The Inevitable Has Happened: Occupy ForeclosuresQuoteLast night Occupy Oakland's General Assembly did something that is likely to catch on with occupations across the country.
They voted to encourage the occupation of foreclosed properties across their city. After all, the bursting of the property bubble is part of why they're on the streets right now.
There is a movement similar to this under the overall Occupy umbrella, It's called Occupy Vacant Properties, and it has been most visible in San Francisco, where families are even reclaiming their old homes post-foreclosures.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/occupy-oakland-to-encourage-occupation-of-foreclosed-properties-2011-11#ixzz1clBCpJ00
The Inevitable Has Happened: Occupy Foreclosures (http://www.businessinsider.com/occupy-oakland-to-encourage-occupation-of-foreclosed-properties-2011-11#ixzz1ckqRR0DP)
Now that is cool, and very smart. Hit the Bankers in the very spot where they destabilise people... Having a roof above there head 8)
Squatting is not illegal in many countries, if you follow certain guidelines. Here are a couple of videos about squatting. The first is a news item and the second one is about squatting in the UK. Apologies for the hair styles in the second video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2smRF8JA84g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjwyMtwwnQc
Hey Pim its funny, if those people would have been dressed in Prime Black Suits whilst making that video it would be all the more hunky dory to the average joe.
I really admire what Iceland did in regards to the swine. :)
Despite the image of the guys in the video ::), I am massively in favour of this type of activity.
There are far more empty properties in the UK than there are homeless people. This is an example of private property gone mad in my opinion.
The occupy movement is FAR bigger than the MSM will admit. In Nottingham, England the main market square is occupied as we speak but it has barely had a mention in the National news.
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QuoteOn Saturday October the 15th, while people were demonstrating or shopping or quite possibly both, a group of people bagged themselves a very prime spot of NG1, turning an area which was once the Nottingham Riviera into a campsite. And they intend to stay there for a very long time.
After rolling up at the Square and being gobsmacked that a substantial part of it was now the home of a diverse collection of locals - and sitting in on a camp meeting where residents were advised to use the 24-hour McDonalds down the road if they were caught short in the middle of the night - I became approximately the 12,962nd person in town to ask them what they were doing and why...
SOURCE: http://www.leftlion.co.uk/articles.cfm/id/3991/title/occupy-nottingham
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And no, I'm not saying whether I can be seen in any of the pictures. :D
You also might be well off to try and aqquire the foreclosed house as an "Abandoned Building" much like Kenneth Robinson did when he took over a $330,000 house for a mere $16. I guess this all depends on how the laws are written, but in Texas it seemed to work for him. :)
http://www.khou.com/home/Stranger-moves-into-foreclosed-home-citing-little-knownTexas-law.html (http://www.khou.com/home/Stranger-moves-into-foreclosed-home-citing-little-knownTexas-law.html)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w22EOq7IsTk
Montreal police move in on Occupy campOccupy Montreal protesters detained as camp cleared(http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2011/11/25/li-newoccupypolice-620.jpg)
QuoteProtesters at the Occupy Montreal site tied themselves to a tent as one last stand against their imminent eviction from the Victoria Square encampment.
Nine people tied themselves to the kitchen tent in the square and chanted at police, who eventually ripped down the sides of the structure to move protesters out.
Police eventually removed the protesters — including a man dressed as Batman who allegedly tried to hug an officer.
While protesters weren't quiet as police and city workers moved in to their camp, they didn't interfere.
The full-scale eviction comes one day after protesters were given a second notice that they had to vacate the square.
A few dozen tents remained at the site Friday morning.
CBC NEWS (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/11/25/mtl-occupymontrealeviction.html)Police Dismantle Occupy Toronto Camp (http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-QS234_occupy_G_20111123101338.jpg)
QuoteTORONTO—Police began dismantling Wednesday morning a makeshift protest camp in a downtown park, appearing to move to end a weeks-old demonstration by dozens of "Occupy Toronto" protesters.
On Monday, a provincial court upheld an eviction order sought by city officials. Protesters—mimicking the Occupy Wall Street gathering in New York and similar protests across the U.S. and in London, had set up dozens of tents and shacks at a park near Toronto's downtown financial district, and have stayed camped out there for about six weeks. Since the court decision, the number of protesters at the park had dwindled to just a few dozen.
Early Wednesday morning, police vehicles descended on the area around the park. As day broke, police fanned out and began dismantling tents and cleaning up debris. Some protesters had barricaded themselves in fortified structures, vowing not to leave. By midmorning Wednesday, police had avoided moving in on those structures, and protesters, police and journalists mixed peacefully in the park. There was no reported violence during the police operation.
Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203764804577056032782622826.html?mod=googlenews_wsj)Police roust Occupy Edmonton, MontrealQuoteEDMONTON, Alberta, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Canadian police shut down Occupy Edmonton and Occupy Montreal protest tent encampments Friday morning.
Some 45 Edmonton officers erected a fence around the camp in Alberta's provincial capital and began ordering people out as they took down tents, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
Three people who refused to leave were charged with trespassing although there was no physical resistance, police said.
The group has been on privately owned land since Oct. 15 as an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York that decries corporate greed and income disparity.
A development company owns the Edmonton land and reportedly expressed safety concerns based on the protesters' use of wood stoves and campfires, the CBC said.
Hours later, Montreal police moved in on that city's Occupy site and began tearing up tent pegs as protesters jeered them, the CBC said. No arrests were reported.
Earlier this week, police shut down Occupy tent encampments in Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia; Calgary, Alberta; Quebec City and Toronto.
Police roust Occupy Edmonton (http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/11/25/Police-roust-Occupy-Edmonton-Montreal/UPI-32511322232456/)
THIS Is funny... but right to the point
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