The seed planted on September 17th in New York City has grown into a national and international movement. Occupy Wall Street has branched out into hundreds of groups organizing in their own communities. Reader Supported News will highlight some of the more significant actions from around the country here. Share this page with your friends and associates and come back often for the latest developments.
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Occupy Worldwide
24 October 12
Spain Mulling Plan to Ban Photos & Videos of Police
24 October 12
In a move sure to send shivers down the spines of activists and civil liberties advocates everywhere, the Spanish government is taking steps to prohibit the filming and photographing of on-duty police and security forces, the New York Times reports.
Described by Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria as a reaction to the recent shocking clashes between police and demonstrators – such as the Madrid anti-austerity actions – this ban is necessary, they claim, to strike a balance "between citizens' right to protest" and the need "to uphold the integrity of state security forces."
Man Sues Over Arrest for Wearing "Occupy" Jacket in Supreme Court
18 October 12
A man who was arrested in the Supreme Court's museum corridor for wearing a jacket emblazoned with the slogan "Occupy Everywhere" is suing the federal government over the incident.
Food Sovereignty Advocates Occupy the World Food Prize
18 October 12
The world's leading agricultural and food policy experts are headed to Des Moines, Iowa, this week to celebrate the World Food Prize. The annual event heralds the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world. But not everyone finds such achievements reason to celebrate.
Occupy the World Food Prize - an ad hoc coalition of community groups and activists - has organized a week of educational events, panel discussions and direct action to protest the corporate control of local and global food systems. The goals of Occupy the World Food Prize's campaign are twofold: to use the World Food Prize event as an opportunity to redirect the public discourse around food and farming systems and to shift the focus of the prize away from agribusiness to locally-based, sustainable agriculture.
This Week Is OccU-pied by DEBT!
16 October 12
JOIN US FOR A GREAT WEEK OF HORIZONTAL DISCUSSIONS AROUND DEBT!
5 Sessions! All THIS week!
On Debt and Race!
History of Debt Resistance!
The Visual Culture of Debt!
Contemporary Art, and the Specter of Communization!
On Municipal Debt!
About Occupy University: http://university.nycga.net/
Occupy London Little Book of Ideas
15 October 12
On the first anniversary of the Occupy London Stock Exchange camp just by St Paul’s Cathedral, Occupy London is pleased to announce the publication of its first book, which aims to demystify the financial world and provide possible solutions. Entitled ‘The Little Book of Ideas’, the free pocket sized book – written by the Economics Working Group of Occupy London – is now available for download and is also available in print, with a first run of 1,500 copies. A handy fact sheet is included below.
The book is launched one year to the day when thousands of people came together to highlight social and economic injustice in the UK and beyond, as part of a global movement for real democracy.
Join the Blockade of the Keystone Pipeline
16 October 12
The next great battle of the Occupy movement may not take place in city parks and plazas, where the security and surveillance state is blocking protesters from setting up urban encampments./p>
Instead it could arise in the nation’s heartland, where some ranchers, farmers and enraged citizens, often after seeing their land seized by eminent domain and their water supplies placed under mortal threat, have united with Occupiers and activists to oppose the building of the Keystone XL tar sand pipeline.
They have formed an unusual coalition called Tar Sands Blockade (TSB).
Global Noise Takes On Austerity: 'We Are Not Going to Be Silent'
15 October 12
Demonstrators across the world are calling for an end to austerity as Global Noise protests kick off in more than 30 countries, including many in the Nobel Peace laureate European Union.
The worldwide demonstrations on Saturday passed without incident, and Caleb Maupin from the International Action Centre explained what's driving the public to take to the streets.
RT: A year ago Occupy Wall Street spread across the world, and now it’s Global Noise. What is Global Noise all about? How is it different?
Occupy Supporters Stage Protest in London
15 October 12
LONDON (AP) — Several supporters of the anti-corporate Occupy movement chained themselves to the pulpit of St. Paul’s Cathedral during a service on Sunday in an action for the anniversary of its now-dismantled protest camp outside the London landmark.
The dean of St. Paul’s, David Ison, said he was conducting an evening prayer service when "four young women dressed in white" chained themselves to the structure.
Photos showed the women, one of whom was in a wheelchair, around the pulpit.
The police said officers were not trying to remove the demonstrators. Other protesters unfurled a banner outside the church urging "throw the money changers out of the temple."
Occupy the Pipeline Battles Fracking
13 October 12
I saw an odd sight on a quiet, West Village street in New York City on Saturday 6 October. A group of about 30 young women and men - all naked or topless - were dancing about, with their flesh painted green.
Patrick Robbins, a 26-year-old native of Brooklyn who works on sustainable development at Cooper Union, is the spokesperson for the group, Occupy the Pipeline. He explained the purpose of the protest-art show hybrid:
'Occupy' Activists in Newnan Court Seeking to Stop Woman's Eviction
12 October 12
A busload of former Occupy Atlanta activists were in Newnan Thursday to support former Atlanta police officer Jacqueline Barber as she fights eviction from her Fayette County home.
Greece: Where Occupations Speak, and Governments Fall
12 October 12
I recently traveled with a team of radical reporters to Greece. There, longstanding illusions of Europe as a "progressive and democratic" force in the world are being dashed as the neo-liberal and imperialist projects that are European Union and the International Monetary Fund bare their fangs.
