[Street] MAY General Strike MAY 1st call from #OO, #OLA, #Occupy the Ports

Ben Janos ben at occupyboston.org
Mon Jan 9 09:35:32 EST 2012


Yep! We've got it on our radar! Thanks for reminding us! In fact, there is
already a WG here that is in charge of that! I've cc'ed "General Strike" to
this thread, if you want to talk more to that WG about what they are doing
for for the general strike.

IS,
BJ

On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 3:11 AM, <Eden at akashic.com> wrote:

>  *I know May 1st has been on the agenda for street ... it's wide spread.*
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> *... #OSF is also, gearing up for Jan 20th #OWS-WEST, filling the
> financial district ... http://www.occupywallstwest.org/wordpress/?p=91*
> *IS, eden
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> *Subject: *General Strike MAY 1st
> call from  #OO, #OLA, #Occupy the Ports - A Day Without Goldman Sachs
>
> Please forward widely:
>
> Occupy Los Angeles, Occupy Long Beach, Occupy Riverside and Occupy the
> Hood, building on the
> "Occupy the Ports - A Day without Goldman  Sachs!" action on December 12,
> have all issued calls for and started building towards a General Strike on
> May 1, 2012.
>
> General Strike Preparation Committee of Occupy LA, with representation
> from Occupy Long Beach, Pasadena and Riverside as well as Occupy the Hood,
> consensus was reached to call for the formation of a broad, deep and larger
> coalition for a General Strike, first meeting to be held on Sunday, January
> 22 at 2:00 PM,
> location to be announced, around the following program:
>
> FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
> FOR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND LABOR RIGHTS
> FOR PEACE WITH JUSTICE
> FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES AND AN END TO THE POLICE STATE
> FOR HOUSING, EDUCATION, AND HEALTH CARE AS HUMAN RIGHTS
> FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND GENDER EQUITY
>
> A General Strike, Boycott and Day of Action on May 1, 2012, the
> anniversary of the historic general strike for the 8-hour day in Chicago IL
> in 1886.
>
> We are seeking to unite with immigrant communities resisting
> oppression, organized and unorganized labor, the unemployed,
> prisoners, unwaged workers, students, and the rest of the 99%.
>
> The next sub-committee meetings of the Occupy LA general strike
> preparation committee (including media, labor, student and community
> outreach, research and resources) will take place Tuesday, January 10
> at 7:30 PM at Corazon del Pueblo, 2003 E. First St., East L.A. 90033
> (at Cummings, just east of the I-5). Check us out on-line at
> www.occupymay1st.org, by email at occupymay1st at gmail.com, or call
> 323-250-MAY1.
>
>
> *EDUCATION IS A WEAPON OF MASS CONSTRUCTION *
> To schedule a class send to fsu at occupyboston.org, write 'POST' and <date>
> in the subject line.
> FSU classes WIKI:
> http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Solidarity/FSU
> and whole Occupy Boston:http://www.occupyboston.org/calendar/
> Daily newspaper, list of classes and other notes RE: FSU can be found at
> Boston Occupier: http://bostonoccupier.com/free-school-u/
> Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyBostonFSU
> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OccupyBostonFSU/
> Our recordings are listed on wiki and on:
> http://www.youtube.com/user/FSUOccupyBoston
>
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