Today, the Pasadena GA endorsed the Free Bradley Manning Action happening in Pasadena in front of the military recruiting center on May 24th.
Starting on May 6th, we will be holding our General Assemblies on the 1st and 3rd Sundays at 3pm of each month at Villa Parke (map link).
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Apr 222012
Today, we consented to participate in the May 1st General Strike by taking part in the following actions:
- 7 – 8:30am – rally at Lake Avenue overpass to the 210, followed by a march to the Lake and Colorado bank cluster.
- 10:30am – meet at the Orange Grove Friends Meeting House and carpool to the American Reclamation recycling facility in Burbank.
- 12:30pm – meet at Lake Avenue Metro stop to go downtown.
- 1:30pm – Olympic and Broadway MIWON coalition rally and march to Pershing Square.
- 2:30pm – Occupy Convergence at 6th and Main.
- 4:00pm – Olympic and Broadway for main march.
- 6:00pm – possible Janitor’s Strike downtown.
- 7:30pm – Occupy General Assembly at Pershing Square.
Other Events Happening on May 1st
6:00 AM SEIU-USWW strike action at LAX
7:00 Occ Pas rally at Lake Avenue overpass to the 210, followed by a march to the Lake and Colorado bank cluster.
8:00 AM Occupy SFV/OLA “North Wind” march from 7915 Van Nuys Bl., Van Nuys/Panorama City: Hermandad
Mexicana to Van Nuys Civic Ctr. 9:30 Town Hall at Rep. Berman’s office. 11:00 G.A. VN Civic Ctr
9:00 AM Rise Up LA youth march from Florence and Normandie to Central Ave., joins South Wind (below)
9:30 AM Let Them Eat Cupcakes meets in Beverly Gardens Park on Santa Monica and Rodeo
10:00 AM People’s Power ’4 Winds’ Car/Bike Caravans and convergence:
South Wind from CSU Dominguez Hills, N. on Central Ave. to MLK, W. on MLK to Figueroa, N. on Figueroa to Washington.
Park and march to Staples, convergence at 6th and Main
Rallies at Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center, 11:00 AM Central & 108th
Ted Watkins Park, Century-103rd & Central 11:30
41st & Central: Honor survivors from Black Panther Party and memory of Somayah and Geronimo 12-12:30
Take MLK to Figueroa & proceed north past Exposition Park, USC to Washington/Figueroa
2:00 Park in vicinity of LA Trade Tech, march north on Fig to Staples, east on 11th to Main/convergence
(SEIU LAX action and Rise Up LA youth march will converge with this wind)
West Wind from Ocean & Wilshire Santa Monica, e. on Wilshire (joined by Topanga Peace Alliance from Pine Circle)
Rallies at Veterans Administration Federal & Wilshire by Vets for Peace start 10, join at 11:00,
Flash occupation “Let them Eat Cupcakes” Rodeo Drive & Wilshire, BH, 11:00-noon, joins caravan
B of A protest by Queer Affinity Group, Occ Fights Foreclosures Wilshire & LaBrea, starts 11:30, joins 12:30
1:30-2:00 pm Park near MacArthur Park and march on 6th St. to downtown convergence at 6th & Main.
Feeders join this wind from LACC, Skylight Books (Los Feliz area).
East Wind starts 10:00am- Carl’s Junior, 1231 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park, CA Steven Rodriguez memorial
10:50 March to Belvedere Park, leave on caravan at 11:30
Education as a Human Right Rally at Obregon Park- Michigan Ave and Gifford St. at noon
1:00pm Health care as a Human Right Rally at Mariachi Plaza 1831 E. 1st St Boyle Heights. Take Gold Line.
2:00 meet up with OSFV, north wind at Plaza Olvera, march to convergence at 6th & Main.
10:30 Occ Pas meets at Orange Grove Friends Mtg House, carpools to the American Reclamation recycling facility.
11:00 AM noon, SEIU-USWW labor solidarity rally at LAX civil disobedience planned (Tom Bradley, Century Bl)
11:00 AM, County Fed. Of Labor, Teamster action at American Recycling 4560 Doran Street, LA (near LA Zoo).
“No Somos Basura” OLA, OSFV, Occ Pasadena will send people here
11:30 Queer Affinity Group, Occupy Fights Foreclosures launch demo at B of A, Wilshire & LaBrea
12 noon Central Convergence sets up at 6th & Main downtown, welcome table and wellness tents, etc.
1:00 PM Official Start time for May 1 Coalition (Full Rights for Immigrants, CHIRLA, MIWON, etc.) immigration
reform march from Olympic & Broadway
2:00 PM marches north to Broadway and 1st St., rallies, then returns s. on Hill to Pershing Square, c. 4 PM
2:00 PM Central American contingent starts to gather in MacArthur Park, marches 3:30 to Pershing Square
2:30 OccLA Four Winds Peoples Power caravans converge at 6th & Main; financial district protest.
4:00 PM (or earlier) 99% Table begins rally in Pershing Square with music, speakers.
4:00 Southern CA Immigration Coalition Immigrant Rights March, Olympic & Broadway (OLA joins this)
March up Broadway to Bway and 1st St. OLA will head to Pershing Square (6 PM, via Broadway, 5th St).
6:00 PM possible “Justice for Janitors” SEIU-USWW strike. If so, OLA will help solidify picket lines.
7:30 PM Bilingual Spanish-English General Assembly @ Pershing Sq. to discuss international solidarity, “Next Steps”
For info: www.occupymay1st.org, 323-250-MAY1, or occupymay1st@gmail.com
We are meeting on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of every month.
Our next meeting is scheduled for May 20th.
Mar 102012
This Sunday’s GA is being cancelled so that Occupy Pasadena can take part in other Inter-Occupy events.
