Politics & Government
Occupy OC Marches Saturday With Irvine Blessing
The local version of Occupy Wall Street's anti-financial corruption movement is set to march through Irvine and host speakers at its "People's Village" campground.
The Orange County branch of Occupy Wall Street is holding a protest in Irvine on Saturday.
The protests, , got a boost when organizers persuaded the Irvine City Council to waive the city's no-camping law so protesters could create a "Peoples' Village" on the northeast corner of Harvard Avenue and Alton Parkway.
Before the council granted the exemption, protesters organized in shifts to march the streets all night.
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“We urge citizens to join us at The Peoples' Village to express concern about the corruption in our financial, economic, educational and environmental systems," Occupy OC organizers said in a press release. "The Peoples’ Village is now available as a legal, peaceful and nonviolent space to have your voice heard, educate yourself about what’s happening in the occupy movement and be counted as a citizen who believes in direct action democracy.”
Organizers said they would march at 11 a.m. and host speakers starting at 6:30 p.m.
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