(El horario es el de la costa este de Estados Unidos, las localizaciones son en NYC a no ser que se diga lo contrario)
11:59PM: Reports of live ammunition being used on protesters in Egypt
11:59PM: More police arriving at #LibertySquare
11:47PM: Police are setting up barricades on north side of #LibertySquare , Park closes at midnight
11:40PM: Police are setting up barricades on west side of #LibertySquare
11:30PM: Reports of solidarity rally from Battery Park to #LibertySquare
11:07PM: At least 200 people at #LibertySquare , currently no tension
10:58PM:Reports of possibly 20 or more arrested at Vietnam Veterans Plaza, including medics, veterans, and clergy. Arrests allegedly made because of 10 PM park closing.
10:55PM: More police arrive at #LibertySquare along with what appears to be news vans
10:42PM: March arrived at 24hr park on Wall St & South St, on the waterfront.
10:42PM: First folks released from 1 Police Plaza as more brought in
10:13PM: Police surrounding people in Battery Park, giving a dispersal order. NYPD says they will begin making arrests in 5 minutes. Reports of kettling nets sighted as well.
8:38pm: Popular assembly about to begin at Veteran’s Memorial - 55 Water St.#PeoplesAssembly
8:30pm: The permitted march is over. Meet up at Battery Park!
7:30pm: The very front of the march now reaching #LibertySquare. The sidewalks are barricaded, but the park is open. Crowd estimates place size between 10,000 to 25,000. Follow the action via this list of #M1GS street journalists on Twitter or any of the streams throughout this article!
7pm: From Foley Square to Union Square, Broadway is Occupied. March headed to Wall Street now. via @mollyknefel: ¨We are 32 blocks south of Union Sq. People just left there and the streets are full the whole way.¨
6:45pm: Occupy Chicago has shut down five Bank of America branches. Currently blockading Madison & Clark. Occupy Miami reports their livestreamer was targetted and arrested as their march was dispersing. Occupy Detroit tweets: ¨Police tell us to get out, no camping. We say we are here to stay. Camping workgroup meeting now.¨ In Seattle, where police used tear gas earlier in the day, the May Day march just passed the Space Needle. Back in NYC, via @davidgraeber: ¨Random harassment arrests start across Houston [Street]. Saw kid’s head smashed repeatedly on concrete, just to show they could.¨
6:35pm: Wash., DC May Day march getting ready to leave Malcom X Park. Reports of police brutality in Montreal, Quebec. Tank/armored personnel carrier seen in Oakland.
6:25pm: Occupy Chicago has successfully shut down a Bank Of America. Watch as they move in. In San Francisco, Occupiers are rolling back the fence as they re-occupy the #SFCommune
6:20pm: via @allisonkilkenny: ¨Apparently, NYPD only letting 10 people out of union sq at a time, which, ya know, is a good way to kill a march.¨
Union Square just after 6pm
Broadway just after 6pm
6pm: 1000s still trapped in a labyrinth of police barricades trying to march from Union Square to Wall Street. Some people report being stuck in the same place for 45+ minutes. Large union presence. Chants at front: ¨Obama, escucha! Estamos en la lucha!” Reports that Occupy Oakland is being kettled. Los Angeles airport (LAX) has been closed for the day. (See info below.) Occupiers in San Francisco tweet: ¨#888Turk reoccupied #sfcommune¨
5:50pm: Many marchers still trapped behind police barricades, some becoming frustrated. Police with metal and plastic cuffs and batons drawn line up around march. Taxi Workers Alliance leading march out of the Square. Meanwhile, Occupy Oakland is being surrounded by three lines of riot police, trapping them in the street and threatening to use more chemical weapons.
5:40pm: In NYC, protesters are being kept behind barricades and many are stuck in Union Square. In Oakland, police have declared an ¨unlawful assembly¨ and issued a dispersal order.
5:30pm: Massive march headed by unions and immigrants rights groups leaving Union Square now, headed to Wall Street! Watch one of many streams live from NYC here. Protesters are reviewing basic march tactics: ¨Keep moving, keep on sidewalk. Don’t engage or make contact with cops.¨ @NYCLU reports at least 30 arrests so far today. In Oakland,heavily armed police continue to aggressively attack protesters currently engaged in a stand-off.
5:15pm: As riot police tear gas peaceful protesters in U.S. cities, CNN is covering a surprise 2am (local time) visit to Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan by President Obama. We are still having a party in Union Square! Join us and see for yourself!
