GammaBlog » Politics http://gammablog.com NYC Street Art, Architecture from the East Village Thu, 24 May 2012 10:27:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Shut Down Guantanamo http://gammablog.com/2012/05/22/shut-down-guantanamo/ http://gammablog.com/2012/05/22/shut-down-guantanamo/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 12:08:18 +0000 gamma http://gammablog.com/?p=6769 Shut Down Guantanamo
Protest vigil in Union Square Park this past Saturday.

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]]> http://gammablog.com/2012/05/22/shut-down-guantanamo/feed/ 1 May Day 2012 – Union Square http://gammablog.com/2012/05/03/may-day-2012-union-square/ http://gammablog.com/2012/05/03/may-day-2012-union-square/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 14:10:30 +0000 gamma http://gammablog.com/?p=6737
The early part of the rally in Union Square.

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Aside from the gatherings in Bryant Park, Union Square and Madison Square Park, there were many individual actions and pickets throughout May Day. Here the Strand bookstore is being picketed for unfair labor practices.

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]]> http://gammablog.com/2012/05/02/picketing-the-strand-bookstore/feed/ 2 March from Bryant Park – May Day http://gammablog.com/2012/05/02/march-from-bryant-park-may-day/ http://gammablog.com/2012/05/02/march-from-bryant-park-may-day/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 15:17:00 +0000 gamma http://gammablog.com/?p=6727

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Sam Seder host of Majority Report and his producer Matt Binder recording a May Day podcast in Bryant Park.
Sam Seder
Sam concentrating on his live podcast, while I annoyingly snapped this.

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Help Athena carry her beautifully made banners on the May 1 general strike. “No Work, No School, No Shopping! contact bannerbrigade@gmail.com or find her in Bryant Park on Tuesday at the start of the march. maydaynyc.org

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Retired police captain Ray Lewis describes what led him to civil disobedience and arrest in support of Occupy Wall Street, and what he will be doing on the May 1, general strike. No Work, No School, No Shopping! maydaynyc.org

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Arron Griffin from In Our Hearts explains an anarchists view on OWS. Union Square, Easter Sunday.

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Drive the Snakes Out
Today marked a half-year of Occupy Wall Street, it was also St. Patrick’s Day. St. Patrick is known for driving the snakes out of Ireland.

Arrest 1
There were arrests today.

Strike
May 1 is a proposed general strike.

MonsantoKills
This painting represents this woman’s childhood memory of sugar cane fields and workers being sprayed with DDT.

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Ben Shepard, biking advocate from Times-Up talks about his experiences in the Occupy movement over the past few months, at Occupy Town Square in Tompkins Square Park this past Sunday.

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