OCCUPY DENVER
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Occupy Denver could always use supplies. If you would like to donate or know what you can do to help, please look through this and see what you can bring. Even the littlest of things help!
Other donations can be mailed at 1550 Larimer St. Box 224 Denver, CO 80202!
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January172012
Occupy WDC as seen by me: Needed Supplies
Wintertime is upon us. We here at Occupy Washington, D.C. are in desperate need of certain things, as our numbers have grown for Occupy Congress. We are in need of the following supplies (which we can never have too many):
Medical (You can tell I asked the street medic)
- Vitamins
- Duct tape
- Tampons
- Apple Cider Vinegar
- Super Glue
- Lemon Juice
- Goggles
Comfort
- Tents
- Sleeping bags
- Thermals
- Foam Padding (bedding)
- Hats
- Gloves
- Scarves
- Winter/Thermal socks
- Space blankets (the little tin foil looking things)
Kitchen
- Coffee
- Cups
- Vegetables
- Fruits
Building
- 2x4s
- 4x4s
- Sandbags
- OSB
Security
- Batteries (AAA, AA, D)
- Bright coloured mesh vests
- Hot Hands
- Body Warmers
- Foot Warmers
- Flashlights
Misc
- Tobacco
- Phone Chargers
Donations can be sent to:
OWDC Freedom Plaza Donations
P.O.Box 34015 Washington, DC 20043-4015
Signal boosting from Occupy Denver!
November142011
National Lawyers Guild— Which Side Are We On?
Using both Bill O’Reilly’s dumb commentary and an example of the “people’s mic” from #OWS, we’ve created this NLG promotional video. Enjoy!
October152011
The Bonus Army Protests: the Occupy DC of 1932
Not a lot of people know or heard about this in history, but this isn’t the first time people have literally occupied space to protest. The Bonus Army did in 1932. If anyone ever doubts Occupy Wall Street or Occupy Denver, I encourage you to bring up The Bonus Army.
The Bonus Army was the popular name of an assemblage of some 43,000 marchers—17,000 World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups—who gathered in Washington, D.C., in the spring and summer of 1932 to demand immediate cash-payment redemption of their service certificates. Its organizers called it the Bonus Expeditionary Force to echo the name of World War I’s American Expeditionary Force, while the media called it the Bonus March. It was led by Walter W. Waters, a former Army sergeant.
Many of the war veterans had been out of work since the beginning of the Great Depression. The World War Adjusted Compensation Act of 1924 had awarded them bonuses in the form of certificates they could not redeem until 1945. Each service certificate, issued to a qualified veteran soldier, bore a face value equal to the soldier’s promised payment plus compound interest. The principal demand of the Bonus Army was the immediate cash payment of their certificates. Retired Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler, one of the most popular military figures of the time, visited their camp to back the effort and encourage them. On July 28, U.S. Attorney General William D. Mitchell ordered the veterans removed from all government property. (Sound familiar?)
Washington police met with resistance, shots were fired and two veterans were wounded and later died. President Herbert Hoover then ordered the army to clear the veterans’ campsite. Army Chief of Staff General Douglas MacArthur commanded the infantry and cavalry supported by six tanks. The Bonus Army marchers with their wives and children were driven out, and their shelters and belongings burned. A second, smaller Bonus March in 1933 at the start of the Roosevelt Administration was defused with promises instead of military action. In 1936, Congress overrode President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s veto to pay the veterans their bonus years early.
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