Our work is progressing on getting a resolution to the Littleton City Council to oppose Citizens United v. F.E.C. Members of Occupy Littleton have been meeting with local members of Public Citizen to combine their efforts on this issue. While I was at the Colorado Democratic Party State Convention last weekend, I made some progress …
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Occupy Littleton General Assembly April 15 – 10:00 am Bemis Public Library 6014 South Datura Street, Littleton map
Once upon a time, I was in college messing around in microbiology labs, where we boiled up smelly gelatinous broths and poured them into shallow glass petri dishes. Then we inoculated the nutritious media with various bacterial strains – just one or two bacteria per dish was all we needed. Don’t ask where we obtained …
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The Colorado House Local Government Committee Hearing HB12-1277 A handful of Occupy Littleton folk attended the hearing of HB-1277, A Bill for an Act Strengthening Local Governments’ Regulation of Oil and Gas Operations, and, in Connection therewith, Strengthening Local Governments’ Zoning and Land Use Authority Over Oil and Gas Operations, on Monday afternoon. Bill’s sponsors …
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Activists Disrupt Denver County Foreclosure Auction
February 17th, 2012 | Posted by in News - (2 Comments)At about 9:30 on Thursday morning, February 16th, a dozen anonymous people drifted into the weekly foreclosure auction held in the Clerk and Recorder’s Office located on the first floor of the Wellington Webb Municipal Building in downtown Denver. We were from the Colorado Progressive Coalition and Occupy Denver, but we were dressed to blend …
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Why should we even be concerned about where and under what conditions our Apple iPads and iPhones and MacBooks are produced? Contrary to popular belief, Apple is not a big creator of jobs within the USA. While Apple has created a couple of thousand well-paying software development jobs that are located in this country, …
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Occupy Littleton forms Non-Violence Working Group
February 14th, 2012 | Posted by in News - (1 Comments)Uploaded with ImageShack.us [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/268/occupyoakland12812.jpg/][IMG]http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/8365/occupyoakland12812.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The topic of non-violence versus “diversity of tactics” has been at the forefront of concerns of Occupy movements since the Jan. 28 brutal crackdown on Occupy Oakland‘s attempt to establish a community center in the vacant Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center. The issue was catapulted to front-and-center status by the publication …
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Rally to Defend Our Homes Wellington Webb Municipal Building, 201 West Colfax, Denver Occupy Littleton joins the Colorado Progressive Coalition (CPC), members of Metro Organizations for People (MOP) and MoveOn.org in rallying in Denver to announce their support of legislation intended to help stabilize the housing market and ensure homeowners are not illegally removed from …
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Launch of Occupy Littleton noted in Westword
February 5th, 2012 | Posted by in News - (Comments Off)Occupy Littleton began as a Facebook page, many of whose supporters are people who wanted to become involved with the greater Occupy movement but, because of time conflicts or distance, found regular participation in Occupy Denver’s activities less than ideal. Their first general assembly (GA) was held on Jan. 15, 2012, with an attendance of five …
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