national gathering

courtesy of occupied stories

occupy caravan road trip

occupy activists are converging in philadelphia for a national gathering. from the nation:

“For me, this is a chance to finally meet face-to-face with people who are doing work in other cities and build real relationships,” said Jeff Rae, an Occupy activist who had his Twitter records subpoenaed by the New York District Attorney in March.

“In a much broader scope, I hope that at the National Gathering, we can have some real dialogue about what’s next for Occupy. New tactics and strategies.”

nbc philadelphia reports here on a day 3 of protests and arrests, including a march in solidarity with quebec student strikers and an incident in which police kettled and arrested 26 evening protesters, including the ustream reporter.  [a video is viewable at the nation link - for some reason (only known to the authorities), the blogger system isn't allowing the ustream to post.  you might also be able to link to it after the clip below runs through.]

in the youtube below, from NativeInterFace, a non-violent resister in a daytime philadelphia protest is hit in the throat by a national guardsman using his baton.

more blogging on philadelphia here and an occupy caravan on its way with some vegie pizza to share.