December 2012 archive

COURT HEARING – OCCUPY FOUR

  Another hearing will take place Thursday, January 3 at 2:30 in Bellingham Municipal Court  2014 C Street at Girard.   Please come and support these folks who sat down to stand up for free speech. It was an incredible and frightening demonstration of military power by our local police force facing off to a handful of PEACEFUL protesters.   There have been …

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REMEMBER THE EVICTION

REMEMBER THE EVICTION – 4 SAT DOWN TO STAND UP FOR FREE SPEECH. WE WILL HAVE CAKE AND SING A COUPLE OF DAVID ROVICS SONGS  (POSTED TO THE WEB SITE FOR YOU TO PRACTICE).  THE SONGS ARE “OCCUPY WALL STREET” AND “THE COMMONS” “LET US EAT CAKE”  (“Let them eat cake” is attributed to Marie …

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IN CASE YOU’VE FORGOTTEN WHY WE’RE DOING THIS WORK

Let’s sing!!!! Let’s dance!!!!

We are about to pass the Anniversary of the Occupy Bellingham Camp Eviction which happened on December 28, 2011.  We will “celebrate” this anniversary at the Federal Building with cake (Let them eat cake)  at 4:00 pm during the peace vigil.   This tune just about says it all when we consider what the Occupy Movement was and still is about. Enjoy.  

A GREAT TUNE BY ROVICS

INFORMATION TABLE – INSIDE

We had a lot of fun this summer meeting passers by, working on banners, making buttons, planning actions. Mark, Terry and others made this for the anniversary freeway banner drop The Bellingham Library lawn made a good setting.  Average citizens walked by (we were there during the property tax payment period).  Judges and lawyers as …

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DRONES: BOON OR BANE

Coming Thursday , December 20 at 5:00 PM at the Restore.  2309 Meridian Street, Bellingham  (Resources meeting room, above the Restore) The  Whatcom County Greens will be hosting the first of three presentations on unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones, and the problems posed by a proliferation of UAVs internationally, as well as in local skies. Major concerns …

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MIKE CHECK by TEN In case you couldn’t get to the video – here it is.

Prosecution of the Whatcom County Mic Check: The Odyssey Continues

  Ten Young faces charges in the only Mic Check Prosecution in the country.  Right here in the City of Subdued Excitement. Some 20-30 other individuals, many identifying with Occupy Bellingham, exercised their First Amendment Right to Free Speech at the Whatcom County Council Meeting on 02/28/1012 – doing so in an Open Public Speaking …

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SUPER HERO LIGHTED BIKE PARADE

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7 Help us light us downtown streets during the December Art Walk in our lit-bicycle parade.  Decorate your bike with extra lights and reflectors – then put on you superhero cape and join us for a fun filled night.   The parade starts at the Public Market on Cornwall at 6:00 PM.   We’ll finish up with refreshments and entertainment from 7-8 PM back at the …

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