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June 25, 2012 : Latest Poll Numbers; Prez May Face Occupy Protest
Seven points. That, according to latest
polls, is what the recent spate of (anti) Occupy coverage has netted
the 1 percent. While the headline bears the usual is Occupy Still
Relevant stamp, the article featured in Marketwatch
mentions poll figures released by ORC International, who
interview “1005 adults by telephone from June 9-11” and finds
that 30% of respondents still agree with Occupy's focus on
inequality, but the percentage who disagree with (tactics? Message?
it's unclear) has risen by seven percentage points. When this space
contacted the poller, we were told the methodology was to only call
land-lines, not cell, a potential difference maker, according to
Christina Hungspruke at ORC,
which does polling for CNN.
June 22, 2012 : Occupy Homes Stands for Cruz Family, Caravan makes Southern Stops
As the summer heat blazes across most of the country, so does the Occupy Caravan, making stops and leading/encouraging occupies nation-wide with on the spot municipal demonstrations and general festivities. Occupy Athens, has planned a single day occupation of the Athens (Georgia) city hall to celebrate the arrival of the caravan and protest the city's proposed newly restrictive law on sleeping in parks and sidewalks, which they say stifles expression and harms the city's homeless. The caravan is scheduled to arrive in Philly the week of the 4th for the Occupy National Gathering, which coincides with Continental Congress 2.0 redandblack.com
June 20 2012 : Bishop Packard Verdict In, Occupy Galway May Protest Race
The word comes down, the verdict is in
: the Manhattan District Attorney's office finally scores a
conviction for eight protesters, who, led by Bishop George Packard (video above), stormed the gates of the Trinity Church in Lower
Manhattan in protest of the shut down of Zuccotti Park and the
church's refusal to take up the social protest.
Clergy make news and face difficult and often profound decisions these days: to side with orthodoxy and church officials who abide by existing laws and edicts, or to answer their conscience.
June 17, 2012 : George Martinez Hits The Streets, Police Tools and Techniques, Fracking
Fracking, or resistance to it, emerges as a key organizing tenant as various occupies across the US support anti-fracking initiatives. Occupy Raleigh demonstrates tonight outside Governor Beverly Purdue's Executive Mansion at 6PM to urge her to veto a bill that will allow the practice in North Carolina. Digtriad.com
Chapelboro.com carries an editorial from concerned citizen Heidi Zehnal, who provides evidence attempting to sway residents and the governor to support the call for a veto.
June 15-16 : Wall Street, Mainstream Media Still Clueless, Groupama Wins Leg 8
photo : Paul Todd, Associated Press
The investigation into the Oakland Police Department's actions
against Occupy Oakland remains front and center. The former Baltimore
Police Chief overseeing the investigation, Thomas Frazier,
criticizes OPD at length, faulting police for “failing to
adequately plan for the Oct. 25 demonstration" at which Iraq vet Scott
Olsen was injured by a bean-bag projectile. Frazier writes of the
department's use of less-than-lethal weapons that were “outdated
and dangerous. “ Mayor Quan says the city is “unafraid of
the truth” and has been trying to reform the police department for
decades. San
Jose Mercury News
