Reeling from what increasingly appears to have been a well-coordinated, nationwide crackdown upon Occupy encampments, the imminent question now facing Occupy Nova Scotia is, “What now?”
The notion of maintaining a communal space remains of paramount importance, and some have devoted themselves to finding an alternate living arrangement. Despite an open invitation from Eddie Carvery to come and Occupy Africville, the Africville Genealogy Society seems to have stonewalled the idea. Many of the Occupiers have been evicted into homelessness; with the first winter storm upon us, and camping clearly a police-enforced ‘no-no’ in park lands across the HRM, Occupiers are looking at indoor options.
Yet even without a home base, Occupy continues to outreach throughout the community. The group is showing films, many with a political twist, every Tuesday at 7pm at the Khyber. “U of Occupy” has attempted to set up outdoor structures and “free school” events at various campuses across town.
This Friday also marks “Buy Nothing Day,” which coincides with the post-American Thanksgiving kick-off of the Christmas shopping season. In celebration, Occupy Nova Scotia will open its larder and clothes cupboard, giving away many of the items not claimed after the police eviction caused many to flee and not return for their possessions. With no kitchen tent, and no communal space to prepare food, edible donations will also be distributed. Check for central locations on Dalhousie and Saint Mary’s campuses. On Saturday, a “shopping cart brigade” will be handing out food and clothing to along Spring Garden Road.
This article appears in Nov 24-30, 2011.
Miles, go shove your conspiracy theory of a “coordinated nationwide crackdown “.
It was just an example of a bunch of people in cities across Canada looking at serious safety problems in the occupied places combined with gross, ignorant, foul mouthed selfish behaviour by ‘occupiers’.
Read the decision by Judge Brown in Toronto : http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/73351203
especially pages 15 though 24 where residents affidavits and complaints to the city of Toronto are clearly set out.
Here is one example :
” On that day we saw a large group of Protesters giggling and defacing the cement by the fountain in the park. One of the dog owners told the vandals to stop writing on thec ement. The vandals yelled at us to “fuck off” and that the park is theirs, not ours. One of us told the vandals again to stop defacing the fountain area. The vandals screamed at us,”you were all raised by Nazis.” I took great offence to this, and so did the other dogowners.One Protester then assaulted the dog owner who had told the vandals to stop. Theprotestor pushed the dog owner’s chest with his own chest in a violent and intimidatingmanner. Our group was then swarmed by a group of protestors. One protestor approachedthe other dog owners and I and asked to see our identification. He called himself a “park marshal” and said he had “jurisdiction” in the area “. One of the gentler complaints.
Your ‘movement’ has been flushed away. Next time get down to the Legislature and give Dexter an earful, he has the power and responsibilty to fix the social problems that Occupy Nova Scotia mentioned a few times in between a long litany of other ill defined issues.
You’re whole next step is to find another place to erect your tent city? No wonder the Occupy movement is destined to fail. Now is the time to organize, get leadership, set your goals, and develop and execute a plan for the change your group wants. Tent cities will achieve nothing.
Reality Bites for Miles Howe and the Occupy people. THE REAL 99% DO NOT EVEN CARE
Got a solution for Miles Howe and the Occupy people who are not the 99%.
Just move to the Iranian Embassy in Ottawa or in a park in Tehran and have your little protest there on how much you hate the USA, Canada, Israel, Capitalism, western democratic process and western society all together which the Occupy movement says these are the issues of the 99% when they are just the issues of western leftists who are not even the 1% of the over all population . The government of Iran supports you 100% when the 99.9999999999% in Canada or in the Western World do not even care about the far lefts latest pet project source:
http://www.salon.com/2011/10/28/why_iran_c…
Wait! they do not want you to know that the Government of Iran who murdered their own people in the streets demanding change supports them? I believe this might be the best solution for Miles Howe along with the Occupy Hippies will get full support from the Iranian government and they might put you on ( http://www.presstv.ir ). Also they would not have problems feeding you, giving you free utilities, paying your bills, all the time saying how much the Western Left hates everything.
or Mr. Howe and the hippies could try and go on a boat ride to Hamas controlled Gaza and have their protest there too
however they might be forced to have the protest in Ashdod, Israel( if you get there) or on the boat when it gets rammed by the Greek Coast Guard. Wait!
Reality Bites! does it Miles Howe?
WE THE REAL 99% DO NOT EVEN CARE .
