Sonoma County Daily Attacks Occupy Movement

By Shepherd Bliss

 

 

The Sonoma County daily’s Press Democrat Feb. 1 editorial “Occupy Movement in Ashes” is wishful thinking. Our phoenix will rise during this month. You wait. You watch. You see.



Occupy is still an infant, having been born in New York Sept. 17 with Occupy Wall Street. It is not even five months old and already the local daily tries to editorialize it into ashes. Rumors of our death are premature. We have made mistakes, including in Oakland. We’re learning and experiencing what one activist calls “growing pains.”

Provoked by police violence in Oakland, a few cornered occupiers among the 2000 present reacted. That has not happened here. The Sonoma County Occupy Town Hall Affinity Group--of which I am a member--opposes violence, as do the overwhelming majority of Occupy groups and individuals.

Collaborative Cosponsorships

1. cosponsorship = NO money, spread the word as best you are capable (facebook, email addresses, website, etc.)... either a person, business or org.... with hopefully at least 75 contacts!!

2. we link your site to our hopedance events calendar (we had nearly 900 hits at the Palm gig in October with a sell out audience of 115+ people) and the hits increase AFTER the event, since the event is still "live" online.

3. We mention your gig at the event and you get to have your material on a table or stage.

4. your org or business or you... get ONE free ticket. (or give it away if you are not going to be around, or whatever reason)

another way to do it, IF you are a member of facebook, is to join or attend or "go" or "maybe" to the event and then in the upper right hand corner of the event page will be "INVITE FRIENDS"... click it and invite 75 or more of your friends or companies or orgs....

Contact me for which film or event you wish to cosponsor: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

From spectator to participant: How the last week changed my relationship with Occupy Oakland by: Rebecca Saltzman Tue Nov 01, 2011 at 12:23:35 PM PDT

(Cross-posted from Living in the O.) When Occupy Oakland first started, I was skeptical and frankly unimpressed. I stopped by the rally on that first Monday at 4pm and was underwhelmed by the turnout. At most, a couple hundred people were there. The rally took place on the corner of 14th and Broadway and the sound system (or maybe just a bullhorn) wasn’t loud enough and it was difficult to hear. I chatted with some friends I ran into and went back to work. Day by day tents went up in Frank Ogawa Plaza and I became much less underwhelmed, especially once infrastructure was developed. The occupiers organized a communal kitchen, library, schedule of events, and of course port-o-potties. I work in Frank Ogawa Plaza so passed the encampment every day, often multiple times per day. I appreciated that it was mostly quiet during the day and amplified sound never started until 4 or 5pm. At night I felt safer walking around in the area, as there were tons of people around. I developed an admiration for the occupation and defended the occupiers to friends who were frightened and annoyed by the encampment. Read more Add comment (0) Hits: 144 Last Updated ( Monday, 30 January 2012 21:38 )

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