At 7 a.m. tomorrow, Mayor Bloomberg is evicting the Occupy Wall Street protesters from their occupation of Zuccotti Park, unless you can help.1
Another important way to make sure that Mayor Bloomberg hears from all of us is to call New York City's complaint line at (212) NEW-YORK--that's (212) 639-9675.
When you're asked to, Press 1 for English, hit 0, and then wait through the message and hold music until you get an operator. Then tell the operator you're calling in protest against the eviction of the Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park.
This New York call line has great systems for gathering, counting, and reporting calls, so our collective call will be heard.
Another important way to make sure that Mayor Bloomberg hears from all of us is to call New York City's complaint line at (212) NEW-YORK--that's (212) 639-9675.
When you're asked to, Press 1 for English, hit 0, and then wait through the message and hold music until you get an operator. Then tell the operator you're calling in protest against the eviction of the Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park.
This New York call line has great systems for gathering, counting, and reporting calls, so our collective call will be heard.
Zuccotti Park is the birthplace of the Occupy protests sweeping the nation and capturing the public's attention. It's where a community of committed Americans are standing up against Wall Street and the corporate capture of our democracy for the 99% of us trying to take back the American Dream.
But tomorrow at 7 a.m., under Mayor Bloomberg's orders, the NYPD is coming to Zuccotti Park to kick the 99% protesters out. It's being done under the guise of "cleaning" the park, but new rules will mean the end of the occupation.2
We have very little time to act. We need to gather a huge national petition as soon as possible, so we can deliver it to City Hall tonight and have it for the protesters in Zuccotti Park.
So act now. Sign the petition and tell Mayor Bloomberg: "Respect the protesters' First Amendment rights. Don't try to evict Occupy Wall Street."
Zuccotti Park may be in New York, but the protesters are standing up against Wall Street and the damage they've done to millions of Americans everywhere. That's why it's an inspiration and nerve center for a growing occupation movement that's spreading to every corner of the country.
So it's not just this one protest that's at stake tomorrow morning, because if we allow the eviction to happen, other mayors across the country are sure to follow Bloomberg's lead.
What's at stake today is the very right we have as Americans to speak out when we've been wronged and peaceably assemble as a community to seek redress from the government.
Employing a tactic that's been used to break up similar protest actions, Mayor Bloomberg is sending in the police under the guise of a "cleaning operation." But that's a PR farce, because protesters will only be allowed back in if they obey rules that include: no "lying down" and no use of "tarps or sleeping bags or other covering."3
Obviously, the 99% protesters can't continue to occupy Zuccotti Park if they have to stand for 24 hours a day, and as the nights grow colder and the rain pours down, they can't endure without sleeping bags, tarps, and the like. Make no mistake—this is an eviction, and we have less than 24 hours to stop it.
So sign the petition and tell Mayor Bloomberg: "Respect the protesters' First Amendment rights. Don't try to evict Occupy Wall Street." Then get the word out to everyone you know on your social networks.
Thanks for all you do.
–Justin, Eli, Elena, Adam Q., and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Occupy Wall Street Responds to Bloomberg's Cleaning 'Eviction Notice,'" The New York Observer, October 13, 2011
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2. Notice from Brookfield Real Estate distributed by NYPD, October 13, 2011
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3. Ibid.
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