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October 26, 2011

Happy Tenth

Today is the tenth anniversary of the USA PATRIOT (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) Act.

As seen from a nearby office building, here’s footage of Oakland, California celebrating. It appears someone mislabeled the fireworks and festivities kicked off a few hours early, but no mind.

Caution: language (and, if that bothers you, consider finding another blog to frequent).

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The Oakland Police Department issued a press release early on October 26 defending their actions. Curiously, the press release claimed, “[t]hose who chose to stay were removed without any reported injuries.”

This video is graphic – it purports to show Marine veteran Scott Olson (the man is wearing a “Veterans for Peace” tshirt but is unable to identify himself) after he was shot by plastic bullets. The most I can attest to is that the man is being carried, is unresponsive, and is indeed bleeding from the head.

Of note – there were reports that the Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) ‘sound cannon’ was on-site as well. LRAD is a non-lethal crowd control weapon developed for military use. It was used against protesters at the 2009 G-20 summit in Pittsburgh and can permanently damage hearing. No media has yet emerged confirming that LRAD was used in Oakland last night.

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Also getting in on the celebration were Atlanta and Albuquerque.

Albuquerque

Twenty people had volunteered to be ‘arrestibles‘ after the University of New Mexico refused to extend the permit for Camp Coyote, (Un)Occupy Albuquerque’s name for their site at Yale Park.

University of New Mexico police have confirmed that 35 protesters were arrested on site and an Albuquerque Police Department spokesperson confirmed another two arrests by the department.

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Atlanta

A veteran of the Iraq war tied himself to a tree in Atlanta’s Troy Davis Park as protesters rallied.

53 OccupyAtlanta protesters were arrested overnight after volunteering to remain in the park after the midnight eviction deadline. Early reports say the arrests were largely peaceful, though some protesters were dragged out. Among the arrested were State Senator Vincent Fort, who represents part of Atlanta.

Baltimore had been rumored to be a target for eviction as well, but the Occupy Baltimore account confirmed there was no attempt at enforcement and the camp remained intact as of midday on October 26.

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By the way, if you’ve actually read the text of the PATRIOT Act, you are in the minority. The bill was introduced on October 23, 2001 and passed the next day, with President Bush signing it on October 26. Though Democrats and others, including Ron Paul, later ‘expressed extreme displeasure‘ over not having time to read, deliberate, or debate the bill, it passed in the House 357 to 66 (of 435) and in the Senate by 98 to 1.

Both houses reauthorized it in July 2005, March 2010, and May 2011. For his part, President Obama extended the Act, unchanged, in 2010 and again signed the May 2011 reauthorization.

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Joanne

Photos courtesy of @Adreadonymous, Global Grind, @H_O_G, @northoaklandnow, and Shanna Schultz.

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September 26, 2011

Worldwide Movement

By xo99percent

A list of worldwide occupation events and solidarity accounts -

Argentina

@OccupyArgentina

Australia

-Adalaide
@OccupyAdelaide

-Brisbane (placeholder account)
@OccupyBrisbane

-Perth (still in early stages)
@OccupyPerth
email OccupyPerth@gmail.com

-Melbourne
@OccupyMELBOURNE | Facebook
Saturday, October 15 at Federal Square
Email occupymelbourne@gmail.com

-Sydney
@occupySYDNEY | Site
Wednesday, October 12

Brazil

@Occupy Brazil

Canada

@Occupy Canada

Alberta

-Calgary
@OccupyCalgary

-Edmonton
@OccupYEG | @OccupyEdmonton | Facebook

British Columbia

-Vancouver
@OccupyVancouver | Event
Saturday, October 15 at 7 am, Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby Street
occupyvancouver@gmail.com

-Victoria
@OccupyVictoria | Facebook
Saturday, October 15 at noon, location TBD

Manitoba

-Winnipeg
@OccupyWinnipeg

New Brunswick

@OccupyNB | Facebook
Saturday, October 15
Email OccupyNB@live.ca

Nova Scotia

@OccupyNS | Facebook

-Halifax
@OccupyHalifax | Facebook

Ontario

-Ottawa
@OccupyOttawa - empty account

-Toronto
@OccupyToronto | Facebook
Saturday, October 15, the Exchange Tower, 130 King Street in Toronto

