Fe and Amanda, thank you! This sign was by far one of my favorites that I have seen so far on many different levels. Yesterday was an intense one there, between the cold and rainy weather and the police brutality (they were in rare form). It took on a different energy then I have seen at OWS in past events. The gift was overcoming the BS, staying present, and watching and participating with 35,000 others before I headed home. I have to add more to my flickr stream, but I have been documenting photos of OWS :
Genevieve, your photos are amazing, thank you for covering Seattle! And Planet Waves, thank you for covering occupy everything!
xo
Beth
beth — love this shot!!!! the age of hilarious, indeed. it’s about time. wish i could have been there with you. maybe the next big event…
🙂
genevieve — great shots! wish we’d had them in time to put a couple in the issue. the vertical one with the lone man on the bridge & the intensely blue sky is stunning.
Genevieve: Thank you. i’m surprised we did not end up talking to each other. Your photos are superior to mine (which have not made it out of the camera yet due to an interface issue). The fellow on stilts was indeed clever. Perhaps we will see each other at future rallies. Should i wear a red carnation?
Beth:
That pic is a magazine cover in the making.
Hey Eric,
Here is the low down from today’s OccupySeattle marches. Not as eventful as Tuesday’s clash with police (more like mass pepper spraying). Today, there were no arrests. OccupySeattle marched from Husky Stadium to the University Bridge, where they proceeded to occupy the bridge.
At 3:00pm, protesters began to gather at the Husky stadium entrance. The crowd consisted of OccupySeattlites, Teamsters, members of the group Working Washington, and a variety of activist groups who were all brought together under one common goal – fix America’s bridges. At about 3:30pm, the rain started to come down hard, but the protesters continued to flood the rendezvous area at the corner of Montlake Boulevard and NE Pacific Street. There were protesters with small handheld signs, large signs held aloft by balloons, folks in costumes, protesters in masks, and numerous protesters on bikes.
In Tuesday’s march, police used a now common technique to force protesters to vacate a square, they rode into the crowd on their bikes. One protest organized, who wished not to be named, told me “this is a very common tactic for Seattle police”. It’s a way for them to push and shove protesters witout laying a hand on them. Protesters are fighting back with their own bikes. “We always have at least a few people on bikes,” he explained, “We have them at the front to protect our crowds from being ridden into by the police.”
By 4:00pm, a couple hundred protesters had gathered at this street corner. The “Our Bridges Need Work. So Do We” folks bought everyone hot dogs and hot cider. The rain continued to hammer the crowd as folks with homemade signs stood on the sidewalks getting plenty of honks from cars driving by.
One particularly enthusiastic group, The Raging Grannies, sang songs about corporate greed, but to the tune of famous songs. (They may have been the group at Tuesday’s protest yelling “Police Can’t Dance”) They are an organization of elderly grandma activists who since raucous tunes about political issues. [ I have video of them singing if you would like it.] At this march today, Sue, Nina, Annette, Shirley represented the Raging Grannies. They will be at Black Friday’s big Occupy Seattle rally with 15 minutes of dedicated time to sing.
Another important group, The Legal Observers role was observe in case legal action needed to be taken. “We are a group of law students and lawyers who observe the protests,” Garrett (who asked for his last name not to be used) explained. “We have video cameras to record all arrests or other incidents that might lead to legal action. We are often informed ahead of time of any individuals who are planning civil disobedience, so we can keep an extra eye on them. The National Lawyer’s Guild provides training for anyone wishing to be a Legal Observer. It’s also important to have a list of all people who are jailed, we keep track of those.” When asked if Legal Observers are ever jailed themselves or interfered with by police, Garrett responded, “No. Legal Observers have not been arrested in Seattle since the WTO.”
By far the most creative costume at this rally went to the gentleman sporting a tux and stilts with a large top hat and cigar. When asked why stilts he responded, “Easier to look down on all you little people of the world.”
Once speeches finished at the podium, marching commenced. By now the crowd had grown to well over 500. It was eerie to see people in ski mask or with bandannas obscuring their faces – an indicator they may try to push or provoke police. As the crowd made its way to University Bridge the chant went up “We are the 99%, so are you.” “We THE PEOPLE are too big to fail.”
At the bridge, a line of protest organizers directed the newly arrived mass of enthused individuals. Move to the right to protest on the side of the bridge, move the left to head for the middle of the bridge where you will be arrested. Pick your protest. A couple dozen protesters, who were planning civil disobedience, chose option B. Protesters held the bridge for a half hour and police opted not to arrest the protesters attempting civil disobedience in the middle of University Bridge. When it became clear that Seattle Police intended to arrest no one, the protesters disbursed to their cars, buses, bikes and OccupySeattle’s main camp on Capitol Hill.
