Powerful words from Bill McKibbon and 350.org on Occupy Wall Street:
This morning, the folks standing up for the rest of us, and for a just and sustainable system, may be evicted from Zuccoti Square by a Canadian company, Brookfield Real Estate. Avaaz.org sent out a call yesterday to contact Mayor Bloomberg as well as Brookfield CEO Richard Clark, making it clear that their actions are under national and international scrutiny. The contact numbers are:
- New York mayor Michael Bloomberg: +1-212-772-1081 ext 12006
- Brookfield CEO Richard Clark: +1-212-417-7063
- Brookfield US headquarters: +1-212-417-7000
- Brookfield Canada headquarters: +1-416-369-2300
- Brookfield Australia headquarters: +61-2-9322-2000
If you’d like to report your call on the Avaaz website, click here.
*Update*: Zuccotti Park clean-up scrapped,
According to an email sent at 11:33 p.m. Thursday, Brookfield’s chief executive officer Ric Clark told Holloway, “Based upon input from many, we have decided to postpone the cleaning operation for Zuccotti Park which is currently scheduled to commence at 7 a.m. tomorrow morning. “We now plan on deferring this work for a few days while we attempt to work out an arrangement with the protesters.” Click here for the full story on DNAinfo.com