October 30, 2011

Occupy camps an eye-sore? Let’s compare photos… ¹

Activism, All, Environmental, Occupy Wall Street • Tags: #occupywallst, #oocupyburque, #ows, (un) Occupy Albuquerque, Amazon Rainforest Deforestation, Anacortes WA, Chernobyl, eyesore, Gulf Oil Spill, Keystone XL Pipeline, occupy albuquerque, Occupy Wall Street, Shell Oil Refinery, Ship Graveyard, Slums of Mumbai India, Tar Sands: The Most Destructive Project on Earth, tents, unsanitary

There are many comments from several “concerned” officials – and citizens – that the Occupy camps are “eyesores” and express concerns over sanitary issues. Many city officials are using these excuses to shut down and remove camps set up within various cities around the world.

Let us take a look and compare these “eyesores” and “unsanitary” camps to other areas around the world which draw in, or have drawn in, grotesque amounts of profit… More…

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October 30, 2011

#occupyburque The Death and Wake of our First Amendment | Photos Oct 29 2011 ^Reply

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Occupy / (un) Occupy Albuquerque protesters put on a wake Saturday in honor of the death of our First Amendment rights to Free Speech and Peaceful Assembly after the UNM denied renewal of their permit, and Administration banned the group from protesting on the campus – else face arrest.

Here are a few photos from the wake. Full photo gallery available on my photo site Motley Photos.

October 29, 2011

Occupy Albuquerque | UNM Administration provides a “compromise” | #occupyburque ⁴

Activism, All, Occupy Wall Street • Tags: #occupywallst, #oocupyburque, #ows, (un)Occupy Albuquerque, Albuquerque NM, APD, arrested, arrests, circle, David J. Schmidly, denied, occupy albuquerque, Occupy Wall Street, occupyburque, permit, President Schmidly, protesters, SWAT, UNM

After a tumultuous week here in Albuquerque at the Occupy / (un) Occupy Albuquerque base camp called Coyote Camp, the UNM Administration has provided the group a “compromise”:

UNM will open the park from 7:30 AM to 2:30 PM, Monday through Friday, and 11:00 AM to 3 PM Saturday and Sunday.

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