Mother Earth Day at Zilker Park, Austin, Texas
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One of the several banners dropped today in Austin, TX in solidarity with those arrested in Chicago.
5-4-12
Latest on the Anti-Feeding Ordinance and also a look at the felony charges Occupy Houston and Occupy Austin activists face for locking down in an effort to non-violently shut down the Houston ship channel
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#OATX This documentary premiered on May 1, 2012. Absolutely brilliant, and Occupy mentioned several times, esp in part 4.
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Yesterday, Members of Occupy Austin, in solidarity with the Peaceful Streets Project interviewed people about their experiences with Austin Police Department. Meet Rubiks, who told us her story of being arrested and jailed for 7 hours for smoking a cigarette in public. (via Occupy Austin | Occupy Wall Street » Blog Archive » Meet Rubiks…)
Sierra Club, Texas AFLCIO, Texas Fair Trade Coalition, CWA, and Occupy Gather at Trade Rally (Rally in Addison, Texas) This past weekend in Addison, Texas, a north Dallas suburb, more than 300 environmental activists, labor unionists, public health advocates, human rights supporters and members of the Occupy movement joined together to prevent a ”NAFTA of the Pacific”. The rally demanded the release of the draft text of the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement. (via Texas Sierrans join with hundreds of activists to stop a “NAFTA of the Pacific” | the Texas Green Report)
On Wednesday, May 9, I hosted the second meeting of the Occupy Austin Conscious Relationships discussion group. I formed this group when I kept having discussions at our gatherings about some of my lifestyle choices, particularly my choice to practice nonmonogamy. However, I did not want to start just another polyamory discussion group; that seemed too limiting. Instead I decided to form a group to discuss making more conscious and deliberate decisions in our intimate relationships, regardless of gender identity, ?sexual orientation, or preferred relationship style. (via Conscious Relationship Notes: Assumptions - Occupy Austin - Hays Zachary’s blog)
In March, Occupy Austin participants marched (actually, danced) across the Texas capital’s downtown and gathered outside Morello’s official showcase at the South by Southwest music conference. Morello quickly wrapped his indoor performance, for conference attendees only, and took his guitar into the street. Cops pulled the plug on his sidewalk PA, but Morello kept going, strumming his acoustic guitar and singing “This Land Is Your Land” and speaking to the crowd via the “human microphone.” “I love it when they pull the plug,” Morello says. “I’m always ready for that. You want the crowd to get bigger and rowdier? Pull the plug.” (via Message in the music: Here for NATO, new voices plan 3 concerts - Chicago Sun-Times)
Directed and Edited by Bianca Smith Produced by Ben Jumper, Bianca Smith, Yvonne de la Vega Camera Teams: West Wind Unit: Jose Sousateles Yvonne de la Vega East Wind Unit: Andres Herrera Karen Cuellar South Wind Unit: Ben Jumper Andrey Capelson North Wind Unit: Jon Grant Bianca Smith
On May 18, 2012, Occupy Austin with allies from MoveOn and others visited 2 Chase Bank locations, singing a special carol they’d written about the recent “mistake” which cost the bank $4billion and counting, but which CEO Jamie Dimon thinks is no big deal. Here, Kit O’Connell and another occupant ambush the bank inside with the song before being physically forced from the bank. Chase Bank Carol: http://bit.ly/JTdHck Occupy Austin: http://bit.ly/rhqQrW More from Kit O’Connell: Homepage: http://bit.ly/zvAOYU Twitter: http://bit.ly/w7HUHP
Members of Occupy Austin staged a protest at a local Chase Bank branch this afternoon, resulting in protesters’ ejection from the building. Occupy Austin had pushed for the City of Austin to move their funds from Bank of America. In February, the Austin City Council passed a resolution looking at that possibility. But instead of shifting those funds to smaller banks or credit unions, as Occupy Austin had hoped for, the city transferred its money to JP Morgan Chase. On the heels of JP Morgan’s disclosure of billions in losses from risky financial trades, Occupy Austin members protested at a Chase branch on 19th and Guadalupe Street. (via Protesters Attempt to ‘Occupy’ Chase Bank | KUT News)