[OccupySheffield] OccupySheffield Digest, Vol 5, Issue 19

Sat Feb 11 23:17:39 GMT 2012

Good suggestion!

I just think ppl are tired now and need a good recharging of bats.

X Dawn x

From: Rick B [mailto:soisthesun at gmail.com] 
Sent: 11 February 2012 13:02
To: occupysheffield at email-lists.org
Subject: Re: [OccupySheffield] OccupySheffield Digest, Vol 5, Issue 19

Why don't occupation records do a cover of 'I fought the law' and donate
monies to the kids and their families who have been evicted from their homes
as a result of the political protests on the streets of London and other
cities last year.

Rick

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  1. Call to crowd-fund a record label for Occupy from Occupation
     Records (Ronan McNern)
  2. Occupy Sheffield Statement ? 10th February 2012 (Occupy Sheffield)

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Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:04:23 +0000
From: Ronan McNern <ronan at occupationrecords.com>
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Subject: [OccupySheffield] Call to crowd-fund a record label for
       Occupy from     Occupation Records
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Hey all,

Ronan here from Occupy London/Occupation Records.

If you can help share this to supporters would be great. With music being
such a big opportunity, we are hoping to financially help Occupy London,
occupations across the UK and Ireland as well as globally.

Cheers,
Ro

*Occupation Records aims raise ?20K in less that 2 weeks for Occupy label -
but needs help!*

  - *Supporters invited to spread the news via on facebook, twitter and
  spread among supporters!

http://www.sponsume.com/project/occupation-records-99-cent-launch-record-lab
el
  *
  - *Artists from Occupy London, OWS, Occupy Los Angeles, and Occupy
  Baltimore already involved and more invited to get involved - let's make
  this global!*

Hi and solidarity from Occupation Records,

We are the new label *formed by people involved with Occupy London to help
spread the message of Occupy and support the Occupy movement around the
world*. What we are doing has the potential to throw open doors by
providing funding for Occupy projects around the world, getting the message
out through worldwide distribution and creating a democratic alternative
for an industry that has produced music that has influenced most of us in
profound ways.

*We are in the middle of finalising our first release, Folk the Banks, a
folk benefit album with cover artwork by Jamie Reid, the artist behind the
Sex Pistols' artwork including God Save the Queen. Featured on the album
are some amazing artists, among them Ani DiFranco, Tom Morello, Get Cape.
Wear Cape. Fly, Billy Bragg, Chumbawumba and Anais Mitchell. Distribution
is lined up. Manufacturing is ready to roll. Promotion is ready. What we
need now is you.*

*The label will be an incredible tool for outreach and funding Occupy
projects, but we're going to need some help to get there.

We're raising start up costs for the label with donations via our
crowdfunding
site<http://www.sponsume.com/project/occupation-records-99-cent-launch-recor
d-label>.
Our
deadline to raise the money is less than two weeks - we've already raised
just over ?3K but we need your help donating and spreading the word to
reach our target. There's signed prints of the album artwork by Jamie Reid
and copies of the Folk the Banks album in digital, CD and vinyl formats
plus more donated as rewards for helping us!*
*
*
*Any questions? *
We?ve put together a handy FAQ of some of the questions we?ve heard
frequently since coming up with the idea for Occupation Records.  You can
find it here: http://occupationrecords.com/faq.php *
*
Occupation Records was created when a group of people who had been inspired
and involved with Occupy London came together to form the autonomous
collective, 45 Revolutions Per Minute, with the aim of facilitating music
industry support for the Occupy movement. We want to use our previous
experience to create a record label that will help raise awareness of, and
funds for, Occupy worldwide. Profits from our releases will support Occupy
financially around the world - all profits will be divided between Occupy
London (25%), occupations across the UK and Ireland (25%) and a global fund
for the Occupy movement and aligned causes. The aim is to help Occupy
around the world become more sustainable as the movement grows.

Financial support will help fund start up costs for Occupation Records as
we prepare for the release of the Folk the Banks - and the other four
albums currently being lined up! The initial funding we're asking for
includes office set up costs, marketing, licensing, manufacturing and
worldwide distribution costs.

*Using music to spread the word of Occupy*
We see music as central to the next phase of Occupy as we take the
movement's core messages - of economic, social, environmental and
democratic justice for all - into communities, schools, universities,
across the internet and around the world. Music has the power to inspire
and reach people who haven't heard about Occupy yet - and that's what
Occupation Records intends to do. Through music we can find new ways to
impact change, steer the debates and get people involved. There are many
artists who want to find a way to help and thank people involved in Occupy
and we can hope we help them do just that.

*Help us spread the word*
Please consider donating but - more importantly - please help spread the
message through your listservs, your Occupy twitter and facebook accounts,
digg, blogs, and anywhere else to get the word out!

  - Our crowd-funding project on Sponsume -

http://www.sponsume.com/project/occupation-records-99-cent-launch-record-lab
el
  - Our website  - http://occupationrecords.com/
  - Find us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/occupationrecords
  - And on Twitter - https://twitter.com/OccuRecords

Solidarity,
Occupation Records
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:11:23 +0000
From: Occupy Sheffield <info at occupysheffield.org.uk>
To: occupysheffieldnews at email-lists.org,
       occupysheffield at email-lists.org
Subject: [OccupySheffield] Occupy Sheffield Statement ? 10th February
       2012
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Hi

On Monday 13 February 2012, the occupation on Cathedral
Square will be gone, but Occupy Sheffield will continue.
The snow has been fun, but the threat of over ?100,000 of
High Court costs, and the Cathedral's answer to peaceful,
public protest as eviction has made the decision easier.

Our stand against excessive greed and corruption of our
democracy continues. Since November 5th, thousands of
people have come to show their support for the camp in
many ways. Thank you Sheffield. Occupy is a global
movement, manifesting itself in the heart of this city
with a occupied space that has been a mission for
fairness, a sentry point for justice and an outpost for
compassion. But we are more than the sum of our parts;
more than tents and sleeping bags. We will continue this
process with events, and build on discussions with
peaceful direct action.

To mark the beginning of a new phase for Occupy Sheffield,
people are invited to a Moving Forward Parade starting at
the camp at 3pm this Saturday 11th February 2012, and
finishing with a free Impromptu Cabaret/Poetry/Open Mic
event at the Citadel of Hope on Cross Burgess Street (near
the Peace Gardens) at 5:30pm.

Occupy Sheffield will continue to have daily meetings.
Public General Assemblies (GA's) are Mon/Wed/Fri at
6:30pm, 3pm on Saturdays and are open to all. Meetings
will start from the Citadel of Hope on Monday, with plans
for meetings back on the streets in the Spring. Follow
@OccupySheffield and @Citadel_of_Hope for the latest."

Occupy Sheffield

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