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The crackdown begins
Nov. 15th, 2011 07:43 pmWell, I suppose it already began in Oakland, but that's Oakland. The Guardian has a useful guide to who is getting their heads cracked in where.
Here in Toronto, the city tried to evict the occupiers from St. James Park, but failed because of a little thing called the law. Hah! The courts will hear arguments from both sides on Friday; until then, Bill Blair's brownshirts have to back off.
Tonight at 11 pm, there's a rally in support of the occupiers at St. James Park. I can't go for obvious reasons, but if you do not have to wake up at an ungodly hour, you should. Sid Ryan, in his open letter to fellow union activists, notes that where police have attacked, they've done it when crowds have thinned and particularly when labour bigwigs and the media have left.
Honestly, I would have expected the reaction to have started much sooner than it has. Locally, the fact that the police have been under greater-than-usual scrutiny following their riot at the G20 has prevented the Honourable Wife-Beater and his goons from going all-out on the hippies. I'm inclined to believe that in general, OWS has been allowed to go on simply because politicians would like an excuse to do away with public parks altogether so that developers might build condos there.
At any rate, I encourage everyone who can to help out in some way. Shit's about to get real.
P.S. If you go to the rally tonight, the legal support number is 416.833.6137 or TTY at 416.619.0422. Write it on your arm with a sharpie.
Here in Toronto, the city tried to evict the occupiers from St. James Park, but failed because of a little thing called the law. Hah! The courts will hear arguments from both sides on Friday; until then, Bill Blair's brownshirts have to back off.
Tonight at 11 pm, there's a rally in support of the occupiers at St. James Park. I can't go for obvious reasons, but if you do not have to wake up at an ungodly hour, you should. Sid Ryan, in his open letter to fellow union activists, notes that where police have attacked, they've done it when crowds have thinned and particularly when labour bigwigs and the media have left.
Honestly, I would have expected the reaction to have started much sooner than it has. Locally, the fact that the police have been under greater-than-usual scrutiny following their riot at the G20 has prevented the Honourable Wife-Beater and his goons from going all-out on the hippies. I'm inclined to believe that in general, OWS has been allowed to go on simply because politicians would like an excuse to do away with public parks altogether so that developers might build condos there.
At any rate, I encourage everyone who can to help out in some way. Shit's about to get real.
P.S. If you go to the rally tonight, the legal support number is 416.833.6137 or TTY at 416.619.0422. Write it on your arm with a sharpie.