Québec

-Montreal
@OccupyMontreal | OccupMontreal | Site | Facebook
Saturday, October 15

England

@OccupyEngland

-London
@OccupyLondon

@OccupyLSX | Facebook | Event
General Assembly – Sunday, October 9 at 4:30 pm, Jubilee Park
Saturday, October 15 at 4:30 pm, London Stock Exchange, 10 Paternoster Square

@OccupyTrafalgar | Site

-Manchester
@OccupyMCR | Site
Sunday, October 2 at Albert Square after the TUC demonstration - more info
email occupymcr@gmail.com

-Norwich
@OccupyNorwich | Event
Saturday, September 15 at 2 pm, Haymarket, Norwich

Finland

Facebook
Saturday, October 15 at 3 pm, Turku

France

-Paris
@OccupyParis | Facebook

Germany

-Berlin
@OccupyBerlin
Saturday, October 15, Rotes Rathaus, Alexanderplatz, 15 Uhr Start

-Frankfurt
Facebook

-Hamburg
Facebook

Hong Kong

@OccupyHongKong

Ireland

@OccupyIreland

-Dublin
@OccupyDublin
Saturday, October 8 at 2 pm, Central Bank on Dame Street

Japan

-Tokyo
@OccupyTokyo | Site | Facebook

Malaysia
@OccupyDataran | Facebook | Event
Saturday, October 1 at 8 pm, Dataran Merdeka, Jalan Raja, Kuala Lumpur

Mexico

@OccupyMexico

Monaco

@OccupyMonaco | Site

The Netherlands

@OccupyDenHaag | Site (Dutch) | Site (English) | Event
Saturday, October 15 at noon, Binnenhof

-Amsterdam
@occupyadam

@OccupyAmsterdam | Site | Event
Saturday, October 15 at noon, Beursplein

New Zealand

-Aotearoa
@OccupyAotearoa

-Auckland

@OccupyAuckland

Peru
@OccupyPeru

Puerto Rico
@occupypr

@Occupy__PR | Facebook

Russia

-Moscow
@OccupyMoscow | Event
Saturday, October 15 at 3 pm, Slavyanskaya Square

-Samara
@OccupySamara | Site

Scotland

-Edinburgh
@OccupyEdinburgh

-Glasgow
@OccupyGlasgow | Site

Slovenia

@OccupyLjubljana | Event

Sweden

@OccupySweden

Switzerland

@OccupySwiss

United States

Occupy the Nation
@OccupyTheNation | Site |

Alabama

@OccupyAlabama | Site

-Birmingham
@OccupyBham | Facebook

-Huntsville
@OccupyHsv | Facebook
Thursday, October 6, 7 pm at Big Spring Park

Alaska

-Anchorage
@OccupyAnchorage

Arizona

-Phoenix
@occupyphoenix | Facebook | Event | YouTube
Saturday, October 15 at noon, Arizona State Capitol

-Tucson
@OccupyTucson | Site | Facebook | Planning Event
Planning Event – Sunday, October 9 at noon, Pancho Villa Park at Congress & Church Streets

Arkansas

@OccupyArkansas

California

-Statewide

@occupyca | Site
@OccupyCali
@OccupyDV

-Berkeley
@OCCUPYBERKELEY | Site | Event
Saturday, October 15 at noon, Bank of America across from the downtown Berkeley BART station

-California State University
@OccupyCSU
Looking to build a movement to occupy CSU on November 16, 2011

-Chico
@OccupyChico
Every Saturday morning, 10 am, 2nd and Wall Street

-Fresno
@OccupyFresno | Site
Thursday, October 6 at 4:30 pm, Federal Building

-Humboldt
@OccupyHumboldt | Site
UC Quad, Humboldt State University

-Los Angeles
@OccupyLA | @OWSLosAngeles | Site
Saturday, October 1, City Hall, 200 North Spring Street – map

