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Photo of the May 1, 2012 People’s Assembly, which voted to support this National Gathering on behalf of Occupy Wall Street. Estimated attendance; 6000.
InterOccupy Statement in Support of Occupy National Gathering
On June 30th through July 4th,
2012, there will be a National Gathering of the Occupy Movement hosted by the
Philadelphia General Assembly and the National GatheringWorking Group which seeks to
further the movement’s interconnectedness and provide all of us a space to
explore what our vision is for ourselves, our movement and our world.Occupy Philadelphia and the
National Gathering Working Group, which initially proposed the event, have
invited all people to gather on Independence Mall for five days of community
and movement building, culminating in a massive outdoor gathering on July 4th.
The main goals of the event are to strengthen our internal bonds, join together
in direct actions, and engage in a transparent democratic process reflecting
the values of the movement. It aims not at finding that elusive One Demand, but
at finding out what each and all of us want to put our focus into, both locally
and as a cohesive national and international movement. It will allow us to
strategically plan for the coming year, work on a vision for the future, and
most importantly build relationships and skills that will strengthen our ties
as a movement!Since November 2011, InterOccupy
has sought to build bridges of communication between individuals, Working
Groups and local General Assemblies across a movement that stretches from town
to town, state to state and country to country. We do this in service to the
interests of the 99%, and in the spirit of the Occupy Movement and its general
assemblies which use horizontal, transparent and direct democratic
decision-making processes. We see the Occupy National Gathering as an amazing
opportunity to fulfill these same goals in person.InterOccupy is very proud to host
the National Gathering Working Group conference calls on our system. The
National Gathering is being constructed by Occupy activists from Alabama,
Albany, Asheville, Boston, Chicago, DC, Delaware, Denver, Houston, Kalamazoo,
Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Missoula, New Hampshire, New York City,
Oakland, Palo Alto, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Diego, San
Francisco, Santa Cruz, Schenectady and Tampa, as well as Canada. It is a
concrete testament to the power, necessity and viability of horizontal,
democratic participation by people for people.We stand in solidarity with the
commitment and arduous efforts put forth by the NGWG in the ongoing creation of
this event.We stand in solidarity with all
people of good conscience who are fed up and ready to stand up for economic and
social justice.We stand in solidarity with the
premise that injustice of any kind is unacceptable.We stand in solidarity with the
belief that no government or corporation can ignore the will of the people any
longer.We stand in solidarity with The
National Gathering and value its significance at this pivotal stage in our
movement’s history.We stand in solidarity with The
National Gathering’s idea that we owe nothing less than a beautiful expression
of our collective will to an anxious world grasping for reasons to hope again.We will build a better world
together.http://interoccupy.org/interoccupy-statement-in-support-of-occupy-national-gathering/
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Guess both sides can play the Rev. War metaphor game – take that, “Tea Party”!
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