OccupyWallSt: Cops arrest 700 / Big Unions joining in

OccWallSt. on bridge — 700 arrested marching over Brooklyn Bridge

More than 700 people from the Occupy Wall Street protest movement have been briefly arrested for marchimng on New York’s City’s Brooklyn Bridge, police say.

They were part of a larger group crossing the bridge from Manhattan, where they have been camped out near Wall Street for two weeks.

“We are unions, students, teachers, veterans, first responders, families, the unemployed and underemployed. We are all races, sexes and creeds. We are the majority. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%. We are using the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic to achieve our ends and encourage the use of nonviolence to maximize the safety of all participants.” read more at Occupy Wall Street website and occupytogether.org.

NYPD Mass Arrests of Occupy Wall Street Protesters

UPDATE, 6:07 pm Kristen reports via text: ”Now it’s raining. There are still hundreds of us, people are putting backpacks on their fronts, so cops don’t take them when we’re arrested.”

She says that rumors in the crowd include the suggestion that the Lawyers Guild is working on bail money for the arrested protesters and negotiations with the cops. She says, “a friend told me there’s a rumor this is over. It’s not over.”

As for morale? The remaining protesters are huddled together under umbrellas singing “this little light of mine.”

A Massive Union Just Voted To Side With Protesters

According to Daily Kos, The New York Transit Workers Union (TWU) voted to support the Wall Street Protestors at their meeting last night. A member of TWU Local 100 told a reporter that they would join the protest Friday at 4PM.

Here’s more about them from their website: The TWU has four main divisions: Railroad; Gaming; Airline; Transit; and Utility, University and Service. The Union has 114 autonomous locals representing over 200,000 members and retirees in 22 states around the country.

Occupy Wall Street has been picking up some decent support from unions in the past few days. Yesterday we reported that the Teamsters Union declared their support for protestors, and we also found out that the United Pilots Union had members at the protest demonstrating in uniform.

Today we learned the Industrial Workers of the World put a message of support on their website as well.

UPDATE: Verizon union workers have joined the protestors in NYC.

http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20111001135826694

Click here to see the protestor’s list of demands >

Occupy Wall St: 1000s defy brutal police

Several thousand anti-Wall Street protesters marched through downtown Manhattan on Friday night to protest against incidents of police brutality at a previous demonstration.

The group was part of the Occupy Wall Street movement which has camped for almost two weeks in a New York square to protest against the finance industry, among other grievances.

The group had attempted a march last weekend which ended in scores of arrests. Numerous incidents of police roughing up protesters were caught on film including one senior officer spraying mace at several female demonstrators being kept behind a police barrier.

Video of that attack went viral on the internet prompted mainstream media – which had mostly ignored the protests – to give them sympathetic attention. Computer hackers also released the name and address of the officer caught on film. Since then the occupation has garnered many new supporters and global press attention.

It has attracted celebrity visits from liberal figures such as filmmaker Michael Moore and actor Susan Sarandon. On Friday an apparently false rumour that the band Radiohead were to play an impromptu gig at the square caused a temporary Twitter storm.

But Friday night’s march was aimed at highlighting the police violence at the previous protest. A long line of placard-carrying demonstrators wound the short distance from Zuccotti Park where the protesters are camped near Wall Street to Police Plaza, where the New York Police Department has its headquarters.

The march was led by a group of elderly grandmothers wearing yellows bibs emblazoned with the words: “Grannies for peace”. That seemed to symbolise the protest’s good-natured mood which appeared to be matched by the police’s willingness to give the group the freedom to demonstrate.

Michele Moore, a former bank worker from Georgia, said she had been on the previous week’s march that had ended in violence. “The videos of those events were completely accurate,” she said. But she added that Friday’s protest had felt completely different. “Everything I saw today was peaceful and positive. It was delightful,” Moore said.

The protest was filled with the usual mix of Occupy Wall Street supporters. But there was also a smattering of people wearing T-shirts with trade union logos as well as ordinary working New Yorkers

Policia attack 1000k marcha in Paris

(English) The Take the Streets march from Spain to Brussels was viciously attacked by hysterical police in Paris when they held an Assembly with local activists in front of the Paris Stock Exchange. There were more than 50 arrests (finally released) and serious injuries. Despite all they camped in front of the Exchange and continued the long march.