Fe and Amanda, thank you! This sign was by far one of my favorites that I have seen so far on many different levels. Yesterday was an intense one there, between the cold and rainy weather and the police brutality (they were in rare form). It took on a different energy then I have seen at OWS in past events. The gift was overcoming the BS, staying present, and watching and participating with 35,000 others before I headed home. I have to add more to my flickr stream, but I have been documenting photos of OWS :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lakshmigrl/
Genevieve, your photos are amazing, thank you for covering Seattle! And Planet Waves, thank you for covering occupy everything!
xo
Beth
beth — love this shot!!!! the age of hilarious, indeed. it’s about time. wish i could have been there with you. maybe the next big event…
🙂
genevieve — great shots! wish we’d had them in time to put a couple in the issue. the vertical one with the lone man on the bridge & the intensely blue sky is stunning.
Genevieve: Thank you. i’m surprised we did not end up talking to each other. Your photos are superior to mine (which have not made it out of the camera yet due to an interface issue). The fellow on stilts was indeed clever. Perhaps we will see each other at future rallies. Should i wear a red carnation?
Beth:
That pic is a magazine cover in the making.
Hey Eric,
Here is the low down from today’s OccupySeattle marches. Not as eventful as Tuesday’s clash with police (more like mass pepper spraying). Today, there were no arrests. OccupySeattle marched from Husky Stadium to the University Bridge, where they proceeded to occupy the bridge.
At 3:00pm, protesters began to gather at the Husky stadium entrance. The crowd consisted of OccupySeattlites, Teamsters, members of the group Working Washington, and a variety of activist groups who were all brought together under one common goal – fix America’s bridges. At about 3:30pm, the rain started to come down hard, but the protesters continued to flood the rendezvous area at the corner of Montlake Boulevard and NE Pacific Street. There were protesters with small handheld signs, large signs held aloft by balloons, folks in costumes, protesters in masks, and numerous protesters on bikes.
In Tuesday’s march, police used a now common technique to force protesters to vacate a square, they rode into the crowd on their bikes. One protest organized, who wished not to be named, told me “this is a very common tactic for Seattle police”. It’s a way for them to push and shove protesters witout laying a hand on them. Protesters are fighting back with their own bikes. “We always have at least a few people on bikes,” he explained, “We have them at the front to protect our crowds from being ridden into by the police.”
By 4:00pm, a couple hundred protesters had gathered at this street corner. The “Our Bridges Need Work. So Do We” folks bought everyone hot dogs and hot cider. The rain continued to hammer the crowd as folks with homemade signs stood on the sidewalks getting plenty of honks from cars driving by.
One particularly enthusiastic group, The Raging Grannies, sang songs about corporate greed, but to the tune of famous songs. (They may have been the group at Tuesday’s protest yelling “Police Can’t Dance”) They are an organization of elderly grandma activists who since raucous tunes about political issues. [ I have video of them singing if you would like it.] At this march today, Sue, Nina, Annette, Shirley represented the Raging Grannies. They will be at Black Friday’s big Occupy Seattle rally with 15 minutes of dedicated time to sing.
Another important group, The Legal Observers role was observe in case legal action needed to be taken. “We are a group of law students and lawyers who observe the protests,” Garrett (who asked for his last name not to be used) explained. “We have video cameras to record all arrests or other incidents that might lead to legal action. We are often informed ahead of time of any individuals who are planning civil disobedience, so we can keep an extra eye on them. The National Lawyer’s Guild provides training for anyone wishing to be a Legal Observer. It’s also important to have a list of all people who are jailed, we keep track of those.” When asked if Legal Observers are ever jailed themselves or interfered with by police, Garrett responded, “No. Legal Observers have not been arrested in Seattle since the WTO.”
By far the most creative costume at this rally went to the gentleman sporting a tux and stilts with a large top hat and cigar. When asked why stilts he responded, “Easier to look down on all you little people of the world.”
Once speeches finished at the podium, marching commenced. By now the crowd had grown to well over 500. It was eerie to see people in ski mask or with bandannas obscuring their faces – an indicator they may try to push or provoke police. As the crowd made its way to University Bridge the chant went up “We are the 99%, so are you.” “We THE PEOPLE are too big to fail.”
At the bridge, a line of protest organizers directed the newly arrived mass of enthused individuals. Move to the right to protest on the side of the bridge, move the left to head for the middle of the bridge where you will be arrested. Pick your protest. A couple dozen protesters, who were planning civil disobedience, chose option B. Protesters held the bridge for a half hour and police opted not to arrest the protesters attempting civil disobedience in the middle of University Bridge. When it became clear that Seattle Police intended to arrest no one, the protesters disbursed to their cars, buses, bikes and OccupySeattle’s main camp on Capitol Hill.
Here are the photos from the march.
https://picasaweb.google.com/Genkeeper/OccupySeattleNov17
Comcast had trouble sending them so I posted them to a public Picasa folder, you should be able to easily view them.
Let me know if you would like specific captions. I took all photos.
And thanks for all the great Occupy cover! Who needs an RSS feed when PlanetWaves is my one shop stop for almost everything! 😉
Warmest,
Genevieve
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