ZAD calls out for international day against police on November 22nd
The ZAD is a long-term occupation in France of people struggling against the construction of an airport. For years, people living on the ZAD have been battling the police who try to evict them from the land and crush their demonstrations. On October 26th, the police killed a protester, Rémi Fraisse, by shooting him in […]
Anonymous Hacks PERF (Police Executive Research Forum) in Response to Repression and Evictions
Michael Stone, National Anonymous Examiner November 21, 2011 Sunday, Anonymous hacktivists assaulted PERF because of their alleged involvement in coordinating police crackdowns on Occupy protests across the country. Anonymous hacktivists assaulted PERF, the Police Executive Research Forum, by taking down their website and releasing the private information of Sherwin B. “Chuck” Wexler – Executive Director at […]
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]
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 […]
A demand and a half.
Our first official demand has been approved for publication. It’s not a whole lot, but it’s getting things going. It reads: We demand all charges brought against the occupation so far be dropped immediately. Public space should be public space 24 hours a day. Tonight’s General Assembly approved the following demand and hopefully the morning […]
Last Night Was Awesome – some thoughts on why
We set the standard ourselves. No one listened to police or self-appointed leaders of the march (were there even any?) about how the event should go. We made it up as we went along – and for the moment that’s working. Maybe something to try next time is before heading to new places doing group checks […]
The Violence of Police
The following statement was read Thursday evening during Discussion Time. It was written in response to certain attitudes that have been expressed by individuals at OCCUPYSTL. It’s hard to say how prevalent those attitudes are, but even one person inviting a cop to join us is kind of disheartening and potentially a big deal. The […]