Nov 2: Nationwide Solidarity Protest for Occupy Movements

DETROIT OCCUPY PROTESTS IN SOLIDARITY – TWO SIGNIFICANT DIRECT ACTIONS

Occupy Detroit created a great statement during the General Assembly Tuesday Nov 1. We are a LEADER FILLED movement. Detroit is known as a city rich in labor union history and civil rights activism. Our past, present, and future come together to foster the bonds of leading For The People By The People.

Several activities are planned for Nov 2 – across the nation Occupy movements are actively protesting all day. We are observing a day of solidarity with Occupy Oakland and other Occupy movements – we are protesting police brutality and calling for order from those upholding the law.

• 2:30pm Protest the New York Stock Exchange, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan / Chase Bank. The CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, Duncan Niederauer, will be taping a show for Wayne State’s School of Business Administration at Maccabees Hall, 5750 Woodward. His prior job was as a partner at Goldman Sachs. The building also hosts an office of Chase Bank. Be on your best behavior as this is also the home of Detroit Public Radio, National Public Radio, so this location is highly visible and coverage likely. Follow directions, obey the law, be a vocal and peaceful protester keeping to the numerous public spaces nearby (Detroit Public Library Main Branch, Detroit Institute of Arts, and Rackham Auditorium). This corner is also a major bus stop for SMART and DDOT bus systems.
• 5:00pm The Craft and Knitting Circle meets near the food tent.
• 6:00pm Solidarity march for Scott Olsen of Occupy Oakland. Begins with a teach-in about police brutality and the role of veterans in the Occupy Movement at the fountain at 6pm. After the teach-in, we will march to Hart Plaza and hold a candle light vigil for Scott Olsen in solidarity with Occupy Oakland.

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#Occupy the Weekend

We had fantastic weekend at Occupy Detroit. Some folks from Occupy Wall Street and Occupy the Hood NYC come visit us as the first stop on their three-city Solidarity Tour.

Tommy Nugent wrote a piece for the Occupy Detroit blog on the visit:

Representatives from Occupy Wall Street were introduced to the Saturday Occupy Detroit General Assembly. Detroit is the first stop on the inaugural OWS Solidarity Tour, which will roll through the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Occupies on its way back to NYC later this week.

After the noon General Assembly, three of the four visitors sat down in L.A.X. with about a dozen Occupy Detroiters for a conversation. Justin (originally from Royal Oak), Preach, and George discussed similarities and differences between the occupations in New York City and Detroit, offering encouragement and food for thought.

We had a Family Day on Sunday, with a bunch of family-friendly fall activities. I spent a few hours carving “Occupy Halloween” into a pumpkin, a task that was much more ambitious than I had initially realized when I grabbed a marker and started outlining the letters. My readings on Heidegger and poiesis proved helpful in assisting me bring “Occupy Halloween” forth from the uncarved pumpkin.

Photo by Fuzzytek

The folks OWS filmed some video of the camp and posted it on the OWS YouTube channel. In the video below, you can catch me carving the “Occupy Halloween” pumpkin in the right hand corner at 1:02.

Here’s pair of excellent video interviews with some Detroit occupiers Patience and Deidri, also from the OWS YouTube channel.

Sunday’s media working group meeting had founders of both Occupy Wall Street and Occupy the Hood present, which was pretty awesome.

After the media working group meeting, Justin Wedes from the OWS media team conducted an Indie Media Workshop at Occupy Detroit. Niraj Warakoo wrote an article on the workshop for the Detroit Free Press:

“I call it tweets from the streets,” Wedes said Sunday night in Detroit in a talk broadcast on Livestream. “Take your computer to the streets. Take your iphone, your smartphone…Make the street your office, Make the park your office.”

You can watch the video of the workshop here, at the Occupy Detroit LiveStream page.