Looking at the links on the
Occupy Together website, there are protests/occupations of some sort happening in at least 175 cities worldwide, including events in 46 states plus the District of Columbia. Twenty-eight of these are outside the United States, including 13 different countries. That is an absolutely remarkable demonstration of the level of rage and frustration out there, seeing as this movement has essentially zero resources and organizational base.
Locally, according to
this post on Occupy Seattle's website, Occupy Seattle has been asked by the mayor to vacate Westlake Park, but they have decided to stay. More support (and more occupiers) are greatly appreciated.
Other occupations in Cascadia:
- Occupy Vancouver
- Occupy Victoria
- Occupy Spokane
- Occupy Tacoma
- Occupy Olympia
- Occupy Boise
- Occupy Idaho Falls
- Occupy Portland
- Occupy Salem
- Occupy Eugene
- Occupy Ashland
- Occupy Arcata
- Occupy Humboldt
Please cite the source of your statement that the Mayor asked people to vacate. When I called his office Monday afternoon, I was told that there are multiple competing uses of the park and that the City was looking for a solution that would allow people to express themselves in compliance with the law, not that they'd been asked to vacate. Today, KING-TV reported that the police chief said the tents must be removed.
ReplyDeleteMy source was this post on Occupy Seattle's website.
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