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The attempt to “clean” and clear the park in New York has been postponed, while the police in Denver managed to roust everyone from a city park at 3:30 in the morning and then block entrance. Below is a statement posted by Nation of Change.

This is the first real wave of attempts to put an end to the Occupy Wall Street protests. If police around the country can manage to do what the police in Denver did, then the protests could fade away as but a memory of what might have been. The demonstrators face the possibility of either having a violent confrontation with police (an arrests) or just giving up. Didn’t we see this whole thing play out earlier this year in Egypt? Why should people in an open democracy that supports free speech be subjected to the same tactics? The reason, obviously, is that a lot of people would like to stop the Occupy movement, right now. 

FROM NATION OF CHANGE:

Charles M. Young: Mayor Bloomberg has announced that Occupy Wall Street must leave Zuccotti Park/Liberty Plaza from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, October 14,  allegedly so the city can clean it.

Almost verbatim notices have been served on other occupations around the United States and the world. Invariably, they have turned out to be a  ploy to clear the space and not let demonstrators back in. Mayor Bloomberg has a long history of lying and police state tactics of crowd  control.

As I write, Occupy Wall Street is cleaning all of Zuccotti Park, even  spending $3000 of its own funds to hire professionals with steam cleaners as well as gardeners who are replacing trampled flowers. The park had become somewhat messy with all the wet sleeping bags and tarps, but it was never filthy. Uniquely among New York's urban public spaces, it is completely free of pigeons, who cannot find a meal, despite  enormous the amounts of free food being served daily. The demonstrators have been cleaning up after themselves from the beginning.

The OWS General Assembly has voted not to leave the park voluntarily. It has issued an urgent call for all supporters to come to Zuccotti Park by 6 a.m. tomorrow (Friday, October 14) and defend the occupation.

Occupy Wall Street has been steadfastly non-violent from its start on  September 17. The police are another matter--especially the supervisory  goons in white shirts and the “Paid Detail Unit,â€� which is composed of active-duty city cops directly employed by the banks and the New York  Stock Exchange. But if thousands of people show up, link arms and refuse to leave, the police can’t arrest everyone and Zuccotti Park, or Liberty Plaza as it has been called lately, will remain liberated space.

Occupy Wall Street and the countless other occupations across the country it has inspired is the most important and effective demonstration the left  has organized in at least 40 years. The New York action has garnered $150,000 in donations. It has support from the most important unions and community groups in New York. It has inspired millions around the world to fight back against greed and corruption with their own occupations.  It must be defended.

We call on all our readers to go to Zuccotti Park now. At the latest, get  there by 6 a.m. Preferably spend the night, because Mayor Bloomberg  should not be trusted about when the “cleaningâ€� will start. He is, after all, a billionaire.

Please forward this alert to everyone and anyone you know who lives within driving range of New York City!

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