5:00pm:Calls made at Union Square to “cancel student debt, stop foreclosures, provide jobs and healthcare.” Across the country, after police fire tear gas, protesters in Oakland are marching on City Hall, which is now being surrounded by riot police. Huge marches in Chicago, SF, Seattle, Boston, DC…
4:50pm: via Occupiers in Chicago on Twitter: ¨We are having another Direct Action vs the Banks at 4PM [Central]! Want to join us? Come to 180 W Lake St!¨ Others in Chicago enjoying music in Federal Plaza. In NYC, Das Racist is raking the stage at Union Square.
4:40pm: Between music acts at Union Square, speakers from labor movement call for union rights, end to stop and frisk. Undocumented immigrants speaking now: “No human being is illegal! All workers have a right to organize, to unionize!” Crowd chants ¨We are one!¨ Immortal Technique up soon.
4:20pm: In Chicago, riot police on horses are on the scene as march reaches Federal Plaza on Dearborn.
4:05pm: Tom Morello and friends taking the stage now at packed Union Square. Watch live!
3:40pm: Confirmed that police in Oakland have used tear-gas and grenades on crowds including children, elderly, and people with disabilities peacefully demonstrating. Watch on livestream. In NYC, we are still gathering peacefully for a permitted march at Union Square and getting ready to march to Wall Street at 5:30! The Square is packed!
3:35pm: Marchers in Chicago taking a knee in the street in moment of silence for those who fought for the 8 hr day. In Oakland, reports emerging that police have used flash bang grenades and tear gas. via @BootsRiley: ¨The police have tried to arrest several people during bank shutdowns. All have been physically freed by the crowd.¨ via @OccupiedOakTrib: ¨Young woman being treated for a head wound, blood dripping down side of her face¨
3:30pm: The #Guitarmy has reached Union Square.
3:27pm: Speeches taking place on livestream around the Maypole at Union Square.
3:15pm: Multiple marches of thousands are continuing to enter Union Square for the permitted Solidarity Rally and March with performances from Immortal Technique, Das Racist, Tom Morello, and many more! Come hang out and see a free concert! Occupy Denver, Occupy San Francisco, and many other May Day events are being livestreamed.
3:13pm: Livestreamers reporting that the NYPD forced people into the middle of the street, then arrested them for being in the middle of the street.
3:07pm: NYPD have roughed up a marching occupier until bleeding, arrested, left the marcher bleeding despite chants to uncover the face and provide medical treatment.
3:05pm: According to @NYCLU, an arrest has been made as marchers enter 6th Avenue to occupy Wall Street. Meanwhile, unions and immigrants rights groups are setting up for the permitted demonstrations at Union Square. Everyone in NYC who can should leave now to meet at Union Square at 4pm!
3pm: March leaving Washington Square Park for Union Square now.
2:50pm: Thousands marching around 32nd and 5th ave. NYPD trying to keep protesters on the sidewalk; marchers sticking to the streets anyway, walking through police lines and around police vehicles. 5th Avenue is #Occupied. Meanwhile, May Day rallies are also underway in Ottawa. In Los Angeles, Occupiers from the ¨North Wind¨ march report: ¨500+ protesters in morning. Riot Police forced detour. Bus Driver donated entire bus to activists convergence-bound!¨
2:30pm: Rally live at http://www.ustream.tv/occupiedair. Now: NYU students, immigrants, more having a speak-out for economic justice.
2:15pm: Thousands now marching from Bryant, stopping in Madison Square Park, then ending in Union Square for the solidarity march and concert! #OccupyGuitarmy with Tom Morello leading the march, singing “this land is your land.¨ Live on http://www.ustream.tv/channel/occupymusician
2:10pm: At Wild Cat march, cops ram people with motorcycles. One falls off and hundreds of marchers run away from aggressive police. Two arrests, both bicyclists, at Lafayette and Spring
2:03pm: March headed south down 5th towards Union Square. Stopping at Madison to grab Free University folks. Watch livestream at ustream.tv/OccupiedAir of Wildcat March, currently calmly marching through middle of street.
2pm: NYPD barricading Broadway in the Lower East Side. @allisonkilkenny: ¨Black bloc using police barricades to wall off cops¨
1:50pm: San Francisco march headed down Mission. Oakland anti-capitalist march still on-going. In Chicago, United Nurses, Teamsters, SEIU, and immigrant rights groups continue to gather.
1:45pm: NYC Wildcat March in street at Forsyth and Broome. High school walk-out/speak-out live here. Another march is returning to Bryant Park, being shoved by riot cops. Bryant continues to fill with people, including the Guitarmy, United Nurses, Teamsters, and many immigrant rights groups.
1:35pm: Police attacked the Wildcat March as it was beginning. Cops plunged into crowd. Many people shoved, tackled, at least 2 arrested. March just took off running through the park, jumping fences. In Oakland, march is on the move. 22nd & Telegraph Broadway (Oakland) have been shut down.
