Dear friends
As you may be aware, 24 year old Scott Olsen, a Marine lance corporal who served two tours of duty in Iraq, suffered a skull fracture when he was struck by a projectile fired by police officers during the brutal police crackdown on the encampment known as Occupy Oakland. At one point in the violence, when people acting as medics went to help an injured protester, an officer deliberately threw a flash bang grenade into the group. Out of outrage and condemnation of these heinous acts, and in solidarity with the call for a General Strike throughout Oakland this Wednesday, November 2nd, the Occupy Durham General Assembly has called for a march and rally from the Occupy Durham encampment at Durham People's Plaza to the Police Headquarters on Chapel Hill St., where we will give an update on Oakland, the general strike, and other Occupy city encampments followed by speakers discussing government repression within and outside of the Occupy Movement. We also hope to issue a statement asking the police chief not to issue orders to remove encampments in Durham - though the exact language will be discussed at the Monday, October 31st, General Assembly in Durham at 7pm. We offer an invitation to anyone who would like to speak out about government repression, and state sponsored violence against our rights to speech and to freely assemble, to join us this Wednesday at Noon for a March and Rally. Details can be found below and in the calendar section of www.occupydurham.org ------------------------------------------- Solidarity with Occupy Oakland and Oakland General Strike March and Rally Against Government Repression Wednesday, November 2nd - 12pm NOON Starting at noon, we'll march from Durham People's Plaza to Durham Police Headquarters ... Speak-out and Rally begins at approx. 12:15pm In solidarity with the General Strike of Oakland and in condemnation of the violent eviction of the Occupy Oakland encampment, the Occupy Durham General Assembly has called for a march and rally. After marching together from the Occupy Durham encampment at Durham People's Plaza to the Police Headquarters on Chapel Hill St., we will give an update on Oakland, the general strike, and other Occupy city encampments followed by speakers discussing police brutality and government repression within and outside of the Occupy Movement. More info at www.OccupyDurham.org -- David Young (919)-475-7382 [email protected]
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