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Friday, September 30, 2011

People’s Park tree-sitter preaches park issues to passersby

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Littlebird sits in a tree in People's Park.

Sitting on top of a high cedar tree in People’s Park, a protester who calls himself Littlebird preached to a small audience Friday afternoon, shouting chants and poetry to park dwellers, police officers and passers-by. The conference, which lasted about 15 to 20 minutes, consisted of Littlebird reading poetry and
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Thursday, September 29, 2011

New People’s Park tree-sit calls on university to give back the park

In the wake of the tragic end to a demonstration staged a few weeks ago, a new tree-sitter has once again turned People’s Park into the site of protest. Self-named Littlebird climbed into the same tree occupied in at least two previous tree-sits near the corner of Haste and Bowditch streets
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