~Proposal For An OWS Fundraiser Benefit Show And Overturning The Budget Freeze To Allocate Money To Finance The OWS Fundraiser Benefit Show~ Occupy Wall Street; the movement for change, the first movement of the people in decades to try to create a better world, is in a place that for the first time we must [...]
Posts Categorized: Assemblies
Spaces working group proposal
Spaces working group is to create a strategy for Occupying Spaces, including a headquarters, and to acquire housing, and centers for outreach and community services. We will pursue a diverse set of tactics to acquire new spaces, including rental/purchase, for office spaces and community centers, as well as group living environments for occupiers, and help [...]
Tweets for Mon, 12 Mar 2012
Spokes Council getting started here at OSA Hall! Corey&Nick co-facilitating, Mark taking stack, Margot on vibes, Bana on time #ows #nycsc Nick is reading from the Community Agreements now. You can read them at http://t.co/dQWpnT8v #ows #nycsc Corey is giving a quick intro to hand signals for some of the new people we have here [...]
NYC Operational Spokes Council 03/12/2012
NYC OPERATIONAL SPOKES COUNCIL 3/12/2012 Location: 220 W. 23rd St., Manhattan Facilators: Corey and Nick Time: Bana Stack: Mark Minutes: Carrie Live tweets: Shawn Live streamer: Steve, OWSNYC.tv
Establishment of the Queer OWS Working Group
The LGBTIQA2Z Caucus at OWS has been going through many changes lately, in trying to figure out how to better serve and reach out to our community. As part of this, we have decided to create a new structure for ourselves, letting the caucus focus on its functions as defined by OWS, and creating a new working [...]
Formation of Meeting of the Minds Working Group
Meeting of the minds 2 Is a group intend to create mass action with in OWS.Meeting of the minds encourage groups to agree so OWS can move forward on a larger scale.Meeting of the mind objective is to have mass action push through GA to direct action at least ones a month. Reason for meeting [...]
Exclusion Principle
“There is no greater fallacy than the belief that aims and purposes are one thing, while methods and tactics are another. This conception is a potent menace to social regeneration. All human experience teaches that methods and means cannot be separated from the ultimate aim. The means employed become, through individual habit and social practice, [...]
MayDay Discussion
MayDay 2012 - No Work, No School, No Housework, No Shopping, No Banking! TAKE THE STREETS! Direct Action & its allies coordinating events for MayDay 2012 would like to spend 1-hour at each Saturday General Assembly leading up to May 1st discussing MayDay. Topics can include.. the history and legacy of MayDay, the role of labor, [...]
MayDay Discussion
MayDay 2012 - No Work, No School, No Housework, No Shopping, No Banking! TAKE THE STREETS! Direct Action & its allies coordinating events for MayDay 2012 would like to spend 1-hour at each Saturday General Assembly leading up to May 1st discussing MayDay. Topics can include.. the history and legacy of MayDay, the role of labor, [...]
MayDay Discussion
MayDay 2012 - No Work, No School, No Housework, No Shopping, No Banking! TAKE THE STREETS! Direct Action & its allies coordinating events for MayDay 2012 would like to spend 1-hour at each Saturday General Assembly leading up to May 1st discussing MayDay. Topics can include.. the history and legacy of MayDay, the role of labor, [...]
Endorsement of A24 – Occupy the Justice Department
Proposal for Occupy Endorsement of April 24 Action: Occupy the Justice DepartmentProposal for General Assembly on Tuesday, March 13. Contact person: Stuart Leonard Working group: Political Action and ImpactThe Political Action and Impact working group of NYCGA, in conjunction with event organizers, Johanna Fernandez, Heidi Boghosian, Frances Goldin and Greg Ruggiero, propose that OWS accept, [...]
OWS Newsletter Project
We would like the GA to authorize the Accounting working group to give us access to the emails of people who have donated to the NYCGA in order to give them the option of subscribing to the OWS Newsletter. We think that people who have donated will appreciate a weekly update on what the movement [...]
Tweets for Sat, 10 Mar 2012
Hey fam, #NYCGA is happening 60 Wall. Follow here, @LibertySqGA2, @LibertySqGA3, and @LibertySqGA4 for tweets. #OWS The first proposal was consented to very quickly — it was for an action in opposition to Romney’s appearance 3/14 at the Waldorf Astoria. GA waived the concerns segment of the process, finding nothing wrong with it. It’s a [...]
