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Occupy Houston Official Information:

http://occupyhouston.org/
Twitter: @OccupyHouston
Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/OccupyHouston
UStream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/occupyhoustontx
When: October 6, 2011 the occupation begins.
Where: Herman Square Plaza (outside City Hall)

Find out where to go, “Protest Do’s and Don’ts”, what to bring, how you can help if you are Occupying or at home, and other helpful information and media.

If you have a UStream channel you would like us to share with others, please feel free to leave a comment and we will post the link here.

Mainstream News:

Protestors target bank, City Hall in Houston this morning – via Houston Chronicle

The demonstration was an outgrowth of a New York event focused on what the protesters called social and economic inequality and corporate greed. It began at 8:30 a.m at Market Square Park with about 150 protesters — many carrying placards and chanting — who then marched to the J.P. Morgan Chase Bank Tower before moving on to City Hall.

The crowd grew to more than 200 by midmorning, according to a police officer at the scene.

“We have officially occupied Hermann Square Park,” a speaker told the crowd, referring to the reflecting pool area on the east side of City Hall. “We are not going anywhere until the people are heard.”

Occupy Houston set to start Thursday in Houston – Local Houston Television Channel 39

(Video from online article here)

HOUSTON, TX— Welcome to Occupy Houston.

A movement of what exactly is the question many are asking. Change is on the plate for sure but those changes seem to vary depending on who you`re talking to.

Local Houston Television Channel ABC 13’s online photo slideshow

Inside the Occupy Houston march: Lots of characters, even more police & real, angry passion by Whitney Radley- CultureMap Houston

The protesters were well prepared, with Houston Police Department escorts to block traffic, legal observers in fluorescent caps prepared to help if anything got out of line, and an Ustream channelbroadcasting the march for those who couldn’t make it in person.

The group marched first to theJ.P. Morgan Chase tower, directed by mounted police at every stop light and encouraged by honking downtown drivers. On the plaza outside of the skyscraper, the protesters yelled and complained about corporate greed, explaining instances in which it says the company spent dollars stolen from the people of the United States.

The dozen or so Chase employees sipping coffee outside of the glass doors didn’t seem phased by the hundreds of angry protesters.

We will add more as time goes on, so check back soon…

Citigroup Said to Push for Bailout-Payback Agreement This Week

By Bradley Keoun Read the full story

BofA to select emergency CEO this week: report

(Reuters) – Bank of America Corp plans to select an emergency chief executive officer this week if legal issues force Ken Lewis to leave before year-end, the Wall Street Journal said, citing a person familiar with the situation. Read the full story

Report on Bailouts Says Treasury Misled Public

WASHINGTON — The inspector general who oversees the government’s bailout of the banking system is criticizing the Treasury Department for some misleading public statements last fall and raising the possibility that it had unfairly disbursed money to the biggest banks. Read the full story

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Ken Lewis, the beleaguered CEO of Bank of America, announced Wednesday that he will retire at year’s end.

Lewis, who was stripped of his chairman title in April, will also step down from the board. No successor was named. Read the full story

Cinco Ranch bank robbery caught on camera

KATY, TX (KTRK) — The FBI and Ft. Bend County Sheriff’s Office hope you can help them find a man they say robbed a Cinco Ranch Bank of America branch on Monday. The man is also suspected in two Houston-area holdups last month. Read the full story

Debtors Revolt Starts Now!
www.debtorsrevoltnow.com

Well, I guess this site is now under construction.
Bear with us, we will have information and a functional website soon….

Four simple steps to take now:

1. Pull your money from the big corporate banks and find a local community bank or credit union for conducting your banking business.

2. Don’t use credit cards unless you are able to pay the balance in full every month.

3. Downsize and simplify your life to reduce stress and cost.

4. Don’t be passive. Demand fairness from your creditors.

Other things to consider:

Frequent local mom and pop enterprises instead of the big box stores. This will circulate your hard-earned dollars in your own community instead of shipping them off to parts unknown. Read the full story

And so the guns come out blazing. The Clearing House Association, another name for all the banks that were bailed out over the past year with the generous contributions from all of you, dear taxpayers, are now threatening with another instance of complete systemic collapse if Bloomberg’s lawsuit is allowed to proceed unchallenged, let alone if any of the “Audit The Fed” measures are actually implemented. Read the full story