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7. Some details that may help: OLA has General Assemblies

Reply to Waiting For Everyman (Reply #4)

Wed May 2, 2012, 05:57 PM

May 2012

Monday, Wednesay and Friday nights at 7:30 p.m. at Pershing Square. They also have a 'themed GA' on Saturday nights.

According to one of the original campers, no one is camping any longer (although some homeless brothers and sisters may be living on Occupy Skid Row.

The official website of OLA is http://occupylosangeles.org/ I find the site a bit cumbersome and chaotic, but you can at least get a sense of the lay of the land there.

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My Return to Occupy Los Angeles – May Day, 2012 [View all] coalition_unwilling May 2012 OP

One shameless self-kick for increased exposure - n/t coalition_unwilling May 2012 #1

Oww... ellisonz May 2012 #19

Thanks for the fine report. Zorra May 2012 #2

At the time it happened, I was pretty tired and not thinking as quickly as coalition_unwilling May 2012 #12

Kick nadinbrzezinski May 2012 #3

That was very interesting to read (and see via your pics). Waiting For Everyman May 2012 #4

Some details that may help: OLA has General Assemblies coalition_unwilling May 2012 #7

Thank you for sharing your experience!! Juneboarder May 2012 #5

After I published the OP, I realized that yesterday was a bit bittersweet. Of coalition_unwilling May 2012 #6

That is true, the beautiful way people were living sabrina 1 May 2012 #17

Great report, coalition! pinboy3niner May 2012 #8

Hi pinboy, I looked at your photos and they are fantastic. sabrina 1 May 2012 #10

Hi sabrina, I've been decompressing and catching up on other things pinboy3niner May 2012 #15

Thank you for this report, coalition_unwilling, very well written btw. sabrina 1 May 2012 #9

My advice to would-be bank robbers and other such antisocial types: wait coalition_unwilling May 2012 #11

Remember the day that Occupy Oakland staged a protest to shut down the ports after the police nearly sabrina 1 May 2012 #13

I had to look it up to be sure, because the mfr. makes diferent versions of this pinboy3niner May 2012 #14

Why do civilian police need military gear? We have a military, the civilian police departments sabrina 1 May 2012 #18

The impression my wife and I got from May Day in Los Angeles is that coalition_unwilling May 2012 #20

I think by now it is obvious who they are there to protect. sabrina 1 May 2012 #21

K&R ellisonz May 2012 #16

Excellent report - thanks! K&R TBF May 2012 #22