Occupy Venice General Assembly
Our General Assembly meets every Tuesday and Thursday behind Ananda:
1354 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice CA 90291. For more information see our GA or Calendar page.
Call to Action: Vision Statements
We are looking for individual statements by participants, organizers, onlookers, drive-bys and the merely curious about the Occupy Movement. These statements will be posted on the Occupy Venice website to give a face to a solidarity movement that has spread to more than 700 cities across the globe.
Submit a sentence or a page to showcase your personal conviction to join the occupation. Also, include a photo of yourself that can accompany the piece. Please remember that this movement is about unity, love and a revolution that will irrevocably change the world we live in. This also means showing respect and dignity to others and in the face of oppression. All submissions will be subject to possible edits and/or change.
We look forward to your submissions. Now is the time to stand up and have your voice heard.
Occupy Venice Sunday Film Series Presents – “The Money Fix
Sunday, Feb 12th, 7pm. Free.
Sun, January 22, 7pm – 10pm
2121 Lincoln Blvd, Venice, CA. The Venice Love Shack
Occupy Venice presents a free screening of the documentary film “Inside Job” this Sunday at our new home for the series, the Venice Love Shack. “Inside Job” provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and academics, the film offers an unflinching look at the deep-rooted corruption that still pervades our economic and political systems. Our guest speaker for the film will be Richard (RJ) Eskow, a well-known blogger and writer, a former Wall Street executive, an experienced consultant, and a former musician. He has experience in health insurance and economics, occupational health, benefits, risk management, finance, and information technology. Richard is among “fifty of the world’s leading futurologists” whose “hopes, fears, and best predictions” are collected in a 2011 book entitled The Rough Guide to the Future. He is also a regular columnist for the science and culture blog 3 Quarks Daily and a Contributing Editor for Tricycle magazine. His reflections on blogging and spiritual principles were included in “Best Buddhist Writing of 2008.”
Occupy The Dream Video
Occupy the Dream MLK Rally & March
Join us as Occupy Venice and the West LA Occupy Network celebrate thelegacy of MLK on Monday, Jan 16th
with a community potluck and neighborhood march from Palisades Park down to the Venice boardwalk.
The event will start with a potluck around noon at Palisades Park at the Santa Monica Pier. We’ll have guest speakers and local activists and intend to broadcast MLK’s famous speeches and hand out Occupy literature along the way. Bring food, signs and shirts for silkscreening with the 99% logo. We’ll have a tabling crew for clean up at the park after the march begins and will return to the park afterwards.
Help us honor MLK’s vision and message of peace and nonviolence. All are invited and encouraged to attend. The event will also be a networking opportunity to help build westside Occupy groups and solidarity for future actions and events.
GA Minutes 12-27-11
GA Minutes 12-20-11
STOP AMERICAN CENSORSHIP!!!
This week, a bill that would create America’s first Internet censorship system is going to a full committee for a vote, and is likely to pass. This week, millions of us will protest censorship, censoring our own posts and asking you to call Congress. We need your help – please make a call right now.
Updated at the bottom: The LAPD has opened an investigation into this case, but a commander disputes Mark Geragos’ take on what happened to his client that night.
The arrest of a journalist for alleged failure to disperse at Occupy L.A. last month was caught on tape, and video seems to contradict what police said about the situation.
Misreading a media blog follow-up about the arrest, we erroneously stated the reporter for City News Service is female. The arrestee in question is Calvin Milam, a respected reporter and sometime editor for the service.
When we broke the story of the arrest, cops told us the suspect appeared to be possibly drunk and belligerent and did not identify himself as a member of the press. Video posted to The Occupied Venice Journal and echoed at The City Maven seems to contradict that:
The Occupied Venice Journal: The Invasion of L.A. City Hall
GA Minutes 12-8-11
The Occupied Venice Journal
