Dear friends,
At 7AM tomorrow
morning, a Canadian
company, Brookfield
Asset Management, is
threatening to evict
Occupy Wall Street
from Zuccotti Park in
New York. We need your
help right now to stop
Brookfield from
shutting down the
beating heart of a new
global movement.
Zuccoti Park is the
birthplace of the Occupy
movement that has swept
across the United
States, and starts in
Canada this Saturday.
This new movement is
spreading like wildfire
because it powerfully
speaks for economic
justice and the need to
reclaim our democracies.
Brookfield owns
Zuccotti Park and
wants to evict the
participants to
“clean” the park.
Worse, they are
threatening to impose
new rules that will
prevent the
participants from
bringing sleeping bags
or tarps back into the
park, effectively
ending the occupation.
The New York police have
said that they can only
evict the participants
if Brookfield labels
them trespassers. Mayor
Bloomberg has promised
to order the police to
clear the park once that
happens.
We
need a massive
Canadian outcry right
now. Send a message
directly to
Brookfield’s
executives demanding
that they respect
democratic rights:
http://www.leadnow.ca/stop-occupy-wall-street-eviction
Tria Donaldson,
Leadnow’s
communication
coordinator, will be
in Zuccotti Park
tomorrow morning at
6AM to join a
non-violent defense
against the eviction
-- and making sure that
the Canadian press
covering the story know
just how many Canadians
have spoken up to oppose
Brookfield’s action.
“Cleaning” has been used
over and over as a
pretense to shut down
peaceful occupations --
already this year it was
used to evict protesters
from the Wisconsin state
house, and New York
Mayor Bloomberg himself
used it to shut down a
peaceable demonstration
against budget cuts. We
can’t let it happen
again.
Brookfield and
Mayor Bloomberg are
expecting an outcry in
the US, they are not
expecting a massive
public outcry in
Canada. This
is a Canadian company.
As Canadians, we have a
special responsibility
to tell Brookfield’s
leadership not to dare
interfere with the
democratic rights of our
southern neighbours.
Let’s show our
American friends that
we’ve got their back.
Occupy Wall Street is
about challenging the
power of the richest 1%,
and defending the
economic and democratic
rights of everyone else.
Don’t let our 1%
bail out America’s 1%.
We need your help to
send a message to
Brookfield’s executives
here in Canada, right
now:
http://www.leadnow.ca/stop-occupy-wall-street-eviction
With hope and respect,
Jamie, Tria, Matthew,
Ryan, Emma and Adam on
behalf of the
Leadnow.ca team
References:
1. Occupy Wall Street’s
original call to action:
http://occupywallst.org/article/emergency-call-action-prevent-forcible-closure-occ/
2. Brookfield has to
call them trespassers:
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2011/10/3640197/end-game-zuccotti-park-according-nypd-landlord-has-push-political-bu
3. Protesters fear
eviction:
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/13/occupy-wall-street-protesters-fear-eviction-from-park/
4. “Cleaning” was the
excuse used to shut down
the Wisconsin occupation
http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/10/13/first-step-in-eviction-of-occupy-wall-street-advanced/
Leadnow.ca is an independent community that
brings Canadians
together to hold
government
accountable, deepen
our democracy and take
action for the common
good.