-Napa
Event
Saturday, October 1 at 9 am on the corner of Third and Main

-Oakland
@OccupyOakland

-Orange County
@OccupyOC | Site
Saturday, October 22 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Santa Ana

-Riverside
Facebook

-Sacramento
@OccupySacto | Facebook | Event
Saturday, October 1 at 11:30 am, Fremont Park, 1515 Q Street
email occupysacto@gmail.com

-San Diego
@OccupySD | Site
Meeting every evening at 6 pm, East Harbor Drive and First Avenue

-San Francisco
@OccupyFDSF | Site
@OccupyFDSF_Ops
@OccupySF | Site

-San Jose
@OccupySanJose | Facebook

-Santa Barbara
@OccupySB | Site
De La Guerra Plaza, downtown Santa Barbara
Email oppsbc@gmail.com

-Santa Cruz
@OccupySantaCruz | Facebook | Event
General Assembly Sunday October 9 at noon, location TBD
email occupysantacruz@gmail.com

-Ventura
@OccupyVentura | Facebook

Colorado

-Colorado Springs
@OccupyColoSprng | Event
Friday, September 30 at noon, initial meet at Acacia Park, then by City Hall

-Denver
@OccupyDenver

@OccupyKSt | Site
Saturday, October 1 in McPherson Square
Thursday, October 6, ‘Stop the Machine’ in Freedom Plaza
occupydc@hush.com

Florida

-Miami
@OccupyMiami | Site | Facebook
General Assembly – Saturday, October 1 at 1:30 pm, Bayfront Park
Email occupymiaminow@gmail.com

-Orlando
@OccupyOrlandoFL | Facebook

-Pensacola
@OccupyPensacola

-Port Saint Lucie
@OccupyPSL

-Saint Augustine
@OccupyStAug

-Sarasota
@OccupySarasota | Facebook

-Tallahassee
@OccupyTallie | Facebook
Email occupytally@gmail.com

-Tampa
@OccupyTampa

Georgia

-Atlanta
@OccupyAtl
@OWSAtlanta | Facebook

-Columbus
@OccupyColumbus

-Dalton
@OccupyDalton

-North Georgia
@Occupy_N_GA_now | Facebook

Hawaii

@OccupyHawaii

-Oahu
@OccupyOahu

Idaho

-Boise
@OccupyBOI | Facebook
First General Assembly – Friday, September 30 at 6 pm, Julia Davis Park – Event

Illinois

-Chicago
@OccupyChi | Site
@OccupyChicago | Site

Indiana

@OccupyIndiana | Facebook

-Evansville
Facebook

Kansas

@OccupyKS

-Wichita
@occupywichita | Facebook

Iowa

-Des Moines
@OccupyIowa | Site | Facebook

Kentucky

-Lexington
@OccupyLexKy | Facebook

Louisiana

-New Orleans
@OccupyNOLA | Facebook
Planning meeting Sunday, October 2 at noon, Washington Square
email OccupyNOLA@gmail.com

Maine

-Portland
@OccupyMaine | Facebook
Daily in Monument Square, night encampment in Lincoln Park, 356 Congress St, Portland
Email occupymaine@gmail.com

Massachusetts

-Boston
@OccupyBeantown | Facebook

@Occupy_Boston

Michigan

-Detroit
@OccupyDetroit | Facebook | Event

-Lansing
@OccupyLansing | Site
Email occupylansing.us@gmail.com

Minnesota

@OccupyMN

Missouri

-Columbia
@OccupyCOMO | Facebook
Beginning September 26, gather during the day or at dusk at City Hall, 701 East Broadway
Email OccupyCOMO@hotmail.com

-Kansas City
@OccupyKC | @OccupyMemorial | Site | Facebook | Event
Sunday, October 9 at 4 pm, Memorial Drive outside the Federal Reserve of Kansas City
email help@children-of-liberty.com

