Occupy Wall Street NYC: Massive General Assembly Going On At Liberty Plaza - "All Day, All Week..."

[Hissyspit]

@OccupyWallStNYC
#OCCUPYWALLSTREET
MASSIVE #GeneralAssembly going on at #LibertyPlaza. The mood is electric. #ows

@JoshHarkinson
Cops left. Situation appears resolved. Chant: "All day, all week, occupy wall street!"

@MoveOn
BREAKING: "The park is clean. If the mayor wants to do something for America, he should clean up Wall St." - @DanielMintz. #OccupyWallStreet

@OccupyWallStNYC
#OCCUPYWALLSTREET
There will be several rings of humans linking arms around #LibertyPlaza 2morrow morning if the Mayor chooses 2 shut us down. #ows
1 minute ago via Twitter for Mac

Reported: 250,000 signatures on MoveOn petition to Bloomberg, 166,000 on Credo petition.

[myrna minx]

1. Stay safe everyone.

:hug:

[Hissyspit]

14. Direct Action Working Group Statement on Cleanup - "We have no intention of leaving"

http://pastebin.com/hH6NESNu

Brookfield property group has informed Occupy Wall Street of their intent to “clean” Liberty Square, our home and community. OWS views this as an attempt to evict over 500 peaceful and nonviolent protesters form Liberty Square, a tactic used to evict occupations in Austin, TX, Barcelona, Spain, and Bloombergville, NY.

OWS is a highly organized community with a sanitation working group that works tirelessly to keep our plaza clean. In a show of good will, OWS organized a full day of cleaning on Thursday, 13 October 2011 in response to Brookfield’s concerns.

We have no intention of leaving our park. We have spent weeks building a strong community of mutual aid and empowerment. The city government has brutalized and intimidated us and the media has attempted to censor and belittle our message. Despite these challenges, our message has been heard by millions around the world, and they are taking up the call to action by occupying spaces in their communities and opening them up to practice direct, horizontal, non-hierarchical democracy.

OWS invites Brookfield property group to re-clean Liberty Plaza in 1/3 increments starting at 7am as they have proposed. We will maintain physical presence in two thirds of our plaza at all times while they re-clean.

The possibility of eviction doesn’t simply threaten the immediate occupiers of Liberty Square. As a symbolic home to the growing movement against global injustice, any attempt to evict Liberty Square will be met with strong resistance by occupiers, community groups, local unions and organized labor, as well as individual supporters world wide.

Occupy Everything.

[JDPriestly]

23. Great post Hissyspit.

[myrna minx]

90. Thanks for the post. n/t

[Hissyspit]

91. Victory Photos / Police Clash Photos:

Panorama of Park by Justin Elliott of Salon: @elliottjustin
Justin Elliott
Here's a panorama of the crowd. Park is as packed as i've seen it in past three weeks #ows




Photo of Ground Zero Construction by Rachel Maddow:




http://live.nydailynews.com/Event/Occupy_Wall_Street_Showdown_at_Zuccotti_Park



Protesters cheered after it was announced that the clean-up was postponed. (Kevin Hagen for News)




7:41 AM Christina Boyle
At least 10 cops on motorbikes drove north on bway into the protesters beeping their horns.Standoff between marchers heading south and cops going north.




7:36 AM Meena Hartenstein

Our Sarah Feinsmith reports from Zuccotti Park: "They are playing the tambourine and singing 'Let's get together and feel all right' and 'Can't Buy Me Love.' Here, Kevin and Nadette of the Peace Museum embrace in a tree hugging and kissing happiness ceremony."




7:34 AM Matthew Lysiak

The marchers have swelled again in number. They are now on Broadway and Fulton. They are staying on the sidewalk. "Whose streets? Our streets!" they chant.




7:27 AM Erik Badia

Looks like the NYPD is mobilizing some extra muscle in the form of cops on scooters, seen here in this picture on the north side of the park at the corner of Liberty st and Broadway. Behind that gang of New York's two-wheeled finest is a large NYPD flatbed truck with metal barriers piled in the back.




7:19 AM Christina Boyle

A brass band has now paraded through the Occupy Wall Street masses in Zuccotti Park and is entertaining the crowds at the steps nearest Broadway.One man next to me is holding his broom aloft and rattling a tambourine. Others are dancing.The trumpet player has a sign on her instrument saying: "class war".




7:17 AM Erik Badia
Crowd here is wild and there are tons of signs, songs, chants and hugs going around, as you can see in the picture.




7:11 AM Matthew Lysiak
The marchers are now circling back around to the square in hopes of getting more people to join.




8:09 AM Matthew Lysiak
Protestors moved right past City Hall and are now moving back to the square. It's looks like their number has swelled to around five hundred people.




8:09 AM Erik Badia
Cops in riot gear, at least 40 of them, headed down Broadway at the Charging Bull statue towards the Brooklyn Bridge.




