Occupy National Gathering Updates & Live Video

Posted 12 years ago on July 1, 2012, 5:48 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

</iframe><div style="font-size: 11px;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;width:560px"><a href="http://www.livestream.com/occupyphiladelphia?utm_source=lsplayer&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=footerlinks" title="Watch occupyphiladelphia">occupyphiladelphia</a> on livestream.com. <a href="http://www.livestream.com/?utm_source=lsplayer&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=footerlinks" title="Broadcast Live Free">Broadcast Live Free</a></div></p> <h4>Follow on Twitter: #NatGat, @OccupyNG</h4> <p><strong>This is a press release from the <a href="http://occupynationalgathering.com">Occupy National Gathering</a> Team</strong></p> <ul> <li><p>The Occupy National Gathering kicked off on June 30th, 2012 with a myriad of workshops, speakers, and a peaceful march against corporate personhood, making stops at Wells Fargo to protest racist predatory lending, Fox News to confront corporate profit at the expense of the peoples' airwaves, and ended with an attempt to set up a space away from Independence Mall - in a park behind the Second Bank of the United States, located at 4th and Chestnut. This was promptly -- and brutally -- followed by a National Park Service raid, which included the assistance of the Philadelphia police department, on approximately 150--200 people peacefully assembled for a redress of political grievances. The raid resulted in one arrest.</p> </li> <li><p>The Occupy National Gathering working group strongly condemns this disproportionate law enforcement response - a trend repeatedly played out against the movement across the country - but will continue to urge Occupy protesters to remain nonviolent despite federal and municipal authorities' unwillingness to display restraint in the face of peaceful protesters.</p> </li> <li><p>The Occupy National Gathering working group feels that disproportionate law enforcement response needlessly exacerbates peaceful protesters. We do not want this, and neither do the people who are visiting this city to enjoy their holiday weekend.</p> </li> <li><p>ONG working group has publicly and repeatedly stated that we do not wish to disrupt people's holiday plans. We hope that the Philadelphia police department and the National Park Service share this sentiment as activists continue to arrive in Philadelphia to peacefully exercise their First Amendment right and people from across the country come to enjoy vacations.</p> </li> </ul> </div> <p class="view-comments"> <a title="View Comments" href="/article/occupy-national-gathering-updates-live-video/#comments"> 11 Comments</a> </p> </article> <article class="article " id="save-our-post-offices"> <h1><a href="/article/save-our-post-offices/"> Save Our Post Offices </a></h1> <p class="info"> Posted 12 years ago on July 1, 2012, 3:29 p.m. EST by <a title="View OccupyWallSt's profile" class="user" href="/users/OccupyWallSt/">OccupyWallSt</a> </p> <div class="words"> <p><img src="//i.imgur.com/9Telu.jpg" alt="March carrying Occupy the Post Office banner"></p> <p><strong>The Community Labor Coalition to Save Postal Jobs & Services of SF takes it to the streets to save Civic Center PO</strong></p> <p><em>Article by Patricia Jackson for IndyBay; for photos and more info, check the <a href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/06/28/18716505.php">original post</a>.</em></p> <p>Wednesday, June 27, we held a rally, march, and occupy of the Civic Center Post Office which serves many of the city’s homeless. We gathered in solidarity to support the national June 25-28 Hunger Strike by postal workers in Washington DC. This movement is growing across the country to stop threats of eliminating 220,000 living-wage jobs and closing 3,700 post offices including four in S.F. The majority of post offices threatened are in poor neighborhoods and rural areas.</p> <p>These job-cutting, service-slashing ideas affect people who depend on deliveries of medications, social security, and pension checks. Though we live in a digital communication society, the arrival of our mail is the only communication in the country that reaches everyone 6 days a week. This service is a public resource and these measures are steps toward privatization.</p> <p><a href="/article/save-our-post-offices/">Read More...</a></p> </div> <p class="view-comments"> <a title="View Comments" href="/article/save-our-post-offices/#comments"> 111 Comments</a> </p> </article> <article class="article " id="help-occupy-our-homes-occupy-tv"> <h1><a href="/article/help-occupy-our-homes-occupy-tv/"> Help Occupy Our Homes Occupy TV </a></h1> <p class="info"> Posted 12 years ago on July 1, 2012, 2:31 p.m. EST by <a title="View OccupyWallSt's profile" class="user" href="/users/OccupyWallSt/">OccupyWallSt</a> </p> <div class="words"> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JeFuJzWlt5U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

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