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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Everyone<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Here’s an update on the May 12 event ‘Monster Madness ‘ by Manchester Occupy which linked up with global actions. Occupy Sheffield sent a message of support.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(Chris can you put this report out on Indy Media if it isn’t already)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Love and Light <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Claire x<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> occupy-manchester@googlegroups.com [mailto:occupy-manchester@googlegroups.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Pauline Hammerton<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 16, 2012 6:09 PM<br><b>To:</b> occupy-manchester@googlegroups.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [occupyMCR] Occupied Times Report<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I'm afraid I missed it - I couldn't find you! gutted...<br><br>Pauline<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 16 May 2012 17:59, Mich Manchester <<a href="mailto:michmanchester@gmail.com" target="_blank">michmanchester@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Have just written the following report for The Occupied Times.<br><br>Hope you like. Any comments welcome. Have done it from me and not<br>Occupy Manchester as they needed it asap so no time to get it approved<br>by the GA.<br><br>Mich x<br><br>OCCUPY MANCHESTER 12M MON$T£R MADN€$$<br><br>Saturday 12M saw MON$T£R MADN€$$ take over Piccadilly Gardens in<br>Manchester city centre.<br><br>Occupy Manchester constructed the huge monster in solidarity with the<br>Global day of action. The many tentacled noctopi was a pop up<br>exhibition space designed as street notice board on which to display<br>protest art and to highlight the many areas the madness of the system<br>is effecting including: democracy, poverty, the environment, banking,<br>the NHS and housing.<br><br>As soon as the monster was heaved upright, a large crowd was drawn<br>into the art action, well you couldn’t really miss it, it took up a<br>whole corner of the gardens. Members of the public were given paints,<br>markers and paper to create their own protest posters and slogans & to<br>express how they were feeling, which they then pinned to the monster.<br>Occupy Manchester had also been sent posters from the Occupy movement<br>& 12M events around the World including Portugal, Spain and London,<br>which were pinned up in unity with friends around the Globe. There was<br>a real buzz of excitement and activity as people stuck hundreds of<br>posters all over the body and legs of the monster and others gathered<br>round to read them.<br><br>Whilst the sun shone down on the only dry day for weeks (the sun<br>surely does shine on the righteous) music played over the PA system,<br>lively discussion took place in the crowd and speakers took to the<br>mic, including; people from the Occupy Manchester network, regular<br>faces from the Manchester activist community, Love Police main man<br>Charlie Vietch and an eloquent young person who had been passing by.<br>They talked about issues from poverty to the State, to the banking<br>crisis and how the austerity measures are effecting them, part of the<br>GlobalMay Manifesto was also read out.<br><br>There was a positive and uplifting feeling in the air as the day saw<br>many old and new faces come together to participate, it was exciting<br>to see many friends from Spain and also inspiring to see so many young<br>people getting involved. The day showed how art can bring people<br>together to participate in creative protest.<br><br>The MON$T£R survived to live another day, watch out for it at an<br>Occupy near you soon!<br><br><br>(MichManchester, a friend of Occupy Manchester)<br><br>A video of the action is on you tube:<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiia2zJxF5s" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiia2zJxF5s</a><br><span style='color:#888888'><br><span class=hoenzb>--</span><br><span class=hoenzb>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Occupy Manchester" group.</span><br><span class=hoenzb>To post to this group, send email to <a href="mailto:occupy-manchester@googlegroups.com">occupy-manchester@googlegroups.com</a></span><br><span class=hoenzb>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to <a href="mailto:occupy-manchester%2Bunsubscribe@googlegroups.com">occupy-manchester+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a></span><br><span class=hoenzb>For more options, visit this group at <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/occupy-manchester?hl=en" target="_blank">http://groups.google.com/group/occupy-manchester?hl=en</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><br>-- <br>I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it. - Maya Angelou<br>@pareayh<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Occupy Manchester" group.<br>To post to this group, send email to <a href="mailto:occupy-manchester@googlegroups.com">occupy-manchester@googlegroups.com</a><br>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to <a href="mailto:occupy-manchester+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com">occupy-manchester+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com</a><br>For more options, visit this group at <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/occupy-manchester?hl=en">http://groups.google.com/group/occupy-manchester?hl=en</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG - <a href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 2012.0.2176 / Virus Database: 2425/5005 - Release Date: 05/17/12<o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:#B4B4B4' align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG - <a href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 2012.0.2176 / Virus Database: 2425/5005 - Release Date: 05/17/12<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>