8:11 AMMeena Hartenstein
Protesters vs. NYPD confrontation heats up (photo via Bucky Turco/Animal New York)




mtracey Michael Tracey
RT by KeithOlbermann
Row of cops guarding the Bank of New York. Commander says "save that for your scrap book" as I take a photo.

[Fire Walk With Me]

2. Peace and goodwill be yours.

[cal04]

3. "You might be able to take this park from us, but you can't take this country from us,"

Ryan Devereaux
"You might be able to take this park from us, but you can't take this country from us," protester w/ Liberty Square media team.
http://twitter.com/#!/RDevro

[Hissyspit]

4. Mother Jones' Josh Harkinson is live-tweeting from Liberty Park:

@JoshHarkinson Oh shit, cops in park, surrounded by huge crowd taping them
2 minutes ago via Twitter for Android

The head of the Manhattan Community Board, which wants limits on drums, has also pledged to be here at 5 am to help resist eviction JoshHarkinson
October 13, 2011 at 20:48

Concerns now being raised that curtailing the drummers is an attempt to divide and conquer. "Who will they come for next?" JoshHarkinson
October 13, 2011 at 20:37

The local community board of area residents, which has been supportive so far, has one request for #OWS: Drum circles limited to 2 hrs/day JoshHarkinson
October 13, 2011 at 20:26

Lawyers also filed legal brief against Brookfield seeking court hearing before eviction allowed. JoshHarkinson
October 13, 2011 at 19:37

Now the preparations for chaos: in case of arrest asking to call 212.679.6018 for lawyers from nat'l lawyers guild JoshHarkinson
October 13, 2011 at 19:35

I mean, there is pretty much zero trash on ground, and it has been scoured with mops. JoshHarkinson
October 13, 2011 at 19:09

Huge cleanup operation right now at #OWS http://twitpic.com/6zviu6
JoshHarkinson October 13, 2011 at 19:12

Just arrived at #OWS. Group marching towards Wall Street followed by cops in riot gear JoshHarkinson
October 13, 2011 at 19:05

The eviction of #OWS might start tonight, given that Brookfield has already issued its new rules. I will be tweeting it all from Zuccotti.

[Frank Coffin]

6. In my humble opinion, the new rules is INVALID.

Because the owners of Zuccotti Park wants to change the rules in the middle of the game.

Any sane judge will give a permanent injunction against Brookfield Properties for attempting to change the rules in the middle of the game in a guise of "cleaning up".

I am glad to hear that there will be a human chain, and even more people are crowding the park, making it nearly impossible for the police to arrest them all. As a matter of fact, there should be an appeal to the police union to defy the orders of Mayor Bloomberg and Chief Kelly by standing with them.

I wish the Patriot Guards was there with their motorcycles on making sure that the cops are held in bay in a failed effort to evict the park.

As long as #OccupyWallStreet keeps the park clean (and they have) - what is the point of wasting taxpayer's money to do that? I would force Mayor Bloomberg to tender his resignation effective immediately and have a PROGRESSIVE mayor to take over, and revoke the charter of Brookfield Properties, permanently.

Oh well, one can dream, can they?

[Hissyspit]

5. @DustinSlaughter #LibertyPlaza is PACKED and the mood is high. I DARE Bloomberg

@DustinSlaughter
Dustin M. Slaughter
#LibertyPlaza is PACKED and the mood is high. I DARE Bloomberg to send his goons in here. #OccupyWallStreet lockerz.com/s/146883208

[Frank Coffin]

7. Let them remain PACKED and spread out even more. Civil disobdience is a VERY good thing

and the cops won't find any place to put these arrestees because Riker's and Tombs are already maxed out.

And a big, fat class-action lawsuit against the Mayor and the City of New York, as well as Brookfield Properties, should be initiated.

[flobee1]

8. Are there any warehouses with

sympathetic owners in the immediate area????
old factories?????


might be something to consider-especially with winter knocking on the door.
turn an old factory into a base, march from there to the park every morning and march back every night.
snow and rain is off your head and the park police are off your back.

[marions ghost]

25. good idea

makes a lot of sense

It must continue

[Hissyspit]

9. kick with new info nt

[anamandujano]

10. I'm living vicariously through the stalwart occupiers.

Those of us pretty much homebound thank you all. I for one envy the amazing experience you are living but second hand with photos is better than none.

[Hissyspit]

11. @JoshHarkinson NYPD confirming to NYT that no sleeping bags etc will be let back in

@JoshHarkinson

NYPD confirming to NYT that no sleeping bags etc will be let back in park. = de facto eviction. Gonna get ugly.
3 minutes ago via Twitter for Android

[Condem]

12. Hissyspit. You are the shit.

We here in Iowa City are ready to roll. Best wishes to you fuckers, tomorrow morning. The whole nation is watching.

