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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Hello friends. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The rhetoric of <b>this video lauds freedom of dissent</b>:</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qABTxePw6Uw&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL009F2502308D261C" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qABTxePw6Uw&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL009F2502308D261C</a> . </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>But what is <b>the emerging nationwide reality</b> here in America as Occupy Wall Street explodes nationwide!?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>If you have not yet scene footage of the <b>brutal attack by Oakland police on the Occupy Oakland branch or your and my worldwide movement</b> for peace, justice and economic fairness here is a disturbing video clip: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEj_4fqDbnM" target="_blank">Video of Oakland police attack</a> . Now watch again from another angle. What do you feel as this <b>Heroic Navy Sailor Stands Tall In the Middle of Oakland Tear Gas Firestorm Holding Up the Constitution and a Flag: <br>
<a href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/unbelievable-must-see-video-heroic-navy-sailor-stands-tall-in-the-middle-of-oakland-tear-gas-firestorm-%E2%80%A6-holding-up-the-constitution-and-a-flag.html" target="_blank">http://www.prisonplanet.com/unbelievable-must-see-video-heroic-navy-sailor-stands-tall-in-the-middle-of-oakland-tear-gas-firestorm-%E2%80%A6-holding-up-the-constitution-and-a-flag.html</a> ?</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Here is more on the <b>implications of this attack</b>: <a href="http://socialistworker.org/2011/11/01/we-are-all-scott-olsen" target="_blank">http://socialistworker.org/2011/11/01/we-are-all-scott-olsen</a> .</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Are your “Mad as hell and not going to take it anymore!” yet: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_qgVn-Op7Q" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_qgVn-Op7Q</a> ? Then read below to find several <b> opportunities to stand in solidarity with those under attack in Oakland and elsewhere</b>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Peace and Blessings,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Christopher</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Christopher Gruener MA, LMHC</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><a href="tel:617-965-6552" value="+16179656552" target="_blank">617-965-6552</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://www.crossroads-counseling-services.com/" target="_blank">www.crossroads-counseling-services.com</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="mailto:imagine@ourworldunited.net" target="_blank">imagine@ourworldunited.net</a> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a href="mailto:chris.gruener@comcast.net" target="_blank">chris.gruener@comcast.net</a> </span></p>
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<p><em><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">PS </span></b></em><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Don't worry. Something <u>wonderful</u> is about to happen: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PziOfL29rOo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PziOfL29rOo</a> ! In fact it is happening already!!</span></p>
<p><em><b><span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0); font-style: normal;">Action </span></b></em><em><b><span style="color: red; font-style: normal;">Step Opportunity </span></b></em><em><b><span style="font-style: normal;">for Solidarity with Occupy Oakland at 5:00 PM Tuesday Nov 2nd</span></b></em></p>
<p>*Gather at Occupy Boston Camp in Dewey Sq. (near South Station)*</p>
<p>Join the 99% as we stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters from<br>Oakland, who had their Occupy camp violently raided on October 25th. The<br>Occupy movement has announced a national day of action on November 2nd in<br>
solidarity with Occupy Oakland. Together, as students, labor, the<br>unemployed and all members of the 99%, we will take to the street and send<br>a message that our movement will not be silenced!</p>
<p><strong>Statement of Solidarity, passed by the Boston General Assembly on October 30, 2011: </strong></p>
<p>In
the early morning of October 11, the Boston Police Department assaulted
our right to freedom of speech and assembly when they arrested and
detained 141 peaceful protesters. They tackled elderly veterans and
subjected many of us to a 13-hour detention in cold jail cells without
food. Hours after the raid, Mayor Menino trashed all of the tents,
sleeping bags, laptops, and other personal property with which we had
previously assembled.</p>
<p>Exactly two weeks later,
Occupy Oakland was attacked by hundreds of riot police. The same week
many other Occupy encampments across several US cities witness the same
level of repression and destruction of their camp. Under the
supervision of Mayor Jean Quan and knowledge of President Obama, who
was present in San Francisco, their occupation site and personal
property were completely destroyed by the police. Among the wreckage,
were medical facilities, supplies, community kitchen that fed hundreds,
and the new homes of scores of occupiers, many whom were previously
homeless. One protestor, Iraq war veteran Scott Olson, member of Iraq
Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and Veterans for Peace, was
hospitalized after sustaining injuries from the police attack. The
police used rubber bullets, tear gas, flash grenades, and sound cannons
in an attempt to smash the Occupy Oakland movement with overwhelming
force.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><a href="http://www.occupyoakland.org/" target="_blank">The Oakland General Assembly has called for a general strike on Wednesday, November 2nd</a></strong>.</p>
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<p><strong><span>More<span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"> Actions at Occupy Boston on Tues 11/2</span></span></strong></p>
<p><em>Higher Education for the 99% March at 12:30 PM</em></p>
<p>*Gather outside the Federal Reserve Bank, (600 Atlantic Ave. Boston 02210)*</p>
<p>By 2012, student debt will hit a trillion dollars. That’s about 70% of the<br>total federal deficit. It is already more than total credit card debt.<br>Meanwhile, universities are acting more and more like corporations, handing<br>
out big salaries and bonuses to administrators while workers on campus<br>struggle to make a living wage.</p>
<p>Students and workers unite to demand: an end to student debt, good jobs for<br>all, and education as a human right! Let’s kick corporate greed out of our<br>universities!</p>
<p>We support that call and stand with Oakland in saying:</p>
<p>+
We stand in full solidarity with Occupy Oakland, Occupy Chicago, Occupy
Denver, Occupy Wall St. and any other Occupy movement in the US. and
across the world!</p>
<p>+ We condemn the police raids in
Boston, Oakland, Nashville, Austin, New York City and other similar
attacks that have targeted the Occupy movement across the country!.</p>
<p>+
We stand in full solidarity with Iraq War veteran Scott Olsen, who
suffered the most brutal manifestation of the police crackdown on the
Occupy Oakland encampment!</p>
<p>+ We support the call to ask Mayor Jean Quan to resign!</p>
<p>+
We support judges and any other city officials who have refused, and
will continue to refuse carrying out any acts of violence and
repression against the Occupy movement in the interest of the 1%</p>
<p>+We
urge all members of the 99% to take action on November 2nd to send a
message that we will not be silenced, despite the attempt by mayors and
police departments in Boston, Oakland, and across the country to
repress and stifle our movement.</p>
<p>In Solidarity,</p>
<p>Occupy Boston</p>
<a href="http://occupyboston.org/" target="_blank">http://occupyboston.org</a>