…………….A les 18:30 hores les indignades i indignats van seure costat de l’edifici de France Press, davant de la Borsa de París, i sense deixar-se intimidar pel dispositiu policial que els envoltava, van començar l’assemblea que s’ha retransmès íntegrament per internet via streaming. Segons aquesta avançava, van anar arribant cada vegada més ciutadans, al mateix temps que s’anava formant un cordó policial. Davant l’arrest d’un d’ells per identificar (el motiu esgrimit per l’agent: “és una manifestació il·legal”), un grup de indignats va resistir pacíficament demanant la posada en llibertat del company. Els gendarmes van acabar detenint a un grup de més de 50 persones, que han anat sent alliberats al llarg de la nit. No obstant això, a les 2:30 hores encara es trobaven detingudes 11 persones. Finalment, els altres integrants de la Marxa van poder acampar davant de la Borsa de París……………

#OCCUPYWALLSTREET is Roaring Strong

#OCCUPYWALLSTREET

Saturday, September 24 2011 @ 12:54 AM CDT

#OCCUPYWALLSTREET is a week old and roaring strong. We, the people, are finding our voice, realizing that, yes we can revive our democracy. It is beautiful. It is an achievement. And it has the potential to grow into something even more wild and wonderful over the next few weeks and months. This Saturday at noon at the people’s assembly in Liberty Plaza there will be a celebration of our incredible first week. Last Saturday, 5,000 people flocked nonviolently to Wall Street … this Saturday there will be 10,000. And then in the weeks that follow, we will swell to 50,000 … and maybe even to 100,000+ by mid-October. Wouldn’t that be something!

#OCCUPYWALLSTREET this Saturday

Dura Represión en Paris. Indignadxs heridos y detenidos

París: dura represión policial contra manifestantes e integrantes de la Marcha a Bruselas. Personas heridas y detenidas

2 heridxs graves, uno inconsciente, tras la brutal represión de la policía francesa a la marcha indignada hacia Bruselas. Siguen las detenciones.

Kaos. Internacional | 19-9-2011 a las 22:46 | 4252 lecturas | 38 comentarios

www.kaosenlared.net/noticia/paris-dura-represion-policial-contra-manifestantes-integrantes-marcha-

Bajo la excusa de que se trataba de una “manifestación ilegal” y que iban a proceder a realizar detenciones, la policía francesa rodeó la marcha y cargó contra mas de un centenar de personas que se encontraban en la Plza y marchando en el Bd St Germain

Según las peronas que se encontraban allí y que iban relatando como se desarrollaba la situación, la policía estaba muy agresiva y atacaba con porras, gas pimienta y gases lacrimógenos.

Se llevaron a cabo detenciones y hay personas heridas una en grave estado…

(Actualización) MARCHA A BRUSELAS ¡¡¡URGENTE, ÚLTIMA HORA!!!lista de detenidxs: Marion lebec, edi alan robain (cerdeña) Frank Muler (Alemania), Javi Rodríguez (Valladolid), Janis (Bayona, Fr.), Enrique (Valencia), Juan Antonio (Castellón), Clara Manchado Rodríguez (Madrid), Baptiste (Paris), Miguel Ángel (Bcn), Manolo García “Nolo” (Santiago DC), Eva María Fernández González (Langreo), Víctor Martínez (Valencia), Óscar Martínez (Logroño), Gladis (Valencia), Álex (Colombia, acampada Donosti), Dani Bermejo (Santander)

http://www.facebook.com/notes/isinha-itza/liste-embarqu%C3%A9s/1015029211003791

(Actualización) Desde el Facebook del 15M Marcha Bruselas informan lo siguiente:

“Acabamos de hablar con gente que está dentro del “autobús” de la policía, dicen que siguen llenando el autobús con más gente que de momento no saben donde les llevan (hace 5 min.) que hay heridos como ya se ha publicado, que no saben donde les van a llevar y que Paris les está apoyando intentando bloquear la salida del bus y con pancartas de LIBERTEE!!!!”

Además hacen el siguiente resumen de la situación:

Detenidos en distintos bloques por lo que parece, algunos ya les han llevado a comisaría, otros siguen en el autobús de la policía y siguen entrando a gente en el bus, no saben donde les llevan, otros en comisarias en grupos de 3 o 4 y por lo que parece un grupo de 25 han sido liberados en la comisaria 11 de París. Todabía tenemos un gran número de compañeros retenidos/detenidos en Paris y por lo que parece algunos van a pasar la noche en los calabozos de alguna comisaría francesa… seguiremos informando. 15M: Marcha Bruselas

Imágenes:

https://twitter.com/#!/Acampadaparis/media/slideshow?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitpic.com%2F6nhljc

http://marchestobrussels.takethesquare.net/2011/09/20/imagenes-de-la-represion-policial-en-paris/

SE CONVOCA A UNA CONCENTRACION:

RT @luba_7: @Acampadaparis Concentración frente al Consulado de Francia en Madrid C/ Marques de la Ensenada

La mayoría de los detenidos son o serán liberados sin cargos. Un pequeño grupo tendrá cargos por daños al autobus.#marcheparis #parisnofear

Por otra parte se informa que la compañera herida se encuentra en el Hospital Cochin, Paris.

