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Protesters march to Santa Fe
(un)Occupy Albuquerque protesters set out on foot for Santa Fe early Saturday morning and arrived at the state Capitol yesterday evening, just in time for the first day of the legislative session.
Occupy protesters across the country have deemed today national Occupy Congress day. Protesters from Occupy movements all over the state will be at the Roundhouse to demonstrate in solidarity with the national movement. Protesters plan to occupy state capitols, as well as the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
“As the New Mexico State Legislature convenes for the first time in 2012, they will be greeted by the largest statewide gathering of New Mexico Occupy and (un)Occupy groups and allies to date,” said an (un)Occupy New Mexico press release.
Occupy groups in New Mexico and across the nation are in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, which began in September and seeks to end corporate greed.
The groups demonstrate at state capitols and at the nation’s Capitol to hold lawmakers accountable, according to the Occupy Congress website.
“Many of our current government programs and institutions are serving only the 1 percent,” the website says. “If we had a functioning democracy, we could have an honest debate about what’s wrong with our economy and our country and how we can make government and business work for the 99 percent, too. But with Congress bought and paid for by special interests, honest debate is the last thing that occurs in the halls of government.”
(un)Occupy Albuquerque protesters also walked to demonstrate solidarity with a nationwide movement to free Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier, the release said.
“The walkers were in great spirits when I visited their camp this evening near La Bajada, despite it raining tonight on them, many blisters and a few sprained ankles…” Sayrah Namaste wrote on the (un)Occupy Albuquerque Facebook page Sunday night. “Strangers have offered food, cash, and one man from Cochiti Pueblo brought medicine, sage, and a power stone (turquoise) for each walker.
Many are moved to see them walking in support of Leonard Peltier.”
The Occupy the Roundhouse demonstration features a march to the Roundhouse from the Railyard Station, music, performances, teach-ins, meetings and the formation of “legislative watchdog groups,” the website says.
The watchdog groups will work with a new Occupy Committee website to track bills of interest as they move through the legislative process.
The Occupy Committee is focusing its efforts on bills that work to preserve local New Mexico businesses such as SB 9, which seeks to lower the state income tax rate for all corporations, especially those based in New Mexico, and closes income tax “loopholes” that give competitive advantage to multi-state corporations over local corporations.
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17 comments
philliphowel
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Leonard Peltier is a convicted murder whose every appeal was found to be legally unsound. He has asked every president since his conviction in 1977 for a pardon or executive clemency and has availed himself of multiple hearings before parole boards.
Every review of Pelter’s trial and subsequent conviction and sentencing found he received a fair trial and just sentence. Leonard Peltier is NOT a “political prisoner.”
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For (un)occupy to embrace Pelter and offer lies is a clear definition of this movement: it is a radical left wing group of the Progressive mindset.
AstroLemonade
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So, protesters, do tell us..
how is “unoccupying” a city going to punish the greedy bankers? Wouldn’t that hurt local businesses?
At least the “occupiers” can do that.
Summerspeaker
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Much love to the folks made it up there. I wish I could have gone.
Edith
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You’re doing a great job,(un)Occupiers.
And I, too, believe that Leonard Peltier
should finally be allowed to home.
Edith
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I mean, “allowed to go home.”
loboloulou
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I wonder how many skipped the first day of class to go protest? Oh yeah, they probably take classes where the first day doesn’t matter.
Bunch of lazy English majors. Take a Chem class and then come talk to me about income inequality.
Justico
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Let me correct you Mr Howel,
Attorney Jeff Hauss has been representing the men wrongly convicted, imprisoned and several murdered on death row on the famous corrupt and torture happy Burge case. That case in itself among many others including Mr Peltier are no more a valid symbol that our judiciary system is without flaws and corruption. I suppose you believe Martin Luther King Jr. deserved to be murdered by the US Gov. et al. and that you do not even know about the court ruling in Tennessee in year 2000. Please spend more time learning the real facts rather than spewing your ill bred ignorance.
Justico
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And for ye casting stones of judgment to the protestors, it is easy to find fault but it is cowardice and un- American to turn a impotent glance while casting stones yet doing nothing to participate in redressing your countries leaders for failing their fiduciary duty to we the people. Go study your constitution and the president’s quote’s before Wilson sold our country to the banks and you may find no time to condemn your peers but to realize you own enslavement to a co-opted country.
phillip howel
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JUSTICO, your statement, “ I suppose you believe..” is a way of saying ‘ I assume.’ Most people know that word is an acronym for “ass of u and me.” I do not believe any person should be murdered. I have no facts to lead me to “believe Martin Luther King Jr. deserved to be murdered by the US Gov. ..” or was murdered by the government. What facts do you have? Provide a link to the 2000 court ruling so we can all learn.
The “occupy” movements have many known facts in common. All are from an ideology that is fairly described as radical or far left Progressive on a political line. E.G. Ron Paul is very far right. Neither is a judgement, simply a reasonable statement of fact.
loboloulou
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Justico, wow. I didn’t think I could’ve been proven wrong but you hit me with truth.
Occupy protestors are obviously not English majors.
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I guess you allow the state of New Mexico to pay for your Peace Studies program.
Go Lottery! Go human greed!
Coward.
Rudemix
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Hard to believe they were able to do one thing long enough to get to Sante Fe. #(un)OccupySittingAround
Ed
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Hey ya’ll, easy does it now. These critters feeeeeel as if they accomplished something, whatever it was. And so long as they feeeeel better about themselves, I suppose they did accomplish something. Just wait til Spring, and an election year too! Lordy, the moonbats will mass (think lemmings here) again, and with funding by Soros and his various minions . . . WaaHoo its gonna be a wild and wooly season.
Ed
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http://www.rangerup.com/occupy.html
Now that’s an occupation!!!!!
Ed
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For some reason the censors don’t want ya’ll to see this—3rd attempt to post. Now these are occupiers!
http://weaselzippers.us/2012/01/20/video-occupiers-get-stoned-on-congress-lawn-during-protest/
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, check out the link, it’s priceless.
Ed
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Video: Occupy DC Member Tased, Arrested
http://www.verumserum.com/?p=37311
Awesome! Should have tased the idiot blowing the whistle as well.
Ed
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Video: Topless Femen Protesters Brave the Chill in Davos
http://www.verumserum.com/?p=37263
I’m sorry to see the ladies of FEMEN go anti-capitalist. If they keep this up I may have to stop posting their videos. I’ll give them 2-7 more chances but that’s where I draw the line.
Ed
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http://weaselzippers.us/2012/01/30/occupy-leader-says-ows-clearly-has-a-race-problem/
Hey, I thought the TPers were the raaaaaacists!
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