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Save the Rich by Garfunkel and Oats
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10 Arrested at Occupy Houston
HPD ARRESTS 10 OCCUPY HOUSTON PARTICIPANTS
Houston, TX, November 8, 2011 – At approximately 11:00 PM, HPD arrested 10 Occupy Houston participants as a result of a dispute over a tarp being used to protect equipment belonging to Occupy Houston from inclement weather.
Police confronted one of the Occupy Houston participants about the placement of a tarp in Tranquility Park and requested its removal. The participant refused to remove the tarp on the grounds that it was necessary to protect equipment vital to the participants’ well-being. The participant discussed the matter with officers over a period of approximately 20 minutes, during which time HPD presence at the occupation site escalated dramatically, reaching a total of 27 officers and 19 police
cruisers.After failing to reach a resolution, police insisted that an arrest would be made if the tarp were not removed. The aforementioned participant remained steadfast in his position and 5 additional Occupy Houston participants indicated their willingness to be arrested on these terms as well. HPD then proceeded to arrest the participants and confiscate the tarp and other equipment belonging to the occupiers.
Four additional Occupy Houston participants were detained during the course of the arrests. Three individuals who were filming the event were detained for jaywalking after attempting to cross Walker St. at Bagby, where a police cruiser was obstructing the crosswalk. Another participant was arrested while requesting the name and badge number of one of the arresting officers. Three of the detained persons were released after a period of time, while the remaining 7 participants were booked into the municipal jail facility located on Lubbock. Video of the arrests may be viewed at Occupy Houston’s YouTube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/OccupyHouston
Occupy Houston will hold an informal press conference at Tranquility Park on the morning of November 9th at 10:00 AM to address questions concerning the arrests and their significance. There are plans for a demonstration afterwards in front of the municipal courthouse at 1400 Lubbock to show solidarity with those arrested and to protest the city’s unwillingness to allow Occupy Houston to adequately protect the food, medical supplies and electronic equipment that maintain the safety and health of the protesters while they conduct their constitutional right to peaceably assemble.
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Credit Unions see more new members since Sept. 29th than in all of 2010
For anyone who has said OWS isn’t changing anything yet, this (to me) is proof it has.
In a survey of 5,000 of its credit union members CUNA estimates that at least 650,000 consumers across the nation have joined credit unions since Sept. 29, the day Bank of America unveiled its now-rescinded $5 monthly debit card fee. Also during that time, CUNA estimates that credit unions have added $4.5 billion in new savings accounts, likely from the new members and existing members shifting their funds.
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![stfuconservatives:
flapjackstate:
[image: protest sign that says “warning: do not confuse the complexity of this movement with chaos”].
kinsey-val-kyrie:
livelaughawesome:
Found here.
BOOM.
ROASTED.
True democracy has as many aims as it does participants.
I was at dinner this weekend with some new acquaintances, and one of them said, “The Occupy protesters just don’t have a clear message! What are they angry about?” I was like “EXCUSE ME. They have SO much to be angry about — Bush tax cuts, unemployment, abortion restriction, corporate greed, underemployment, student loans — that’s it’s hard to boil it all down to one pithy message. That doesn’t mean they don’t have any right to be angry.”
-Jess
Love this.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lty4icdbJq1qcvc7qo1_500.jpg)
[image: protest sign that says “warning: do not confuse the complexity of this movement with chaos”].
Found here.
BOOM.
ROASTED.
True democracy has as many aims as it does participants.
I was at dinner this weekend with some new acquaintances, and one of them said, “The Occupy protesters just don’t have a clear message! What are they angry about?” I was like “EXCUSE ME. They have SO much to be angry about — Bush tax cuts, unemployment, abortion restriction, corporate greed, underemployment, student loans — that’s it’s hard to boil it all down to one pithy message. That doesn’t mean they don’t have any right to be angry.”
-Jess
Love this.
(via stfuconservatives)
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Occupy Houston’s Halloween day flash mob at Bank of America.
Why BofA? They got a $1.9 bill federal tax refund, despite making $4.4 billion in profits and receiving a bailout, and have announced plans to lay of 36,000 employees.
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The World We Want Is Us - Alice Walker
It moves my heart to see your awakened faces;
the look of “aha!”
shining, finally, in
so many
wide open eyes.
Yes, we are the 99%
all of us
refusing to forget
each other
no matter, in our hunger, what crumbs
are dropped by
the 1%.
The world we want is on the way; Arundhati
and now we
are
hearing her breathing.
That world we want is Us; united; already moving
into it.
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A video about Occupy Houston. It’s a good example of some the extreme things the media has said, and some thoughts about the Occupy movement from the people.
P.S. I’m in it.
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Some thoughts from Occupy
Since losing my job I’ve been spending some time with the Occupy Houston movement. No doubt, I love it, and I love what the movement stands for. And yesterday was the best yet in terms of support. We shared our space with a local Farmers Market, and I actually had people come and thank me. Of course, it didn’t go without a single “get a job” retort, but it was way more positive.
This morning I went on a walk, to get a little exercise. And I realized, nobody yells “get a job” at me while I’m walking down the street during what is obvious “working” hours. Nobody at the grocery store tells me I’m too lazy to work while I’m shopping at 11 AM on a Tuesday. Only when I’m standing with a sign, pointing out that our system is broken, do people feel like they need to confront it. What is it about the truth that makes us so uncomfortable?
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Bun B carries water (from my car!) at the Occupy Houston movement. He was so awesome, offering his opinions, staying out for hours, helping move base camp and he came back at 7 for general assembly. When I got there for the protest at 11 we couldn’t find anyone, and he was more than cool about it.
