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Permalink Reply by Rowbike Mike on September 29, 2011 at 4:21am

 

1) I thought they were located in front of the Federal Reserve on LaSalle Street?

2) Does supporting CCM mean that we have to support this too? Because I don't. 

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Permalink Reply by Jera Sue on September 29, 2011 at 4:50am

You're totallytotally right.

Here: http://maps.google.com/maps/place?q=Chicago+Board-Trade+Library&...

 

And no, I'm not proposing this to be the "Occupy Chicago" ride :)

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Permalink Reply by Adam "Cezar" Jenkins on September 29, 2011 at 2:45pm

I ride by there every day. Today it looked bigger.

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Permalink Reply by chixieonfixie on September 30, 2011 at 2:22am

Jera Sue what do you propose to be the specific message of this protest?  I noticed your comment below. 

 

"Man, I'm itchy for some change. Would be nice if the movement had a couple cohesive messages; some actual solid demands. I suppose "change is really necessary" is okay for now."

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Permalink Reply by globalguy on September 30, 2011 at 3:55am

Check out the TPM article on Occupy Wall Street:

Carl Franzen writes that " The “Occupy Wall Street” protests, now entering their third week, are poised to get a whole lot bigger than its core of 200 to 300 people, potentially even exceeding the protesters original goals of 20,000 demonstrators, thanks to recent pledges of support from some of New York City’s largest labor unions and community groups.

 

On Tuesday, over 700 uniformed pilots, members of the Air Line Pilots Association, took to the streets outside of Wall St... demanding better pay. On Wednesday night, the executive board of the New York Transit Workers Union (TWU Local 100), which represents the city’s all-important train and bus workers, voted unanimously to support Occupy Wall Street. TWU Local 100 counts 38,000 active members and covers 26,000 retirees, according to its website.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on September 30, 2011 at 6:08am

Since when does CCM "wreck stuff" ?

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on October 3, 2011 at 7:27am

CNN article from today.

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Permalink Reply by Jera Sue on October 3, 2011 at 8:35am

Thanks for the bump, Julie. Saw this. It really is gaining steam.

I just spent a great deal of my time, three days in a row, down at Jackson and LaSalle. I can tell you, the energy is thick with anticipation and relief that somethings finally giving.  

I'm at work right now, but I'll be there for the 7pm General Assembly meeting, if anyone wants to meet me up!

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Permalink Reply by globalguy on October 3, 2011 at 9:13am

The Venerable NYTimes is finally taking note as well.  This is following the same pattern as the Arab Spring in general and Tahrir Square in particular: Occupy Wall Street.

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Permalink Reply by Jera Sue on October 3, 2011 at 10:16am

Really exciting, the coverage beginning to come in.

It's really, really hard, after all the disappointments, to just let down our guard even a little and just... be optimistic. Every now and then, I get a whiff of that over there on the sidewalk in front of the Federal Reserve. People are just too, too wary of hope. They're holding back a little. Change is often scary, and can be really messy.

So while I believe it's really important that everyone who can be there, is there (if only just to see), I understand the hesitation.

 

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Permalink Reply by globalguy on October 3, 2011 at 10:33am

Get a load of this as well!

America is about to experience the same youth-driven, hyper-networked wave of grassroots protests against economic inequality and political oligarchy that have been rocking countries as disparate as Tunisia, Egypt, Israel, Greece and Spain. The occupation of the Wisconsin state legislature last winter was a harbinger, but now all kinds of previously disconnected individuals, loosely centered on a core of beautiful-style troublemakers and inspired by events and methods honed overseas, are linking up and showing up to occupy symbolically important centers in their cities, from near Wall Street in downtown Manhattan 15 days ago, next to Chicago a week ago, to an explosion of events all over major cities across America this weekend, including at the Federal Reserve building in Boston, MacPherson Square in Washington, DC, to city hall in Los Angeles, plus more than 100 others. This thing is growing in Internet time and no wonder, for it is built on networked culture.

Jera Sue said:

Really exciting, the coverage beginning to come in.

It's really, really hard, after all the disappointments, to just let down our guard even a little and just... be optimistic. Every now and then, I get a whiff of that over there on the sidewalk in front of the Federal Reserve. People are just too, too wary of hope. They're holding back a little. Change is often scary, and can be really messy.

So while I believe it's really important that everyone who can be there, is there (if only just to see), I understand the hesitation.

 

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Permalink Reply by Liz on October 3, 2011 at 12:23pm

As with most American news stories I find myself having to go overseas for good coverage. 

 

The Gaurdian has done a wonderful job of following the NYC protests

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/occupy-wall-street

 

da' Square Wheelman (aka garth) said:

The Venerable NYTimes is finally taking note as well.  This is following the same pattern as the Arab Spring in general and Tahrir Square in particular: Occupy Wall Street.

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