NOW: Hundreds march up 5th Ave. Occupy Astoria LIC Long Island City

[riversedge]

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good for them..


Occupy Astoria LIC @OccupyAstoriaLI · 24m 24 minutes ago

NOW: Hundreds march up 5th Ave. #ShutDown5thAve #BlackLivesMatter #AkaiGurley #MikeBrown #EricGarner #ICantBreathe


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Oh my--I am learning tonight that Astoria is part of nyc! (Not Washington state, nor Oregon).
See past #27 and sorry for the confusion

[riversedge]

1. "Hey hey! Ho ho! These racist cops have got to go!"

Occupy Astoria LIC @OccupyAstoriaLI · 1h 1 hour ago

"Hey hey! Ho ho! These racist cops have got to go!" #ShutDown5thAve #BlackLivesMatter #EricGarner #MikeBrown
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[riversedge]

2. another photo... lovely

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[Liberal_in_LA]

5. nice pic

[eridani]

16. Astoria Oregon n/t

[riversedge]

22. eeks. you are spot on. I was there a few years ago

and have forgotten. We drove over the bridge as the sun set. Beautiful area.


thanks for the correction.

[riversedge]

28. actually Astoria is part of NYC. see post #27 My geography lesson

[eridani]

30. Never heard of it before. Been on the Left Coast too long.

John Jacob Astor had something to with both, presumably.

[ellenrr]

38. Astoria NYC has had and has, a strong Occupy movement nt

[Cha]

3. Marching Peacefully.. thank you riversedge.

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. REC!

[rbrnmw]

6. kick

[951-Riverside]

7. *Gasp* but but but the mayor said no protesting because two cops died the other day!

but but but its Christmas, we all need to take time off to be with our families!

Interesting enough Eric Garner won't be home for Christmas ever again along with the other victims of police violence.

Good for them to continue to press ahead!

"We can't stop! We won't stop! Until killer cops are in cell blocks!"

[LiberalElite]

24. Well, deBlasio's not their mayor nt

[MADem]

32. You sure about that? I thought LIC was part of NYC. nt

[LiberalElite]

33. Confused by post - Astoria nyc yes

Astoria Oregon no.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

8. So they are purposely ignoring the Mayor's request to cool it

till after the funerals...

Interesting


It is what it is, and it will be interesting

[msongs]

9. advocating for a better world & positive change is pretty cool I think nt

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

11. Yeah, it is necessary that the protests only stop when all police have been retrained and

the thin blue line has disappeared entirely.

Protest supports honest and good cops.

Protesters want cops they can trust.

Protests promote honest police.

Honest police would like that.

[daleanime]

23. We are going to need a lot more....

the some retraining.

[Renew Deal]

19. Your post isn't what I expected when I saw your username

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

39. I wasnt saying I thought they were wrong, I was recapping the history of what the

mayor said as many may not know it.

I am in complete agreement that protest marches must continue.

The mayor did what he had to do, the protesters did what they had to do.

[LiberalElite]

34. When I saw this on the local news -

I got a closer look at the posters and it seemed to have been organized by the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition. My reaction: Oh, THEM. I think A.N.S.W.E.R. is more about themselves than any cause. I'm not impressed now. I've had direct experience with those folks while a volunteer with another antiwar group. They do not cooperate with other groups. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.N.S.W.E.R.
The right wing scrutinizing those signs will now truly have their "far left" target.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

40. I have a friend I trust explicitly who has said the same about this group, but I dont know that

much about them so not sure.

[roody]

41. They organize great protests,

so I thank them.

[giftedgirl77]

10. Good, I'm glad to see the movement continue....

[WillyT]

12. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

[riversedge]

29. Happy Holidays.

[workinclasszero]

13. Awesome people!

Thanks to all that march for freedom and dignity!

[eridani]

14. Well, crap--on our way to Seaside and didn't know about this

We could have stopped by for a half hour or so.

[maced666]

15. Does that sign say can't have capitalism without racism?

Hmmmmm....