-Saint Louis
@OccupySTL | Site

Mississippi

@OccupyMS

-Jackson
@OccupyJackson

Montana

@OccupyWallStMT

Nevada

-Las Vegas
@OccupyLasVegas | Site | Facebook

-Reno
@OccupyReno
Email occupyreno@gmail.com

New Hampshire

@OccupyNH | Facebook

New Jersey

@OccupyNJ | email wallstreet.occupy@gmail.com

-Delaware River Basin Commission
@OccupyDRBC | Facebook
Friday, October 21 at 7:30 am, steps of the Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, 1 Memorial Drive in Trenton

-Newark
@OccupyNewark
Email occupynewark@yahoo.com

New Mexico

-Albuquerque
@OccupyBurque
Saturday, October 1

New York

-Albany
@OccupyAlbany | @occupyalbanyny (has not tweeted) | Site

-Binghamton
@OccupyBGM

-Buffalo
@OccupyBuffalo

-New York City
@OccupyWallSt | @OccupyWallStNYC | Site
Began on September 17, Liberty Park Plaza, New York

@BKLYN_OccupyWS

North Carolina

-Asheville
@OccupyAVL | @AshevilleOccupy | Facebook

-Charlotte
@OccupyCharlotte | Facebook

@OccupyCLT | Site

-Greensboro
@OccupyNCGBORO | Facebook

-Raleigh
@OccupyRaleigh | Facebook

Ohio

-Cincinnati
@OccupyCincy

-Cleveland
@OccupyCleveland | Site | Facebook | Carpool
Thursday, October 6 at noon, Willard Park

-Columbus
@OccupyColumbus | Site

-Toledo
@OccupyToledo | Site | Facebook
Planning meeting – Friday, September 30 at 6 pm in the Old West End
Email occupytoledo@gmail.com

-Youngstown
@OccupyYoungstow

Oklahoma

@OccupyOKC | Facebook

-Oklahoma State University
@OccupyOsu
General Assembly – Friday, September 30 at 2 pm, Library lawn under the shade tree

-Tulsa
@OccupyTulsa | Facebook
Email occupytulsa2011@gmail.com

Oregon

@OccupyOregon | Site
October 6 at noon, at the Waterfront, Southwest Ankeny and Naito Parkway - map

-Eugene
Facebook

-Portland
@occupyportland

Pennsylvania

-Harrisburg
@OccupyHBG | Facebook

-Philadelphia
@OccupyPhilly | Event
Thursday, October 6 at 9 am, City Hall

-Pittsburgh
@occupypgh | Site | Facebook
First public assembly meeting – Wednesday, October 5 at 6:30 pm, First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh, 605 Morewood Avenue

Rhode Island

-Providence
@OccupyProv
Saturday, October 1

South Carolina

@Occupy_SC
Friday, October 21 – additional details TBD

Tennessee

@OccupyTennessee

-Clarksville
@OccupyClarksvil | Facebook
Email occupyclarksville@live.com

-Florence
@OccupyFlorence | Facebook

-Johnson City
@OccupyJohnsonCityTN

-Memphis
@OccupyMemphis | Facebook

-Nashville

@OWSNashville | Facebook

General Assembly – Sunday, October 2 at 4 pm

Texas

-Austin
@OccupyAustin

-Dallas
@OccupyDallas | Facebook
Thursday, October 6 at 9 am, Pike Park, 2851 Harry Hines Blvd and march to the Federal Reserve Bank, 2200 North Pearl Street – map

-El Paso
@OccupyElPaso | Facebook
Email occupyep@gmail.com

-Houston
@OccupyHouston | Facebook

-San Antonio
@OccupySanAnto | Facebook
Thursday, October 6 at 6pm, The Alamo

Utah

-Salt Lake City

@occupy_slc

Vermont

@OccupyVermont

Virginia

-Hampton Roads
@occupyhrva

-Norfolk
@OccupyNorfolk

-Richmond
@OccupyRichmond | Facebook