Date/Time
Date(s) - Wed. Feb 29 2012
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location
Bryant Park
41st and 5th Ave
NY, NY
Contact: occupymandolin
Category:
Who: Occupy Portland calls for a shut down of the Corporations from the ALEC conglomerate which will include BoA, Pfizer, and Koch Industries. These actions are being put on by OWS DA and Healthcare for the 99%.
What: A day of action against corporate greed and their legislative backbone, ALEC
Where/ When: 9:00AM Pop-Up Occupation @ Bryant Park
9:00AM (Simultaneously) Autonomous affinity group action @ the Koch Industries building, starting @ Pulitzer Fountain
10:00AM Pfizer Action lead by Healthcare for the 99% starting in Tudor City and ending @ Bryant Park
10:00AM-11:00AM Staging for BoA actions @ Bryant Park
12:00PM Step-Off for Roaving BoA shut downs, ending in an action @ the BoA Tower
Why: Occupy Portland calls for a national day of non-violent direct action to reclaim our voices and challenge our society’s obsession with profit and greed by shutting down the corporations. We are rejecting a society that does not allow us control of our future. We will reclaim our ability to shape our world in a democratic, cooperative, just and sustainable direction.
We call on people to target corporations that are part of the American Legislative Exchange Council which is a prime example of the way corporations buy off legislators and craft legislation that serves the interests of corporations and not people. They used it to create the anti-labor legislation in Wisconsin and the racist bill SB 1070 in Arizona among so many others. They use ALEC to spread these corporate laws around the country
This day of action will shut down the Corporations in two very important ways. We will both physically shut them down through non-violent, fun and creative action, and we will set up our desired society through means of a pop-up Town Square. The day will consist of teach-ins, free classes, workshops, music, food and a healthy serving of non-violent civil disobedience.
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