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                            ArielOB <ariel@occupyboston.org>;                            <br>
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                            Jeremy B. Thompson <thompson.jeremyb@gmail.com>;                                                     <br>
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                                        <td valign="top" style="font:inherit;">Hey all, <div><br></div><div>Here is the A4 promo video Occupy Boston Media Came up with. Its framed nationally so please use it to promote your events and actions: <span style=""><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://youtu.be/1QAlT0foDCY" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);">http://youtu.be/1QAlT0foDCY</a></span><span style=""> </span></div>
<div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">-Ariel <br></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Jeremy B. Thompson <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:thompson.jeremyb@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">thompson.jeremyb@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div>This is great. I think it would be good to make specific mention of the most vulnerable populations affected by transit service cuts and fare hikes. In Boston, as we know, seniors and riders with disabilities are facing the steepest hikes. In Chicago, senior discounts are going away soon. And so on.<div>
<div class="h5"><br><br>On Apr 2, 2012, at 3:06 PM, ArielOB <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ariel@occupyboston.org" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">ariel@occupyboston.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div></div></div><div><div class="h5"><div></div><blockquote type="cite">
<div><div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;">Hey all, </span></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;">I hope planning is going  well for everyone. Below I have included the text we came up with for the national mic check. The idea would be for all of us to film this during our actions on wednesday. Also, we would reach out to other cities who weren't able to plan an A4 action and ask them to participate simply by filming this mic check somewhere in their city on A4. Could you please read this over and reply to me or to the list. I want to send this out to a bunch of other media working groups asap to get other cities on board. However, I don't want to move ahead until at least a few people have positively temp checked and I give some time for strong concerns or
 objections to be made. Please please do so as soon as you can. </span></font></div>

<div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></font></div><b><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">April 4th National MIC CHECK </span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Mic Check </span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Mic Check </span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Today</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">On April 4th 2012<span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">     </span></span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">We have come together <span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">To demand public transportation for the 99%</span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The economy has been destroyed</span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">by Wall Street greed</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">and endless wars.</span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">At the time when it is needed most</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">public transit is under attack</span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">facing cuts in service</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">fare hikes</span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">and worker layoffs</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Americans are struggling</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Oil prices continue to climb</span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">our environment is being degraded</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">and climate change wreaks havoc.</span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">In the jobless recovery</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Unemployment remains high</span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">especially among</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">communities of color and youth</span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ridership is reaching record highs </span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">and all over the nation</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Our public infrastructure </span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">is being undermined</span><br><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span></font><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">There are millions to pay</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">to Wall Street Banks</span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">for interest rate swaps </span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">when interest rates are rigged </span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">by bankers and their servants </span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">in the capital</span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">There is money for wars</span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">of empire and occupation</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">in Afganistan, Iraq, and Lybia, </span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">and to prop up </span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">military dictatorships</span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">In Egypt and around the world.</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Martin Luther King jr said </span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">45 years ago today</span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">that “war is an enemy of the poor </span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">and should be attacked as such “</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Across the nation</span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">we have been told </span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">there’s no money for transit</span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">the banks and the bloated pentagon budget</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">should be the first cut!</span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Not the most vulnerable. </span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"></span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Today we have come together</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">from Boston </span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">to Chicago</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">to Portland </span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">to Seattle</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">to Oakland </span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">to san francisco</span></b><div><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;">to ..</span></font></b></div>

<div><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;">to.. </span></font></b></div><div><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;">to.. </span></font></b></div><div><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;">to.. <br>

</span></font><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">To say no more excuses</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Public transportation is a right!</span><br>

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Fund it </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">or further prove </span></b></div>

<div><b><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">you are not on the side of the people </span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br>

</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br></span></b></div><div><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Thanks, </span></div>

<div><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ariel </span></div>
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