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Mayor Flip-flops on Occupiers, now they must stay, for now

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written by: Cory V Clark

Heads up! Occupy Philly decided to move to Tom Paine tonight. Police showed up to repel Occupy from Tom Paine Plaza during the move. Crowd returns back to Dilworth. Ramsey claims, in this video, that they won't evict OP tonight. conformation came from the Mayor's office that they will not attack tonight or this weekend.

Also in the melee members of Occupy Philly took the inside of City Hall until they were evicted from there by police.

Let's Fix Our City! Solutions and Video from Nov. 6 Event

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On Sunday, November 6th, sparks of creativity flew as community activist groups fighting for and rebuilding our communities met at the main stage of Occupy Philly to share their visions for our city.

Speakers from ten groups gave us the basics about their work to stop prison expansion, gender discrimination on SEPTA, and casino capitalism; provide health and safety tools to sex workers; and win housing, support for impoverished mothers, and progressive tax policy. Armed with these insights and our own imaginations, presenters and attendees then formed small groups to brainstorm how to make Philadelphia a better place to live.

Reflecting on the Dilworth Plaza renovation, with federal, state, city, and private spending totaling more than $50 million, community group and Occupy Philly participants considered three questions:

How could $50 million be spent to meet people’s needs?

What should we pressure the city to do that doesn’t involve spending money?

What can we do without city funding or approval to fix our city?

This is what we came up with together:

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