Hi everyone, We hope that given enough support and discussion, we will submit this draft proposal to the GA this week. At the time, other that what’s been posted to the OccupyOakland forums, we’re unaware of other endeavors other groups are making. This proposal is open-source, meaning that other groups may take bits and pieces of it as they see fit to their proposals. Thanks, Tlahtolli Brothers and sisters: All of us here are part of the 99%. We are concerned about the direction our country and world is … Continued
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Non-violence needs to happen NOW
Open Letter to the Occupy Movement: Why We Need Agreements This entry was posted by sa2011er on Tuesday, 8 November, 2011 at From the Alliance of Community Trainers, ACT The Occupy movement has had enormous successes in the short time since September when activists took over a square near Wall Street. It has attracted hundreds of thousands of active participants, spawned occupations in cities and towns all over North America, changed the national dialogue and garnered enormous public support. It’s even, on occasion, gotten good press! Now we are wrestling with the … Continued
Why we can’t pass a resolution condemning Black Bloc
Hi everyone, A LOT of us want an “official” endorsement of non-violence and peaceful tactics. But that’s not going to happen. I’ll explain why in a minute. Right now, we’re basically playing into the divide-and-conquer strategy. Violence or non-violence? Pacifism or Black Bloc? This is textbook stuff and we’re letting our differences get the better of us. But at the same time, the reason the divide and conquer strategy is working is because we don’t have a clear picture of who we are or what this movement is. This has … Continued
A proposal re: the actions of Nov. 2
Hi all, It seems that many of us here are against the destruction and vandalism that happened during the Nov. 2 general strike. Below is a proposal I’m sending to the General Assembly. Let me know if you support it, the proposal will be read at GA either Sunday or Monday. The proposal is something we SHOULD do. The suggestion is something we CAN do, it’s optional and specifics can be discussed at a later time. Proposal for the Occupy Oakland General Assembly November 4, 2011 Between the people of … Continued
Block the Black Bloc
Fellow 99ers! I’m sickened by the antics of a few kids who want to go out and break stuff. If we’re not going to work with the police, we’re going to need to come up with our own security force, a White Bloc, if you will. Just as medics’ sole responsibility is to care for the injured in popular demonstrations, the White Bloc’s sole responsibility is to ensure that the kids in black don’t get too far in their wanton destruction of property. White Bloc should be sanctioned by the … Continued