[Hissyspit]

13. Well, I wish I was there. I'm still thinking of going on Saturday.

But when I heard the eviction was set for 6 a.m. at 5 p.m. this afternoon, it would have meant that I would have had to leave in ONE HOUR to get to Manhattan. We'll see if I can leave tomorrow.

[Condem]

15. Just keep us updated.

That's all we ask.

[Hissyspit]

16. See Post #14, just posted. nt

[Condem]

17. Brings tears to these Irish eyes.

A little ditty for the morning fight. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJsRRlchFzQ

[happyiowan]

19. Kicking the REM song.

A damn good selection for the Occupiers!

[Amonester]

29. +1 and kick n t

[Hissyspit]

18. 8:20 Wow, colleague Allison Kilkenny tweets: "National Nurses United (NNU) announces it will estab

http://www.thenation.com/blog/163964/occupyusa-blog-thursday-frequent-updates

8:20 Wow, colleague Allison Kilkenny tweets: "National Nurses United (NNU) announces it will establish a first aid station in Liberty Park Friday at noon for protesters."

8:00 Latest on NYC: National Lawyers Guild has reportedly filed a letter with Brookfield invoking people's 1st Amendment right to occupy... OWS also "reportedly" would allow city to clean one-third of park at a time but not all of it and without new restrictions....More warnings that police could come in wee hours, well before 7 am, but who knows?.

[Hissyspit]

20. 10:15: Crowd a few minutes ago gathers to make Bloomberg accept petitions and "do your duty." Plus

10:15: Crowd a few minutes ago gathers to make Bloomberg accept petitions and "do your duty." Plus sirens. Note cop filming everything.

http://www.thenation.com/blog/163964/occupyusa-blog-thursday-frequent-updates

[Hissyspit]

21. @BarrettBrownLOL AFL-CIO calls on #NYC members to spend night with #OWS protesters in

@BarrettBrownLOL
Barrett Brown
AFL-CIO calls on #NYC members to spend night with #OWS protesters in opposition to #NYPD ultimatum.

[Hissyspit]

22. @JoshHarkinson Josh Harkinson Learned that unions are bringing in big show of support @ 4 a.m., incl

@JoshHarkinson
Josh Harkinson
Learned that unions are bringing in big show of support @ 4 a.m., including @ 100 who will get arrested

[Fire Walk With Me]

24. Rock!

[marions ghost]

26. OK!

:thumbsup:

[SammyWinstonJack]

86. ...

:woohoo: :bounce:

[Hissyspit]

27. AFL CIO Pres. Trumka Statement issues strong statement denouncing Bloomberg:

http://www.workingamerica.org/blog/2011/10/13/afl-cio-president-richard-trumka-on-occupy-wall-street-and-mayor-bloomberg

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka On Occupy Wall Street and Mayor Bloomberg

(The following is a statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on October 13, 2011)

Mayor Bloomberg runs the risk of standing on the wrong side of history tomorrow. It is clear that what is being threatened in Zuccotti Park is nothing but silencing the voices and stomping out the rights of Americans. Participants in Occupy Wall Street are now in their fourth week of declaring that “we are the 99 percent” because our system is desperately, decisively out of whack—the top one percent is pocketing massive profits and dominating our politics while everyone else struggles to make ends meet. It is shocking that Mayor Bloomberg feels like that’s a message that needs to be silenced. The AFL-CIO stands with Occupy Wall Street and the 99 percent of Americans just trying to level the massively unequal playing field.

[Hissyspit]

28. Letter to Zuccotti Park Owner from #OccupyWallStreet Legal Working Group

http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2011/10/13/letter-to-zuccotti-park-owner-from-occupywallstreet-legal-working-group


Letter to Zuccotti Park Owner from #OccupyWallStreet Legal Working Group
By: Kevin Gosztola Thursday October 13, 2011 10:16 pm

Tweet
The following is a letter from the Liberty Park Working Group to the CEO of Brookfield Properties informing the CEO that using the police to “evict” occupiers from Zuccotti Park early in the morning on October 14 raises First Amendment and other legal concerns. It asserts the police action against the occupiers requires “prior court approval.”

The letter is an attempt by the lawyers to convey to the park owner, Brookfield Properties, that the Sanitation Working Group has taken measures to clean the park and is willing to meet to further negotiate what must be done to take care of the park properly.

Lawyers signed on are affiliated with the Center for Constitutional Rights. Margaret Ratner Kunstler, wife of the late radical lawyer William Kunstler, is one of the lawyers representing the occupiers.

*

BY FAX TO 212-417-7272
Richard B. Clark
Chief Executive Officer
Brookfield Office Properties
Brookfield Global Real Estate
Three World Financial Center
New York, NY 10281-1021

BY FAX TO 212-417-7272

Richard B. Clark
Chief Executive Officer
Brookfield Office Properties
Brookfield Global Real Estate
Three World Financial Center
New York, NY 10281-1021

Dear Mr. Clark:

Attorneys associated with the National Lawyers-Guild-New York City Chapter have been asked to represent the Sanitation Working Group. One of several autonomous working groups formed and operated by people who have been occupying Liberty Park. We are in receipt of a copy of your letter to New York City Police Department Commissioner Raymond Kelly requesting police intervention and outlining your concerns about cleaning and maintenance of Liberty Park.

