Communique#1. Occupy Long Island | OLI Foreclosure Working Group 8/7/12 Meeting Minutes. {*style:<b>Foreclosure Working Group 8/7 Meeting Minutes [Redacted for sensitive information] </b>*} Delicious food was had. Thank you Lidia! {*style:<b> 1. {*style:<b> 2. Some issues that came up during the discussion of the case update: the house was sold at auction on January 11th 2011 by Citibank the same day that Lidia was supposed to meet with the bank.
During this time the taxes were not paid by Citibank. We need to get the Docket sheets on all court meetings. Discussion around evidence that law firm representing Citibank has been “judge-shopping” June 20th, 2004, [Judge X] (we need contact info) stated that many court documents have not been signed. This case has been adjourned over 100 times over 12 years. Discussion regarding evidence that [the Law Firm] has been targeting the Russian and Polish immigrant community.
Discussion regarding finding others in the same situation for a class action. Discussion around lease pendency. 3. </b>*} 4. Member F: change.org petition 5. 6. Find a park. The debt strike is the key weapon to restore popular power | via P2P Foundation. An important argument, previously made by Dmytri Kleiner of the International Debtors Party, that finance is the key energy keeping the current system together, but therefore also its point of vulnerability. Excerpted from SAHIL DUTTA : “It’s difficult to see where labour strikers could find … sources of power. The big manufacturers have died and the main energy source – oil – flows well out of the reach of labour disturbance. The result is that we are left sacrificing our livelihoods to keep champagne flowing in the City. This financialised model that began with Thatcher and flourished under Labour has, however, created a new choke point. However, this is only half the story. Student debt now stands at an estimated £40.3bn, while a combination of stagnant pay and high living costs has left Britain’s average family with unsecured loans worth £7944 each – a staggering total of £210bn of unsecured debt.
The idea of debt write-offs is not even that unfamiliar. Broadcast Yourself. Hacktivism and Occupy: Free The Network (Documentary) Occupy Long Island | InterOccupy Hub. Canvassed at the Oceanside HS on Nov. 10th at 11am. Assessment: Spoke to the Principle of Oceanside HS who is doing a great job coordinating community relief efforts. The School will be open from 11am-5pm Sunday and Monday. There is food, hot meals, they are still taking donations and will not be turning anything away. They do have teams of people canvassing the community by car and with bullhorns, alerting the community to what is being offered at the High School. The school has full power and heat. They could always use volunteers! There has been overwhelming support via donations of money, currently they are looking to setup a paypal account to address this issue. The School will remain a community center until Tuesday Nov. 13th when the school will reopen.
There will be hot dinners served the next 2 days. Find more information here: Oceanside HS Website - Official website of the Oceanside HS, not updated. 8/2 For immediate release: Lidia’s Eviction Has Been Postponed! Lydia2. Corrupt Queens' Machine. Occupy Long Island. Broadcast Yourself. El pueblo unido jamas sera vencido chords by Quilapayun. #RiseupNY marching band. IjE12. So what the heck has occupy done so far? Sean McAlpin. And Now, ‘Occupy,’ the Summer Camp. #LAPD blocking people from their cars #occupyLA #LAartwalk. SuperBeaner: #LAPD Rubber Bullets at #D... EdJoyce: LAPD now on tactical alert...
Inequality: If I were the 99% I'd try to be the 1% Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions - 01 - 2012. Department of Sociology public lecture Date: Monday 30 January 2012 Time: 6.30-8pm Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building Speaker: Paul Mason Chair: Dr Nigel Dodd Our world is changing dramatically. Social upheaval has followed worldwide economic crisis and the gulf between the haves and the have-nots is widening. In 2011, this profound disconnect found expression in events that we were told had been consigned to history: revolt and revolution. In his new book Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere |which he will discuss in this lecture Paul Mason sets out to explore the causes and consequences of this current wave of struggle, illuminating the links between the economic and social crisis.
He explores and analyses what lies behind the new revolutions – a volatile combination of the near collapse of free-market capitalism, new technologies and changes in popular culture, and a profound shift in our understanding of what freedom means. Slides Transcript Podcast & Video. Find A Bank/Credit Union | Move Your Money Project.
Co-ops. OccupyArrests.com - Sources. How many have been arrested during Occupy protests. Infiltration to Disrupt, Divide and Misdirect Is Widespread in Occupy (Part I) In the first five months, the Occupy Movement has had major victories and has altered the debate about the economy. People in the power structure and who hold different political views are pushing back with a traditional tool – infiltration. Across the country, Occupies are struggling with disruption and division, attacks on key persons, escalation of tactics to property damage and police conflict as well as misuse of websites and social media. As Part II of this discussion will show, infiltration is the norm in political movements in the United States. Occupy has many opponents likely to infiltrate to divide and destroy it beyond the usual law enforcement apparatus. On the very first day of the Occupation of Wall Street, we saw infiltration by the police.
We were leaving Zuccotti Park and were stopped in traffic by the rear of the park. In the first week of the Occupation of Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC we saw the impact of two right wing infiltrators. Remodeling the General Assembly - Home.