Three simultaneous long-term protests within blocks of each other in DC

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And no attempts (yet, at least) to coordinate them.

(Some pics here, incidentally)

In Freedom Plaza, 14th & E NW, we have the October 2011 group which at least currently seems to be mostly Code Pink & friends (but is only just setting up).

In McPherson and Farragut squares, 16th & K NW and 17th & K NW respectively, we have Occupy K Street (formerly Occupy DC), our spin-off of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Most interesting to me, at 17th & L we have a local carpenters' union protest about a contractor there undercutting wages. This protest is literally in front of the Washington Post's front door and has been for about a month now, and has gotten as far as I can tell 0 stories written about it, unlike the first two. Color me not surprised.

I would really love for some of the Occupy K Street or October 2011 people to walk a few blocks up into the real city and march with the union for a little bit...

[socialist_n_TN]

1. It might happen just from proximity if nothing else

And if it does maybe they'll ALL see that,at it's base, it's all about the same thing. Economics, politics, and power are ALL intertwined and to change the equation in all of these individual protests you have to change the system.

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2. I know the McPherson square location was picked for very specific reasons

I suspect the Code Pink & Friends will get ousted from Freedom Plaza and will end up at McPherson.

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3. They look a lot more organized (at McPherson) too

No milling about; lots of planning and logistics-looking stuff going on