On 11/15, the Police Department of Mayor Michael Mubarak engaged in the destruction of the property of hundreds of people encamped in Liberty Square, a.k.a. Zucotti Park. This park, formerly the property of the people of New York, and recently confiscated by Wall Street interests, had become the focal point of the nation-wide, and world-wide Occupy movement. This movement has sought to oppose government of, by, and for the plutocrats and oligarchs.
Becoming an increasing threat to the power and prerogatives of the super-wealthy, New York Mayor Michael Mubarak, otherwise known as the Mayor from Bloomberg, acceded in the forcible removal of peaceful protestors and their equipment from the Square. Among the many possessions was a library filled with a goodly number of books. As in Ray Bradbury's novel, Fahrenheit 451, officials found cause to confiscate and make useless the books of a society or culture of people.
Today at noon Eastern Time, those interested in this destruction will gather in a press conference to describe this destruction and properly mark the passing from use of these books.
-- via Occupy Wall Street --
What: Press conference to address the destruction of the OWS People's Library by Mayor Michael Bloomberg during the 11/15 raid.
Photo Opportunity — All of the recovered, destroyed books will be at the press conference.
Where: 260 Madison Ave, 20th Floor, between 38th and 39th St
When: Wednesday, November 23, at 12:00 noon
Who: Norman Siegel will host and moderate. Speakers: Gideon Oliver of the National Lawyers Guild, Hawa Allan a Fellow at Columbia Law School, and Occupy Wall Street Librarians from the People's Library. Law professors from Columbia, members of the American Library Association, various writers and others have been invited.
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