[Org4j-announce] Occupy: Sat noon at Confederation Park, plus more info

Fri Oct 14 07:31:42 PDT 2011

*Saturday October 15 *is an international day of action
in alignment with* Occupy Wall Street*

In New York, they're turning Times Square into People's Square.

In Ottawa, the occupation begins with a General Assembly at Confederation
Park, starting at noon.
At the GA, a location for on ongoing occupation will be decided upon.

There are 28(?) other cities in Canada with actions set for tomorrow.

And some 1000 or more around the world.

General info:
www.OccupyTogether.org
www.October15.net

Canadian media:
www.rabble.ca/occupy (for updates on Canadian events and reporting/analysis)
www.rabble.ca/rabblerouser (2-pg pdf edition for decentralized printing and
distro/outreach)
www.mediacoop.ca (special 'occupy' page coming soon, note: open-publishing =
post-your-own-story)

Ottawa info:

*Occupy Ottawa / Occupons Ottawa - October 15 General Assembly
--> Sat Oct 15 @ noon, Confederation Park (Elgin at Laurier)*
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125074367599007

ALSO:
*
Friday 2-5pm - Pre-Occupation Meet & Greet, Punch, Pie & Poster Making Flash
Mob!*
-- University of Ottawa, Jock Turcot University Centre UCU, ground floor by
the couches lounge
- https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=225737867487133
*
Friday 7pm - A series of youtube videos related to Occupy Wall Street and
local activities in Ottawa.*
- University of Ottawa, Lamoureux Hall LMX 122 http://uottawa.ca/maps/
- full info at bottom of this message, or
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=260913977277108

Occupy Ottawa:
--> email:  occupyottawa at gmail.com  (email with 'add to list' to sign up for
updates)
FB page: https://www.facebook.com/occupy.ottawa
FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Occupy.Ottawa/
Twitter account: @Occupy_Ottawa - http://twitter.com/#!/Occupy_Ottawa
Twitter hashtag:  #OccupyOttawa -
http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23occupyottawa<http://twitter.com/#%21/search?q=%23occupyottawa>

Occupy Ottawa Organizing Committees w/
contact:

Support - consent.occupyottawa at gmail.com
Media Working Group - media.occupyottawa at gmail.com
Design Working Group - design.occupyottawa at gmail.com
Web-team Working Group - occupyottawa.webteam at gmail.com
Legal Working Group - occupyottawa.legal at gmail.com
Info Kiosk - info.occupyottawa at gmail.com
Direct Action Working Group - action.occupyottawa at gmail.com
Arts & Culture Working Group - ooartsandculture at groups.facebook.com
Security Working Group - occupyottawa.security at gmail.com
Sanitation Working Group - occupyottawa.sanitation at gmail.com
Food & Cooking Working Group - food.for.occupyottawa at gmail.com
Education Working Group - educate.occupyottawa at gmail.com
Infrastructure Working Group - infrastructure.occupyottawa at gmail.com
Outreach Working Group - outreach.occupyottawa at gmail.com
Donations Working Group - donations.occupyottawa at gmail.com
Safe(r) Spaces Working Group - saferspace.occupyottawa at gmail.com
Accessibility Working Group - access.occupyottawa at gmail.com
Volunteer Medics Working Group - medics.occupyotttawa at gmail.com
Facilitation Working Group - facilitating.occupyottawa at gmail.com
Bilingualism Working Group - occupyottawa.bilingual at gmail.com
Students Working Group - occupyottawa.oncampus at gmail.com

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*Cinema Academica this week:*

Friday, October 14, 2011, Lamoureux Hall LMX 122.

Lamoureux Hall is centrally located on Jean-Jacques Lussier, which continues
Somerset, and two blocks west of King Edward on the University of Ottawa
campus. LMX http://uottawa.ca/maps/

*A series of youtube videos related to Occupy Wall Street and local
activities in Ottawa.*

Presented by the Cinema Academica weekly series of film screenings at
University of Ottawa.
For more info: Wayne Sawtell, 613-421-1373.
To subscribe to future updates, send an email to: news-subscribe at cinemaacade
mica.ca

HOW OCCUPY BEGAN / INTRODUCTION

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUy4hRB1j9A   Occupy Wall Street: Renaissance
of the People music video of the Wall Street protest with important printed
information, the rock song “Uprising” by Muse, inspiring and motivational
(unless you dislike the music), uses protest footage up to Sept 29, 2011,
ACT 5:05

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snT7cI-YM4w&NR=1  Occupy Wall Street (New
York), Fox TV Sept 18 footage with good protest signs and protesters’
comments, GEN 1:42

WHY IT IS HAPPENING & GROWING

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOX3VEYI72c  Naomi Klein at Occupy Wall
Street on Oct 6, 2011, need to redistribute wealth, respond to ecological
crisis, limited freedom of speech, GEN 7:32

EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS (inequality, financial power, etc.)

WE ARE PART OF THE GLOBAL PROTEST

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpNH-2arGIM&feature=related  Rage Rising:
Egypt wants a revolution, August 1, 2011, GEN, 4:57

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpNH-2arGIM&feature=related  One World One
Revolution, a European unrest background video with emphasis on the
situation in Greece, GEN 7:39

PEACEFUL PROTESTING

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3tjIiWIkAQ  Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violence
speech from the biographical film Gandhi (1982), GEN, 5:26

CRITICISMS OF OCCUPY MOVEMENT

POLICE/SUPPRESSION

(There are many good videos, but I haven’t watched more than a few)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYaA-34c-vI   Occupy Wallstreet arrests
(downloaded on Sept 20), police secrecy & violence, protesters helping those
being arrested.  ACT  5:23

MEDIA – PRIVATE INTEREST

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhZuaBEqjQg  The Alyona Show, Sept 21 re
Media blackout and the need to help people to understand the Occupy
movement, GEN 4:22

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUy4hRB1j9A  Naomi Klein on Democracy Now,
Oct 6, about biased media coverage of Occupy Wall Street (first half of
clip) and about the destructiveness of our economic policies (second half of
video), ACT 11:44

MEDIA- PUBLIC INTEREST

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYaA-34c-vI   Occupy Wallstreet arrests
(downloaded on Sept 20), police secrecy & violence, protesters helping those
being arrested.  ACT  5:23

OCCUPY PROTEST FOOTAGE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJE2VuKFSOY&feature=related  The October 1
Brooklyn Bridge march, New York police arrest over 700 marchers blocking the
Brooklyn Bridge, GEN 4:31

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0GGXMatPmg&NR=1  Majority Report interview
on Sept 19 with Justin Wedes (an Occupy Wall Street participant) about the
protest and about the NYC General Assembly GEN, 7:15

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvRb_WZgzW4&NR=1  New York Occupy Wall
Street, uploaded on Sept. 17, ACT, 5:13  (nothingunusual)

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-685354 Occupy San Diego footage, Oct. 7,
GEN, 2:34  (nothing unusual)

HOW YOU CAN HELP

http://vimeo.com/30081785  Right Here All Over video shows Occupy Wall
Street protesters explaining why they are participating and shows how
volunteers are helping with a variety of movement-building projects, GEN,
6:55

MOTIVATIONAL CLOSE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUy4hRB1j9A   Occupy Wall Street: Renaissance
of the People music video of the Wall Street protest with important printed
information, the rock song “Uprising” by Muse, inspiring and motivational
(unless you dislike the music), uses protest footage up to Sept 29, 2011,
ACT 5:05
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