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June 20, 2012
Foes of Jay Z's Barclays Center Link Up With OWS for Opening Day Protest
DNAinfo.com
"Jay-Z's Barclays Center?" Huh?
Occupy the Barclays Center could be in the works.
The new arena doesn't open its doors for more than three months, but its critics are already busy prepping for an opening day protest — and they've invited members of the Occupy movement to join them in planning the demonstration.
"They can mobilize a lot of people very quickly, and if there's a project that typifies the One Percent, it's Atlantic Yards," said Jo Anne Simon, a founding member of Brooklyn Speaks, a coalition of local groups opposed to the Barclays Center and the surrounding Atlantic Yards development.
Brooklyn Speaks, Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, and other Atlantic Yards activists will meet Tuesday night to plan a rally for Sept. 28, when Jay-Z will break in the new 18,000-seat arena with a concert.
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The Local [Fort Greene/Clinton Hill], Opponents Plan Best Way To Protest The Barclays Center
Despite the fact that meeting organizers expressly stated that the meeting was off the record and asked press not to report on it, The Local couldn't let that stand in the way of service to the community:
The Local attended due to the importance of the matter and the public interest in knowing what was said.
NoLandGrab: Mightn't The Local do the public interest a greater service by going undercover at Forest City Ratner or the Empire State Development Corporation? The meeting was open to anyone who wanted to attend, but it would've been nice if they'd respected the ground rules.
Posted by eric at June 20, 2012 11:00 AM