Occupy protestors have been making their way to Washington D.C. all week to bring their message to stop corporate greed to those that have enabled those “greedy bastards” to get away with the destruction of the US economy, Congress.
Occupy Congress begins Tuesday January 17, 2012.
If you are traveling on a Greyhound bus beware, at least one of their drivers has kicked Occupy travelers off of his bus, because he doesn’t like the movement. (Watch video )
According to a post on Reddit by Road2CongressOSD, “Donald Ainsworth (the bus driver) immediately began yelling at all passengers in the lobby. Once he realized 13 passengers were with Occupy he began making personal and rude comments towards members when boarding with tickets. No one responded. Once the bus was boarded he began shouting ‘Sit down and shut up! Anyone standing is getting kicked off the bus.’ Several passengers, not just Occupants, began addressing the driver’s conduct. He left the bus, and locked all passengers within for over an hour. He made a lengthy phone call and before too long the police had arrived. The officer came on the bus and spoke with us, stating he knew Don’s attitude was poor but he had the right to remove us.”
There will be several videographers at the event:
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And you can find feeds by going onto twitter and read the posts for the hashtag #j17.
You can learn more about travel, lodging and food by going to the Occupy Congress
#J17 Event Details Schedule
9am – Converge at West Front Lawn at Capitol Hill
(Meetings with Representatives concurrent)
10 am – Training for volunteers on De-escalation,
Legal Observing, Medical, Direct Action
11 am – Teach-ins and Open Mic start and go all day
12 noon – Multi-Occupation General Assembly
2 pm – Open Activities and Idea Sharing Sessions
6pm – Occupy Congress Rally and Protest and DC Voting Rights Vigil
8pm – 11pm – OCCUParty
Additional Information:
Occupy Congress
Facebook page
Occupy Congress
Wiki
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