[OccupyCU] Walmart - should we try to protest on Friday too, say 4pm Fri north prospect?

[Germaine Light]

Hey, there IS a nice picture & caption on the back of the main section of today's News Gazette, page A-6!  Thanks Michael Weissman!

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Germaine 

On Nov 23, 2012, at 11:57 AM, Stephen Francis <stephenf1113 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm going out again. Its being reported on international news.
> 
> From: Germaine Light <lightport at sbcglobal.net>
> To: Stuart Levy <stuartnlevy at gmail.com> 
> Cc: Central Illinois Jobs With Justice: The Mother Jones Chspter <CentralILJwJ at yahoogroups.com>; Socialist Forum <sf-core at yahoogroups.com>; "occupycu at lists.chambana.net" <occupycu at lists.chambana.net>; Occupy Champaign Urbana <occupy.cu at gmail.com> 
> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 11:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [OccupyCU] Walmart - should we try to protest on Friday too, say 4pm Fri north prospect?
> 
> Stuart, thanks for all your good work!  We are honored to call you Brother!
> We did not find anything in today's News Gazette about last night's Walmart demo.
> We agree that today's demo should be called off.  4 people would not be impressive.  
> That was a nice & diverse crowd last night!
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> Gene & Germaine 
> 
> On Nov 23, 2012, at 11:16 AM, Stuart Levy <stuartnlevy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Re North Prospect Walmart demonstration: It looks as though we'd have a really tiny group, like 4 of us, if we tried to demonstrate this afternoon.
>> 
>> Last night's showing was *great*.  And was it indeed covered by the News-Gazette, anybody know?   I don't see an article in their online version.
>> 
>> Anyway, I'm inclined to *call off* the proposed north-Prospect Walmart demo.  Nothing this afternoon.   But please don't shop there anyway.
>> 
>> On 11/22/12 11:31 AM, Germaine Light wrote:
>>> Gene & I will be there on Friday if we get enough people.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> Germaine 
>>> 
>>> On Nov 22, 2012, at 10:02 AM, Stuart Levy <stuartnlevy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> We are set for an east-Urbana Walmart demonstration today, Thursday, at 8PM as the sales start, in support of striking workers around the country.   (Thanks everybody for clearing           that up...)
>>>> 
>>>> I know that Thanksgiving day evening isn't necessarily a good           time for everyone.  And lots of people will be shopping tomorrow too.
>>>> 
>>>> So: who would be up for a *Friday afternoon* demonstration at the Champaign North Prospect Walmart, say 4-5PM?
>>>> 
>>>> Let's not call this definite yet.   If say at least 7 people say Yes by Friday morning at 10AM, then we go ahead at 4PM Fri, otherwise call it off.  OK?
>>>> 
>>>> (If we'd only had a couple of people there, a tiny demonstration might look worse than none.)
>>>> 
>>>>     Stuart  -- 217-369-3485
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