This is What Democracy (Amerikkkan Style) Sounds Like

p ema text sound collage/em/p p emSan Francisco, 19 Nov 2011/em/p p everybody organize : without, it#39;s suicidebr / everybody resist : this we must insist!br / united we stand : JUSTICE for all on the land!/p p This is span data-scayt_word="Noh" data-scaytid="1"Noh/span Identity, your fledgling correspondent/blogger and alternative sight span data-scayt_word="skolar" data-scaytid="2"skolar/span for POOR News Network, reporting on the sounds span data-scayt_word="eminating" data-scaytid="3"eminating/span from one small section of Occupy San Francisco (span data-scayt_word="OSF" data-scaytid="4"OSF/span) during the recent span data-scayt_word="DPW" data-scaytid="5"DPW/span (Department of Public Works) ldquo;sweep uprdquo; a little after 12:30 PST today. A text-sound collage of what I heard.../p p [Note: ALL CAPS connotes chant; all lower case connotes conversation.]/p p okay, we need to push everything back... clear this area...br / whorsquo;s backpack is this?br / span data-scayt_word="mic" data-scaytid="6"mic/span check!br / for how much longer [echo] are we going to [echo] bend over backwards [echo] meeting their [expletive deletes] demands [echo] before standing upmdash;br / ...so stand up and hurry up cleaning...br / SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!...br / DO THE RIGHT THING, NOT YOUR JOB!br / theyrsquo;re all minorities...br / scabs...br / no, union...br / YOU ARE THE 99%!br / WE ARE THE 99%!br / we need to surround this ... all the way around... protect [info span data-scayt_word="kitchent" data-scaytid="7"kitchent/span tents]... we need more people...br / GO HOME! GO HOME! GO HOME!br / we need people on the street-side... better protection.../p p And as I was walking away... one span data-scayt_word="OSF-ster" data-scaytid="8"OSF-ster/span yelled to another: ldquo;There are 6 squad cars a paddy wagon around the corner!rdquo;/p p Unfortunately, I didnrsquo;t stay to see the outcome because I wanted to hook up with the rest of the POOR span data-scayt_word="folx" data-scaytid="10"folx/span at Occupy Oakland but I wish I had. I later learned that the resisters linking arms surrounding the info kitchen tents successfully held their ground. I like to think that it was because the ldquo;minority workersrdquo; refused to step across the human barricade in solidarity. Because the ldquo;minority workersrdquo; knew they were human and acted accordingly, despite their job. I donrsquo;t know... but maybe.../p p With respect and dignity for all, this is your wishful correspondent/blogger for span data-scayt_word="PNN" data-scaytid="11"PNN/span, span data-scayt_word="Noh" data-scaytid="9"Noh/span Identity, just sharing with you the sounds I hear from a no/low viz perspective./p p [update: undercover of darkness, in the wee hours of the next morn, SF span data-scayt_word="PoLICE" data-scaytid="13"PoLICE/span ldquo;sweptrdquo; clear the remainder of what was left on Market Street in front of the Federal Reserve Bank. Illegally clearing the Public off of public sidewalks, the last remaining Commons. But remember this is not about an encampment. It is about justice for all.]/p