[Street] Shut Down the Corporations, February 29 (F29): are we on board?

Jim Recht, MD occupy at jimrecht.com
Mon Jan 30 17:48:18 EST 2012


Hi All:

Sorry to have been so scarce lately. OK, I gotta question: is there
interest in coordinating with Occupy Portland (Oregon) on this
amazing-sounding event? February 29 Shut Down the Corporations!
Read more about it here:

http://www.shutdownthecorporations.org/

and here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/261864810546909/

Here's how I heard about it: Tommy Murray from the Occupy Portland's
Healthcare Committee sent this announcement to the OWSHealthcare list:

"Greetings,

Occupy Portland and the Portland Action Lab are leading a national
call to action uniting diverse social and environmental movements to
take a stand against corporate dominance.  On February 29th Portland
will join cities across the country to Shut Down the Corporations
using their wealth to influence legislation and our democracy.

Our target for this date is the American Legislative Exchange Council
or ALEC, a poster child of the co-opting of our nation. The anti-union
bills which caused massive protests in Wisconsin were written by ALEC,
as was the anti-immigrant SB1070 passed in Arizona. ALEC corporations
do business in every state and nearly every city in the United States.
To see what bills, corporations and politicians are engaged in this
type of anti-democratic work, go to
www.ALECexposed.org<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=www.ALECexposed.org&usg=AFQjCNGQLcRbsVnDUGT8biYmuYchL8VSIA>.


Portland Action Lab, the group that organized the November 17th Occupy
the Banks Day of Action, operates on a spokescouncil model. Small
groups focusing on specific tasks (outreach, media, logistics, events,
administration, etc) meet outside of and during F29 planning sessions
and report back to the group with updates while “affinity groups”
organize actions around Portland for February 29th.

We invite you as an individual or as a representative of your
organization to join the Portland Action Lab spokescouncil. Please
come and join one of the existing committees or come as an affinity
group wanting to take action to Shut Down the Corporations on February
29th.

...

This is a national call to action brought forth by Occupy Portland. We
need your help to reach Occupy Movements and other like minded
organizations across the nation.

In Solidarity,
Portland Action Lab

Links to more information:
www.PortlandActionLab.org<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=www.PortlandActionLab.org&usg=AFQjCNGw3oCxS_eCNksbI0bq9IwZJ8NuCA>
www.ShutDowntheCorporations.org<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=www.ShutDowntheCorporations.org&usg=AFQjCNFLMMpVpQqZUYOtI5qTpektOMtF0Q>
Tweet About it! #F29
Invite your friends to Shut Down the Corporation Facebook event
http://tinyurl.com/shutdownthecorporations<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://tinyurl.com/shutdownthecorporations&usg=AFQjCNHHiKyx1VCD-kiqNRC8_zHbzSjx0w>
Like Shut Down the Corporation to collaborate nationwide
http://tinyurl.com/LikeF29<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://tinyurl.com/LikeF29&usg=AFQjCNEurWFpLtUiJodVCMVXLOmSsQHlkw>
More about the ALEC
www.ALECexposed.org"<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=www.ALECexposed.org&usg=AFQjCNGQLcRbsVnDUGT8biYmuYchL8VSIA>

If anyone else is interested, I'd love to hear about it!

Yours Truly,
Jim Recht
occupy at jimrecht.com
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