Mpls May Day Parade-photo diary- better late than never

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Wednesday May 16, 2012 · 7:20 PM PDT

2012/05/16 · 19:20

Postponed to Mother's Day due to swampy conditions May 6, the Heart of the Beast May Day Parade & Festival celebrates social justice and progressive causes. This year's theme was overconsumption. The parade and especially the ceremony following have a bit of an Earth-based spirituality vibe, so for someone like me, it's a can't miss event.

I'll let the pics do most of the talking, more below the squiggle

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Saturday April 28, 2012 · 7:23 PM PDT

2012/04/28 · 19:23

Rain, cold and road construction could not stop a couple hundred of us from standing up and speaking out against the patriarchy! Sisters of all ages and a good contingent of brothers too, fighting back in the War on Women

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Wednesday April 18, 2012 · 10:33 AM PDT

2012/04/18 · 10:33

There is new activity in both OccupyMpls and elsewhere. I'm going to lead with this pic because it shows how these activities can harmonize.

The sign is held by an Occupier at a MoveOn organized Tax Day event. We heard about this event at a 99% Spring Training, and Occupy's involvement made this event much stronger.

nicolemm

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Tuesday March 27, 2012 · 6:09 PM PDT

2012/03/27 · 18:09

The MN GOP made it easy to have a focus for AFSCME Council 5's annual day of communicating with our legislators. A host of "solutions in search of problems" amendments have been proposed. What it's really about is that Gov. Dayton vetoes their crazier bills, so they are using ballot initiatives to try to get around him. Today was our day to let them hear from public employees.

details below the orange squiggle

nicolemm

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Sunday February 19, 2012 · 5:43 PM PST

2012/02/19 · 17:43

Not that we went into hibernation exactly. I personally have been slacking, taking time for family over the holidays, etc. But the home occupations and events have continued, and a 3rd home facing foreclosure is about to be Occupied.
http://www.occupyminneapolis.mn/...

Yet this weekend retreat was a good idea for getting people like me reactivated. On Saturday, I was pretty much focused on bringing dessert and helping in the kitchen. Judging by the mostly clean plates I got to wash, I think we did well.

more pics and happenings below the squiggle

nicolemm

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Sunday December 11, 2011 · 6:17 PM PST

2011/12/11 · 18:17

This was primarily a festive return and redecoration of the People's Plaza ( aka Hennepin County Government Center) after the sneaky eviction of Tuesday, 12/6. Here is one of our snowman signs, this one is Churchill-esque.

Occupiers were busy on Tuesday, some in DC, some at an all day workshop with Starhawk, some launching the foreclosure action at Bobby Hull's, as seen on the Ed Show, ( we start at 1:24)

However, all this off the plaza activity allowed the county to move in and clear off the remaining people and many of our supplies, most importantly all the sleeping bags.

More pics of our return below the squiggle

nicolemm

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Monday December 05, 2011 · 10:46 AM PST

2011/12/05 · 10:46

OccupyMpls scheduled a full day of teach-ins Sunday, blessedly indoors at the American Indian Center, once again our gracious hosts. The warm colors at the entrance were especially welcoming on this cold grey day

Part of the reason I write these is to give people who have even more and more legit obstacles to participating than I do, a look at what we're doing and what we're about. This weekend I was a semi-slacker; I only went to one of the workshops because I had a full schedule of holiday baking. So the few details I have are below the squiggle.

nicolemm

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Wednesday November 30, 2011 · 7:47 PM PST

2011/11/30 · 19:47

This will be almost all photos tonight as I only stopped by for half an hour after work and have been a bit out of the loop due to Thanksgiving travel, but I did know we had a tent action planned well in advance. Personally, I think occupying a home with an owner facing eviction highlights the foreclosure issue better, and we do have another one of those starting this weekend, but for visibility and a broader message, it's still important to do actions downtown.

With this video and other networking, the word got out to supporting organizations like my union,too, photos of sister local AFSCME 3800's tent and more below the squiggle

nicolemm

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Sunday November 20, 2011 · 6:57 PM PST

2011/11/20 · 18:57

This will be my second not really eyewitness diary, a lot has been going on, but I've been on the edge of a virus all weekend so I've only taken food. I knew we were going to help another homeowner on Sat.

exciting stuff I missed out on below the squiggle

nicolemm

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Friday November 18, 2011 · 5:32 AM PST

2011/11/18 · 05:32

I knew of plans to Occupy the 10th Ave Bridge in Minneapolis both from OccupyMpls and union connections. Unfortunately, I had taken too much time off earlier this week for various reasons to leave work early to go to it. But luckily for me, this bridge is practically in the backyard of the building I work in :-) so I just let my coworkers know I'd be taking a late break to catch the beginning of the action.

I also had time to get a few photos and begin marching on the bridge, see below the squiggle

nicolemm

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Monday November 14, 2011 · 10:45 AM PST

2011/11/14 · 10:45

While we still had a contingent at the People's Plaza, Sunday the focus was at the foreclosure occupation.

fyi Richard Davis is the CEO of US Bank

Some of our people were at an AIM ( American Indian Movement) board meeting,too, but the big event was the community BBQ at Monique's house: the whole McKinley (North Minneapolis) neighborhood was invited.

more pics and happenings below the squiggle

nicolemm

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Sunday November 13, 2011 · 7:37 AM PST

2011/11/13 · 07:37

I suppose the first thing is our name got changed to Occupy Minneapolis. There are Occupations in several other Minnesota cities now so it's logical to get more specific.

Most of today I spent on chores, including shopping and cooking so I could take some food to the people occupying the foreclosure in North Minneapolis. I call this Occupation Hot Dish :-) because I first came up with it by throwing together what I had around to make something for the vegan gluten free eaters

more of this evening below the squiggle

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