Author Archives: Trish Nelson

Occupy Iowa Granted Permit To Exercise Rights

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Update: Good news for the movement.  Turns out the state capitol is a place to camp out after all!  Occupy Iowa reports on FB that they have the permit in their hot little hands. BTW, Occupy Iowa City has a … Continue reading →

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Occupy Iowa Will Seek Permit To Protest On Capitol Grounds

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Trish Nelson

This seems like a smart, pragmatic decision on the part of the Occupy Iowa movement.  Apparently, the consensus process [see video] they have been using for decision-making works quite well ….Democrats may want to consider dumping parliamentary procedure and adopt … Continue reading →

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Saving the United States Postal Service

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Trish Nelson

by Ralph Scharnau “If this core civic institution is wrecked, the isolation among Americans will increase, urban neighborhoods and remote villages will experience further decay, unemployment will climb, internet content will suffer, and civic and political discourse will be curtailed.” … Continue reading →

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This Week On The Fallon Forum: Ed Is Out And On The Air

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Monday – Thursday from 7:00-800 pm, join us for the fusion of politics and civility at 98.3 WOW-FM and on-line at 983wowfm.com.  Call (515) 312-0983 or (866) 908-TALK to participate in the conversation.  If you miss the show, you can … Continue reading →

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Occupy Iowa Update: Thirty Arrested In Des Moines By State Troopers

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Video below – Reports of dogs, pepper spray, 50-60 law enforcement officers Seems  that arresting people, bringing dogs, using pepper spray on a bunch of Iowans [pepper spray reportedly just used on one person] peacefully assembled is a gross overreaction … Continue reading →

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Occupy Iowa Livestreaming From Des Moines Today

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Occupy Iowa has a livestream set up.   http://www.livestream.com/desmoineslive/ Today at 12:00pm – Sunday, October 9, 2011 at noon East 7th and Locust in the newly dubbed “People’s Park” on the west side of the state capitol building Des Moines http://g.co/maps/hftpc

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Occupy Iowa City: Video Of Human Microphone At College Green Park

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Trish Nelson

The crowd started out small and just kept growing.  We estimated a  couple of hundred people were there when we left.  Watch and listen to the human microphone communication system.  Signals for orderly process and participation were explained. Watch the … Continue reading →

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This Week On Ring Of Fire Radio: Congressman Bruce Braley

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Trish Nelson

Unfortunately, Iowans won’t be able to hear our own congressman Bruce Braley on this amazing radio program over the publicly owned airwaves because Iowa commercial radio stations only allow one kind of talk – conservative – but thanks to the … Continue reading →

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Occupy Iowa Weekend Events

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Trish Nelson

 Updated: Occupy Iowa events October 7-15 For Facebook and Twitter links go to:  blogforiowa.com/occupy Friday, Saturday, Sunday events Iowa City – Fri, Oct 7.  College Green Park, downtown Iowa City, 6pm. Mason City – Sat, Oct 8.  Central Park, downtown … Continue reading →

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Michael Moore: Occupy Wall Street Is All Of Our Voices

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Trish Nelson

New York City does not allow use of amplification so the Occupy Wall Street movement is relying on  the human microphone for speeches and communication.  The crowd repeats the words of the speaker so everyone can hear.  The unintended consequence … Continue reading →

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