OWS: GENERAL STRIKE at 08:00. No Work, School, or Shopping. All out in the streets!

[Rochard]

Seems OWS members decided they were less interested in getting wet hanging out in parks today, and more interested in staying home, playing COD, and having their mothers make them sandwiches.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Occupy Wall Street will join labor groups for a day of protests on Tuesday to mark International Workers Day and to try to breathe fresh life into the movement that sparked a wave of nationwide protests against economic injustice eight months ago.

Scheduled actions ranged from a "pop-up encampment" in a New York City park to a promise to "occupy" San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.

A text message alert broadcast late Monday from an Occupy Wall Street address said: "All civilians stand by for GENERAL STRIKE at 08:00. No Work, School, or Shopping. All out in the streets!"

Activities were set to kick off early in New York at Bryant Park in midtown, where protesters plan to set up an encampment emblematic of the movement's early days in lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park near the Wall Street financial district.

But, as a light morning rain fell on the city, the park was largely empty, populated by a handful of police officers and half a dozen maintenance workers in yellow rain slickers who were emptying trash cans. About a dozen people milled about at a pair of coffee kiosks at the corner of 42nd Street and 6th Avenue, just outside the park.

Across the street, the new Bank of America tower was encircled by steel crowd control barricades and police were stationed at each the building's entrances. The building is one of six bank locations protesters planned to target Tuesday.

Later, activists planned to join organized labor for a march starting at Union Square. Some in New York have vowed to disrupt commuter traffic, but Occupy said it would not take part.

In California, Occupy Oakland has called for protesters to "occupy" the Golden Gate Bridge in a show of solidarity with bridge workers engaged in a contract dispute over wages and benefits.

Police in New York declined to say if any unusual security precautions were planned, but the city's financial community was making preparations. At the Deutsche Bank building in lower Manhattan, the atrium used for much of the winter as an Occupy meeting spot will be closed to the public on May 1.

[Sly]

Real protesting takes work. Probably way too much work for these folk.

[wehateporn]

Powerful forces behind this i.e. Soros who is a Rothschild Agent. This is from the top...not good

[fuzebox]

OWS is still around? I thought that was last year's fad.

[CyberHustler]

NYC here, Nothing happened...

[Tom_PM]

Seems the only sheep were the police and such who thought there would be a turnout? I'm not sure what to make of it. Who do those people who protest represent anyway? The 99%? Then they should all be on unemployment and welfare and foodstamps and medicaid etc. The 99% pay for that too, though I'm sure some think the 1% pay 100% of that. Guess it all works out somehow down the road.

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by Sly

Real protesting takes work. Probably way too much work for these folk.

That's my point. What the fuck are they protesting about?

They want to shut down the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco? Don't they understand the 99% use that bridge to get to and from their jobs and homes? Brilliant fucking idea.

[Tom_PM]

There is a reason there is no representative from these groups to speak for them. The same reason they should not be used in media as if they represent some segment of society. Anyone trying to use them as a political wedge should be ashamed and try to make a real argument. They represent themselves and nobody else.

[Gouge]

Live feeds from across the US, the real march for NYC wont start until 8 PM EST tonight according to what the fuck-tards on the cast keep saying.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/watc...-day-protests/

[Kimmykim]

Originally Posted by Rochard

That's my point. What the fuck are they protesting about?

They want to shut down the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco? Don't they understand the 99% use that bridge to get to and from their jobs and homes? Brilliant fucking idea.

No different than when they were parked at Frank Ogawa in downtown Oakland. Killed some of the local businesses because no one wanted to go into the mess and shop/drink/eat/transact with them. How does that help the 99%?

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by Kimmykim

No different than when they were parked at Frank Ogawa in downtown Oakland. Killed some of the local businesses because no one wanted to go into the mess and shop/drink/eat/transact with them. How does that help the 99%?

I think I got turned off by protesters back in the 1990s. It was something about bike lanes, and everyone came out on their bikes and drove around in traffic, creating a mess for traffic. Basically the entire city was gridlocked for hours and we couldn't leave.

I understand it's San Francisco, and it's a very unique city and you know accept certain things when you visit. But shutting down access to the bay bridge and forcing thousands of cars to idle for hours in traffic is bullshit (and when I say "idle for hours" I mean four hours without my car moving).

That's great that this group wants to protest. But come up with a plan, some clear goals, and protest where it's going to count the most - their corporate offices and Washington DC. Don't piss off the 99% you claim to represent.

[CaptainHowdy]

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by Gouge

Live feeds from across the US, the real march for NYC wont start until 8 PM EST tonight according to what the fuck-tards on the cast keep saying.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/watc...-day-protests/

Outstanding - You just have to watch the ad first.

http://www.livestream.com/occupyfdsf

[DWB]

They must all be waiting in line at the Mac Store for the new iWhatever.