who were worried, and they fully supported this idea. It might put out cause in a more positive light.

I sort of love the idea...

[RED DAVE]

The Bell was delayed!

UPDATES

http://occupywallst.org/

RED DAVE

[agnixie]

The Bell was delayed!

UPDATES

http://occupywallst.org/

RED DAVE

Pity, it seems like there may have been a slight mistake (the bell is at 9:30, not 9)...

[RedZero]

More and more police are surrounding Zuccotti Park, people cannot get in or out. They have barricaded all the entrances/exits. Paddy wagons are slowly rolling in. Looks like a raid and mass arrest is about to happen at Zuccotti Park. Reports that someone was hit in the head with a baton and may be bleeding. Someone may have lost teeth after being hit. And one man asked an officer if he was stuck in the park, the officer replied, "yep."

live stream -> http://www.ustream.tv/theother99

[pastradamus]

Good idea. But what is the significance of November 17th in the US?

[CornetJoyce]

We may assume that the Greeks are out in force for November 17th.

[agnixie]

Good idea. But what is the significance of November 17th in the US?

We basically presented it as a 2 months thing.

[RedZero]

We basically presented it as a 2 months thing.

It's a different story if you ask the idiotic Glenn Beck --> http://www.glennbeck.com/content/blog/stu/occupy-wall-st-honors-communist-terrorist-group-with-new-protest/

[pastradamus]

We basically presented it as a 2 months thing.

Fair enough. Good luck out there!

[pastradamus]

We may assume that the Greeks are out in force for November 17th.

Yes, thats exactly what I though of when I heard N-17 been mentioned. It'll be interesting to see how our Greek Comrades react.

[agnixie]

Yes, thats exactly what I though of when I heard N-17 been mentioned. It'll be interesting to see how our Greek Comrades react.

Truth is there was a Nov 17 action planned relatively early on, i don't remember when, though. I actually forget what was and what wasn't our game of sneaking in anarchist and communist imagery and messages in the whole. We actually used N17 as one of the tags on communications.


It's a different story if you ask the idiotic Glenn Beck --> http://www.glennbeck.com/content/blog/stu/occupy-wall-st-honors-communist-terrorist-group-with-new-protest/

I loved the part where apparently, having a representation of flower guy from Tian an Men is unpatriotic because he's not american (white, I guess). Also apparently propaganda in a style used by american lefties historically is unamerican.

And that's the one idiot who realized this was part of the imagery.

Then again these are people who read nazis and fascists, take their entire platform from then, and still kneejerkedly insist they're not nazis and fascists.

[RedZero]

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[RedZero]

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lutnknnZ101qzs5cqo1_500.jpg

[RedZero]

Over 20 unmarked vehicles just drove by on this live stream (not to mention the massive police force that is out walking) - http://www.ustream.tv/theother99

edit: apparently the number of unmarked vehicles was around 50, I only caught the last bit of it and saw around 20. Guess it was a lot more. wow.

[RedZero]

Bloodied demonstrator from Zuccotti today already memorialized at Foley Square --> http://twitpic.com/7fimvl
Inside Foley Square --> http://twitpic.com/7fik0w

[RedZero]

Well, is it going to turn ugly as night falls?

https://twitter.com/#!/NBCNewYork/status/137291910460096512 (https://twitter.com/#%21/NBCNewYork/status/137291910460096512)
Chopper 4 just told by NYPD to move -- they are closing airspace over protests.

edit: the chopper moved to above Foley Square, for now..if the NYPD doesn't make them leave again. watch live: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Occupy-Wall-Street-Day-of-Action-Police-NYPD-Protest-134025883.html
edit 2: now they're saying it was a misunderstanding from the pilot, the chopper is still allowed.

[RedZero]

"TO ALL FOLLOWING #OWS (https://twitter.com/#%21/search?q=%23OWS) AND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN #NYC (https://twitter.com/#%21/search?q=%23NYC), please look at this photo! THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN #ATHENS (https://twitter.com/#%21/search?q=%23ATHENS)":
https://p.twimg.com/AeeWpg2CQAANtHI.jpg:large

[agnixie]

There are possibly somewhere around 10-20k people at Foley Square.

Also goddamn, that Athens march is humbling.

[Welshy]

Who are these UnitedNY.org people? The live stream says that they are acting like the police and are trying to divert the march and are trying to police it.

[RedZero]

"Buses full of arrested protesters are sitting outside City Hall"


http://s1-01.twitpicproxy.com/photos/large/449366840.jpg

[RedZero]

The Brooklyn Bridge right now:

http://s1-03.twitpicproxy.com/photos/large/449398108.jpg

[Martin Blank]

Who are these UnitedNY.org people? The live stream says that they are acting like the police and are trying to divert the march and are trying to police it.

Sounds like the liberal-pacifist "peace police" to me. Toss those fuckers out!

[RedZero]

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