ANNOUNCEMENTS from Occupy DC Media Team
February 7, 2012

This Friday and Saturday, Occupy CPAC: Liberate Discourse

On February 9th through February 11th, a who’s who of dastardly politicians will be holding the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Marriot Wardman Park Hotel at 2660 Woodley Road, NW. Similar to the Alfalfa Club dinner, this event is another gathering of bigots, media mouthpieces, corrupt politicians, and their 1 percent elite puppet masters.

CPAC will parade and attempt to perpetuate the radical right wing’s imperialist ideologies with keynote speakers, movies and banquets dedicated to pursuing its racist, sexist, patriarchal and exploitative agenda.

Spectacles will include imperialist topics such as “From Fidel to Chavez: How Do We Stop the Resurgence of Socialism in Latin America?”, “Is the ‘Arab Spring’ Good or Bad for America?” and frequent bloviation on “American exceptionalism.” Openly racist discourses will be given on “The Failure of Multiculturalism: How the pursuit of diversity is weakening the American Identity” and “Islamic Law in America: How the Obama Justice Department Is Selling Us Out.” The conference will also glorify the role of money in politics in talks such as “How to Raise Money… the Easy Way,” “Citizens United Productions Hosts Blogger Briefing” and “Fundraising Secrets from the Billion $ Man.”

There will also be a discussion entitled “Taking Back Wall Street: The Tea Party vs. Occupy Wall Street,” in which they plan to hear only from Tea Partiers.

Our Mission: Occupy CPAC. Create as much non-violent resistance as possible, and make this a conference the attendees will never forget.

We will be joining in solidarity with the AFL-CIO, SEIU, National Nurses United, Metro Labor Council, OurDC, and more to make our voices heard in our increasingly top-down, money-corrupted democracy. We will have actions on Friday at noon and 5pm (for Scott Walker’s speech at the Reagan Banquet), and on Saturday we will meet at Malcolm X Park at 16th and Euclid at noon to march to the Marriott.

To find out more about the Conservative Political Action Conference, visit http://cpac2012.conservative.org/

The list of corrupt, divisive speakers includes Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee, Ann Coulter, Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann, John Boehner, Andrew Breitbart, Herman Cain, Grover Norquist, Jim DeMint, Rick Perry, Oliver North, Mitt Romney, Scott Walker, and more.

WE WANT YOUR PRESENCE. WE WANT YOUR ENTHUSIASM. WE WANT YOUR VOICE. TELL YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FRIENDS’ FRIENDS, AND ANYONE WHO HAS EVER BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF REAL DEMOCRACY, EQUALITY AND POSITIVE DISCOURSE.

We are the 99%. We are unstoppable. Another world is possible.


February 5, 2012
DC: Regroup and Resist!

At 4pm on Sunday, Feb 5th, the day after an excessively forceful eviction, Occupy DC will regroup at the south lawn of McPherson Square to do what makes it strong – communal decision-making as a general assembly. Topics of discussion will include the question of what Occupy DC will look like with less of a presence in McPherson Square, using lessons from other occupations as jumping off points. We may also discuss community outreach, upcoming direct actions and sleeping arrangements for those who were displaced by the National Park Service. A lot of new people took interest in Occupy DC during the eviction. We hope to see all of you at GA. This occupation is far from over. They can’t evict an idea whose time has come.