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

Germaine Light lightport at sbcglobal.net
Fri Nov 23 18:18:41 UTC 2012


Did anyone take pictures of the Walmart demo last night?  Please send them to me if you can.  

Sent from my iPhone
Germaine 

On Nov 23, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Germaine Light <lightport at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> 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!
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 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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