[Omaha Steve]

17. Yes it does

K&R for the OP!

[jtuck004]

20. Well, given that a lot of people reading this are profiting from a nation that is letting many

of it's black folk go unemployed, (many more of their community in comparison to white folk) by not hiring them in Federal jobs to keep the deficit lower - one of the few places they, our neighbors, can get good jobs regardless of their skin color - while others chortle about skyrocketing stock market profits, or just feel oh so swell about the value of their home, or maybe even just have a job, ignoring the fact that it is supported by the foreclosure and abandonment of 10 million families, the leaving of 10 million people in poverty during the past 6 years alone, and the complete abandonment of justice for the people from bank$ters, it's possible the sign carrier might have a point, eh?

So, yeah. But if you can find some capitalism where WE, or they, aren't profiting from people of color by the system around them, along now with those who are the most vulnerable, and those with the least money, I'd like to get the coordinates. There are more than a few people who would be willing to trade this one for that one.

I can't guess the song with one note. Never was good at that. (the Hmmmm)

[LiberalElite]

36. I think that group

is more about marxism-leninism than anything else. That's not from a right-wing rant. I've seen these guys in action when volunteering for an antiwar group. I don't like A.N.S.W.E.R.

[butterfly77]

18. Kick,kick,kicked&Recommended!

[riversedge]

21. THANKS. I am glad to see folks still protesting. I am not sure

if all these protests are a movement--but it is the closest I have seen- all these protests around the country --to a movement. Anyway, we have to have protests--visible ones day after day, week after week--and yes, folks do need to be inconvenienced at times. In solidarity.

[MurrayDelph]

25. Astoria, Oregon is a town of 10k people

and we don't have a 5th Avenue.

[nruthie]

26. I sort of wondered about that.

That sure doesn't look anything like Astoria, Oregon.

[riversedge]

27. I have had a geography lesson tonight and hope the initial past

is now corrected. Thanks to DU members who have a good eye





This was the original Tweet and I had incorrectly thought it was Oregon (well Washington 1st time around). Sorry for the confusion.



Occupy Astoria LIC @OccupyAstoriaLI · 24m 24 minutes ago

NOW: Hundreds march up 5th Ave. #ShutDown5thAve #BlackLivesMatter #AkaiGurley #MikeBrown #EricGarner #ICantBreathe




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island_City

Long Island City
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Long Island City
Neighborhood of Queens
Long Island City in 2010
Long Island City in 2010
Nickname(s): "LIC"
Detail of 1896 map of Long Island City, from the Greater Astoria Historical Society
Detail of 1896 map of Long Island City, from the Greater Astoria Historical Society
Country United States
State New York
City New York City
County/Borough Queens
ZIP code 11101–11106, 11109, 11120
Area code(s) 718, 347, 917
LIC General Post Office, 11101
Gantry cranes in Gantry Plaza State Park on the Long Island City waterfront
Citigroup Building and Silvercup Studios from the Queensboro Bridge
108th Precinct of the NYPD
Facade of SculptureCenter, 2003

Long Island City (L.I.C.) is the westernmost residential and commercial neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens. L.I.C. is noted for its rapid and ongoing gentrification, its waterfront parks, and its thriving arts community.[1] L.I.C. has among the highest concentration of art galleries, art institutions, and studio space of any neighborhood in New York City.[2] The neighborhood is bounded on the north by the Queens neighborhood of Astoria; on the west by the East River; on the east by Hazen Street, 31st Street, and New Calvary Cemetery; and on the south by Newtown Creek, which separates Queens from Greenpoint, Brooklyn. It originally was the seat of government of Newtown Township, and remains the largest neighborhood in Queens. The area is part of Queens Community Board 1 north of the Queensboro (59th Street) Bridge and Queens Community Board 2 south of the Bridge.

[LiberalElite]

35. I don't know why they

were in Astoria of all places except it's near a couple of bridges - Very busy bridges.

[CentralMass]

31. Nice place though, I passed through there yesterday

[ellenrr]

37. great! thanks