Forum Post: a better answer than tents -- what to do now
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 16, 2011, 10:13 a.m. EST by tpilgrim
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No tents, no sleeping bags -- but the right to assemble?
I dreamed people gathered shoulder to shoulder, 10,000 of them, at dawn, before banks, stock exchange -- assembled peacefully -- no workers could come or go -- they left at 6 p.m. Were back someplace else, or not -- maybe back there. All day, shoulder to shoulder, peaceful, blocking elite business. Folks learned where to assemble via social media. They were relentless. The won.
Man we can not do anything more. We are lost. Everything gone no more tents no more free food & drinks. All our efforts went to the wind. Enough we can not more occupy. This game of occupy is bad game that we never win it.
I like your dream! No need to sleep there in the park. Build community all over the city, not just in one park. Housing co-operatives, and community kitchens, people's libraries, and community spaces all over the place not just one!
The plan, with the help of judge shopping, is to limit the First Amendment to the point of invisibility.
Why not rent buses that can circle Liberty Square. Or RVs that can have on board pit stops and food and rest for protesters. Then the buses could stop each time around to let out the rested and warm, while picking up others who need a rest. And isn't there some kind of cold weather gear and clothing that could be bought to make it unnecessary to have tents? Between better clothes and the buses, I bet the protest could go on without having to camp there and give the police some excuse to launch raids.
You actually can't to do that either. Protests can not interfere with the normal business or a place of work.
Sleep at Penn Station.
Protest during the day anywhere/everywhere else. Blocking lawful business, not so much. That's silly.
Go into winter quarters. Follow General Washington's example.
blocking elite business.
you judge others so very much and paint all with the same brush..this is why you will not succeed...we will judge you with the same passion and fight on all fronts
you have lost your way...pretty quick to lose your way after less than 2 months..