Daily Archives: November 16, 2011
This Is What A Police State Looks Like
Tonight at the People’s Library Mayor Bloomberg’s chief occupation outreach group paid us a visit. Again. Our librarians were, again, brave and peaceful. Shame on you! Shame on you! The Occupiers chanted as Bloomberg’s minions threw away what we had … Continue reading
Filed under #N17, Announcements, Mandy, Sean, Video
Jail Notes
As some of you know, two of our librarians were arrested yesterday morning, when the NYPD invaded the park. As of this writing — 4pm Wednesday — neither have been released yet. Scales and Charlie, two of the live-in librarians, … Continue reading
Filed under Announcements, Jaime
From Patti Smith
As readers of this blog, and members of the People’s Library will know, Patti Smith is an important visitor to OWS, and has helped the People’s Library in many ways. This morning, in the wake of the raid on the … Continue reading
Filed under Announcements
Occupy Wall Street Poetry Anthology Now Online
We are proud to offer you the complete Occupy Wall Street Poetry Anthology! In the past, the poets responsible for editing the Occupy Wall Street Poetry Anthology wanted readers to experience the magic of the occupation while reading the poems the … Continue reading
Filed under Announcements, Literature, Mandy, Poetry, Stephen, Steve S.
UPDATE: State of Seized Library
(This post is being updated as news comes in, check back regularly.) We’re getting our first report back from the folks who went to the Sanitation Garage. Mayor Bloomberg’s office tweeted: “Property from #Zuccotti, incl #OWS library, safely stored @ … Continue reading
Filed under Michael, Solidarity
Help Needed Retrieving Books!
Friends of the People’s Library–we need help! The City is freeing our seized books, magazines and other materials at 650 57th Street (entrance at 56th nr or 12th St.), but we need people with cars and people who can help … Continue reading
Filed under Announcements, Emergency Actions, Mandy
Special Comment – Mayor Bloomberg
“Who else but a human platitude like Bloomberg could have just gotten back from Jerusalem and the dedication of a ten million dollar medical facility, for which he generously paid, and then enable the image of policeman seizing fifty-five hundred books from the … Continue reading
earlier this morning
Earlier this morning (around 7am?) the police very briefly opened the barricades in one section at the north of the park. A few of us made our way back and began to settle in. We only had … Continue reading
Filed under Betsy, Brookfield, Ephemera, Public/Private Parks
