Occupy Greensboro

Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on

Say we want a revolution
We better get on right away
Well you get on your feet
And on the street

Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on

Oh, when your man is working for nothing
You better give 'em what they really own
We got to put you down
When we come into town

Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on

I'm gonna ask you comrade and brother
How do you treat your own woman back home
She got to be herself
So she can give herself

Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on

Oh well, power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on, etc.

Yesterday was a great day in Greensboro. Mother Nature blessed us with temps on the upper 60's / low 70's and not one cloud in her vibrant blue sky.

As I walked to the Greensboro government center with a couple other of the Occupy marchers we were feeling great. That feeling was electric when we got close and saw the size and diversity of the crowd. Young and old, brown skinned and white skinned, preachers and atheists, abled and disabled,, liberals, conservatives, communists and anarchists. It is our America. The scene was one of a crowd elated to be joined together to make our world a better place. The signs were great. Many different quotes. Exhilarating.

Before the march got under way the local drum group Cakalak Thunder got the crowd fired up playing some great beats. They lead the parade and played all the way during the march through downtown Greensboro. There were an estimated 600 Occupiers, by the police, and we marched through downtown on the sidewalk. Needless to say we owned the sidewalk and got very receptive chants from the folks downtown.
We stopped at the Bank of America and chanted "Wall Street got bailed out, We got sold out". It was great. We then marched to Festival Park and a few people spoke to the crowd to the crowd. We then broke off into small groups of 15 or so and in the group I was in we went around the circle and told everyone why we there and had discussions about that. The group was sort of hijacked by some nice but wackadoo women who always went off topic and brought everything back to her. We finally just started talking over her to get her to shutup. :)

I did advocate that if it seems the government/corporations do not listen to us, the Occupy movement, we should hold a general strike like they do in Europe. It actually seemed to go well.

After that there were more meetings and people just hanging out talking and discussing the state of things. It made for a great day.

Back for more today. Meetings, then the general assembly to see where we take things in Greensboro. There were a number of people there who have been to New York and Washington who seem to have many ideas on how to move forward.

Lots of police, lots. Undercover police also.

Props to our logistics group, they did a fantastic job.

Here is a link to one of the local news stories.

http://www.digtriad.com/news/article/195289/57/Hundreds-Of-People-March-With-Occupy-Greensboro