The Good, The Bad and The Wingnutty: #OccupySTL One Month On
The following is a personal account and analysis of the first month of OccupySTL. In hopes of depicting a more well-rounded picture of #OccupySTL, I’m going to try and quickly describe the last 2 or 3 weeks – warts and all. It seems initial excitement (and plain lack of time to describe more) might have […]
Mayor Slay’s website hacked by Anonymous after Kiener Plaza eviction threats
As some participants were meeting with six of the Mayor’s aides yesterday over the increasing threats from the city to evict the Occupy camp at Kiener Plaza, hackers made their way into Mayor Francis Slay’s website, retrieving the names and contact info for dozens of Slay supporters, including addresses, phone numbers and e-mails. They posted:
Occupy Patriarchy
If we want an end to capitalism, Patriarchy, too, must be destroyed. Womyn’s Discussion at Kiener Plaza, Downtown St. Louis Wednesday, November 9th at 4 pm & Sunday, November 13th at 3 pm As of now, the plan is to meet every Wednesday and Sunday. At the next discussion we will work on drafting demands […]
State workers stage sick-out, OccupySTL responds
With the backdrop of Oakland’s extremely successful General Strike (not successful in that we destroyed state and capital, but that Oakland was fucking shut down: many banks and businesses shut down not in support of the occupy movement, but for fear of retaliation, not to mention the always militant longshoremen union shutting down the port), […]
Interview with a U.S. Army Iraq War Veteran at Occupy STL
Eight and a half years ago, Kiener Plaza played host to heated anti- and pro-war demonstrations in the lead up to the Iraq war. Now, the plaza witnesses what is maybe a far more meaningful outburst of public discontent… During a candlelight vigil during the World Series, a local Iraq war Army veteran speaks of […]
New Text in Response to Oakland Eviction
Over the last few days the police have arrested hundreds across the country for the occupations. They have used tear gas and “less lethal” weapons against the people occupying what has been renamed “Oscar Grant Plaza” in Oakland, CA. They have put a two tour Iraq war veteran into serious condition. They used “flash bang” […]
Friday Night, Round Two
Friday night we once again took to the streets, and once again surpassed the initial goal of the march. 150-200 people left Occupied Kiener Plaza, and marched down to the Justice Center (downtown jail). We intended to hold a noise demo in solidarity with striking prisoners in California. Banners included “SOLIDARITY WITH PELICAN BAY AND […]
Friday’s Demonstrations in Images
The afternoon union-initiated march: The evening prisoner strike solidarity demonstration and more: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jgu2mPzQfQ&w=350&h=267]
Fifth and Sixth Official Statements from #OccupySTL
The fifth statement was written in response to racist graffiti found at the occupation. It could have been from anyone (someone wondering through the park, a participant,a provacateur, it’s an open public space and near impossible to stop something like that from happening.) When it was brought to the everyone’s attention, people were appalled and […]
New PDFs of flyers passed out
Here you go everyone: Two PDFs of flyers we have passed around the occupation. You are welcome to print them off (whether you are in St Louis or outside in another #Occupy) if you are tickled by the texts. The first one is meant to be printed double sided. The other, one sided. And by […]