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\"Patricia

Patricia Okoumou Climbs the Statue of Liberty<\/p><\/div>A few months ago I was spending my Wednesday evening as usual at the action committee of Rise and Resist<\/a>, the New York City direct action group which I have spent so much time with since the 2016 election.<\/p>\n

I always felt like the odd one out at these meetings. I seem to be the only one constrained by the limits of a 9-5 job, so often I cannot participate in the actions planned. But I go, and help out in small ways. And my politics seem to be a long way to the right of many of the others – I oppose Trump because he is a traitor and a fascist wannabe, not because I am dedicated to the overthrow of the capitalist patriarchy.<\/p>\n

I was also the only immigrant on the committee. Though of course as a Brit I am one of the \u201cgood\u201d immigrants.<\/p>\n

I had just settled into my seat when in walked an attractive woman, who sat next to me. Like I had, she stumbled as we went around the room, having to include our preferred pronouns. She was \u201cPatricia, er, she\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

I was no longer alone, another immigrant – I later learned from the Republic of Congo. On the other hand, she was still alone, as the only Black person on the self-selected committee, in fact the only person of color.<\/p>\n

I felt a feeling of kinship as she navigated her way through the conventions of the consensus driven committee, and the subculture of the American Left.<\/p>\n

Eventually the committee started planning a civil disobedience action at the Statue of Liberty. Unlike the majority of the committee, either retired or self-employed, I do not feel my job would be supportive if I was arrested. So I took a break from the committee, as they planned dropping a banner and wearing t-shirts to Abolish ICE to the Statue of Liberty. Patricia was one of the twenty who would go.<\/p>\n

I was as amazed as anyone else to learn that Patricia had decided completely by herself to scale the Statue in her own act of protest. I am totally in awe of her courage.<\/p>\n

Since then all of us have tried to support her in the whirlwind of publicity and legal issues. My little part has been with computer stuff, easy for me but I help how I can.<\/p>\n

Please help her too. Please sign this petition asking for the charges to be dropped: http:\/\/bit.ly\/patriciaokoumoupetition<\/a><\/p>\n

And please contribute to her support, either by PayPal at https:\/\/patriciaokoumou.com<\/a>, or by credit card at https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/support-for-patricia-okoumou<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thank you.<\/p>\n

Wrolf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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