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[Hissyspit]

30. Fourteen City Council Members Call on Bloomberg Not to Empty Zucotti Park

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=5026387&mesg_id=5026387

[AzDar]

31. K & R &

:loveya:

[Hissyspit]

32. Occupy Denver Live Stream where police may be about to evict

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/standupdenver

[Hissyspit]

33. @JoshHarkinson Josh Harkinson Besides the 100 union folks, at least another 50 occupiers plan to get

@JoshHarkinson
Josh Harkinson
Besides the 100 union folks, at least another 50 occupiers plan to get arrested

[Hissyspit]

34. @JoshHarkinson Bloomberg given 200K signed petition at upscale dining by 100s OWS folks!! w/press i

@JoshHarkinson Bloomberg given 200K signed petition at upscale dining by 100s OWS folks!! w/press in tow. AM decision expected

[Hissyspit]

35. 10:45 NY ACLU says they will be in park at crack of dawn. "OWS we have your back."

10:45 NY ACLU says they will be in park at crack of dawn. "OWS we have your back."

[Hissyspit]

36. Mother Jones: "It's The Inequality, Stupid"

http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in-america-chart-graph

[snappyturtle]

40. Excellent info...thanks for the link! nt

[Hissyspit]

37. @elliottjustin Justin Elliott Down here at Zuccotti, protesters practicing linking in human chain, g

@elliottjustin
Justin Elliott
Down here at Zuccotti, protesters practicing linking in human chain, getting legal advice on how to get arrested #ows

[Hissyspit]

38. @YourAnonNews Anonymous Time in Denver: 10:40pm (MST) Curfew: 11:00pm

@YourAnonNews
Anonymous
Time in Denver: 10:40pm (MST) Curfew: 11:00pm

[Hissyspit]

39. Things seem to be about to happen in Denver:

@YourAnonNews
Anonymous
Cops have left staging area... #occupydenver
4 minutes ago via TweetDeck
Favorite Retweet Reply

@YourAnonNews
Anonymous
Fifteen minutes to curfew. Multiple sources say cops are gathered, ready to move in. #OccupyDenver
2 minutes ago via TweetDeck

[Hissyspit]

41. Naomi Klein Sending all strength and courage to #OWS for tomorrow. So grateful to the many people

@NaomiAKlein
Naomi Klein
Sending all strength and courage to #OWS for tomorrow. So grateful to the many people who have pledged to protect the plaza at 6 am
1 minute ago via web

[Hissyspit]

42. @UncleRUSH Russell Simmons Dear mike I have long supported u and u have been good mayor, don't take

@UncleRUSH
Russell Simmons
Dear mike I have long supported u and u have been good mayor, don't take me to jail tomorrow I'm not 22 I don't wanna go :-) but I will
1 hour ago via UberSocial for BlackBerry

[Hissyspit]

43. Rain: @kristengwynne Kristen Gwynne Phew, rain let up. Bracing myself foe the next burst. Nobody is

@kristengwynne
Kristen Gwynne
Phew, rain let up. Bracing myself foe the next burst. Nobody is going anywhere #ows

[Hissyspit]

44. Arrests occurring in Seattle:

@YourAnonNews
Anonymous
RT @OccupySeattle A number of occupiers are sitting in erected structure peacefully, police arresting 1 at a time, at least 6 arrests so far

[Hissyspit]

45. @kgosztola Kevin Gosztola So tonight @OccupyDenver is to John Hickenlooper what @OccupySeattle is to

@kgosztola
Kevin Gosztola
So tonight @OccupyDenver is to John Hickenlooper what @OccupySeattle is to Mike McGinn & what @OccupyWallSt is to Michael Bloomberg #ows

[Hissyspit]

46. @komonews komonews.com Police have stopped making arrests for the moment. Crowd not relenting. Cheer

@komonews
komonews.com
Police have stopped making arrests for the moment. Crowd not relenting. Cheering very loudly. #OccupySeattle
5 minutes ago via TweetDeck

[Hissyspit]

47. Kevin Gosztola To paraphrase the late people's historian Howard Zinn

@kgosztola
Kevin Gosztola
To paraphrase the late people's historian Howard Zinn, power is fragile when confronted by organized, determined citizens #OWS

[Hissyspit]

48. Oct. 15 Actions including Mass Convergence in Times Square:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159977090763817

[Hissyspit]

49. Seems police in Seattle made arrests, then pulled back — leaving occupiers in original location, We

@ BrookeJarvis Seems police in Seattle made arrests, then pulled back — leaving occupiers in original location, Westlake Plaza #occupyseattle #ows

