Occupy Brooklyn General Assembly | Facebook
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Occupy Brooklyn General Assembly | Facebook
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Web Page
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Web Page
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Occupy Brooklyn is a movement of Brooklynites organizing themselves in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. From Canarsie to Cobble Hill, Bay Ridge to Brownsville, the 99% are uniting against the destructive forces in our nation & neighborhoods.
Occupy Brooklyn is a leaderless movement of Brooklynites organizing themselves in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. From Canarsie to Cobble Hill and Bay Ridge to Brownsville, the 99% are standing up together against the destructive forces of crony capitalism, greed, and corruption in our nation and neighborhoods.
Internal Solidarity Statement will be linked soon.
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Some Background:
While attention is on Liberty Plaza, a huge proportion of NYC's 99% live outside of Manhattan, with Brooklyn home to more New Yorkers than any other borough. Almost no part of Brooklyn life has gone unaffected by corruption and greed:
- According to the comptroller, Brooklyn's unemployment rate is near 11.2%, before race or education are taken into account.
- 21.7% of Brooklynites live in poverty according to census data. That’s nearly 544,000 people.
- From 2008-2010, more than 18,000 foreclosure notices were issued in Brooklyn.
That's before even mentioning education, crime, incarceration, abandoned construction sites, gentrification, etc. And those are just the numbers. The effects we see in the daily life of our communities are even more astounding.
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This Page:
Operating with the consent of the Occupy Brooklyn General Assembly, this page is a hub for the consolidation and dissemination of information about Occupy movement activities in Brooklyn. It will also work to connect Brooklynites to what's happening across the bridge at Occupy Wall Street.
It is operated by the Occupy Brooklyn Internet Working Group, reachable at obkinternet@gmail.com.
Occupy Brooklyn is a leaderless movement of Brooklynites organizing themselves in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. From Canarsie to Cobble Hill and Bay Ridge to Brownsville, the 99% are standing up together against the destructive forces of crony capitalism, greed, and corruption in our nation and neighborhoods.
Internal Solidarity Statement will be linked soon.
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Some Background:
While attention is on Liberty Plaza, a huge proportion of NYC's 99% live outside of Manhattan, with Brooklyn home to more New Yorkers than any other borough. Almost no part of Brooklyn life has gone unaffected by corruption and greed:
- According to the comptroller, Brooklyn's unemployment rate is near 11.2%, before race or education are taken into account.
- 21.7% of Brooklynites live in poverty according to census data. That’s nearly 544,000 people.
- From 2008-2010, more than 18,000 foreclosure notices were issued in Brooklyn.
That's before even mentioning education, crime, incarceration, abandoned construction sites, gentrification, etc. And those are just the numbers. The effects we see in the daily life of our communities are even more astounding.
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This Page:
Operating with the consent of the Occupy Brooklyn General Assembly, this page is a hub for the consolidation and dissemination of information about Occupy movement activities in Brooklyn. It will also work to connect Brooklynites to what's happening across the bridge at Occupy Wall Street.
It is operated by the Occupy Brooklyn Internet Working Group, reachable at obkinternet@gmail.com.
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2011-10-31 15:34:28
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Occupy Brooklyn General Assembly | Facebook
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http://www.facebook.com/occupybrooklyn
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Occupy Brooklyn General Assembly
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http://www.facebook.com/occupybrooklyn
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“Occupy Brooklyn General Assembly | Facebook,” Occupy Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://occupyarchive.org/items/show/567.