livestreams

livestreaming from different parts of the united states, may 1st general strike demonstrations.  so you can jump from one to another more easily.  i will update with more livestreams, as the day progresses.

from new york, new york, with tim pool who's been doing a lot time on the ground:

from occupy seattle, where they are seeking livestream reporters, at the time of this posting:

 

owsoccupyseattle on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free

los angeles:


 

Watch live streaming video from owslosangeles at livestream.com

Rebelutionary_Z in chicago:

 

 
Live stream by Ustream


occupy atlanta: 

occupyatlanta on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free

occupy detroit:

 

Watch live streaming video from detroit99 at livestream.com

global revolution channel:

Watch live streaming video from globalrevolution at livestream.com

occupy d.c. livestream channel:

Video streaming by Ustream

occupy philadelphia:

occupyphiladelphia on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free

occupy minneapolis (occupy MN):

Watch live streaming video from occupymn at livestream.com

occupy nashville coming in:

Watch live streaming video from occupynashville2011 at livestream.com

occupy salt lake city, utah:

Watch live streaming video from occupyslcofficial at livestream.com

portland lovestream:
 

Watch live streaming video from occupyptown at livestream.com

boston's channel:

Watch live streaming video from occupyboston at livestream.com

new orleans (NOLA):

Watch live streaming video from occupynola504 at livestream.com

occupy oakland:

occupyoakland on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free

more livestreaming from seattle with plutouranusquare:

Memorial

portrait of troy davis, 2011

artist, alex schaefer

courtesy of the grand bastard

Troy Davis' memorial was held in Savannah this evening at New Life Apostolic Temple. 

Jason Ewart, a Washington attorney who spent seven years handling Davis' appeals, fought back tears as he recalled sitting in the second row of witnesses at the execution and watching the life drain from Davis' eyes.

 Ewart recalled many long phone conversations with Davis, never shorter than an hour, in which the men spent twice as much time talking about their families as they did legal strategy. Ewart said his own grandmother had just died, and he pictured her and Davis together at "heaven orientation."

 "She would say, 'Jesus died on the cross not because he was guilty, but because we all were,'" Ewart said.

Media Witness Jon Lewis describes here Mr. Davis' formal last words at an execution community activists have decried as legal lynching or state sanctioned murder.

According to the AP story, many notable civil rights leaders and activists attended.  Rev. Raphael Warnock of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta recalled to the reporters how Emmett Til's mother insisted on an open casket, hoping people could see the injustice of Jim Crow.   In a similar spirit, Troy Davis' family hopes that opening the funeral to supporters, Saturday October 1st, will help people see the injustice of the death penalty.

Courtesy of The Grio

Former President Jimmy Carter, among the many prominent voices calling for clemency, wrote, "If one of our fellow citizens can be executed with so much doubt surrounding his guilt, then the death penalty system in our country is unjust and outdated. We hope this tragedy will spur us as a nation toward the total rejection of capital punishment."