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The OccupyUSA Blog for Thursday (April 19), With Frequent Updates
http://www.thenation.com/blog/167470/occupyusa-blog-thursday-april-19-frequent-updates9:10 Site that collects numerous videos of artists who have performed at OWS-related events and are on new album (see below). Here's Patti Smith:
8:45 Alternet: 99% Spring Training has lot of offer but may be mixed bag. "The opening introductions revealed a mix of retired autoworkers, MoveOn members, representatives from Communications Workers of America (CWA), and a couple occupiers. The Saturday meeting in downtown Philadelphia, led by Greenpeace, numbered approximately 100, also with an average age well above last year’s Occupy Philly encampment."
8:35 More on the upcoming "Occupy this Album" with, count 'em, 99 tracks and big release party (as we unveiled yesterday) in three weeks. And here's a five-song sampler you can listen to now, streaming.
8:30 The "barricaading" of Occupy protest near Wall St. continues....Divide and not conquer? ...Hundreds of union members march on San Fran City Hall, demanding higher wages and cuts chopped "from the top."