Slog

News & Arts

The Stranger Suggests

Critics' Best Bets
Music Arts & Food

Line Out

Music & the City
at Night

  |  

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Occupy / 2012 / At Large Occupy the Caucus Has Plans for Tonight

Posted by on Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 1:44 PM

One wall at Occupy the Caucuses HQ.
  • One wall at Occupy the Caucuses HQ.
Located in a beautiful, abandoned storefront (it used to be a nightclub and, before that, a Woolworth's) at 504 Locust in downtown Des Moines, Occupy the Caucus has set up an impressive base of operations. On one wall, volunteers ladle out free food. There's an information booth selling t-shirts and helping people get oriented with the headquarters. A teenage girl directs me to Stephen Toothman, a media liason for Occupy the Caucuses. He says the primary goal of the group is to convince Iowans to vote for "Uncommitted" as a way to protest the corporate sponsorship behind the current candidates. Volunteers have flooded in from around the country, and Toothman has granted interviews to news outlets from as far away as London and Japan.

Occupy the Caucus is planning a "celebratory rally" today at 4 pm at the People's Park, followed by a planning meeting at 5 pm at their headquarters. After the caucuses, at 9 pm, they'll be holding a press conference, followed by a dance party. "These candidates may think they're done with us once they leave Iowa tomorrow," Toothman says, "but they've got a big surprise coming." He's heard through the pipeline that Occupy New Hampshire started making Occupy the Primary plans a couple weeks ago, and the South Carolina branch of Occupy the Primary just had their first meeting, too. "We'll follow [the Republican candidates] all the way to the convention," Toothman says, "And beyond."

Occupy the Caucus storefront.
  • Occupy the Caucus storefront.

Another shot of the Occupy the Caucus storefront.
  • Another shot of the Occupy the Caucus storefront.

This is pretty much the first thing you see when you walk into Occupy the Caucus.
  • This is pretty much the first thing you see when you walk into Occupy the Caucus.

 

Comments (3) RSS

Oldest First Unregistered On Registered On Add a comment
Will in Seattle 1
I remember when we did something like that on the Dem side as the Anyone But Clinton (ABC) movement fought to deny WA caucus votes to the Back East Nanny State machine.

Very effective. Uncommitted indeed.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on January 3, 2012 at 2:08 PM
2
"corporate sponsorship behind the current candidates"

Which corporations are sponsoring Santorum? Astroglide and Charmin?
Posted by The CHZA on January 3, 2012 at 2:24 PM
3
Q: What if you held a protest and no one came?
Posted by LMFAO....... on January 3, 2012 at 7:15 PM

Add a comment

Advertisement
 

All contents © Index Newspapers, LLC
1535 11th Ave (Third Floor), Seattle, WA 98122
Contact Info | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Takedown Policy