(Actualización) En el hospital hay 3 personas, dos aquejados de dislocaciones en el hombro, y la compañera que informamos anteriormente que ingresó incosnciente pero ya está estabilizada.

Day 4..Wall St. Camp grows despite Repression

110917occupywallstreet2 — Stop Capitalist Criminals plundering the Planet

#OCCUPYWALLSTREET started last Saturday, when 5,000 people descended on to the financial district of Lower Manhattan,
held a people’s assembly and set up an encampment in Zuccotti Park on Liberty Street, a stone’s throw from Wall Street
and a block from the Federal Reserve Bank of NewThree hundred spent the night, several hundred reinforcements arrived the next day and dug in for a
long-term stay. Call in sick, invite your friends, hop on a bus or plane to New York City … join us! We’re now in DAY 4.

Day 4: At least five arrested, one may be in critical condition

Published 2011-09-20 05:01:04 UTC by OccupyWallSt

Early this morning at least five protesters were arrested by NYPD.

The first arrest was a protester who objected to the police removing a tarp that was protecting our media equipment from the rain. The police said that the tarp constituted a tent, in spite of it not being a habitat in any way. Police continued pressuring protesters with extralegal tactics, saying that a protester on a bullhorn was breaking a law. The protester refused to cease exercising his first amendment rights and was also arrested. Then the police began to indiscriminately attempt to arrest protesters, many of them unsheathed their batons, in spite of the fact that the protest remained peaceful.

The new residents of Liberty Square continued to serve as shining examples of law abiding behavior in spite of police harassment and the loose interpretation and selective enforcement of New York’s laws by the NYPD.

Third Communiqué: A Message From Occupied Wall Street

Published 2011-09-20 12:50:30 UTC by OccupyWallSt

We’re still here. We intend to stay until we see movements toward real change in our country and the world. This is the third communiqué from the 99 percent.

Today, we occupied Wall Street from the heart of the Financial District. Starting at 8:00 AM, we began a march through the Wall Street area, rolling through the blocks around the New York Stock Exchange. At 9:30 AM, we rang our own “morning bell” to start a “people’s exchange,” which we brought back to Liberty Plaza. Two more marches occurred during the day around the Wall Street district, each drawing more supporters to us.

Hundreds of us have been occupying One Liberty Plaza, a park in the heart of the Wall Street district, since Saturday afternoon. We have marched on the Financial District, held a candlelight vigil to honor the fallen victims of Wall Street, and filled the plaza with song, dance, and spontaneous acts of liberation.

Food has been donated to the plaza from supporters all over the world. Online donations for pizza, falafels, and other food are coming in from supporters in Omaha, Madrid, Montreal, and other cities, and have exceeded $8,660 [admin: now $10,000]. (Link to donate: www.wepay.com/donate/99275)

On Saturday we held a general assembly, two thousand strong, based on a consensus-driven decision-making process. Decisions were made for the group to occupy Liberty Plaza in the Wall Street corridor, bedding down in sleeping bags and donated blankets. By 8:00 PM on Monday we still held the plaza, despite constant police presence.

https://occupywallst.org/

Our champ Chomsky ‘chomps up’ Imperialists!

This guy is terrific. Today’s ‘Democracy Today” channel (inspired by him) has the top 3 stories with Chomsky fairly CHOMPING UP the Capitalist Bastards ruling and ruining our planet!

Noam Chomsky: ”2012 GOP Candidates Views are “Off the International Spectrum of Sane Behavior, Perry, who’s very likely … to win the primary and win the nomination, and maybe to win the election , is often in outer space.”

On Libya”I think it’s much harder to make a case for direct participation in a civil war and undercutting of possible options that were supported by almost the entire world,” Chomsky says.

On Palestine ”If Palestinians do bring the issue to the Security Council and the U.S. vetoes it, it will be just another indication of the real unwillingness to permit a settlement of this issue, in terms of what has been for a long time an overwhelming international consensus,” Chomsky says.

Another Chomsky report details how the US and Israel are undermining the ‘Arab Spring’. Chomsky dates the start of the rebellions not in Tunisia, but in the protest camp in Sahara, which was brutally attacked by the generation long, occupying Morrocan army.