What a classic example of a professional protester
“the notion of maintaining a communal space” = “the notion of being able to camp wherever you want”
Why not just Occupy in the morning and leave after midnight? Who cares if your not proving your point to the late night drunks of Halifax…
This way you are technically not camping but you definitely are Occupying. I don’t think those communal places have no visiting by-laws they can use to remove you as well.
From reading this article, and discovering that without their tent city the occupiers are facing homelessness, the only steps they should be taking are:
1) Shower
2) Go to a library, set up an email account with any of the free email service providers
3) Write a resume
4) Get a god damned job.
I’ve been working since I was 14 years old. I make enough to pay my rent and utilities. I make enough to feed myself. I make enough to make payments on the credit cards I was ridiculously irresponsible with when I was younger. I accept responsibility for the financial situation I’m in, why can’t these assholes do the same?
From reading this article, and discovering that without their tent city the occupiers are facing homelessness, the only steps they should be taking are:
1) Shower
2) Go to a library, set up an email account with any of the free email service providers
3) Write a resume
4) Get a god damned job.
I’ve been working since I was 14 years old. I make enough to pay my rent and utilities. I make enough to feed myself. I make enough to make payments on the credit cards I was ridiculously irresponsible with when I was younger. I accept responsibility for the financial situation I’m in, why can’t these assholes do the same?
I’m puzzled why Peter Kelly didn’t let the Halifax winter clear out the protesters. After a couple weeks of freezing rain, ice pellets, cold wind, snow storms, etc. I bet most of them would hop on a train to Vancouver.
Maybe they should “occupy” a space in the employment line or “occupy” some time in a soup kitchen or hospital volunteering. Bunch of smelly nomads costing us taxpayers money. Morons.
It’s disheartening to see so much ignorance of the occupy movement in these comments and around the internet.
To those of you who have a job, that’s great. You’re one of the lucky ones. But that doesn’t give the right to assume that the occupiers a. don’t already have jobs or b. aren’t actively looking for one. If you have a degree or two then sometimes it’s harder to get a minimum wage job because you’re overqualified. Sounds ridiculous, but employers know that the moment something better comes along you’ll be gone.
They’re not looking for handouts, they’re looking to work towards answers. Perhaps next time you could try to educate yourself about the movement before you get on the “dirty hippy” train.
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Katie, that’s all fine and good, but tenting in a public park hasn’t, isn’t, and will not achieve anything. I have written several times what the movement needs to do, and that involves hard work to organize, lobby, advertise, and most important, get your ideas together and present them to the public, government, and business in a way that can achieve results. Tents and parks are not the answer.
Katie, the occupiers were willing subjugates of the NDP government and their union lackeys Rick Clarke and Kyle Buott.
Once that happened it became party political rather than a socio-political group and the tent became smaller.
Bumbling amateurs bought off for 5 grand. Where is the money now ?
Katie Budgell
Sweetie!
Anyone in the real world can understand why these people can not get jobs. All these people seem to do is smoke pot and have really bad smell. Also most who are there are professional protesters and are paid to do just this protest what is on the latest fad on the left . All you had to do was just Google their names and you will find even the ones that got arrested usually brag about how many times they get put in jail with their leftist friends. Mile Howe is just one example I find it rather interesting he thinks there was a ” well-coordinated, nationwide crackdown upon Occupy encampments” without any evidence of course.
But Sweetie I can tell you where the occupy people could move their protest and that is the Iranian Embassy in Ottawa here is the address:
Embassy of I.R. of Iran
245 Metcalfe St.
Ottawa, ON
K2P 2K2
That government has given the movement 100% backing and they will provde you with all of your protesting resoures without the Canadian Cities paying fees. You can protest how much Occupy people hate: Israel, Western Society, Capitalism and you can think you have the 99% backing when your movement does not. Also Press TV will give you all the coverage you need since A) the far left loves this country: http://peacenews.org/2011/11/stopping-an-a…
and B) They have your full backing: http://www.rferl.org/content/iranian_hardl…
Also your not the 99% and your movement is not even the 1% just hippies and professional protesters who do this for a living also in Iran the government has not just the 99% support but 100% support.
So there here is a good solution for the occupy movement just move somewhere were you have support from a government (the Iran people can be questionable). Problem solved
Also I believe if these hippies looked for a Job instead of protesting then they might be able to find work like the real 99% does
I suggest we start having public meetings to debate these issues, broadcast online. Its time to stop hiding behind out computers and start talking and teaching each other, this sitting home and typing a few ideas online is not helping , stop being cowards and I’ll take part in person but im tired of explaining stuff to cowards