Occupy 'Shut Down the Corporations' Feb. 29

[Gas Man]

We wanted to call your attention to one of the latest Occupy movements, Shut Down the Corporations, scheduled nationwide for February 29, 2012. The movement calls for non-violent, direct action against members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), with particular focus on board member companies. The following list, taken from the movement website (www.shutdownthecorporations.org), suggests which companies to target and in what cities:

Pfizer – NY, NY
Reed Elsevier – New York, NY
Johnson and Johnson – New Brunswick, NJ
Bayer Corp – Pittsburgh, PA (also in Toronto and Montreal for North American HQ)
CenterPoint 360 – Greenwich, CT
Diageo – Norwalk, CT
GlaxoKlineSmith – Philadephia, PA and Raleigh-Durham, NC
State Farm Insurance – Bloomington, IL
Kraft Food – Norfield, IL
Koch Industries – Wichita, KS
Reynolds American – Winston, Salem, NC
Wal-Mart – Bentonville, AK
PhRMA – Washington, DC
Peabody Energy – St. Louis, MO
Altria Group – Richmond, VA
American Bail Coalition – Fairfax, VA
Coca-Cola – Atlanta, GA
UPS – Atlanta, GA
AT&T – Dallas, TX
Energy Future Holdings – Dallas, TX
ExxonMobil – Irving, TX
Intuit, Inc. – Mountain View, CA
Salt River Project – Tempe, AZ and Mesa, AZ

Protest organizers recommend using tactics such as sit-ins, strikes, blockades, boycotts, banner drops, culture jamming, and performance. The ‘Shut Down the Corporations’ movement originated in Portland, Oregon, but the website indicates that protests are planned for over 50 cities nationwide, including Riverside, Long Beach, Santa Cruz, Las Vegas, Buffalo, Crown Heights and Brooklyn, coordinated cities in Connecticut, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Tulsa, Richmond, Austin, Phoenix, Provo, Minneapolis, Dayton, Kansas City, Newark, Salt Lake City, Nashville, Medford, Hampton Roads, San Diego, Hilo, Eugene, Madison, Ashville, Corvallis, Fargo Moorhead, New Brunswick, Gainesville, Pasadena, New York City, Des Moines, Santa Fe, Ventura County, Los Angeles, Orange County, Washington D.C., Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Albuquerque, Huntington and Savannah.

[Dave]

mindless faggots

[Gas Man]

Yep.... I hope they show up at one my facilities. I love calling the cops on idiots... dumb asses don't understand that my work is a secured facility under DOT & Homeland Security guidelines. BUT that being said, our security firm doesn't believe there will be anything at our company assets.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

[IMG] The movement calls for non-violent, direct action against members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC),

the what?

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

the what?

Lobby group: http://www.alec.org/about-alec/

Somehow I think that private corporations will be somewhat less forgiving of trespass, than the various public jurisdictions were.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Lobby group: http://www.alec.org/about-alec/

Somehow I think that private corporations will be somewhat less forgiving of trespass, than the various public jurisdictions were.

Could be entertaining to see more hippies get tazered or beat down

[Gas Man]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Lobby group: http://www.alec.org/about-alec/

Somehow I think that private corporations will be somewhat less forgiving of trespass, than the various public jurisdictions were.

Yeah we use all kinds of things for security... part of the biz.

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

the what?

The un-elected people that run our country to suit their needs, instead of ours.

JC

[nhgunnut]

I am tired of these clowns , Mr. O decided to keep the patriot act , it is about time to use it against these domestic terrorists. Let give them all a Cuban Vacation at Gitmo.

[pauldun170]

...Challenge our society’s obsession with profit and greed by shutting down the corporations. We are rejecting a society that does not allow us control of our future. We will reclaim our ability to shape our world in a democratic, cooperative, just and sustainable direction.

I can have a productive day at work or I can say something about the above quote.
I need to check my calendar.