Live coverage of Occupy Bohemian Grove this Saturday July 14 will be on:
Live Video: 12-4 PM PST http://noliesradio.org/
Live Radio coverage: 2-4 PM PST http://www.kpfa.org/
Occupy Activists Join Social Justice Organizations to Protest the 1%
at the Bohemian Grove July 14
June 28, 2012
Occupy groups from Santa Rosa, San Francisco, Portland, Sebastopol,
and Petaluma, are joining some twenty other social justice activist
organizations to protest the powerful one-percent elites partying at
the Bohemian Grove in Monte Rio, California July 14-29.
2,000-3,000 rich and wealthy men have gathered every summer for 133
years in a private 2,800 acre ancient redwood retreat to celebrate
themselves with parties, entertainment, and speakers. The men,
Bohemian Club members and their guests, will hold a cremation of care
ceremony July 14, where they symbolically burn the cares of the world
before a giant owl in a bizarre annual ritual.
This years protest against the gathering of the worlds political and
economic elite is called Occupy Bohemian Grove, Expose the 1%.
Occupy groups across America, and increasingly the world, are working
to expose the one percent in control of global resources who are
bringing human rights repression, environmental destruction, and war
to humankind.
The Fukushima Mothers and Cindy Sheehan are joining the twenty-four co-
sponsors for a Creation of Care ceremony, speakers, and music,
Saturday, July 14, at the Monte Rio Amphitheater, just outside the
gates of the Bohemian Grove. Kris Welsh will MC the day, and Dennis
Bernstein, host of Flashpoints on KPFA/Pacifica radio will broadcast
live from the event. Russia Today-TV with Abby Martin will film and
John Rees with No-Lies Radio will video-cast the day on the Internet.
The protest will feature Occupy groups as well as other organizations
including Code Pink, Peace and Justice Center, ANSWER Coalition,
Project Censored, Bohemian Grove Action Network, Veterans for Peace,
National Lawyers Guild, Round Valley Indians for Justice, and various
others groups focused on key issues, such as climate change, human
rights, Palestine, Cuban Five, and a living wage. Representatives from
these organizations and more will speak joining in coalition to create
a vast cornucopia of care as a counter to the one-percent elites less
than a mile away. In addition to the speakers, the program at the
amphitheater will include musical performances by Dave Lippman, Teresa
Tudury, Jim Ocean, Scott Gerber, Attila Nagy, Keith Blackstone and the
Hubbub Club.
Admission to the Creation of Care is free. It will run from noon to 4
p.m. at the Monte Rio amphitheater, which is located at 9925 Main
Street in downtown Monte Rio.
Please see the complete list of endorsements and speakers on our flyer.
Media Contacts:
Susan Lamont: Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County: 707-575-8902
Attila Nagy: Occupied Press/Prensa Ocupada North Bay: 707-795-1044
Peter Phillips: Media Freedom Foundation/Project Censored: 707-874-2695
Mary Moore, Bohemian Grove Action Network: 707-874-2248
Information at: occupybohemiangrove.com
Open Letter to San Francisco Bohemian Club
July 4, 2012
Mr. Robert J. Boesch
President San Francisco Bohemian Club
624 Taylor Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Dear Mr. Boesch,
Media Freedom Foundation/Project Censored has joined a coalition of
some twenty-five social justice organizations and occupy groups to
protest the San Francisco Bohemian Clubs practices at your annual
summer encampments.
We are holding an Occupy Bohemian Grove protest in Monte Rio on July
14, 2012. For publicity and information on this event see:
http://www.occupybohemiangrove.com/
Occupy groups from five cities are involved in protesting your annual
summer encampment of the rich and powerful 1%. Given that it takes
$588,000 in assets to be in the top 1% of the world richest people, we
believe that a significant portion of your members fit this category.
Our group has attended the planning meetings for this protest, and
want to inform you about the days events and make some policy
recommendations for the Club to consider.
The Occupy Bohemian Grove coalition is planning a four hour public
assembly from noon to 4:00 on July 14. During that time there will be
speakers, music and a creation of care ceremony in opposition to your
cremation of care and private talks by policy elites at the Grove.
KPFA radio will broadcast live from Monte Rio, No Lies Radio will
video feed the proceedings on the internet, and Russia Today TV will
be filming and interviewing activists.
We are not planning or promoting civil disobedience or trespassing on
Grove property as part of the protest. We are not organizing a march
on the Grove, as has been done in the past. Some curious participants
may walk up the Bohemian Highway to see your gates.
Recommendations to the San Francisco Bohemian Club in a time of
Occupy the 1%.
Whereas:
The 2,000 acre retreat, now privately held near Monte Rio, California,
is in part an ancient old growth redwood forest with trees over one
thousand years of age and;
The San Francisco Bohemian Club continues to exclude women from
membership and;
Significant public leaders in the world give private keynote addresses
(chats) on a daily basis on important policy issues, and;
The private happenings inside the summer retreat boundaries face
continuing unproven rumors regarding nefarious behaviors and insider
deals made by powerful elites.
We Recommend that:
1. The Bohemian Grove recognize the rights of humankind to enjoy a
fair share of the common heritage of the ancient redwood forest by
opening the Grove to tours on a regular basis when club members are
not assembled
2. The Bohemian Club begin a policy of admitting women and arranging
the Grove to accommodate both genders
3. The lakeside chats and other addresses by key policy officials be
made public on-line and transcripts prepared and published
4. The Cremation of Care ceremony be transformed into a building of
unity of care in the world and the ceremony be made public on-line
5. The Bohemian Club set up an on-line live feed from the main stage
and field circle, as events are occurring.
We strongly believe in full transparency of public figures giving
lectures to a select few men and we believe that the privacy of your
events is unnecessary in a time of increasingly inequality between the
1% and the 99%.
We think that the San Francisco Bohemian Club can demonstrate a belief
in an open transparent democratic society by simply changing a few of
your historical policies. As symbolic representatives of the top 1% in
the world, it is time for you to exercise a responsibility to help
build a fair sharing of the worlds resources starting with your own
Club.
This letter has been publicly released. We trust you will take our
recommendations seriously.
Sincerely,
Peter Phillips
President Media Freedom Foundation
Mickey Huff
Director of Project Censored
Mary Lia
Fair Share of the Common Heritage
Andy Lee Roth
Associate Director of Project Censored
Bill Simon
Veterans for Peace, Chapter 71
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