UPDATE: SHOW UP AT MIDNIGHT, NOT 6 A.M.
From occupywallst.org
EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION: Keep Bloomberg and Kelly from Evicting OWS.
Please take a minute to read this, and please take action and spread the word far and wide.
Occupy Wall Street is gaining momentum, with occupation actions now happening in cities across the world.
But last night Mayor Bloomberg and the NYPD notified Occupy Wall Street participants about plans to “clean the park”—the site of the Wall Street protests—tomorrow starting at 7am. “Cleaning” was used as a pretext to shut down “Bloombergville” a few months back, and to shut down peaceful occupations elsewhere.
Bloomberg says that the park will be open for public usage following the cleaning, but with a notable caveat: Occupy Wall Street participants must follow the “rules”. These rules include, “no tarps or sleeping bags” and “no lying down.”
COMMISSIONER KELLY HAS STATED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO SHUT DOWN #OWS
PLEASE TAKE ACTION:
1) Call 311 and tell Bloomberg to support our right to assemble and to not interfere with #OWS. If you are calling from outside NY use this number 212-NEW-YORK.
A.K. HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED TO ME: I CALLED 212-NEW-YORK. FIRST I GOT A BUNCH OF IRRELEVANT STUFF. THEN I GOT “HIGH CALL VOLUME.” THEN I WAITED AND WAITED. AT SOME POINT I WAS TOLD TO GO TO 311 ONLINE. THEN THE CALL CLICKED OFF. . .
2) Come to #OWS on FRIDAY AT 6AM to defend the occupation from eviction.
Occupy Wall Street is committed to keeping the park clean and safe — we even have a Sanitation Working Group whose purpose this is. We are organizing major cleaning operations today and will do so regularly.
If Bloomberg truly cares about sanitation here he should support the installation of portopans and dumpsters. #OWS allies have been working to secure these things to support our efforts.
We know where the real dirt is: on Wall Street. Billionaire Bloomberg is beholden to bankers.
We won’t allow Bloomberg and the NYPD to foreclose our occupation. This is an occupation, not a permitted picnic.
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“We’ll help you clean up.” Clean up the part is a reasonable public health and safety issue for a community to raise even if its not true. The way to counter the not true part is for OWS to step up and offer to assist in the clean up and that they expect to not be displaced upon the completion of the cleaning. Think good thoughts, pass the love.