The Next Amendment to The Constitution
The Next Amendment to The Constitution
Recent Actions
Below you will find images from the latest 99% actions in Arizona October, 2011.
"We The People" gather at a park on Central near the light rail terminal on October 14. People driving by blow their horns and give us a thumbs up or clenched (power) fist and others on the rail cars wave. Marcos lays out the general plan (which included marching to Chase, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America).
No "business as usual" October 14, 2011 at BofA Phoenix.
The 99% arrived to demand their money back.
Response: The bank shut down for the day. Power to the people, oh yeah.
This is the stage at Cesar Chavez Park. Lenny and an unknown protestor cheer and look on while the Haymarket Squares sing "We don't live in a De-mocracy, it's an oligarchy at best..."There was also a lot of media coverage, the funniest part of the whole day was when a generic-blonde FOX reporter pointed and yelled at a protestor "Don't take my picture" "I don't want my picture taken" as she was yakking on a cell phone by the FOX van.
---Say what??? This got to me and I was compelled to retort something as she scrambled behind the door of the van. Hmmmm... "Media whore! You shove your cameras in the face of the suffering every day....you're in a public space, so live with it, bitch".
I raised my camera as well, but she ducked away. Just when I thought I might have over-reached a bit, the woman next to me slapped me on the back and said 'good one". -- Fair enough.
There were about 400 people post-march in Phoenix on Friday October 14th, 2011 (this is only a section of the park, they wouldn't all fit).
In an incredible coincidence, dozens of Syrian Demonstrators were protesting at the other end of the park calling for Assad to resign. They were invited to join us and they did. Here Liz from Code Pink shares some time with a group of Syrian Woman and expresses our solidarity with their cause. Chants alternated between "We are the 99%", "Free Syria, Down with Assad" and "The People (of the world) united will never be divided" / "The People (of the world) united will never be defeated".
You see a small bit of the police presence in the background as well. Hats off to Phoenix PD (NOT to be confused with Sheriff Arpaio). PPD did a great job of keeping us safe, stopping traffic for the march and allowing parking in no parking zones for water delivery. Perhaps it was our chants of "Thank you officers, you need a raise". ;)
Another shot in front of the Bank of America, just before they closed. We wanted them to know how pleased we were with their stock performance, especially since the bailout. Among other suggestions, "Mr. Friendly" was encouraged to find a more respectable line of work.
Different day, different time. This is the 99% General Assembly gathering in Tempe. This occurred on October 8 in Pancho Villa Park. While I love my brothers and sisters, I felt a little too much time was spent on 'bike paths and dog parks'. My view is 'get the money out of politics and all good things will flow from that'. --- Peace.
This is a small slice of "Occupy Tempe" on October 7, 2011. It was very well received by the people of Tempe. Many joined in the chants of "We are the 99%, You are the 99%" Even passing police officers and motorists were bobbing their heads and pointing at us and themselves as appropriate.For better images and coverage, I STRONGLY suggest you Google for "Occupy Tempe' videos. Local channels did a decent job of coverage for a change...except for one confused channel that thought the the purpose of the actions was "To Disrupt and Get Attention from Phoenix Oktoberfest Attendees"
Waaaahahahaha...wtf??? Let's keep it up. They'll catch on eventually.