Posts Tagged ‘occupy wall street’
Occupy Austin’s Carols
Tonight in downtown Austin, there was a community sing-along, followed by the lighting of the Christmas tree at the state capital and a parade down Congress Avenue.
During that parade, members of Occupy Austin caroled for the crowd three original songs that they create, which were, you guessed it, occupy-themed.
I asked multiple members of their community if I could post the lyrics on this blog and they said that was fine as long as I gave credit to the movement. As far as everyone knew whom I talked to, the songs were a collaborative effort and attributed to “anonymous.”
So, here are my two videos of them caroling.
The Eviction of Occupy Philly
One of my best friends lives in Philly and has participated with Occupy Philly since the beginning. Here are all of his Facebook posts last night. He went down to the site, filmed a bit, feared his own arrest, and returned home. He then posted on Facebook what he saw going down on the livestream.
