Wednesday, November 16, 2011

#OWS holds Action Council and Spokes Council Tonight! | OccupyWallSt.org

#OWS holds Action Council and Spokes Council Tonight! | OccupyWallSt.org:

#OWS holds Action Council and Spokes Council Tonight!

There are two councils happening tonight:

  • The Spokes Council will be at 56 Walker Street at 7PM (2 blocks south of Canal between Broadway and Church St). We hope to do some assessment in our groups of were we are now and where we want to be going.

  • The Action Council focused specifically on actions for tomorrow (N17) will be at 8PM tonight on the 19th floor of the UFT Building at 52 Broadway. The meeting is for affinity groups planning for tomorrow. Groups new to the planning are asked to come to an earlier Non-Violent Direct Action training from 4-6 or 6-8 at the same location, prior to the Action Council.

Those of you coming to neither -- it would be great to keep up the spirit of solidarity in the park and in front of the jail.


Mass Day of Action on 2-Month Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street

Tomorrow, Thursday November 17th, marks two months since the start of Occupy Wall Street as well as International Students Day. To commemorate this two month anniversary, Occupy Wall Street will take to the streets in celebration and in solidarity with people around the world participating in a massive global day of action in hundreds of cities.

In the wake of Bloomberg’s predawn raid of Occupy Wall Street on Tuesday morning, thousands of people throughout the five boroughs and the greater region will join together to take nonviolent action tomorrow. We will gather to resist austerity, rebuild the economy, and reclaim our democracy. We will no longer tolerate a system that only serves the very rich and powerful. Right now Wall Street owns Washington. We are the 99% and we are here to reclaim our democracy.

Schedule for New York #N17 Actions below.

7:00am — Shut Down Wall Street
We will gather in Liberty Square at 7:00am, before the ring of the Trading Floor Bell, to prepare to confront Wall Street with the stories of people on the frontlines of economic injustice.

3:00pm — Occupy the Subway
We will gather at 3:00pm at 16 central subway hubs and take our own stories to the trains, using the "People's Mic". Details here.

5:00pm — Take the Square, Festival of Lights on Brooklyn Bridge
At 5:00pm thousands will gather at Foley Square in solidarity with laborers demanding jobs to rebuild this country's infrastructure and economy. They will encircle City Hall and march across the Brooklyn Bridge, carrying thousands of handheld lights, as a festival of lights to celebrate two months of a new movement to reclaim our democracy.

Resist austerity. Rebuild the economy. Reclaim our democracy.

Click here for more information.