Pinal County Greens Give Full Support to #Occupy Phoenix

Apache Junction, Ariz., Oct. 26 -

The Pinal County Greens today passed a resolution announcing "full support" for #Occupy Phoenix and its protests.

The resolution urges others to support #Occupy Phoenix at Cesar Chavez Plaza and to take part in the Occupy movement's events, such as Friday's march to the corporate headquarters of Freeport-McMoRan to protest the recent killing of striking miners in Indonesia and the egregious environmental damage caused by the world's largest publicly traded copper company,

and Saturday afternoon's Feast of Financial Fools, a celebration of Halloween and the terrifying economic and social horrors caused by greed and corruption.

The Pinal County Greens, members of the Arizona Green Party in Pinal County, America's second-fastest-growing county, have been a presence at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations at Zuccotti Park (Liberty Plaza) in New York's financial district.

Richard Grayson, co-chair of the Pinal County Greens, thanked the #Occupy Phoenix movement "for providing much-needed leadership in the Valley for the fight against inequality and in favor of a much more equitable economic framework in American life."
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In their resolution, the Pinal County Greens also noted the leadership of the Maricopa Greens, who joined in the October 15 Day of Action with #Occupy Phoenix at Cesar Chavez Plaza.

Finally, the Pinal County Greens resolution asked everyone to keep abreast of developments regarding #Occupy Phoenix

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and the loose Occupy Together nationwide movement spurred by Occupy Wall Street.

"The people of #Occupy Phoenix have our full support and our admiration," said Grayson.

"Today's report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office showing that in the past thirty years the top one percent of Americans with the highest incomes have seen their incomes grow by an average of 275 percent,

showing irrefutable evidence that our system has become skewed to reward this tiny elite minority with the highest gains, leaving the other 99% sharply behind."

"In light of the brutal police attack on Occupy Oakland," Grayson said,


"it is even more important for us to express solidarity with #Occupy Phoenix, Occupy Tucson, and other Occupy groups fighting for economic justice and political reform in cities around the United States."

"In a saner America, we wouldn't have Gestapo tactics in the streets of Oakland."

Pinal County Greens Pass Resolution Wishing Arizona Residents a Happy Simchat Torah

Apache Junction, Ariz. & New York, N.Y., Oct. 20 -

The Pinal County Greens tonight passed a resolution wishing all Arizonans a happy and joyful Simchat Torah.

In New York's Zuccotti Park to show support for the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations, Pinal County Greens Co-Chair Richard Grayson said, "Simchat Torah is a holiday of rejoicing with the Torah, when Jews end the yearly cycle of reading the Torah and begin anew. It's appropriate that across Arizona and here with Occupy Wall Street and the other Occupy movements around the country, we celebrate our own and our nation's renewal."

The Pinal County Greens are members of the Arizona Green Party in the nation's second-fastest-growing county.

Pinal County Greens Pass Resolution Calling State Senator Russell Pearce "A Little Piece of Shit"

Apache Junction, Ariz., Oct. 18 -

The Pinal County Greens today passed a resolution calling Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce, currently being recalled from office, "a little piece of shit."

The resolution also called Pearce "a corrupt bigot and an embarrassment to Arizona and the United States of America."

The Pinal County Greens are members of the Arizona Green Party who live in Pinal County, America's second-fastest-growing county

Pinal County Greens March With #Occupy Wall Street

(Photos by Richard Grayson)
New York, Oct. 14 -

The Pinal County Greens today participated in a march with Occupy Wall Street, whose protest the group supports wholeheartedly. Here is a brief report from Pinal County Greens Co-Chair Richard Grayson:

At 7:20 a.m., we came out of the 5 train at Wall Street to join the march of Occupy Wall Street protestors through the Financial District. An hour earlier, the city postponed the cleanup of Zuccotti Park and so averted a a feared showdown between the police and demonstrators who had vowed to resist any efforts to evict them from their encampment.

The crowd chanted various slogans, including "The Whole World Is Watching."



It was pretty peaceful and mostly celebratory, given that there would be no eviction from Zuccotti Park (renamed Liberty Square by #OWS) today.







However, we did see people arrested as we wound our way through the streets of the Financial District. One man, wrestled to the ground by police, had a bloody gash on his face and others were piled into a paddy wagon at Maiden Lane and Water Street.



Eventually we all returned to Zuccotti Park.



We ran into our friends, Brooklyn City Council members Jumaane Williams and Letitia James, who were instrumental, along with other elected officials, in convincing Brookfield Properties to postpone today's cleanup and avoid any real serious confrontation.






We're learning a lot from other people here at Occupy Wall Street.




The Pinal County Greens are members of the Arizona Green Party in Pinal County, the nation's second-fastest-growing county.