It is none of their damn business what Ms. Simeone does in her spare time.  No employer has a right to put such a condition in a worker's contract.

Phase two of #OccupyDurango includes continued presence in Fassbinder Park, 17th Street and Main Avenue in Durango, CO with General Assemblies held at 5:30 PM daily.

Throughout the week, we are calling on all occupiers and supporters to spread the word, recruit friends, and send the message that after being pushed out by the police last weekend, we're calling for support from the community with the intent of having enough numbers to hold our ground and stay Friday and/or Saturday nights.

Excellent report and pics.  Wish I could have been there.

Glenn Spagnuolo, GLenn Morris, Ward CHurchill (the only one with any cajones) Richar Meyers and Tina Braxton.. My oh my the same old pacifist antagonist crew still whining and crying about non-violence and protesting.. Wake up people. We trained this generation to be desensitized to violence and we expect them to join  the whine  and the the gimmes and not persist Sorry not this time..  

We're awaiting a response from Colorado AIM about altering the wording of the statement they proposed and #OccupyDenver ratified, and if we get the go-ahead, we'll change "Denver" to "Durango" and put it up for consensus ratification at our General Assembly this Saturday.

There's a good contingent of folks pushing a decolonization agenda down here, so that's a hopeful sign, but Durango's a pretty socio-economically privelged town, so there's always the danger that this could devolve into the global 1% (even if they're amongst the 99% in this country) being upset about the loss of privilege that has come with the beginning of the collapse of this economic system and civilization.

When I logged in, I received a message stating it was a one-time log-in set to expire on Oct 10.

Occupy Denver stands in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. With this being said, I will quote something from them that also addresses this issue.

"As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not
lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by
the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies.

As one people, formerly divided by the color of our skin, gender, sexual orientation,

religion, or lack thereof, political party and cultural background, we acknowledge
the reality: that there is only one race, the human race, and our survival requires the
cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption
of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights, and those of their
brethren; that a democratic government derives its just power from the people, but
corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people and the Earth; and that
no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power.

We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest
over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. {snip}

To the people of the world,
We, the New York City General Assembly occupying Wall Street in Liberty Square, urge
you to assert your power.

Exercise your right to peaceably assemble; occupy public space; create a process to
address the problems we face, and generate solutions accessible to everyone.

To all communities that take action and form groups in the spirit of direct democracy, we
offer support, documentation, and all of the resources at our disposal.
Join us and make your voices heard!"

A Message From Occupied Wall Street (Day Five)
Published 2011-09-22 07:51:42 UTC by OccupyWallSt

If you agree with this, we welcome your contribution and commitment.

Molly

But why is her account disabled?

Anonymously referring to someone as cointelpro, and disparaging their organizing abilities without cause is a pretty despicable behavior. I don't agree with everything that Glenn has written, but i respect his views and i share some of his expressed concerns. I can't say the same for anyone who launches attacks from behind the veil of anonymity.

I am not here to discuss Glenn Spagnuolo.  However, I have personally seen letters from Occupy Wall Street members to members of Occupy Denver used to enforce non-violence only fundamentalist arguments.  Those website are made by a few members and do not represent brick and mortor organizations, but people who own the Occupy Denver Twitter Account as well as the website have taken positions and deleted comments, blocked members, etc.  New SDS doesn't count for much, and speaking in support can be taken out of context and does not mean that they agree with the specific organizing strategies.

But as to the other commentators, it's hard for people to want to go to the Friday GA given everything.  People are threatened with being "Doxed" for not promoting strict non-violence-only-fundamentalism, when that is against the Occupy New York principle of pprivacy.  Furthermore, the idea that problems with internal security should be addressed to the police by identifying those who make you insecure is deeply troubling.  Firsltly, the police operate with violence and the threat of violence in almost everything they do.   To actively solicit their help is creating violence, and not only that, the violence that you create you are also outsourcing or otherwise making the police do your dirty work for you.  Secondly, it is totally against the concept of unity, solidarity, autonomy, self-empowerment, and totally destroys solidarity.

When GAs have multiple facilitators, rules are bent for some and not others, decisions are not abided by, past decisions are used to brow-beat current ones, interruption is common, and people are isolating and turning on each other, etc. we should question what good coming to them can accomplish.

Compañero de lucha, it's been a long time since I've seen you in person, and it makes me very happy to read your thoughts, which very closely (though not completely) mirror my own.

I appreciate your words, "When Occupy Denver’s non-violence becomes truly committed to a principled revolutionary change, then and only then should it be applauded. If this occurs, maybe some of the radicals may even consider joining you." 

My question is, how will this group get there?  When will radical organizers (and I really mean organizers, not twitterers) who are indigenous, queer, immigrant and of color come and just own (decolonize, as it were?) the space and make it what we really want it to be? 

What will it take?  Adoption of St. Paul principles?  Something else?  I'm willing to spend a couple hours this Friday at 5pm to try to answer this question.  My (potentially naive) hope is that something concrete comes out of it, because otherwise it will be a damned shame.  But I'm at least willing to try.  Maybe I'll see you there. 

I was the permit holder for the Oct 1 march and some of these comments are directed toward me exclusivly, if not knowingly, so I will respond directly (another group is also crafting a response).

Background: To the best of my knowledge, both the "US Day of Rage" and "Occupy Wall Street" ideas came to fruition during a firestorm of activity on Twitter inspired by Jeff Jarvis' use of the hashtag #fuckyouwashington. People from all walks of life, from all over the world, joined in expressing their anger, frustration, and outrage for every greivance imaginiable. The date was set, Sept 17. I waited from home to see what would happen in Denver.

Sept 17 came, and only a handful of people locally expressed interest online. Only two of us managed to meet in person that day. Together we set the date for Oct 1, for another city was also having a protest. We picked the Capitol, because it is easy to find and a natural location for people in this metropolitan area.

On Monday, Sept 19, I started the permit application process. I put the name "Denver Day of Rage" on the permit - simply because neither Occupy Denver or Occupy Together had been created yet (and I am not that creative). It was inspired by the original hashtag, at least for me. As to why I filed a permit, I wanted a public announcement (to reach a wide audience). Also, it was my hope the the press would engage (which they did). Furthermore, I wanted it to be clear this was about government/political greivances to this wider audience.

To be quite honest, I never expected this local effort to gain so much attention and to gain momentum so fast.

What you may not know about that Sept 29 Denver General Assembly meeting is this: young white women talked excessively of violence, using the word over and over again. I personally found it very alarming for many different reasons.

I would like to clearly state that I, in no way shape or form, implied retalitory agression toward anyone.

As a final note, I would like to share that I, too, am Native American but that I have not felt welcome in these indigenous communities which seem to shun "outsiders."

It is my hope that we can come together. I think I can speak for the group when I say, we are an open and receptive audience. Please also keep in mind that many of these events happened in the first week of our inception (we are now at week two). We are all babes in this process of direct group action.

Kindly, Molly

Hi Tina,

With your permission, we would love to print this in next months issue of Ignite! If you would be

okay with this, please email us at ignitedenver (at) riseup (dot) com.

Thanks

Ignite! crew