[HCCN] Occupy Bangor for support for Saturday, Oct. 29 start

[Larry Dansinger]

Please pass along to others in your group or area. Any support will  
be a big help. Here's an appeal to come and help because of the  
potential for arrest of those who want to camp overnight, followed by  
a list of some items likely to be needed (Augusta's list but similar  
to what Bangor will need):

SUBJECT LINE: URGENT CALL TO DEFEND “OCCUPY BANGOR”

URGENT!!  URGENT!!   (Thursday night, 10/27/11)

The “Occupy Bangor” movement, which has been in the process of  
formation over the past month, has just learned that the City of  
Bangor plans to take action against our planned encampment in Peirce  
Park, which begins on Saturday, October 29.  WE NEED YOUR HELP  
against this planned police action!

The City’s press release states that they plan to clear Peirce Park  
(on Harlow Street) of the Occupy Bangor campers by 10 p.m., to  
enforce the city ordinances (which say that no one can be in a public  
park between 10 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.).  The “Occupy Bangor” encampment  
will not present any threat to the city; this is an instance of  
people publicly exercising their rights to free speech and assembly,  
through consensus, democracy, and nonviolence.

This move from the City of Bangor is happening in the context of  
growing official attacks against the nationwide Occupy movement, from  
Atlanta to New York City to Oakland, where a young Iraq war veteran  
was just critically injured by city police.

We need  your help  to stand up and defend what is probably the most  
vibrant, dynamic and promising movement for social change that this  
country has seen since the Movement against the Vietnam War in the  
1960’s and 1970’s, and the U.S. Civil Rights Movement!

PLEASE HELP US to defend the growing Occupy Movement!

Here are some concrete ways YOU can help to defend the Occupy Bangor  
action:

1)        Please call or email every member of the Bangor City  
Council (see below) and the city manager’s office to express your  
outrage at the City’s refusal to allow its citizens to peaceably  
assemble for the purpose of exercising their First Amendment free  
speech rights.  If you can, try to meet with one or more city  
councilors tomorrow in person (FRIDAY), October 28 to express your  
concern, ideally with at least one or two other people.

2)        URGE YOUR FRIENDS, neighbors, fellow parishioners, and  
coworkers to do the same! You can print off this information, and the  
names and phone numbers of the city councilors.

3)   PLEASE COME to Peirce Park in downtown Bangor on Harlow Street  
(next to the Bangor Public Library at 10 p.m. Saturday night, to be  
present, to be witnesses, and to verbally defend the occupiers from  
the (relative) safety of the sidewalk.  If you wish, you can take the  
step of joining occupiers who may decide to engage in nonviolent  
civil disobedience. It is your choice!


4)        If you don’t live in Bangor, let the city councilors know  
that you will REFUSE TO SHOP or do business in Bangor if the city  
tramples on the constitutional rights of its citizens!


5)                 Call radio talk shows to spread the word and  
express your outrage! WZON: 992-4078   --  and flood the Bangor Daily  
News with letters to the editor at: letters at bangordailynews.com


6)                 Please be aware: According to City officials, the  
City Council was asked about what should be done about the planned  
Occupy Bangor encampment, and reportedly, not one city councilor was  
willing to publicly defend the legitimate free speech and public  
assembly rights of Occupy Bangor participants.

If the city DOES BREAK UP Occupy Bangor on Saturday night, please  
call again first thing Monday morning, to express your support for  
Occupy Bangor, and your opposition to this violation of our rights to  
free speech and public assembly.

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

CITY HALL main number (to contact City Manger Catherine Conlow):    
945-4400


CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS: (Calling them is best; email is next best!)

SUSAN HAWES, COUNCIL CHAIR:          942-6830         smhbangor at aol.com

PATRICIA BLANCHETTE              942-8692         jebpab1 at aol.com

RICHARD BRONSON                                   942-4531          
richard.bronson at bangormaine.gov
NELSON DURGIN                                   947-8419          
nelson.durgin at bangormaine.gov

GEOFFREY GATWICK                      945-9442          
geoffrey.gratwick at bangormaine.gov

CHARLES LONGO                                   403-3101          
charles.longo at bangormaine.gov

DAVID NEALLY                                             
944-6888         dnealley at aol.com

GERRY PALMER                                   944-8000          
eastbangorgp at gmail.com

CARY WESTON                                   478-5720          
cary.weston at bangormaine.gov
                                                                         
                 FB: www.facebook.com/caryweston
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> The following items are useful donations:
> Donation Needs:
>
> -Batteries/Extension Cords/Generators
> -Tarps/Tents
> -Plastic Containers/Plastic Bags
> -Food/ Water
> -Blankets/Pillows
> -Mittens/Hats/Socks
> -Art Supplies
> -Lights/Tea Lights
> -Hand Warmers
> -Tables/Chairs
> -Musical Instruments
> -Propane/Grilling Stoves
> -Toiletries
> -Radios
> -Coolers/Ice Packs
> -Rope/Twine
> -Winter Weather Gear
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