Protesters Invade North Philly Welfare Office
Members of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign descended upon the Philadelphia Assistance Office at 2701 Broad Street this afternoon, alongside members of Occupy Philly and local unions. Their mission was to bring awareness to the harsh conditions at local welfare offices on behalf of both the caseworkers and clients. And for all intents and purposes,...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Gov. Corbett Decries Liquor ‘Privatization’ Plan
You think it, Tom Corbett says it! (OK, his press secretary does. This time. Sort of.) “The governor wants to privatize the LCB,” he said yesterday, as reports of House Bill 11’s new “privatization-lite” language swept the Commonwealth. According to the amended PLCB privatization bill in the House, the LCB would keep its state stores, though...
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Occupy Philly Performs Street Theater, Says U.S. Senate Worse than Historical Fascists
Occupy Philly held a day of action against the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, which, they and other critics contend, would allow the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens on U.S. soil. The crowd of about 30 marched around the city, hitting both Sen. Bob Casey and Sen. Pat Toomey’s offices, among other spots. Both senators voted in favor of the...
Continue ReadingCongress Bills Could Censor Internet
On the eve of the revolution/Armageddon/consciousness expansion of 2012, two bills in the federal legislature could potentially cripple American access to the tool that protesters the world over have used to coordinate mass demonstrations against authoritarian governments and corporate interests: the Internet. Ostensibly, the House’s Stop Online Piracy...
Continue Reading19 Occupy Philly Protesters Arrested In Police Raid Going to Trial
Nearly three dozen Occupy Philly protesters arrested in last Wednesday’s early morning police eviction raid made their first appearance in court this morning. Occupiers have been charged with conspiracy, failure to disperse, and obstructing a highway. They face up to five years in prison and a $12,500 fine. Lined up in front of Judge Felice R. Stack in...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Former Philly ‘Supercop’ to Head Bahrain Police
Former Philadelphia Police Chief and ‘Supercop’ John Timoney, who presided over brutal police beatings at the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philly and the 2003 Free Trade Area of the Americas summit in Miami (in which the ACLU accused Miami police of using excessive force, unlawfully arresting bystanders, the usual…) has gone on a little tropical...
Continue ReadingUnhappy Members of Occupy Philly Form Splinter Group Called Reasonable Solutions; Launch Party in Center City Today
As of tomorrow, there will be two Occupy groups occupying Philadelphia—just not together. The new group, calling themselves Reasonable Solutions/Occupy Wall Street Philadelphia, are throwing a launch party today (Sat., Dec. 3) from 12–5 p.m. at Thomas Paine Plaza, across from City Hall. “Occupy Philly has grown. In just over a month and a half, we have ...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: ‘Bounce TV’—Aimed at Black Audiences—Comes to Philly
Atlanta, Georgia-based Bounce TV, a station geared toward black audiences, of which Martin Luther King III is an executive, has landed in Philly. In this press release of an article at the Huffington Post via the Associated Press, it’s said that the network (not cable) station was basically demanded since, “According to Nielsen’s latest annual television...
Continue Reading51 of 52 Occupiers Released From Jail After Wednesday Morning Arrests
This morning, someone posted to Occupy Philly’s Facebook page, “OP needs to advise its arrested participants to spread the word in jail when they’re arrested. Let’s get THAT 1% of the population on our side! Imagine if the cops were afraid to arrest us because we’d be spreading the message wherever we were.” And that seems to have been...
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