Thing of it is... while browsing the Facebook newsfeed last night, I got the heads up from Punk Patriot that the protestors occupying Wall St. were, at that very moment, being evicted. I watched the live stream last night... Watched people being herded, having their belongings confiscated and those belongings - everything from tables, tents and chairs to lap tops - being trashed.
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Many of us, who have followed the Occupy Movement, realize this eviction has little to do with health concerns. Mayor Bloomberg, his buddies and girlfriend, Diana Taylor former New York State Superintendent of Banks is on the board of directors for, Brookfield Properties, the company that owns Zuccotti Park. They all want to put and end to the protests. Simple as that. These are people who value things, money, profits - over people. They probably thought, that kicking people out and trashing their stuff, would do the trick. Everybody likes and needs their stuff. Americans can't do without their stuff.... Right?
Unlike, the one percent, many of the occupiers all ready know what it's like to lose everything. I certainly do. It's happened to me twice, in my lifetime. And I don't mean losing everything, in the sense that you have to ride the bus instead of driving. I mean losing everything to the point when I had nothing left but the clothes on my back. Some people take that hard and want to sit and cry about it. Others, think immediately, "Okay. What's my my next move?" OWS did the latter. I admire their self-control. It could have easily turned into an all out riot. It did not...
If there's ever a moment, when you realize you've got nothin' left to lose - and your eyes are open - it can be the most powerful moment, you'll ever have in your lifetime.
Emotions ran high during the eviction. But the occupiers, as a group, kept their heads and regrouped. When I woke up this morning and found they'd remained together and gathered again in Foley Square, vowing to re-take Zuccotti, I felt both relieved... and so proud too. Proud to see that humans, despite all our shortcomings as a species are capable, as a group, of keeping it together and not giving up, when giving up is not the thing to do.
New York Police Trash Occupy Wall Street | TDHundreds of New York police officers rolled into Zuccotti Park just after 1 a.m. Tuesday with a dump truck and orders to clear the park, arrest the defiant and throw away their possessions. The New York Times reported that more than 100 protesters had gathered in “the kitchen,” singing and refusing to leave.I asked The Brooklyn Ink, which has reporters on the ground, what the plan is and was told, “There seem to be a few plans right now. Some are calling for occupying Union Square. Some are meeting at Broadway and Fulton. The whole protest has spread out and it seems everyone is still getting their bearings on what to do next.”This is a video of police tear-gassing the kitchen.Tweets are pouring in and it is not entirely clear as of this posting what has happened or what will happen next, but this much is certain: The capital of the Occupy movement is under attack. —PZS Photo of Eviction Notice served to Occupiers: Adam Gabbatt
Photo: Robert Stolarik for The New York TimesProtesters signaled resistance to the police as the officers entered the park.
Police Clear Zuccotti Park of Protesters
NYT By JAMES BARRON and COLIN MOYNIHAN
Published: November 15, 2011
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Tuesday defended his decision to clear the park in Lower Manhattan that was the birthplace of the Occupy Wall Street Movement, saying “health and safety conditions became intolerable” in the park where the protesters had camped out for nearly two months...
.... One protester, Nate Barchus, 23, said the eviction from Zuccotti Park was likely to galvanize supporters, particularly because a series of gatherings had already been planned for Thursday, the protest’s two-month anniversary.
“This,” he said, referring to the early-morning sweep, “reminds everyone who was occupying exactly why they were occupying.” Read more: NYT
Occupy Wall St. 
UPDATE: Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) -- “Occupy Wall Street” protesters lost a bid to overturn their eviction earlier today by New York City police officers from a lower Manhattan park where they had been demonstrating for eight weeks.
“The movants have not demonstrated that they have a First Amendment right to remain in Zuccotti Park along with their tents, structures, generators and other installations to the exclusion of the owners reasonable rights and duties to maintain Zuccotti Park,” New York State Supreme Court Justice Michael Stallman wrote in a ruling issued today.
New York City police pushed into the park early this morning to remove demonstrators who had been camping there for more than eight weeks to protest inequality of wealth, unemployment and the financial industry.
“This was not about public health and safety. This was a pretext to shut down the occupation two days before a large protest is planned,” said Yetta Kurland, a lawyer for the protesters. She said they haven’t yet decided whether to appeal.
“I’m gratified Judge Stallman recognized the right of Brookfield to have rules that allow Zuccotti Park to be a clean, safe and fully accessible place,” said Douglas Flaum, a lawyer for Brookfield Office Properties Inc., which owns the park. More
CURRENT: In a Special Comment, Keith contextualizes Mayor Bloomberg’s actions against Occupy Wall Street at Zuccotti Park and how they have – unintentionally – vaulted the movement from a local nuisance to a global platform for the disenfranchised.
My 2 "What now?" Cents:
Eviction might be the best thing to happen to OWS, at this particular point in time. In every disadvantage, there's an advantage, waiting to get out... And nothing like a little cold water thrown in one's face to keep the juices flowing. This is not the time to get distracted by all the suppressing and those behind it.
In the beginning, Occupying on Wall St., made a point because of what Wall St. is and represents. During the past two months people all over the world have occupied where and when they can. The message is what matters. Not so much the particular piece of real estate, you're standing on when you're broadcasting it.
Now that the occupiers have been evicted, they could use this time to take stock - make adjustments in planning and logistics. Now, that with winter on the doorstep - maybe find a bigger, better and possibly a more comfortable place, [as in, a place with less concrete], to occupy. The message itself, is more important than the point on the map it's coming from.
Maybe... just maybe, the time for tents is over and done. Maybe it's time for direct action. More homeowners foreclosing on banks and stuff like that. Maybe occupying in places, big corporations don't want the public to know about, like Goldman Sachs' secret aluminum storage warehouses that allow, "Major aluminum producers to make out like bandits under the Goldman warehouse regime". We have the internet. OWS has live streaming video... And no matter where the occupiers plant their tents, they can still march if they so choose... Just sayin'
Goldman Sachs is getting in the metals market, in a way no one expected.
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