Intro: "While Americans were pepper-spraying each other during fights over on-sale merchandise on Friday, Occupy DC at Freedom Plaza had a free store. There was no pushing and shoving, no pepper spray ... nobody was shot. Plans are under way to make it a weekly event in the lead-up to Christmas."
Occupiers in DC hold a mic check at Target, blasting the consumerism of the holiday season. (photo: Scott Galindez/RSN)
Occupy DC's Black Friday
27 November 11
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Audio of the Black Friday Mic Check
hile Americans were pepper-spraying each other during fights over on-sale merchandise on Friday, Occupy DC at Freedom Plaza had a free store. There was no pushing and shoving, no pepper spray ... nobody was shot. Plans are under way to make it a weekly event in the lead-up to Christmas.
Occupy DC also held a quick flash-mob-type event at a local shopping mall, where their focus was on Target. When the group arrived at the store they first delivered gifts to the Target employees, thanking them for their sacrifice of showing up at work late Thanksgiving night to prepare for Black Friday hours.
After handing out the gifts, the Occupiers held a mic check around a busy escalator, where they blasted the consumerism of the holiday season.
Scott Galindez attended Syracuse University, where he first became politically active. The writings of El Salvador's slain archbishop Oscar Romero and the on-campus South Africa divestment movement converted him from a Reagan supporter to an activist for Peace and Justice. Over the years he has been influenced by the likes of Philip Berrigan, William Thomas, Mitch Snyder, Don White, Lisa Fithian, and Paul Wellstone. Scott met Marc Ash while organizing counterinaugural events after George W. Bush's first stolen election. Scott will be spending a year covering the presidential election from Iowa.
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