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Occupy Capitol Hill | Week 2 begins with City Council resolution, hip hop rally, camp news

Capitol Hill’s newest urban infill project moves into its second week of occupation of the Seattle Central Community College campus with a busy slate including a Wednesday appearance by “legendary hip hop artist” KRS-One — plus, news of a CHS-backed Occupy Seattle project, below.

  • City resolving to support Occupy Seattle: The Seattle City Council doesn’t appear likely to let last Wednesday’s “Occupy Chase” melee on Broadway between police and protesters to stop its support of the Occupy Seattle message. Monday afternoon, the full council is expected to pass resolution 31337:

A RESOLUTION recognizing and supporting the peaceful and lawful exercise of the First Amendment as a cherished and fundamental right in the effort to seek solutions for economically distressed Americans at the federal and local levels.

Slog says the resolution “calls on the city to ‘ensure that public funds are invested in responsible financial institutions that support our community’ and rethink campaign financing for city elections.” UPDATE: The resolution was presented to full council this week but will be voted on next Monday, November 14th.


  • Occupy hip hop: Socially conscious hip hop mic rocker KRS-One is scheduled to make an appearance at the Broadway Performance Hall in support of Occupy Seattle Wednesday at 6p before his show in Tacoma later in the night. The Occupy Seattle event is free.
  • General assembly and “re-org”: With Occupy continuing to use Seattle Central as a base camp and continue its downtown activities, the nightly general assembly sessions have now moved up the Hill, too. Over the weekend, campers discussed a camp “re-org” to move tents and reorganize the camp layout more strategically. If you haven’t watched one of Occupy’s general assemblies, stop by for a view of community organizing in action. If nothing else, you’ll have a new appreciation for patience. General assemblies happen every night at 6:30p. Full Occupy calendar here.
  • Occupy Seattle Weekly: No, we didn’t pick the name — though the idea of storming the offices and taking over a corporate “alternative” newspaper has some appeal. But CHS is providing support for a weekly newsletter to be posted at the Occupy Seattle camp. The Occupy Seattle Weekly is being produced by a few pro-Occupy people including occasional CHS contributor Comrade Bunny, a.k.a Capitol Hill Community Council member Jen Power. The goal is to provide people in the camp with some information from the outside and, CHS hopes, news and information from the Capitol Hill community that might be important to campers. In the first issue, attached to this post, for example, there’s a small note for the campers about the impending shutdown of Seattle Central’s childcare center. If you want to contact Power about the newsletter and help out, you can contact her via Twitter @comradebunny.
  • Bank Transfer Day on Capitol Hill: Were you part of Bank Transfer Day on Saturday? Here are a few anecdotes we collected when we asked about what people experienced at Capitol Hill banks and credit unions on Saturday.

o “Closed my BofA account at Madison and 12th at around 11:20a. They had a piece of paper with the names and times of people closing their accounts. At the time I was the third person on the list.”
o “BoA was a breeze – but BECU was very busy…”
o “I closed my account last weekend. I wanted to make sure it was closed before Nov 5.”
o “Closed at Chase yesterday. No waiting; branch manager politely tried to save our business but did not succeed.  Opened at BECU today — they were packed from at least noon until closing time at 1. Staff was great.”
o “Yesterday the ATM at Salal credit union on 15th was very busy (just after they closed at 2pm).”
o “I opened an account at BECU on Broadway yesterday – and will close my Chase account shortly. Could not do it yesterday as I have funds direct depositing into it from unemployment for two more weeks. Don’t want to mess with that right now.”

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Eric Whitely
12 years ago

oh this is still going on

Eric Whitely
12 years ago

BTW – when you have 70 people on a holiday camp-out … in a metro area of 3 million with a police force of 1,500, by what logic is Seattle “occupied?”

jseattle
jseattle
12 years ago

6p. My fingers have gotten fat and sloppy this weekend. Typosssssss!

Johnny Blazay
12 years ago

[KRS-One] has declared his solidarity with al-Qaida by asserting that he and other African-Americans “cheered when 9-11 happened,” reports the New York Daily News.

“I say that proudly,” the Boogie Down Productions founder went on, insisting that, before the attack, security guards kept Blacks out of the World Trade Center “because of the way we talk and dress.

“So when the planes hit the building, we were like, ‘Mmmm – justice.'”

