Occupy 477 Harlem

Every one has a right to shelter.

Occupy 477 Mission Statement

Occupy 477 located at 477 W. 142nd Street in Sugar Hill-Harlem is a community born of the inspiring, pure energy generated in the early days of Occupy Wall Street. Occupy 477 stands for structural, economic accountability on Wall Street, community healing through real dialogue, and individual plus social responsibility. Our goals are concrete, ranging from getting he

at and hot water restored to our building to finally confronting the long legacies of racism, patriarchy and colonialism of Europe. Points of Unity

Whereas, the building at 477 W. 142nd has stood as a sacred space for people from all over the world, a cultural site, low-income housing, a place of self-determination and self-organization for all oppressed people, we hereby declare our fight against any force that wishes to gentrify this building and turn it into anything other than a space for youth, people of color, the international community and any other oppressed group. Whereas, Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely has founded and secured this sacred space in Sugar Hill-Harlem as an international site for real dialogue amongst the nations, tribes and peoples of the world, we hereby vow to stand in unity with her as she leads this space, and all of Harlem as its community Mayor, into a new and better future, where all have equal opportunity, economic, social, spiritual and political. Whereas, black people were the first commodities traded on Wall Street as slaves to whites, we hereby call for reparations for all descendents of the African slave trade, and call for a society-wide education campaign to expose the legacy of slavery amongst the entire population. Whereas, the struggle requires self-reliance disciplined peoplewho are willing to work long and difficult hours under stressful conditions, we hereby state that all who live at Occupy 477 will be involved in the revolutionary struggle while they stay here, using their various talents to contribute to the righteous struggle for total emancipation from social, cultural and economic oppressions. Whereas, we want to make this a demonstration model of low-income housing, best practice in self-reliance and individual, cultural autonomy, we hereby declare that we stand with the world ready to set an example. Whereas, all human beings are entitled to shelter, clothing and nutritious food, we hereby stand with human rights being secured in all communities and for all peoples.

10/25/2013

Russell Brand Calls For Revolution. And It's No Joke.

Yes, Russell Brand, the comedian and actor. Oh, and guest editor of the "New Statesman" magazine's recent "Revolution" issue. In an impassioned interview with veteran BBC commentator Jeremy Paxman, Brand is articulate, informed, challenging, impassioned, and name-checks Occupy. Well worth the viewing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=xGxFJ5nL9gg

"I don’t vote because to me it seems like a tacit act of compliance; I know, I know my grandparents fought in two world wars (and one World Cup) so that I’d have the right to vote. Well, they were conned. As far as I’m concerned there is nothing to vote for. I feel it is a far more potent political act to completely renounce the current paradigm than to participate in even the most trivial and tokenistic manner, by obediently X-ing a little box.

Total revolution of consciousness and our entire social, political and economic system is what interests me, but that’s not on the ballot. Is utopian revolution possible? The freethinking social architect Buckminster Fuller said humanity now faces a choice: oblivion or utopia. We’re inertly ambling towards oblivion, is utopia really an option?"

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/10/russell-brand-on-revolution

"When Paxman wouldn’t drop the subject, Brand launched into a missive: “You don’t have to listen to my political point of view,” he said. “But it’s not that I’m not voting out of apathy. I’m not voting out of absolute indifference and weariness and exhaustion from the lies, treachery, deceit of the political class that’s been going on for generations now and which has now reached fever pitch where we have a disenfranchised, disillusioned, despondent underclass that are not being represented by that political system, so voting for it is tacit complicity with that system.” "

http://www.salon.com/2013/10/24/russell_brand_makes_bbc_interviewer_look_trivial/

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12/17/2011

12/15/2011

Pack the Courtroom W/ Queen Mother & Residents of 477. TODAY. 10 AM. SUPREME COURT - 60 Centre Street Room 321 Part 44

11/28/2011

Social justice is love.

11/28/2011

Every one has a right to a high-quality education!

Occupy Student Debt www.occupystudentdebt.com We are the Occupiers upset about being forced into a lifetime of student loan debt. We are the 99%.

11/26/2011

Check us out - we made the AP!

11/26/2011

11/25/2011

11/22/2011

Please check out our website!

http://occupy477.wordpress.com/

occupy477 Everyone has a right to shelter

11/21/2011

New Occupied Wall Street Journal Out! We have about 100 here at Occupy 477 Harlem! 477 West 142nd Str, Come see our place and get one!

11/21/2011

Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely
Community Mayor of Harlem
Ambassador of Goodwill to Africa
477 West 142nd Street, Suite 2
New York, New York 10031
(212) 368-3739
[email protected]

November 20, 2011

For Immediate Release:
Queen Mother, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy the Hood, Occupy 477 Harlem march for Reparations, Educate about Wall Street Slave Trade

Please join us as Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely leads us in march on Friday, November 25th starting at 2pm at Liberty Square to Wall Street where we will demand Reparations for the descendents of the Wall Street Slave Trade, and then to Foley Square and the African Burial Grounds where we will honor our ancestors.

Queen Mother attended November 5th’s ‘Move Your Money’ demonstration and again on the 11/11 Veterans’ Day rally to stand in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street and speak out for Reparations, both events occurred at Foley Square, which is the African Burial Ground. Queen Mother, recognizing struggles against the banking and finance system didn’t start with the crisis of 2008, spoke about the slavery and its living history in the lives of millions living today. Representing 55 million African descendents of the trans-Atlantic slave trade via the middle passage, and Queen Mother of the African Burial Ground, she has given riveting speeches reminding OWS supporters that they stood on sacred ground at Foley Square, noting the first commodities traded on Wall Street were her ancestors, and that Wall Street needs to pay reparations for the stolen lives, resources and labor of slaves in the United States. She stated, “for me I am owed 3 trillion dollars, personally” this is a sacred figure she noted, “and you can never pay me, or us, for the damage done.” Her speeches were received with support from the crowds, engrossed with her powerful rhetoric on the burial ground.

As the Occupy Wall Street movement inspires so many, we need to look deeply and engage with its potential of long-term community roots and new alliances. In light of this, Occupy 477 was started at 477 West 142nd Street in Harlem on October 30th, to fight for the housing rights of low-income people, and to fight for Reparations.

11/20/2011

Please share us on your wall and with your friends to show your support - Occupy Wall Street, All day! All Week! Solidarity from Harlem to Gaza!

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