100% One Tribe - One People Flash Mob

Barton Creek Mall Christmas Arrest

CodePink Austin, along with allies from Veteran's for Peace and Women in Black staged a Don't Buy War "freeze" at Barton Creek Mall on Saturday, December 3rd. 

The group was between the Santa photo station and the Gamestop store, which prominently advertises the 'Modern Warfare 3' video game. 

The goals were to raise awareness about the continuing wars on Iraq and Afghanistan, to educate shoppers about the costs (both human and economic) of the wars, and to dissuade parents from purchasing war toys. An APD officer assaulted/arrested a young woman (Nicole Mann) who had joined the group spontaneously. 

*Update*


First reports are that she sustained 4 broken ribs!  Also, from people associated with the arrest.  She has been charged with 1 felony and 2 charges that were lowered to a class "B" and class "C" misdemeanor.

Searches to find information within mainstream news have turned up no information.

**I've often wondered when it became policy for security/police to surround people being arrested so that they can be brutalized while unthinking corporate servants run about telling people to stop filming.  It is not illegal to film public officers in public spaces!!!

Occupy Austin Band

I will try to post updates with pictures and videos from City Hall in Austin, TX.

Here's a quick clip from a group that contributed their efforts toward the occupation:

Join us for MedMob Sunday on the Pedestrian Bridge

Jefe Greenheart has another wonderful short video.
Click here to see it.

When you are done, join us for the latest MedMob on the Lamar Pedestrian Bridge tomorrow at noon!

Meditation Strengthens Our Community

MedMob Movement --Gigantic Group Hug! from Greenheart Creative on Vimeo.

A glimpse of the beautiful community gathering known as MedMob that is spreading quickly across the country in a city near you. Watch for the magical surprise ending!

www.GreenheartCreative.com

What Awakening?

Do you see the signs?

Do you hear the sounds?

Does it feel different?

Meditation Flash Mob: Texas State Capital Building from Greenheart Creative on Vimeo.

It is happening all around us.

There is an awakening and it IS love.

Celebrate!

Thanks for all of your efforts, Kelly, Jefe and Nathan!

Sound of Music Flash Mob

200 young dancers let loose in Antwerp's Central Station as "The Sound of Music" is pumped over the loudspeakers.

Anyone else love flash mobs as much as I do?

Austin Pillowfight Flash Mob Video

Austin Pillow Fight Video

Picture above is from a PillowFight Club flash mob event in California.

(click to play Austin Video)

Some of you may remember April 6, 2006 when hundreds gathered on Auditorium Shores for a flash mob event complimented by an incredible storm coming in. As the pillow fight wore on and the sun went down, the thunderclouds rolled in. Watch carefully and you may catch a flash of my whip (before the fight, of course).

Rules of PillowFight Club:

You do tell everyone about PillowFight Club.

If someone whines or has no pillow, you cannot hit them.

Everyone joins in the fight.

The one fight starts at the designated time - No earlier.

No tar, no heavy things in pillows.

PillowFights will go on until they're done.

If this is your first night at PillowFight Club, you have to get feathered.

I love springtime...Flash mobs are in the air.

Flash Mob in Victoria

Victoria Station Transformed into 4,000+ Person Rave at Rush hour

"More than 4,000 clubbers danced through the rush hour at Victoria station in Britain's biggest flash mob stunt."

"A deafening 10-second countdown startled station staff and commuters before the concourse erupted in whoops and cheers. MP3 players and iPods emerged and the crowd danced wildly to their soundtracks in silence - for two hours."

Read the article here.
For a definition and history of Flash Mobs, see Wikipedia.
Thanks to Chris Griffin for sharing this story with us.