[Hissyspit]

50. @JeffSharlet: Hey, #occupywallstreet: Writers stand by you, in general and tonight:

@JeffSharlet: Hey, #occupywallstreet: Writers stand by you, in general and tonight: occupywriters.com

[Hissyspit]

51. @Occupy_Boston Occupy Boston Final tally for #OccupySeattle raid: 10 arrested protecting tents, appr

@Occupy_Boston
Occupy Boston
Final tally for #OccupySeattle raid: 10 arrested protecting tents, approx. 80 police involved, over 100 protesters back in Westlake Park.
10 minutes ago via web

[Hissyspit]

52. @YourAnonNews Anonymous OVER THE POLICE RADIO: WE'RE KICKING THEM OUT IN ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR #occup

@YourAnonNews
Anonymous
OVER THE POLICE RADIO: WE'RE KICKING THEM OUT IN ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR #occupydenver

[Tsiyu]

53. kick n/t

[Hissyspit]

54. Wall Street Protesters Confront Bloomberg While He Dines at Top Restaurant, Leaves by Back Door

As he dined at downtown's posh Cipriani restaurant, having endorsed a 7am clean-up of the 'unsanitary' Occupy Wall Street encampment, protesters attempted to deliver the mayor a petition with 310,000 signatures supporting the their right to remain in the park. But the mayor refused to come out of the restaurant, instead making his exit out of a back door.

New York City officials earlier ordered Wall Street protesters to clear their sleeping bags and tarps from the park where they started a movement that has spread around the globe and forced CEOs and presidential candidates to take notice.

But demonstrators said they wouldn't be going anywhere on Friday morning, setting the stage for a showdown with police.




Defiant: On day 27 of the Occupy Wall Street protest, protestors confront Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a gala dinner at Cipriani's on Wall Street chanting 'Hell No! We won't go!' J.B. Nicholas/Splash News




Divisive: Demonstrators have said they won't be going anywhere on Friday morning when Zuccotti Park is schedule to be cleaned, setting the stage for a showdown with police J.B. Nicholas/Splash News

[Hissyspit]

55. @MotherJones Mother Jones Tense, watchful scene at #occupydenver, where cops are rumored to move in

@MotherJones
Mother Jones
Tense, watchful scene at #occupydenver, where cops are rumored to move in on protest crowd within minutes.
2 minutes ago via web

[Hissyspit]

66. .

[Hissyspit]

56. Kick nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

57. Well, now that I am awake...kick.

[Condem]

58. kick for victory

[Hissyspit]

59. @maddow: At Zuccotti Park -- as of 6:25AM, plenty of police presence but no apparent move to clear o

@maddow: At Zuccotti Park -- as of 6:25AM, plenty of police presence but no apparent move to clear or arrest. #OWS

[Hissyspit]

60. @maddow: "People's mic" at #OWS getting easier to hear and understand as crowd gets larger and more

@maddow: "People's mic" at #OWS getting easier to hear and understand as crowd gets larger and more intense.

[Hissyspit]

61. @nydailynews #BREAKING: Huge cheers from #OWS crowd at Zuccotti Park as cleaning is postponed & cops

@nydailynews #BREAKING: Huge cheers from #OWS crowd at Zuccotti Park as cleaning is postponed & cops stand down: bit.ly/nllZEv”

[Hissyspit]

62. @KeithOlbermann: RT @AP: BREAKING: New York City's deputy mayor says cleaning of protest encampment

@KeithOlbermann: RT @AP: BREAKING: New York City's deputy mayor says cleaning of protest encampment has been postponed #OWS -JM

Oct 14, 6:42 AM EDT

NYC official: Protest cleanup is being postponed

By KAREN MATTHEWS
Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- The cleanup of a plaza in lower Manhattan where protesters have been camped out for a month was postponed early Friday, sending cheers up from a crowd that had feared the effort was merely a pretext to evict them.

Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway said the owners of the private park, Brookfield Office Properties, had put off the cleaning, scheduled for 7 a.m. More than hour beforehand, supporters of the protesters had started streaming into the park, creating a crowd of several hundred chanting people.

A confrontation between police and protesters, who had vowed to stay put through civil disobedience, had been feared. Boisterous cheers floated up from the crowds as the announcement of the postponement circulated, and protesters began polling each other on whether to make an immediate march to Wall Street, a few blocks away.

"Late last night, we received notice from the owners of Zuccotti Park - Brookfield Properties - that they are postponing their scheduled cleaning of the park, and for the time being withdrawing their request from earlier in the week for police assistance during their cleaning operation," the deputy mayor's statement said.

- snip -

The company's rules, which haven't been enforced, have been this all along: No tarps, no sleeping bags, no storing personal property on the ground. The park is privately owned but is required to be open to the public 24 hours per day.

