Little City Gardens

*The first poster was sent to me by a friend and i thought it was beautiful. It is a piece by Miriam Klein-Stahl

Caitlyn and I will be stopping work early tomorrow and heading over to Downtown Oakland (14th and Broadway) for the General Strike which was called for by Occupy Oakland. We are skipping our regular Wednesday cardboard and manure hauling in order to be on the streets in solidarity with the Occupy Movement and its stance against police brutality and for civil, human, and constitutional rights and economic justice. The unfolding of this movement is such an exciting thing to watch and a magnetizing thing to participate in. The energy, enthusiasm and broad participation feels like a deep breath of fresh air. I realize I have been waiting for this for a long time. This moment is our chance to join in a loud call of political discontent. It is also our opportunity to participate in a gesture of aspiration towards a society and a political system that actually meets the needs of its people.

It is not acceptable that our cities employ their police departments to violently attack and injure their own citizens engaging in completely peaceful protest. And it is not acceptable to continue to fuel this economic system, built on colonialism, inequality, and corporate power, which perpetuates so many forms of oppression and destruction of the environment. We want to recreate an economy based in local production, ecological sensitivity and mutual support, in which no one is unemployed, underpaid or under-appreciated. So it makes sense to us to show up tomorrow in Oakland and to continue to be present for this movement. The garden could use a day off anyways.

DO JOIN US TOMMOROW!!

Also of note: This Saturday November 5th is an organized day of action: National Bank Transfer Day. One very effective way to chip away at the concentration of power and money is to move our money out of large banks and reinvest in small banks and credit unions which invest in small business. Little City Gardens already banks with a local bank focused on community empowerment, Mission Federal Credit Union. So we won’t be participating in the great Bank Transfer, but if you bank with Bank of America, Chase, Wells Fargo or others of that ilk and you’ve been meaning to move your money anyways consider doing it this Saturday November 5th in order to send a strong collective message. http://moveyourmoneyproject.org/.