- 10 AM rally at Placita Olvera, 1 Olvera St. in honor of Blanca Cardenas who was vindictively deported after the LAPD illegally arrested her while she attempted to defend her home from foreclosure.
- 12 PM – 7pm Occupy So Cal Meet-Up at the Levitt Pavilion in MacArthur park near 6th and Park View. The exact address is 2230 West 6th Street Los Angeles, CA 90057
More details about both events can be found on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/159211947530816/
Occupy So Cal Meet Up Agenda
12noon – 1pm
Regional Occupy Reportbacks
1pm – 3:15pm
Break out sessions (45 min each)
• How to Build Direct Actions
• May 1st General Strike (M1GS)
• Non-violent Strategy
• Occupied LA Times
• Occupy Fights Foreclosures
• Occupy The Hood
• Occupy Venice “Radical Inclusion”
• OLA Queer Affinity Group
• OLA Welcome Tent “What’s a GA”
• Sex Workers Outreach Project
• Ustream Training w/ Sky and Freedom (2 parts)
3:15pm – 5pm
Performance by Tom Morello & Ben Harper
Poetry, Music, Dancing
5pm – 6pm
Open GA
6pm – 7pm
Determination of Host for Next So Cal InterOccupy Meetup
On Saturday, March 24, 2012, Occupy Pasadena is happy to screen Just Do It – A Tale of Modern-Day Outlaws. The film has not yet been released in the US but has been offered by the producers for this screening.
“This latest film from acclaimed filmmaker Emily James, has been met with sold out screenings and rave reviews from press and audiences alike. It’s even inspired the impromptu occupation of a flagship Nike Town after a central London screening.” – review at BoingBoing.
Just Do It is an observational documentary from award winning filmmaker Emily James, who gained exceptional access to the environmental direct action movement in the UK.
The film gives us the first ever insight into the lives of activists, focusing particularly on active members of Plane Stupid and Climate Camp. For an entire year Emily submerged herself in documenting their secret activities, getting to know and understand their motivation and their passion.
Movie Screening Details
When: Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 3 p.m.
Where: Pasadena Public Library - 285 East Walnut Street, Pasadena, CA
Facebook Event: Facebook event for our screening
Additional Info
This Sunday, at our General Assembly at 3:00 at the Friends Meeting House on Orange Grove Blvd., Bonnie Blustein will present on Early Communism. Come out to learn and discuss.
What is ALEC?
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is composed of the biggest corporations in America, like ExxonMobil, Bank of America, BP, Monsanto, Pfizer, Wal-Mart and AT&T. They use ALEC to buy off legislators and craft legislation that serves only the interests of corporations and not people.
ALEC is one of the most successful mechanisms used by the 1% to control state and federal laws. It is much more than a lobby group. ALEC creates model legislation written to increase the profits of large corporations, and hands it off in secret to lawmakers who then introduce it as their own. ALEC has been responsible for some of the most anti-democratic and repressive legislation to grab headlines in recent history. The anti-union bills which caused massive protests in Wisconsin were written by ALEC, as was the anti-immigrant SB1070 passed in Arizona.
Learn More About ALEC
- Guide to Understanding ALEC’s Influence on Your State Laws
- The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) 101 - listen to KBOO Community Radio’s quick explanation on the evil’s of ALEC
- http://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed
- http://www.shutdownthecorporations.org/
- ALEC 101 with Lauren Regan, executive director of the Civil Liberties Defense Center
- Governing the Nation from the Statehouses
- Legislating Under the Influence
- ProPublica’s Step-By-Step Guide to Understanding ALEC’s Influence on Your State Laws
Why We Target ALEC?
Corporations that are part of ALEC erode our democracy, undermine workers rights and attack unions, destroy our environment, obstruct efforts to address climate change, undermine public education, pursue destructive agricultural practices and fuel the prison industrial complex.
There has been a theft of our democratic ability to shape and form the society in which we live. The corporations, which run our government, place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and domination over equality. This situation stems from our society’s obsession with profit, consumption and greed, which corporations only take to its logical and frightening conclusion. In this obsessive pursuit of profit above all else, our voices have been drowned out. In this justice, liberty and a livable future are casualties.
Why We Target AT&T?
AT&T is a member of ALEC and is on ALEC’s corporate “Private Enterprise” Board. AT&T is the State corporate co-chair of California as of 2011. AT&T has used ALEC model legislation to its advantage to prevent public utilities from laying fiber-optic cables to provide high-speed internet access. On the national level, the companies involved in ALEC’s private enterprise board, such as AT&T, have also been mustering a juggernaut of lobbyists to target congressional initiatives, as well as federal departments like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Political Contributions
- Open Secrets reports that in 2010, AT&T gave $3.7 million to federal candidate and pro-corporate PACs.
- In 2010, AT&T spent $15,395,078 on lobbying expenses. You can see a full list of AT&T’s lobbying firms and lobbyists and you can view a list of the federal bills AT&T lobbied for in 2010.
- The company spent $23,070,720 for lobbying in 2006. $3,960,000 went to 25 outside lobbying firms with the remainder being spent using in-house lobbyists.
What You Can Do?
Join us on February 29, 2012 as we protest AT&T’s involvement in the government corrupting ALEC.
On February 29, 2012, we are also targeting Wal-Mart in Riverside by taking part in a hard picket of one of their distribution centers: http://occupywalmartf29.com/
Boycott
We also encourage everyone to boycott the corporations who support ALEC because they are essentially using our own money against us any time we purchase their products or services.
This Sunday, at our GA, we begin the first in our series of Teach-ins with Anne Porter presenting: Decolonizing our Minds (using the ideas of Paulo Friere)
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