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[EFerrari]

63. Next time, Bloomberg will not announce the eviction before hand.

This will be a numbers game, like it was at Tahrir, imo.

[Hissyspit]

64. Photo from Liberty Park:

[Hissyspit]

65. @wiljago Aww. City council member who's name I didn't catch "is so proud of [us]." #ows #libertyplaz

Aww. City council member who's name I didn't catch "is so proud of ." #ows #libertyplaza

[Hissyspit]

67. @maddow Rachel Maddow MSNBC As of 7:15 at Zuccotti Park, crowd is bigger still -- lots of expressio

@maddow
Rachel Maddow MSNBC
As of 7:15 at Zuccotti Park, crowd is bigger still -- lots of expressions of thanks for people being here to defend #OWS.
3 minutes ago via UberSocial for BlackBerry

[Hissyspit]

68. @RDevro Ryan Devereaux News is beginning to spread that the cleaning has been delayed. Horns soundin

@RDevro
Ryan Devereaux
News is beginning to spread that the cleaning has been delayed. Horns sounding, people cheering, spirits are high. #ows
17 minutes ago via Twitter for Android

[Hissyspit]

69. "Cas-trate the bull!"

@elliottjustin
Justin Elliott
RT @weareyourfek Protest march stopped in front of Wall Street bill, screaming CAS-TRATE THE BULL! CAS-TRATE THE BULL! yfrog.com/kjyq0joj
3 minutes ago via TweetDeck

[Hissyspit]

70. My thread comes full circle:

TheOther99 TheOther99
by OccupyWallSt
BREAKING: Organizers now planning to march north to City Hall with band and drums. Chants: "All Day! All Week! Occupy Wall Street!" #OWS

[Hissyspit]

71. "Beware Postponement"

7:05 Splinter group is marching. Trouble looms? NY ACLU tweets: " legal observers shadow the march on opposite side of sidewalk, kep an eye out, nypd is unprepared, things may turn chaotic." ... @Ghostpickles view: "We win the day... Now its time to go home for a day and fucking sleep.".... Keith Olbermann warns: "Beware, #OWS - 'postponement' of cleaning w/o time, date, or full agreement could mean later unannounced action. Keep vigilant."

6:55 March does begin....Allison KIlkenny raises point: "Questions remain: will protesters be permitted to bring sleeping gear into the park, sleep on the ground, etc.?" Yes, it's possible pending eviction postponed but police could try to enforce the new Brookfiled rules.... Reportedly some crying in park, emotional reaction after expecting to be arrested. ...Russell Simmons, supportive one-percenter, arrives and tweets: "I am part of the 100%. Isolation is sickness!!"

[EFerrari]

72. Bloomberg and the cops can only win with attrition

so I sort of expect them to continue to try to keep people off balance to wear them out. This isn't a picnic but a mental wrestling match. I hope they enjoy this for now.

[Hissyspit]

73. Councilman Williams: "I was coming down here to defend Occupy Wall Street, but I'm excited that"

8:02 AMErik Badia
Just spoke to New York City Councilman Jumaane D. Williams, who represents the 45th District in Brooklyn, who said the postponement of the cleanup is a big win for our city and our country.

"I'm excited," Williams said, "I was coming down here to help defend Occupy Wall Street, but I'm excited that were here to celebrate a victory for democracy," he said.

Councilman Williams said this the protesters, who he called a 'movement' should take a moment to enjoy their success, but should keep on pressing forward.

"Now we take a second to celebrate the victory," Williams said, "This is a victory in the battle but the war still continues, we need to start with the movement again."

Read more: http://live.nydailynews.com/Event/Occupy_Wall_Street_Showdown_at_Zuccotti_Park#ixzz1akzaF9s1

[Hissyspit]

74. @billybragg Billy Bragg Spread the word around the world - the American people have stood their grou

@billybragg
Billy Bragg
Spread the word around the world - the American people have stood their ground in Liberty Park #ows
19 minutes ago via Mobile Web

[Hissyspit]

75. @BreakingNews Update: 4 people arrested in NY as 'Occupy Wall Street' protesters marc

@BreakingNews
Breaking News
Update: 4 people arrested in NY as 'Occupy Wall Street' protesters march to Wall Street, gather under Stock Exchange - @NBCNewYork

[OneGrassRoot]

76. Thanks for this thread, Hissyspit. K&R n/t

[Hissyspit]

77. @blogdiva Liza Sabater RT @nyclu: Lots of zip ties headed towards broad st. From beaver st. #ows #oc

@blogdiva
Liza Sabater
RT @nyclu: Lots of zip ties headed towards broad st. From beaver st. #ows #occuoywallstreet

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80. @marikatogo Marika Shaub: Work IDs are required to walk down Wall Street.

