Pittsburgh, PA

Ready to rock the house for May! Still not sure what my schedule is for that weekend, but I'll do everything humanly possible (and more) to get there without screwing myself up the ass.

I'll be there! Conveniently, it occurs right after my finals are finished -_-

Also, for planning purposes, we are now back on the partyvan servers in the IRC channel #pghraid

?/0, would you be open to doing a mini-picket in State College on the 9th (IIRC you're in the area, right?) and heading to the Arn City next day? I'm posting a topic for one in the mini-raid forum to see if anyone else would like to do so.

State College Awareness Op

I WILL make this one. I've missed all but the February picket - ready to get back in the game.

PITTSBURGH ROCKS!

so, someone made a thread about how some of the smaller cities and some of the cities who don't get as much recognition as the places with bigger orgs are being slighted. i happen to think ya'll should get more recognition.

i want to thank you for organizing the protests in your city. i know that it must be much harder to show up with very few people and protest.

every Anonymous protest is important. every anon who protests is vital. every anon who cannot make it to the protests, but who helps in other ways is vital. there is not one of us who is not an integral part of this movement.

so, thank you very much for having your protests!

day day,
AnonMomAnon


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Originally Posted by AnonMomAnon2

PITTSBURGH ROCKS!

so, someone made a thread about how some of the smaller cities and some of the cities who don't get as much recognition as the places with bigger orgs are being slighted. i happen to think ya'll should get more recognition.

i want to thank you for organizing the protests in your city. i know that it must be much harder to show up with very few people and protest.

every Anonymous protest is important. every anon who protests is vital. every anon who cannot make it to the protests, but who helps in other ways is vital. there is not one of us who is not an integral part of this movement.

so, thank you very much for having your protests!

day day,
AnonMomAnon


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Thanks for the encouragement, AnonMomAnon. We've got a small-ish protest location, but we still enjoy doing it. Personally, I think in some ways its easier, given that there's less risk of things getting out of hand and there being legal trouble. However, there is a good chance I'm going to be in London for most of July, so I *am* curious about what a larger raid would be like, and I intend to protest there if the dates coincide.

Im pretty new here, but ive been following everything with the Anon vs. COS pretty well and i want to help in upcoming protest for Pittsburgh. But i am a failboat and i cant figure out how to get on the IRC channel to talk with you guys. Can you help me out please?

Originally Posted by AnonAfroNinja

Im pretty new here, but ive been following everything with the Anon vs. COS pretty well and i want to help in upcoming protest for Pittsburgh. But i am a failboat and i cant figure out how to get on the IRC channel to talk with you guys. Can you help me out please?

Seems like partyvan is down. Also, working on bringing a group from Central PA and SC.

well, im pretty sure ive figured it out... and ive been on the channel, and other people have been on.... but then no one says anything.. meh.

Originally Posted by AnonAfroNinja

well, im pretty sure ive figured it out... and ive been on the channel, and other people have been on.... but then no one says anything.. meh.

Ha, yeah...we keep weird hours and never seem to be all around at once. And for anyone else wondering how to access the channel, we're at #pghraid on the partyvan server, which is currently up, and I am currently connected to it.

Ah, cuz i need to figure out the details for the things im going to put up around my school/town and stuff. Like about where are are meeting, and at what time we should eb there by, not to mention that i need to know too ;). Im still trying to find a ride, going to see if any of my friends would want to go to see if they could take me.

Originally Posted by AnonAfroNinja

Ah, cuz i need to figure out the details for the things im going to put up around my school/town and stuff. Like about where are are meeting, and at what time we should eb there by, not to mention that i need to know too ;). Im still trying to find a ride, going to see if any of my friends would want to go to see if they could take me.

Ah, okay -- what's your nickname in the channel?

AnonAN
EDIT: I have been using mIRC, and it has been working fine up until now, even though i have only been using the trial version. But now it seems that i dont have a registered nick, and therefore i am unable to join the channel -.-. So uhm, if there is a different way to access the channel let me know ;).

Hey everyone, if you haven't already, take a look at this thread: Flash Raid Pittsburgh PA

Basically, we've been having an escalating problem with the shopowners across the street from the Scientology bookstore here -- on the sidewalk where we usually have our protests. They've been complaining, calling the cops, etc. They claim they're losing a significant amount of money every time we protest. There's also suspicion within the above linked thread that Scientology may be spreading some negativity about Anonymous throughout the neighborhood, leading to the tension.

There was a recent flash/hug raid there, and basically, a shopowner we had previously thought was friendly to us ended up confronting Anonymous and threatening to call the police unless everyone moved to the Scientology side of the street, which they ended up doing, even though they were technically within their rights to be where they were.

Pittsburgh does NOT require a permit to hold a protest on a city sidewalk. However, it seems as though the wise thing to do in this situation may be to try and acquire one for future protests, just so that it's extremely clear that what we're doing is legal and protected, and so that storeowners don't have ground to stand on when they try to throw us off of public property. Also, some people have suggested trying to talk to the storeowners on a non-protest day and make peace, though I'm currently at a loss for how to approach this, if they really are losing money, since they likely won't be in a mood to negotiate.

Anyway, does ANYONE have any experience with applying for city permits? If anyone's able to start in on the task, I'd be very appreciative, as I'm not at all familiar with it.

Edit, another possible idea: Would anyone be up for making the May 10th protest a "moving" protest, where we all wander the South Side in the general vicinity of the Scientology building, handing out fliers and not constantly blocking off the same shops? We could reach a decent number of people that way, and we might not provoke the same ire we do when we park our butts outside on their sidewalks. There is the abandoned building the cop suggested last time, but we tend to spill over to either side of it, so perhaps a few of us stay there, and the rest move to busy intersections and corners with no shops right behind them, and we can rotate through the day. I'm just brainstorming here, seeing as we have under two weeks until May 10th, and I don't know what the turnaround time would be for a permit if someone started now. If anyone's got other ideas, please post them.

some shop owners such as my boss have taken quite the liking to anonymous and he makes copies of the flyers I get when I drop in

see yinz on the 10th I think

I know the Indian shop owners like us. I also think it would be a great idea for a moving protest, but I'm not sure how long I'll be able to stay this time. I've previously gotten at least 4 hours in the last two protest that I've wnet to, but this time I think I'll get less than 3 since I have other plans for that Saturday.

can someone inform me as to where we are meeting, and when?

Originally Posted by AnonAfroNinja

can someone inform me as to where we are meeting, and when?

Acroos the Street from 1906 East Carson St in the South Side. For more info go to: Anonymous: Pittsburgh

You'll have to go back a month or two to get all of the info, but it is there.