Saturday, October 8, 2011
Politics / End Days The occupation of Woodruff Park: Morning One
Posted by Gwynedd Stuart @gwynnstu on Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 12:48 PM
- Gwynedd Stuart
- THE MORNING AFTER: Occupy Atlanta camped out in Woodruff Park
Things got off to kind of a rough start during the general assembly last night — seriously, "true democracy" is exhausting — but a consensus was eventually reached, and Occupy Atlanta's occupation of Woodruff Park began at 11 p.m.
The primary concern voiced by members of assembly prior to the vote was the legality — rather, illegality — of the occupation. There are city ordinances that prevent people from urban camping, and a member of Occupy Atlanta's legal team explained that no budget existed for bail and no lawyers had been secured to defend anyone who might be hauled off to jail.
Still, a few dozen people set up tents and spent the night. And, Marlon, a member of Occupy Atlanta's "process team," told CL this morning that the cops didn't break-up their campout.
"The cops didn't really fuck with us," Marlon said, explaining Atlanta Police officers hung around for a while, but left at midnight.
This morning, tents were still set up and large groups of occupiers were mostly seated in circles talking. A food table featuring juice, peanut butter and bread, a pineapple, and other odds-and-ends was set up, and volunteers were walking around collecting donations for more food. So far, they'd collected about $120.
Asked if the occupation would be indefinite, Marlon snickered. "I don't know. That's not for me to decide" — all of Occupy Atlanta's decisions have to be made by consensus. He added, "I don't have any plans to leave."
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I only hope that APD will be this understanding in the future with all of the ACTUALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE in Atlanta, instead of hauling them off to Gateway or jail.
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Join me in song. We will celebrate the spirit of the downtrodden and tell of the cruelty of the masters. Then together comrade, we will grow corn.
Yes Splinter, let's turn Woodruff Park into a permanent campground, that'll work.
Woodrull park - a philanthropic gift to the city from the Coca-Cola former President - enjoy it. That evil capitalist who created so many jobs and so much wealth -a gift for us all.
In the old days masses demanded an honest wage for honest work. Today America’s leisured varsity class demand a world that puts people before profits and an end to corporate greed. If the specifics of these masses seem contradictory the vibe is consistent: These masses wish to enjoy advanced USA lifestyle without earning it. These pampered folks appear to regard life as an unending vacation whose bill is never due.
These people have huge college debts from worthless degrees that will never pay any good wage and now they have at least figured out out it’s easier to take government money than it is to create a business that makes a profit.
It is obvious that these masses of Occupy Wall Street have zero plans to contribute to keeping things going in America. No - these beneficiaries of American innovation seem not only utterly disconnected from but actively contemptuous of the world that sustains their comforts.
And our conteptous leader in the White House is the current King of Political Contrubuitions from the very Wallstreet being protested.
Most of the above from Mark Steyn...
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