grim and womyn

Today we are launching a new signature program, *Occupy the Media* at 8 p.m. ET/7 CT/5 PT. The show will amplify the messages, ideas, and protest actions of the 99 percent, all in an interactive format. *Occupy the Media* is designed to be a conversation*, and has several “mic check” segments that will highlight viewers’ tweets, posts to Facebook, and questions. Viewers can also call us to actively engage with the program.
 
You can tune in by visiting us online at www.freespeech.org, at Dish Network Channel 9415 or DirecTV Channel 348. *Here are three simple ways to participate in our premiere episode:*
 
- Share your questions about the Occupy movement on our Facebook page <http://on.fb.me/AbhyM>
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- *Call in during the program* and join the debate by dialing 877.575.FSTV.
- *Tweet your questions and comments* using the hash tag OccupyFSTV<http://bit.ly/AeDLvm>

You can also follow us at @freespeechtv <http://bit.ly/yw9Dbu>.
 
 
 
Our first episode will feature reports from journalists and activists on
the ground, including: Sarah van Gelder, Co-Founder and Executive Editor of
YES! Magazine, and Timothy Karr, Senior Strategy Director of Free Press. We’ll
also discuss the occupation of Brian Piccolo Specialty School in Chicago’s
Humboldt Park, and the 325-page letter that Occupy protesters submitted to
the Securities and Exchange Commission. Join us!
 

Did you know that in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, 19% of all school aged youth were born in another country?

Do you believe in equal access to education?

In New York State, we are fighting to get DREAM legislation passed in order create more educational opportunities for undocumented youth.

Join La Union this Saturday to hear testimonies from our youth, learn more about the legislative proposals, and how joining in this fight will transform communities of all statuses. Food provided! See details below.

Can’t join us? Take action now by joining a growing hundreds of others in the campaign. Sign the pledge here to stand with undocumented youth.

For more info, call 917-291-9408 or email contact@la-union.org

¿CREES EN LA IGUALDAD DE ACCESO A LA EDUCACION?

¿SABIAS QUE EN SUNSET PARK EL 19% DE LOS JOVENES ESTUDIANTES NACIERON EN OTRO PAIS?

Aquí en Nueva York, estamos luchando para pasar la legislación DREAM con el fin de crear más oportunidades educativas para los jóvenes indocumentados.

Únete a La Unión, este sábado para escuchar los testimonios de nuestros jóvenes, aprender más acerca de las propuestas legislativas, y como su participacion en esta lucha va a transformar todas las comunidades a pesar del tipo de estatus. Serviremos la comida!

No puede unirse a nosotros? Tomar medidas ahora uniéndose a cientos de personas en la campaña. Firma aquí el compromiso de estar junto en solidaridad a los jóvenes indocumentados.

Para más información, llame al 917-291-9408 o email contact@la-union.org
   
WHEN / CUANDO
   
This Sat, Feb 18th, 5-8pm

WHERE / DONDE
Community Board 7, corner of 43rd St. and 4th Ave.

Date: Friday, February 17, 2012
Time: 9:30 AM
Place: Manhattan Summons Court, 346 Broadway (entrance on Leonard Street), Jury 7 on the fourth floor

On Friday morning, National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense attorney Jethro Eisenstein will be arguing for the dismissal of charges brought following the clearance of Zuccotti Park on November 15, 2011. In People v. Nunez, Attorney Eisenstein will be representing one of the many protesters who was charged with trespassing on that day. A favorable decision on Eisenstein’s argument could benefit everyone facing trespassing charges resulting from the eviction, and could show that Brookfield Properties did not have the authority to have people removed from Zuccotti Park.

Come out, pack the courtroom this Friday, and show your support for the Occupy arrestees!

On September 6, 2011, I was in tears. I had been let go from my latest job due to restructuring, and after almost an entire year of being either un- or under-employed, I was exhausted.

While searching for work online I stumbled upon a video of an announcement made at a Manu Chao concert about an “occupation” that would be held on Wall Street. In an instant, I was sold. If there is anything I know how to do it is to be stubbornly immobile and as inconvenient as possible until I get what I want. In this case, it’s what we, the people of this earth, want.

I didn’t think people would stay past Monday. I attended one GA at Tompkins Square Park, but most of my work happened at home, promoting the action. Each day I tweeted and tumbld what I thought would be important for people to know. As informational pamphlets became available I posted them as public google docs so that they went up lickety split, and anyone knowing what they were looking for would be able to maneuver themselves into the shadow of Ground Zero and the heart of global capitalism to occupy and make some noise.

I’ve been really lucky to help support amazing projects from media makers who are earnestly exploring what the next phase of human society holds. The system in which we live abuses vulnerable people while strengthening an ancient imbalance. We need something completely different.

We want economic justice and we want it now. We live in the information age. We have the evidence and metrics to prove beyond a doubt that money in politics results in a government that prioritizes profits over people. We can see the patterns in who holds, and who has always held, the most resources. People are dying from poor medical care with debt to accompany misery. The degradation that results from working without rights and living without basic support weakens humanity. When people are forced to choose between gas and food, the system is imbalanced. When people cannot afford to go to school because of arbitrary financial aid restrictions, the system is not working. When finding both an abortion and affordable daycare are a Sisyphean journey, the system is broken.

But perhaps the real reason for inequality is that we live in a system and not a community.

#occupywallstreet gives me hope that sustainable community is within reach if we stay in the streets long enough. Economic justice will emerge, and the next era of humanity will commence. Bringing to mind one of my favorite signs:

“I lost my job and found an occupation.”

Foreclosures are violent, dying of medical debt is violent, working as a sex worker to feed yr kid is violent. The 99% feel violence every day that they choose between food and gas money. The system that we live inside is violent.