Constitutional Amendment
PROPOSAL: There is a rapidly growing consensus among millions of Americans, both inside and outside of the OWS movement, that true representative democracy cannot be achieved in our nation as long as the minority of individuals and private entities with the greatest wealth exert a controlling influence over the selection of candidates for public office; [...]
A1 Action
A1 action proposal: April 1, 2012 marks the 6 month anniversary of the march across the Brooklyn Bridge, marked by the arrest of 700 Occupiers on the Brooklyn bound roadway. This march became a key moment in Occupy history, not only because of the arrests themselves, but as a result of the overwhelming moral, spiritual, [...]
3/10/2012: Protest against Monsanto ruling on Monday
Thursday 2 pm PROTEST of U.S. Federal Dist. Judge Naomi Buchwald’s decision today to throw out lawsuit of 300,000 organic farmers against Monsanto. Collect signatures for the resignation of Judge Naomi Buchwald who threw out lawsuit of 300,000 Organic Garmers The case was decided at US District Courthouse in Lower Manhattan at 500 Pearl Street. Greivance,, as required in our 1st amendment rights: Resignation [...]
3/10/2012: Request for tent for Occupy Milwaukee
I would like to submit a proposal to GA for a 16×16 Military tent for Occupy Milwaukee. We would like to use it for our medic tent, and if approved transportation of the tent back to Milwaukee can be set up. You can check out our web site at occpymilwaukee.org or find occupy Milwaukee on Facebook. Submitted by: Paul Schoeckert Contact email schoeckertpaul@gmail.com
3/10/2012: 1%ers for Romney (or Obama)” rally
Next Wednesday, Republican kleptocrat Mitt ’1%’ Romney will join a bevy of Wall Street bankers for a fundraiser to fill his election coffers right here in Manhattan, at the Waldorf Astoria in midtown. At a luncheon hosted by a billionaire supermarket magnate friend, Romney will shmooze the SuperPACS and corporate fat cats, and we want [...]
Tweets for Thu, 08 Mar 2012
RT @DiceyTroop: #NYCGA is in the park tonight! But I can’t livetweet unless someone has a hotspot b/c I can’t pay my phone bill. Arrr. #OWS Hey fam! We’re starting #NYCGA at Liberty Square! Follow here, @LibertySqGA2, @LibertySqGA3, and @LibertySqGA4. #OWS [Big ups to Patricia from TechOps for letting me tether to her phone tonight. [...]
Proposal to form ‘Liberate Liberty Pl.’ Working Group
GA PROPOSAL Working Group Title: ‘Liberate Liberty Pl.’ Proposer: Nicolas P de Mones Without our park as headquarters we’ve lost the main base camp for the OWS movement, and the center of all its activities. And even though we continue to strive, we’re in NYC, we’re Occupy Wall Street, we’re the symbol of the revolution, [...]
NYCGA Minutes 3/8/2012
Facilitators: Corey, Lady Stack Taker: Isaac Time Keeper: Minutes: Lauren Vibes: Link To Audio Recording Announcements Brookfield is messing with us tonight, they are going to leave and abandoned bag assuming we are going to steal it if you see any property that is not yours don’t take it. This is very important. Thank you. [...]
Proposal to discuss a practical suggestion to complement Deescalation methodology/discussion of tactics, vis-a-vis Principles of Solidarity.
Proposal to discuss a practical suggestion to complement Deescalation methodology/discussion of tactics, vis-a-vis Principles of Solidarity. Proposer: immersive excel
Proposal to have a conversation about transportation alternatives
Bike Coalition proposes that the GA have a conversation about transportation alternatives.
Tweets for Wed, 07 Mar 2012
Tonight’s #NYCSC didn’t make quorum due to massive energy at the #M1 (#MayDay) meeting, so we’re just having discussion tonight. #OWS Heavy convo at #NYCSC — talking about how the movement’s changed. “Winter hit, & it hit really hard. People went indoors, got discouraged.” “And now it’s Spring,” folks are getting excited, and things are [...]
Tweets for Tue, 06 Mar 2012
Hey fam! We’re about to start the #OWS General Assembly here at 60 Wall St. Follow here, @LibertySqGA2, @LibertySqGA3, @LibertySqGA4. #NYCGA Mark and Leah are our facilitators tonight — we affectionately call them Stairs even tho we’re not in Liberty Square. #NYCGA #OWS Mark reads the “Statement of Intention on entering the space,” from the [...]