Occupy Tucson has arranged for our General Assembly to be held in the Green Room at the Armory Park Senior Center for the summer. The General Assembly will be held at the same time of 10:00 a.m.
May 082013
Jun 082013
Old Proposals
Proposal Regarding Turkey – Ethan handed out proposed declaration. Written by Ethan, Matt, Jeffery and Drs. Neutopia. Approved by consensus.
Proposed there shall be no discussion of events of January 2012 - Occupy Tucson agrees to refrain from discussing divisive events of January 2012 at General Assemblies. Approved by consensus.
Code of Conduct - Postponed to next meeting
New Proposals:
We firmly oppose military intervention by the US or any other country in any middle east conflicts, especially Syria, including providing arms to insurgents.
Ocuppy Tucson is outraged by NSA tracking phone records and internet communications. We urge we repeal the Patriot Act, and oppose any government spying or invasion of the privacy of people in the United States and around the world. We consider privacy a human right.
Next Agenda: include a discussion on Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Jun 022013
Proposed that we in Occupy Tucson stand with the occupier in Istanbul to prevent the corporate use for profit. Look at their page on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taksimgeziparkidernegi?fref=ts
May 112013
Listen to A View From Slightly Off Center, hosted by David Yerkey, 91.3 FM, at 4:00 pm Sunday, May 12, with Billy Lolos talking about Monsanto and GMOs. And if you would like to donate to help with the May 25 March Against Monsanto, you can do so at http://www.gofundme.com/2tzbuo
The March Against Monsanto is a global event. (See http://march-against-monsanto.com for information about other March Against Monsanto events.)
Tucson’s event will start on Saturday, May 25, March Against Monsanto is hosting an event from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Reid Park, with the march itself scheduled to begin at noon. From the group’s Facebook page, “We are marching to raise the awareness and consciousness for creating our own safe and sustainable food system free of GMOs and other harmful pesticides and toxins.” More info is at http://facebook.com/pages/March-Against-Monsanto-Tucson.
May 092013
Pending Proposals – Held over to following week.
New Proposals – None
Apr 292013
Proposal for May 4 Meeting: Occupy Tucson should participate in Label GMOs Arizona, proposed by John.
Moved to May 4 Meeting: Code of Conduct proposed by Ethan.
Apr 242013
Hi Mayor & Council,
As if you didn’t have enough to read already?!?!
Well, here is an article on streetcars – and how developers love streetcars because they create locked-in routes that get those greedy capitalists just squirming in anticipation of the fixed flow of consumers to their doorstops with dollars to drop.
The City of Tucson has considered and catered to the desires of developers in myriad ways. Along with the rest of our country. The “Perpetual Growth” paradigm has been taught in our universities since the beginning of the industrial revolution.
But times are changing because of this legacy. Our planet is heating up. Our oil reserves have dropped to the bottom half of the glass and are now harder, more expensive and more dangerous to extract, transport, and refine. Our food supply is being consolidated into a few corporate hands, and genetically engineered to provide proprietary protection (and Goddess knows what else). Economies around the globe are crashing and people are rising up.
Tucson must get ahead of this curve. We have to adopt ways of powering down, reducing our carbon emissions, securing our food supply, shepherding the natural resources we have been blessed with, and building social capital.
This is your job. You campaigned for this service. I tried to, too, with dismal results. The Green Party may be too small to attract much support, but the 10 Key Values and the refusal to accept corporate donations set us apart in positive ways. I would like to invite each of you to begin to consider switching your party registration to Green and starting a movement here in Tucson. You could all jump at once. With the national attention that would garner, we could be role models in the Transition Town Movement.
Thank you for your service. Thank you for taking the heat and listening to all sides. Among your constituents are those steeped in astrology who point to the changing of ages: from the Piscean Age (based on belief) to the Age of Aquarius (remember the song? this age is based on science and reason).
Among your constituents, even though they don’t vote, are the poor, the dispossessed, and the mentally ill. We have responsibilities to the members of our society who are the most challenged. Every religion is based on our connection to the universal energies and our relationship to fellow humans. Our current religion seems to have slipped into money worship instead.
As you look for ways to cut the budget, I would suggest you quit paying those ridiculously large consulting fees. There are plenty of informed and interested people willing to consult with you for free or at vastly reduced prices. Dave Ewoldt, Tres English, our UA Professors, retirees, the list is long. Look for ways to activate existing dormant resources. Find methods to engage and uplift the impoverished. Start by protecting our open space and retaining the current location and look of the Ronstadt Transit Center.
Thank you so much for your time and attention. If you would like voter registration forms, or if you are interested in discussing this novel suggestion further, I would be delighted to meet with you. For free.
All my best,
Mary
Apr 212013
Tell the U.S. Senate “Hell NO!”
Please make the call & keep calling all day Monday.
Tell them HELL NO to CISPA!
Obama administration has to make official statement on CISPA, because the petition at whitehouse.gov petition site passed 100,000 signature mark.
Apr 202013
Join Occupy Tucson at Reid Park, west of the bandshell, April 20, 2013, at 11:00 am for fun at Earth Day. Don’t be late!
Apr 202013
Read about the American Anti-Corruption Act, which would transform how elections are financed, how lobbyists influence politics, and how political money is disclosed.