[Street] info reBNY Mellon Bank and Occupy Pittsburgh request for solidarity
Ridgely Fuller
ridgelyfuller at gmail.com
Fri Jan 6 12:16:27 EST 2012
Hi folks...I am in the process of working on developing a 'tent delivery'
with tiny tent folks to the bank.....if anyone is interested in thinking
about it, developing the idea, participating with setting up tiny tent
encampment in the bank ..or another idea please email me..let's not put
this out on any other or general lists as it would be good for it to be a
surprise..I know many folks are going to NH this afternoon..my plans for
that are unclear at this point.
ridgely
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Ben Janos <ben at occupyboston.org> wrote:
> Hey Y'all,
>
> Ridgely sent this out to me about a call to do an action on Tuesday,
> January 10th, 2011 in solidarity with Occupy Pittsburgh (OP). Here is an
> article <http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11360/1199325-109.stm> she sent
> me regarding BNY Mellon's practices and OP's efforts to evict that bank
> (fuckin' cool if you ask me). In my view, this would be a particularly
> poignant cause to support, as the park that OP is occupying is not owned by
> the state or other organization, such as many of the Occupy's around the
> country and world, but it's actually owned *by the bank.* I am a
> little busy right now, so I can't take point on this, but if someone wanted
> to plan an action I would fully support them.
>
> IS,
> BJ
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ridgely Fuller <ridgelyfuller at gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 10:33 AM
> Subject: info reBNY Mellon Bank and Occupy Pittsburgh request for
> solidarity
> To: amberpaw at gmail.com, Ben Janos <occupyprospecthill at gmail.com>
>
>
> Hi..
> hope we can be in solidarity with OP even if it with a tiny tent delivery
> at the boston branch on Tuesday..set up an encampment in their lobby?
>
> Occupy Pittsburgh Calls for Solidarity
>
> - [View]<http://www.occupypittsburgh.org/content/occupy-pittsburgh-calls-solidarity>
>
> Occupy Pittsburgh is calling out to the 99% around the world for a Day of
> International Solidarity and Action against BNY Mellon on January 10, our
> first day in court. Help us tell the banks and the rest of the 1% that you
> can’t evict an idea whose time has come!
>
> *What*: Rally and Picket to support Occupy Pittsburgh and stand up
> for an economy that works for the 99% of us who aren’t rich
> *When*: Tuesday, January 10th starting at 3:30 pm
> *Where*: City-County Building (414 Grant Street, Pittsburgh 15219)
>
> Since the October 15 global day of action which launched many Occupy
> efforts, we have rallied and occupied People’s Park, a space formerly known
> as Mellon Green. As far as we know, Pittsburgh’s is the only Occupy
> encampment to reclaim land from a bank.
>
> BNY Mellon is now calling for Occupy Pittsburgh’s eviction, allegedly, for
> our own “safety.” This is a blatant attempt by BNY Mellon to silence us,
> and to prevent us from resisting the corruption by the 1% of our political
> and economic systems. In response, we have announced our own eviction of
> BNY Mellon from our city. BNY Mellon’s fraudulent and exploitative
> practices have denied its customers and its workers billions of dollars in
> wages and benefits. We are fighting to redefine the ethics of our economy
> and to resist corporate control of our cities, our spaces, our politics and
> our lives.
>
> On January 10, we also ask supporters to:
>
> - Temporarily change their addresses on Facebook and other web sites
> to #1 People’s Park, Pittsburgh PA 15219;
> - Send mail to BNY Mellon’s Pittsburgh office (500 Grant Street,
> Pittsburgh, PA 15258) with the return address of #1 People’s Park,
> Pittsburgh PA 15219;
> - Hold non-violent demonstrations against BNY Mellon around the world
> (the bank’s headquarters is One Wall Street, New York City; and offices are
> in Boston, London, Moscow, Sydney, Cairo and cities in every hemisphere).
>
> To BNY Mellon, we have one unified response: You can’t evict an idea whose
> time has come.
>
>
>
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