Peoples Strike! Thurs. Nov 17 - All Out to Defend 'Occupy Wall Street'!
Peoples Strike! – Thurs. Nov 17
- All Out to Defend 'Occupy Wall Street'!
The peoples fight back has reached a new level.
Thursday, Nov 17 is a day of National Actions all across the
country.
Occupy 4 Jobs Network urges: All
out to defend our movement!
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On Tuesday, November 15 thousands of people were in the streets again to
respond to the brutal, coordinated police attack on the center of the Occupy
Wall Street movement - Zuccotti Park – at 1 am Tuesday morning. The mass
arrests and destruction came without warning or any provocation. When word went
out of the police attack immediately supporters descended on the Wall Street
area of Manhattan.
At Zuccotti Park, activists resisted the police destruction and theft of
their personal belongings. There were beatings and 200 mass arrests.The media
was illegally barred from the area during the police assault.
Refusing to be intimidated, the movement quickly regrouped and mobilized on
Tuesday. Activist lawyers rushed into court for a temporary restraining order.
The city immediately appealed the order and not surprisingly the courts sided
with billionaire Bloomberg. The police and courts, just like the Pentagon,
defend the interests of the 1%.
Billionaire Mayor Bloomberg who ordered the illegal, unconstitutional sneak
police attack and his Wall Street conspirators want to destroy this movement.
The court ruled that tents, tarps and sleeping bags were prohibited. As of
Tuesday night thousands of people braved barricades, police checkpoints and bag
searches to move back into the Zuccotti Park. This is a
struggle that will not be decided by appointed judges defending property rights
in the isolation of courtrooms.
Similar coordinated police attacks were carried out against peoples
Occupations in a half dozen cities in the past few days.
The people have a right to assemble and demand address of their grievances.
We have a right to meet, gather and occupy public space. We have a right to
demand jobs at a living wage, union protection, free healthcare, quality
education, decent housing and an end to wars for corporate profit. But these
rights have to be asserted and won in mobilized struggles in the streets again
and again.
Millions of people across the U.S. sympathize with this new Occupy Wall
Street movement. Outraged by these criminal police attacks many more youth,
working people and unemployed are beginning to move into active resistance.
Repression breeds resistance.
In NYC on Nov 17 join early morning actions at Wall Street from the opening
bell to community actions in every borough, student marches to Wall Street and
finally a massive labor rally starting at 4pm at Foley Square. Occupy 4 Jobs
will gather at Worth St. and Lafayettte - the north end of Foley Square,
starting at 4 PM.
Thursday, Nov 17 is the next major challenge. Unions
across the country have called for support. Community groups and students are
mobilizing. Be in the streets on Thursday, November 17 in cities across the
U.S. and around the world. These united actions are a Peoples Strike.
On Wed. Nov 23 be in the streets
again when the illegal congressional Super Committee of
Democrats and Republicans announces their Super CUTS to balance
the budget. Congress serves the 1%.
Mass actions on Nov 23 will demand jobs, jobs, jobs, NOT super cuts to
benefit the bankers.
You cannot evict an idea whose time has come. Occupy everywhere!
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All Out for Thurs. Nov. 17 - Rain or Shine - You will make a difference!
* BETWEEN 4PM AND 5PM COME TO THE NORTH WEST END OF FOLEY SQUARE, at Worth & Lafayette Streets to pick up flyers and placards from Occupy4Jobs.
Two beautiful posters will be given out saying:
The best answer to billionaire Bloomberg's repression carried out on behalf of his Wall St. cronies:
COME OUT ON THE STREETS ON THE 17TH
* BEFORE COMING TO FOLEY SQUARE OWS, Unions and community organizations are carrying out many actions all day.
At 3 pm 16 subways stations will become Occupy the MTA centers with leafleting and speakouts. Everyone will then go to Foley Square for a massive demonstration.
* Occupy4Jobs is fighting for: A national public jobs program or income and to stop more layoffs.
We are organizing the unemployed together with help from employed, unions, and students. We want to get this message out tomorrow.
* On Nov. 23rd we will march to demand: Stop the Super Cuts, Jobs Now!
Gather at 4 pm at Zuccotti Park, Cedar & Bdway. (Date when "supercommittee will announce its economic terrorism against the people).
WE NEED YOUR HELP TO GET OUT THE WORD TOMORROW through flyers and placards that say:
DEFEND THE RIGHT OF OCCUPY FOR JOBS & TO OCCUPY WALL ST.
&
BILLIONAIRE MAYOR BLOOMBERG & HIS 1% CANNOT STOP THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT!
* Occupy4Jobs is also working on the very important protest Tuesday night 11/22 called by Community Labor United for Postal Jobs & Services. Attend a USPS hearing and Picket line at Lincolnton Station Post Office, 5th Ave. & 138thst. Harlem, 5:30-8pm
