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Donna Piranha
Mon 30 Nov 2015 9:39PM
We haven't had an Occupy National Gathering in 2015. So in the absence of other offers, this seems to be our last chance. Occupy ON, doods! <3
NikiV
Mon 30 Nov 2015 9:58PM
#OccupyRoseParade, I hear, will have a lot of #FeelTheBern, while I do not support that specifically, I don't hate on them either. I'm ok to occupy with them even if I'm not really with them on their candidate in general.
Justin
Mon 30 Nov 2015 11:38PM
Way too short of a time & Not enough Local OWS Buy in.
Dennis Burk Lintz
Tue 1 Dec 2015 12:06AM
It's a shame that The Rose Parade wasn't on the East Coast! ☮♥Ⓥ
Sally G
Wed 2 Dec 2015 12:49PM
I object to Donna’s allegations of abuse—I never saw it, and a problem with Justin blocking when I think he’d do better to disagree and try to work through problems. I am worried about OVB—what help do they need? I am in NJ, so will not be there.
Tricia
Thu 3 Dec 2015 11:48AM
NatGat2014 wasn’t large but it was national and even international. Occupying the Rose Bowl is a great photo op and action and place to have an Occupy Gathering, but it’s not going to a Nat Gat.
We can make a solidarity statement & do Outreach
Donna Piranha Tue 1 Dec 2015 11:41AM
NOTES on ACCOMMODATIONS:
In Los Angeles we can sleep in cars on the street, so that is one option, and we also have events in Solidarity with Skid Row, so we can sleep with the homeless there, too. Someone has suggested some parks, but we did fine last year and we will do fine this year, because we are Occupiers and that's what we do ... we figure out a way to make it happen. ;)
By the way, "Find Your Adventure" seems to me like a theme perhaps chosen because it doesn't lend itself to being "Occupied" ... like "Dreams Come True" turned into "Dreams Come True if you WAKE UP" by Occupy the Rose Parade. One year the theme was "IMAGINE" .. so my sign said "IMAGINE ... living life in Peace" ... and it was WAY too "Occupy"-friendly.
"Find Your Adventure" could be "FUND Your Adventure," for instance, whereby we can bring light to how the 1% have financed corruption globally.
"OUR ADVENTURE IS OCCUPYing WALL STREET" could be another.
There are possibilities. i am usually my own "float." See photo from one year, via Popular Resistance:
Donna Piranha Tue 1 Dec 2015 11:52AM
"just imagine ... "
WE ALREADY HAVE MORE OCCUPIERS COMING TO THIS THAN THE LAST NATIONAL GATHERING. It just makes sense to make THIS EVENT the National Gathering. It will get National attention, and that is exactly what we need to do to combat the “Occupy is Dead” narrative perpetuated by our non-allies,
AND i just found this picture for the first time! i lost this sign that day, and was so bummed. Now i have it back … it’s a “sign”! hahaha
Donna Piranha Tue 1 Dec 2015 12:19PM
"Don't FUND Your Adventure With a Bank" is another idea we can use to continue the "Bank Transfer Day" idea from the November 5 2011 Action that is showed just how powerful Occupy Wall Street actually was ... 600,000 people moved their money from banks into Credit Unions on that day, and the 1% realized the power of The People. Then they started crushing us ... Zuccotti was overrun on November 15, only 10 days later. We HAD it ... then many people got scared. Well we are still Occupying Wall Street here, and if the "founders" themselves are not, it only shows that they had NO IDEA what they had created, had no vision for where it could go in the future, and certainly did not possess the ability to hunker down for the long run. It is my opinion that many of the so-called "i started Occupy Wall Street" people who are now claiming "Occupy is dead" never really understood what they were doing, or more nefariously, KNEW what they were doing. i don't follow those narcissistic book-writing self-aggrandizing media whores. i came to Occupy Wall Street, and the way we conquer the banks is to never give up. Occupy Wall Street is an IDEA, and as such, can never "die." So any claims as such are obvious attempts to minimize our efforts and write off the influence of this movement, which has literally created a Paradigm Shift in thinking on a global scale. Don't let anyone tell you that this is over, or that we are not making a difference. i was in Zuccotti for S17 and they haven't given up.
Donna Piranha · Tue 1 Dec 2015 11:22AM
C'mon People, "Find Your Adventure"!
That's the theme for the Rose Parade this year. ;)
All i'm saying is ... COME AND JOIN US! IT'S A NATIONAL INVITATION TO COME OCCUPY WALL STREET WEST. We're going to be there anyway, so the invitation stands. We have hundreds there every year, probably more than were at the whole National Gathering last year ... AND ... Southern California has such nice weather this time of year, even if we are going to have the worst El Nino this year, apparently. ;(
Also, it's my birthday on New Year's Eve, and i'm planning a little party later in the week ... oh, wait ... did i say "party"? i meant ... "occupation." Yes, i really think everyone should be here for this. We are creating something amazing here and i think you'll like it. FYI ... people here have been planning for a long time, so there's no need to fret about details if you're coming. Like i said ... come early, stay late ... visit the West Coast Occupy groups that are still so active ... we're going to be here anyway ... so we are just inviting EVERYONE. HOPE YOU CAN COME. LOVE YOU! <3
http://www.tournamentofroses.com/news/2016-rose-parade-theme-find-your-adventure