[OccupyComms] Cambridge / Norwich Occupiers ?

[marknbarrett at googlemail.com]

Cheers for info on this everyone who  has kindly replied, both off list and on. 

And especially to Rachel for posting the Les Mis poem and about the white flag / armband idea for Nov 5th. I don't know what you mean about not being a proper activist though - what's one of those ? To sort the world out, all the human diversity (and however active, or not we have been in the past), and all the different thoughts, ideas and talents we bring to the table are and will be needed. We all need to be active, and say / do our piece! 

Peace and love

Mark 

 
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-----Original Message-----
From: rachel mariner <rachelmariner at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 11:33:06 
To: Mark Barrett<marknbarrett at googlemail.com>; Chris Keene<ckeene107 at gmail.com>
Cc: occupylondon<occupylondon at lists.riseup.net>; <occupycomms at email-lists.org><occupycomms at email-lists.org>; rdwg at googlegroups.com<rdwg at googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [OccupyComms] Cambridge / Norwich Occupiers ?

Hi all - we do have a few people and a Facebook group :

https://www.facebook.com/groups/camocc/

I would LOVE to get together, meet up and plan  . . .

I don't think the Norwich Occupy group is active anymore but Chris Keene is
a great activist who went with me to Durham to meet with the Dean there
about Winter Carnival. He is a peach and he is cc'd as well.

What I don't have handy is a connection to student activists. they may all
have become economics or law majors and are gunning for the 1%

The poem is actually the epilogue of Les Mis  - the song Do You Hear The
People Sing - but the lyrics at the end are different:

Do you hear the people sing?
Lost in the valley of the night
It is the music of a people who are climbing to the light
For the wretched of the earth
There is a flame that never dies
Even the darkest nights will end and the sun will rise

I love the white flag idea because it captures the climbing toward the
light. I also like the slight dissonance of a white flag - associated with
surrender - marched forward. Because the only way to bring peace is to
bring peace. Is to not fight. So I loved it. But I was scared to write to
everyone about it, Mark, when you suggested because I am not a proper
activist, etc.  There it is now.

With love and thanks for all of you!

Rachel



On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Mark Barrett
<marknbarrett at googlemail.com>wrote:

> A comrade from Manchester who is moving to Cambridge has asked me if there
> is an active Occupy group,  or if we know any Occupy supporters there she
> can connect with. Also I am thinking of moving, and have the same question
> re Norwich.
>
> Please can anyone advise if they know anyone suitable to make contact with
> in either place or any info on local Cambridge / Norwich Occupy groups ?
>
> Thanks :)
>
> Mark
>
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