@marikatogo
Marika Shaub
Work IDs are required to walk down Wall Street. Apparently the street is now private. #OccupyWallStreet

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78. @GregMitch Greg Mitchell Age-old issue going back to '60s: non-violent victory to be tainted in medi

@GregMitch
Greg Mitchell
Age-old issue going back to '60s: non-violent victory to be tainted in media by confrontations (even if cops at fault)?
35 seconds ago via web

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79. Celebration PHOTO THREAD Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=2115182&mesg_id=2115182

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81. stevesmithis Stephen J. Smith by TheYoungTurks The #NYPD didn't get to kick us out, so they're bea

stevesmithis Stephen J. Smith
by TheYoungTurks
The #NYPD didn't get to kick us out, so they're beating people instead. #ows

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82. @macfathom Nick Pinto Riot cops taking out the orange nets at Park and Beekman. Batons are out. #OWS

@macfathom
Nick Pinto
Riot cops taking out the orange nets at Park and Beekman. Batons are out. #OWS
5 minutes ago via Mobile Web

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83. Breaking News Update: Heavy clashes between police and 'Occupy' protestors on corner of Maiden and

Breaking News
Update: Heavy clashes between police and 'Occupy' protestors on corner of Maiden and Water Streets in NY; 6-7 people arrested - @NBCNews

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84. TheGrizz by KeithOlbermann How can they do this? @marikatogo Work IDs are required to walk down Wa

TheGrizz
by KeithOlbermann
How can they do this? @marikatogo Work IDs are required to walk down Wall Street twitpic.com/703t67 #ows @KeithOlbermann

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85. 8:14 AMChristina BoyleFrom my colleague Pete Donohue who is with a group of protesters on Wall Stree

8:14 AM Christina Boyle
From my colleague Pete Donohue who is with a group of protesters on Wall Street: Protesters filled the block of Wall St....cops moved to clear.Police on cycles pushed protesters to clear intersection of water and wall - some nudging protesters with their front wheels. Then cops dismounted formed a small wall and with horizontal batons pushed some to the ground. Not sure if anyone was arrested.Group now walking on Maiden.Before the clash some were chanting "peaceful. Peaceful."In the street again.Getting ordered back to sidewalk.Two arrested on Maiden.

Read more: http://live.nydailynews.com/Event/Occupy_Wall_Street_Showdown_at_Zuccotti_Park#ixzz1al4liVGx

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87. mtracey Michael Tracey by KeithOlbermann Eye-witness says someone with official press credentials

mtracey Michael Tracey
by KeithOlbermann
Eye-witness says someone with official press credentials had his face bloodied by officers and was then thrown into a paddy wagon. #OWS

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88. @mtracey Michael Tracey This detective wearing a suit just punched me in the shoulder for taking vid

@mtracey
Michael Tracey
This detective wearing a suit just punched me in the shoulder for taking video. twitpic.com/703pe8 #OWS

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89. @OccupyDenver OccupyDenver We will continue to protest, to occupy. We will find a way to do so. They

@OccupyDenver
OccupyDenver
We will continue to protest, to occupy. We will find a way to do so. They can't stop this movement's future. #OccupyDenver #OccupyWallStreet

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92. @KeithOlbermann Keith Olbermann What's that technical definition of "fascist" again? RT @NYDNLemire

@KeithOlbermann
Keith Olbermann
What's that technical definition of "fascist" again? RT @NYDNLemire "The longer this goes on, the worse it is for our economy," says B'berg
2 minutes ago via Twittelator

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93. @markjnorman_cnn Mark J Norman Mayor Bloomberg says Zuccotti Park cleaning cancelled largely due to

@markjnorman_cnn
Mark J Norman
Mayor Bloomberg says Zuccotti Park cleaning cancelled largely due to pressure from public and elected officials on the park's owner. #ows
3 minutes ago via web

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94. @DustinSlaughter Dustin M. Slaughter Spoke w 2 who confirm bloodied man in #NYPD wagon hit by police

@DustinSlaughter
Dustin M. Slaughter
Spoke w 2 who confirm bloodied man in #NYPD wagon hit by police bike. I saw man kick over bike as he was pushed into wagon #OccupyWallStreet

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95. @Will_Bunch Will Bunch So cable TV news covers random car chases and tree rescues but not a confront

@Will_Bunch
Will Bunch
So cable TV news covers random car chases and tree rescues but not a confrontation in streets of NYC? WTF? #ows #occupywallstreet

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96. @mtracey Michael Tracey Journalists are asking the NYPD official (in a suit) who assaulted me for hi

@mtracey
Michael Tracey
Journalists are asking the NYPD official (in a suit) who assaulted me for his name. He refuses provide it, contra departmental code. #OWS
3 minutes ago via Twitter for Android

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97. National Lawyer's Guild observer who said she watched avideo of a police motorcycle run over another

http://live.nydailynews.com/Event/Occupy_Wall_Street_Showdown_at_Zuccotti_Park

8:57 AM Erik Badia
At the corner of Maiden and Water Streets I spoke to a National Lawyer's Guild observer who said she watched a video of a police motorcycle run over another Lawyer's Guild observer's leg and then saw with her own eyes that man get pushed to the ground by police, be arrested and get thrown into a police van.