1:30pm: Tom Morello and the #Guitarmy tuning up for 2pm march! Large crowd is already in Bryant Park. The Wildcat March has also began.
1:27pm: Oakland anti-capitalist march surrounding entrance to a Wells Fargo as riot police protect it.
1:22pm: @OccupyWallStNYC: An amazing and spirited crowd here at Bryant Park! Come down. We march to Union Square at 2pm!
1:15pm: Police are attacking nonviolent anti-capitalist march in Oakland. Watch live.
1:10pm: NYC: Picket march has stopped at a Citibank. Riot cops in the crowd. Midtown marches headed back to Bryant Park now.
1pm:Several marches still on the move across NYC. Large march in the 1000s heading west on 42nd past Grand Central Station. Free University holding talk on solidarity. Across the country, Occupy Oakland anti-capitalist march is live, being followed by heavy riot police presence.
12:52pm: Occupy Chicago marching down Randolph to Union Park. In NYC , a march is going up Houston. Large number of police on mopeds. Watch here atustream.tv/channel/OccupyMusician.
12:45pm: Occupy Philadelphia May Day march leaving from Wells Fargo in a few minutes.
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12:40pm: New picket starts at Citi Bank on 42nd, between 3rd and Lexington. NCYLU reporting the picket is now about 1k strong.
12:35pm: 2 large marches just united at 42nd and Lexington, currently headed to picket Chipotle to support workers fighting for fair treatment agreement. Cops on scooters still following march, mostly staying non-aggressive for now. Immigrant Justice Tour just finished picketing Wells Fargo, largest investor of private prison industry, and Capital Grill for racist hiring practices. Watch on livestream here.
12:30pm: In NYC: (1) March at E 42nd and Madison Ave being followed by cops in riot gear. (2) Student walk-out underway at Paul Robeson HS. (3) Morning commute from Brooklyn March is taking the street at Clinton, just escaped Williamsburg bridge. NYPD have closed Williamsburg Bridge to car traffic. (4) Free #OpenSource hardware and software, and algebra class at Madison Sq Park.
12:12pm: URGENT: Need more people at 41st and Park, 7 police vans full of riot police, and NYPD is starting to kettle!
12:10pm: via Twitter: Occupy Chicago shuts down its first bank of the day. Watch live hereor follow #M1CHI. Back in NYC, riot police are trying to break up picket, forcing them away from Wells Fargo and going East on 40th.
12noon: Hundreds of marchers crossing Williamsburg Bridge from Brooklyn into Manhattan. At least one grabbed and arrested, being taken away by cops. Large police presence on Manhattan-side of bridge.
11:50am: Both Madison Sq and Bryant Park are packed and calm, workshops (including student debt teach-in) going smoothly. Immigrant worker justice march has taken the street. 500+ on the march now at East 40th and Madison.
11:00am: Bryant park
10:10am ET: via @OWSMayDay: Bike Bloc is headed from Union Square to Bryant Park, then to Paulson.
9:55am ET: About 200 people at Bank of America picket, 6th Ave and 50th St. March making its way through Times Square, as both protesters and police numbers grow rapidly.
9:35am ET: Mobile picket teams forming to head to various banks throughout the city. Hundreds already gathered. Live at ustream.tv/OccupiedAir. Also, small crowd picketing in front of 1375 Broadway.
9:30am ET: from @May1StreetTeam: ¨on our way to Bryant Park with homemade baked goods for #maydaymutualaid. Be there in an hour.¨
9:15am ET: A march is approaching Times Square. United Auto Workers are pamphleting and handing out coffee and donuts. The rain has stopped in NYC.
9:05am ET: Occupy Bushwhick and Occupy Williamsburg leaving Maria Hernandez Park for morning commute from Brooklyn to Manhattan. Hundreds assembled at Bryant Square pop-up Occupation. Others participating in various pickets across NYC, including at Fox News.
8:50am ET: The 99 Pickets are underway! Occupiers are playing music and chanting in solidarity with various labor struggles throughout the city, now on livestream.
8:20am ET: Pop-up Occupation at Bryant Park, NYC still growing, handing out free programs. Scouts report 20 police vehicles on either side of the park. Rallies in Madrid and Barcelona also now live.
8am ET: Picket lines have formed at LAX Airport in Los Angeles. Airport workers, LA labor unions, community and religious organizations, and Occupiers are protesting against unfair labor practices. Protesters will picket various terminals from 3am to midnight Pacific time. Delays are expected. At least 1200 United Service Workers West will demonstrate and march starting at noon at the Tom Bradley International Terminal. Century Boulevard will be closed from noon until 4 p.m. between Airport Boulevard and the LAX Central Terminal Area.