The atrocity of 9-11 “doesn’t affect us the hip-hop community,” he said. “9-11 happened to them, not us,” he added, explaining that by “them” he meant “the rich … those who are oppressing us. RCA or BMG, Universal, the radio stations.”

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/krs-one-i-cheered-9-1

JS
JS
12 years ago

Can we protest his support of this vital movement?

Occupy KRS-One’s Speech @ Occupy Seattle

Joe
Joe
12 years ago

That is one elite resolution number!

Residual
Residual
12 years ago

@ JS: You may.

Endlessly amused
12 years ago

Is there anything about this “movement” that isn’t completely laughable?

etaoin shrdlu
etaoin shrdlu
12 years ago

The way the Occupy movement has led to stories on income inequality and corporate tax evasion regularly appearing at the top of various mainstream print and online news sources, for one. You just didn’t see that kind of coverage before Occupy.

I’d say that’s not laughable. In fact, I’d say it’s downright laudable.

Keep it up, Occupy. The Hill supports you. I’ll go on another supply run for you this week.

etaoin shrdlu
etaoin shrdlu
12 years ago

C’mon, people. Somebody reply to Eric’s comments so he doesn’t need to do it himself, the poor baby.

ERF
ERF
12 years ago

I’m trying to keep from commenting on the “occupy” situation, but the “Unwelcoming Committee” has my head spinning with visions of Through the Looking Glass madness.

etaoin shrdlu
etaoin shrdlu
12 years ago

If it’s Looking Glass action you want, consider that the Wall Street felons whose fraud caused the ongoing econocataclysm are still pulling down multimillion dollar bonuses — after getting their stooges in Congress to cover their bad bets with boxcars full of cash from the US Treasury — while those who protest the corporate coup d’état are the ones getting pepper sprayed, beaten, and tossed in jail.

Curiouser and curiouser.

ERF
ERF
12 years ago

Deep sigh. I was writing in regards to the name “unwelcoming committee” striking me as funny. It was not my intent to have someone spout half-truths and propaganda in response.
Perhaps the validity of the “movment” would not be in question if it was not known that the AFL-CIO planned this spontaneous nation wide protest about a year ago.
Oh and “the ones getting pepper sprayed, beaten, and tossed in jail” are breaking the law.

calhoun
calhoun
12 years ago

If the quotes by “KRS-one” (who most of us have never heard of, by the way) are accurate, then his appearance is another black spot on the eye of Occupy Seattle. His separatist/hostile remarks and his cheering reaction to the horror of 9-11 are abominable, and he should be totally shunned.

etaoin shrdlu
etaoin shrdlu
12 years ago

Now aren’t we precious! Love it.

TD
TD
12 years ago

When you say most of us have never heard of him, who is the us you are referring to?

hmm
hmm
12 years ago

Benefit for First Responders

KRS-One spoke at a hip hop benefit concert on September 12, 2009 to benefit the first responders of 9/11 he spoke of non violence to take back the country. The event was presented by the 9/11 group We Are Change based in New York City and SMT Studios.

Faculty
12 years ago

Well after spending a week polling students in my various classes, I’m reporting that I’ve not found one who supports the tactics of this movement.

What I have recorded are complaints by students (who have witnessed) 1) public urination no the campus building doorways by Occupiers, 2) trash and garbage covering our campus grounds, 3) open drug use by Occupiers directly alongside our children in what is supposed to be a Drug Free Zone (RCW 69.50.435) and left unchecked by Occupiers AND “authorities.”

I think the message has somehow been lost.

calhoun
calhoun
12 years ago

hmm: It seems pretty damn hypocritical that this guy spoke about nonviolence at the concert in 2009, when he had previously condoned the 9/11 attack and the mass murderers who perpetrated it.

TD: By “us,” I mean anyone over 30 and/or anyone not living on Capitol Hill.

etaoin shrdlu
etaoin shrdlu
12 years ago

While your perspective as a trainer at Evergreen School for Dogs is an interesting one, I think poll results from a faculty member at Seattle Central would be more informative.

Mtdent
12 years ago

Shirdelouie,

You don’t need to be a dick and you don’t need a poll.

etaoin shrdlu
etaoin shrdlu
12 years ago

And you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

mtdent
12 years ago

Especially when it is going up your…

etaoin shrdlu
etaoin shrdlu
12 years ago

What-ev-er.