"He's a legal observer with the National Lawyer's Guild, he was observing the protest and he was run over by a police motorcycle," said Zainab Akbar, 31.

Akbar said she watched the entire thing on the video camera of a protester and then watched with her own eyes the end of the incident, with the observer, whom she could only identify as 'Ari,' being arrested and put into the back of a police van.

"His leg was stuck under the bike and he kicked his leg to get the bike off his leg and then the police attacked him and shoved him into the ground and put a knight stick against the back of his neck," Akbar said.

It is unclear what the circumstances of the man being hit by the motorcycle were, but a security guard who was across the street from the intersection where the accident took place said he saw a policeman on a motorcycle fall over. The man said he had an obstructed view and couldn't see exactly what happened.

To be clear, this account is coming from one witness, this has not yet been confirmed by authorities and we have not been able to obtain or watch the video yet.

Read more: http://live.nydailynews.com/Event/Occupy_Wall_Street_Showdown_at_Zuccotti_Park#ixzz1alDNNoxV

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98. A yeoman's effort, hissyspit.

Mucho appreciated!!!

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100. Welcome back! Good Park Cleaning Victory Morning.

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101. Methinks I woke up the Occupy Iowa City folks on my way to work with my victory yawp this morn!!

Hell. It was 7:00. Time to get the fuck up and celebrate another day!!

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99. Katrina vanden Heuvel

http://www.thenation.com/blog/163968/street-heat-nation

Published on Friday, October 14, 2011 by The Nation

Street Heat Nation

by Katrina vanden Heuvel
Three years ago, when the banks took down our economy—and people’s homes, savings and lives with it—we wondered, Why aren’t more people out in the streets?
photo: Mike Fleshman

When the banksters were bailed out with no strings attached—no foreclosure relief, no megabank breakups, no controls on exorbitant salaries—we wondered, Why aren’t more people out in the streets?

And finally when those same corporations returned to record profits but hoarded the cash, keeping credit frozen and jobs scarce—we wondered, What will it take for people far and wide to hit the streets?

It took Occupy Wall Street.

The occupation in downtown New York began with shamefully little and mostly derisive media coverage. But now the pundits, the Democratic Party and the guardians of the wealthy elite are scrambling to keep up with it, make sense of it, challenge it, co-opt it.

They can’t. It’s an exploding star...

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102. Is this the Lawyer's Guild lawyer foot-run over incident?

9:23 AM Adrian Lam
A protester is seen after an altercation with an NYPD officer. It is unclear whether or not the protester was intentionally run over. (Joe Marino for News)

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103. @enterblisstonia Maximiliano Police took everything. Destroyed camp, including legal areas on the si

@enterblisstonia
Maximiliano
Police took everything. Destroyed camp, including legal areas on the sidewalk. Many arrested. Said park closed indefinitely. #OccupyDenver

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104. Bloomberg Radio Address:

10:36 AMChristina Boyle
Life in Zuccotti Park is now largely back to normal. Hundreds of people are still hanging out, a boisterous drum circle is playing on the western edge of the plaza, bagels with cream cheese are being served...One Occupy Wall Street protester is drawing up a list of all the upcoming meetings on a chalk board (pictured). On one side is the schedule for workshops, where topics include: "organizing immigrant worker & immigration policy" and "the attack on the public sector".On the reverse is the working group schedule where the committees include kitchen, media, direct action, security and accountability/transparency.
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10:12 AMMeena Hartenstein
Highlights from Mayor Bloomberg's radio address this morning, via NYDN's Jon Lemire:

"We're going to be monitoring the situation going forward and make no mistake: we will do what's necessary to maintain public health and safety. But there just is a limit to what we can do in a private park. If they want to take a couple of days to work something out, they're welcome to do that.

"I've asked what happens if they can not and the answer I got was that would go ahead and do what they were going to do this morning. From our point of view, I think it would be a little harder at that point in time to provide police protection.

I took a walk through park, night before last. Nice people, everyone wanted to shake your hand, people offered, one guy offered something more than that, I said no thank you. The park is not designed to be a place to sleep. Brookfield has some regulations they will put out they wanted to enforce, they didn't enforce for a while.

The longer this goes on, the worse it is for our economy. You just go down and talk to the stores in the neighborhood - there's one or two selling more pizzas, but most of them say this is hurting.

No one has been a bigger defender of the first amendment than I have. It's one of the great things about America. The city's role is to protect the public health and safety and to enforce the law."


Read more: http://live.nydailynews.com/Event/Occupy_Wall_Street_Showdown_at_Zuccotti_Park#ixzz1alcMUhtc

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105. Reason To #Occupy Wall Street #3,156:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2115908

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106. I love some all-day democracy

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