7:30am ET: Livestream now live at Bryant Park, NYC. Large police and mainstream media presence. Streamers report numbers are ¨doubling by the minute.¨
7:25am ET: Now on livestream: Large demo in Hamburg, Germany.
6:40am ET: Lots of police barricades, a few cops on hand by the Brooklyn Bridge. via @Occuweather: ¨Tracking the heavy rain across the area. Next hour should be light, then another thunderstorm or two around 9.¨ Its supposed to be 73F and sunny by this afternoon though!
6:20am ET:May Day NYC Radio is live! Occupy the airwaves! Members of the Transport Workers Union talking now. Meanwhile, Occupiers in Greece, the Netherlands, and elsewhere in Europe are also getting May Day events underway.
6am ET: May Day rallies streaming live from Istanbul, Turkey. Occupy London is around Liverpool St station handing out free roses with tags reading: “Love, breathe, hope, create, OCCUPY. There is something better out there.”
ALBANY, CA – A group of protesters calling itself Occupy the Farm planted itself Sunday at a plot of farmland owned by the University of California along with banners and seedlings in what it called a fitting celebration of Earth Day.
About 20 core organizers put the project together, said Gopal Dayaneni, as the university continues pursuing plans to sell the Gill Tract, about 10 acres of agricultural land on San Pablo Avenue at the Berkeley-Albany border, for private development.
Dayaneni said the group is committed to growing both the farm and its community of farmers.
Este Miércoles 18 de abril, aproximadamente a las 16:00 horas (EST), autoridades federales de EE.UU. incautaron un servidor desde el Housing compartido entre Riseup Networks y May First/People Link en la ciudad de New York. El servidor incautado era operado por European Counter Network (“ECN”), el más antiguo proveedor independiente de internet en Europa, quienes, entre varias otras cosas, proveían un servicio de remailer anónimo, Mixmaster, el cual era el objetivo de la investigación del FBIsobre las amenazas de bombas contra la Universidad de Pittsburgh.
Entre 1500 y 2000 personas salieron ayer 15 de Abril a la calle en Valencia para manifestarse contra la privatización de la sanidad pública, por la derogación de la ley 15/97, contra el copago y los recortes.
El transcurso de la manifestación, con un evidente tono combativo, denunció mediante la escenificación del criminal efecto de los recortes en sanidad y educación que representaba la guillotina que llevaron durante todo el trayecto compañeros de diversas asambleas del 15 M; así como a través de las consignas que se corearon: “”Presupuestos policiales para escuelas y hospitales”, “le llaman sanidad y no lo es , es beneficencia y lo sabeis”, “el nicho mas barato te lo ofrece Ana Mato” , “tu salud es su negocio” “sanidad , dulce sanidad , no nos quites hospitales como en Campanar” etc.
La ley 15/97, cuya derogación han exigido los manifestantes, permite la entrada masiva de la empresa privada en la gestión de la sanidad pública.
La de Valencia es una de las distintas marchas que han tenido lugar este domingo en diferentes ciudades de España contra los tijeretazos en sanidad, en un momento en el que el Gobierno guarda silencio sobre los términos en los que realizará el recorte extra de 10.000 millones de euros en sanidad y educación y ha reducido en un 6,8% la partida de los presupuestos destinada al sector sanitario (288,96 millones de euros menos respecto al año anterior)
“Desde el CAS-PV valoramos como exitosa la respuesta de ayer, teniendo en cuenta que en nuestra comunidad no encontrábamos en medio de un puente ya que el día de hoy es festivo y mucha gente estaba fuera.
Felicitamos a todas las asambleas 15 M , asambleas de desempleadxs, asociaciones de vecinos, colectivos , ONG, organizaciones ecologistas y sindicatos de clase que nos apoyan (CNT-CGT-COS,) y saludamos la participación del sindicato de salud de Intersindical Valenciana;
Agradecemos el apoyo de los medios de comunicación alternativos que nos han brindado su espacio de forma desinteresada, así lo han hecho radio Klara, Radio Malva y Cartelera Turia que han hecho pública nuestra convocatoria.
Recordamos finalmente que la jornada de ayer no ha sido sino el comienzo de la intensificación de esta lucha frente a la agresión de las últimas medidas y contra la privatización de la sanidad pública que ya han hecho suya los colectivos y asambleas antes citados y que proponemos consolidar y ampliar en forma de asamblea de trabajadorxs y usuarixs el próximo 3 de Mayo a las 19h en el local del Casal Obrer i Popular , c/Salvador Ferrandis Luna 42 .
Os esperamos
CAS PV (Coordinadora antiprivatización de la sanidad pública del Pais Valenciano)”
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