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DESCRIPTION:WHAT: San Francisco Commune - Housing & Social Center Occupation\n\nWHEN: 
 May 1st 2012, 2PM* \n\nWHERE: Market / Van Ness Sts. SF\n\n*A march will 
 also leave at 1:30PM from Market/Montgomery Sts. & converge with the SFC 
 2PM march at Market/Van Ness.\n\n\nThe San Francisco Commune has been 
 initiated to provide a perpetual, autonomous headquarters for the Occupy SF 
 movement.\n\nThis Tuesday, May 1st, Occupy SF affiliated groups will march 
 to the new location of the San Francisco Commune, a formerly vacant 
 building being transformed into a vibrant healing space, social center, and 
 housing for the community.  The march to the newly occupied building will 
 begin at 2pm at Market St and Van Ness.  At 1:30 a march will start from 
 the People’s Street Festival at Market St. & Montgomery and end at Market 
 & Van Ness to meet up with the march to the new building.\n\nIs it not the 
 symptom of a sick society, when ten thousand people must sleep on the 
 street in a city where 32,000 homes lay vacant? By liberating a community 
 resource, a vacant building, and handing it back to the people we bring 
 immediate care and relief to those that are suffering while challenging the 
 dominant economic system that prioritizes profit over human life. The 
 Occupy SF encampments in the  Financial District were excellent examples of 
 what is possible when the commons are liberated and reclaimed by the 
 people.  A community was created where resources were shared in a gift 
 economy, decisions were made horizontally, and medical care and food was 
 provided for all. For 82 days hundreds of people without homes found 
 refuge, healing and empowerment until the brutal police raid and removal of 
 the camp in December.\n\nThe SF Commune’s most recent incarnation began 
 on April 1st at 888 Turk Street and was violently evicted by SFPD’s SWAT 
 team just as community support began pouring in. On Easter Sunday, within 6 
 days of the eviction another building was occupied to continue to provide 
 housing to those in need of it. This May 1st in solidarity with the call 
 for a General Strike and May Day actions around the world, we will March to 
 the new location of a previously vacant building and will re-open the space 
 for the public as a social center, housing and organizing space for the 
 community. Join us Tuesday at 2pm at Market St & Van Ness and/or at 1:30pm 
 at Market St. and Montgomery.\n\nThe event will also include a large 
 community BBQ (w/ vegan & veggie dishes) be prepared by the OccupySF 
 Sustainability Workgroup.\n\nStrike. Blockade. Liberate. Create. \nOccupy 
 Everything!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
 http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/04/30/18712451.php
SUMMARY:San Francisco Commune - Housing & Social Center Occupation
LOCATION:Converging on Market / Van Ness Sts. in SF, before marching to the new SF 
 Commune location. You don't want to miss the march.
URL:http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/04/30/18712451.php
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