Thousands upon thousands of public sector jobs have disappeared. Half of Greece's hospitals are slated to close. We met doctors who had not received their pay in over 6 months. Free access to healthcare is being replaced by free market chaos in which people must rely on bribes and brokers in order to even secure basic services. The old social contract of the European welfare state has come to an end.
20 Arrested in Housing Protest in Castro
11 October 12
A group protesting the lack of housing for thousands of San Franciscans briefly took over a vacant building in the heart of the Castro district on Wednesday evening as part of a worldwide day of action aimed at drawing attention to the plight of homeless people.
About 50 protesters gathered at Dolores Park at 5 p.m. and listened to music for an hour before marching down 18th Street, chanting "Homes not jails." Shortly after 6 p.m., protesters wearing black masks broke into an empty building at 535 Castro St. and hung a sign reading, "Gentrification Equals Assimilation."
One Year Later: Lessons Learned From Occupy Wall Street
10 October 12
Last week protesters disrupted traffic and picketed corporate headquarters in Washington, D.C., in honor of the Occupy Wall Street movement’s one-year anniversary.
Roughly 130 people gathered at 7 a.m. Oct. 1 in Farragut Square and then marched along K Street, where many lobbying firms are located, chanting “all day, all week, occupy K Street” and clutching signs that read “Down With K Street” until reaching Liberty Plaza.
Madrid on the Brink: S25 ? S29
09 October 12
This short film chronicles recent events in Spain where hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets to demand the resignation of the government and an end to police brutality. Many of the protests ended in clashes with the police. Since the stand off began on September 25th, the images of police brutality have travelled the world over, shocking and inspiring people across Europe and leading to an international day of action on September 29th. This film tells the story of why so many people took to the streets and follows these events as they unfolded.
Occupy Members Join Police in Bid to Save Home
09 October 12
Atlanta - Less than a year after Occupy Atlanta members clashed with police in riot gear in a downtown park, they're now protesting alongside officers to help a retired detective avoid losing her home to foreclosure.
Activists joined current and retired Atlanta police Monday for a demonstration and discussion at the home of retired Atlanta police Detective Jaqueline Barber in Fayetteville, south of the city.
"The police are in the 99 percent and when it comes down to their economic struggles, we're going to be there to shine a light on those and organize around those," said Tim Franzen.
A Chicago Judge Rules in Favor of "Occupy Chicago" Protesters
09 October 12
On September 27, Chicago Judge Thomas More Donnelly issued a ruling in favor of "Occupy Chicago" protesters who had stayed in Grant Park, an historic public forum, after the park's curfew - which closed the park from 11:00 p.m. until 6 a.m. - and had been arrested as a result. (On one occasion, this resulted in 173 arrests; on another, in 130 arrests.
Judge Donnelly - who invoked not only the First Amendment, but also the Illinois Constitution's especially broad right of assembly - made three key points in support of his ruling.
At Least Three Occupy Austin Members Arrested During Attempt to Reorganize
08 October 12
At least three Occupy Austin members were arrested when the group reorganized Saturday to begin a new occupation in North Austin.
About 50 protesters gathered at 5 p.m. at the northern edge of Highland Park Mall. But they were met by a line of about a dozen Austin police officers, who swept toward them and said they were on private property and needed to move to the sidewalk.
Occupy Atlanta Marks Anniversary of Protests
08 October 12
ATLANTA — Protestors involved in a series of Occupy Atlanta demonstrations last fall returned to Woodruff Park Sunday, to mark the one year anniversary of the movement.
A few dozen people turned out for the event, a far cry from the hundreds who camped out in the park last October, eventually clashing with police.
Members of the group told Channel 2's Carl Willis they wanted to reflect on the year that passed.
Occupy Portland Hits the Streets of Downtown for Anniversary March
08 October 12
At a little after 3 p.m. Saturday, a wedding party posing for photos outside the Benson Hotel looked up to find a noisy crowd of more than 300 Occupy Portland protesters, flanked by police, marching up Broadway.
Many demonstrators, celebrating the one-year anniversary of their counter-corporate movement, shouted good wishes to the couple. If you thought about it, the specter of the "99 percenters" tipping their hats to a well-heeled wedding party in front of a ritzy hotel where presidents have laid their heads might seem antithetical to their cause.
But it was just that kind of afternoon.
“A Buddhist Perspective on Occupy Wall Street” by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
08 October 12
I have not yet met the Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, but I very much hope to do so soon. I have spent time with several of his students, collaborators, and friends, and I have been impressed by all of them. And I have listened to countless hours of Bhikkhu Bodhi’s podcasts and lectures and -needless to say- read countless pages of his writings and translations of the Buddha’s words.
In this video, Bhikkhu Bodhi lays out the US economy in clear terms we all can understand. Usually, in my experience, these charts and graphs are limited to nerdy economists and leftists. It’s about time that a clear, Buddhist perspective can show these facts and describe the situation and the moral issues at hand.
Occupy Spirit Flares With Protests
05 October 12
Just days after the dismantlement of the last tent encampment in San Francisco that billed itself as part of the Occupy movement, several groups pushed on with protests against economic inequality this week.
On Tuesday, a cluster of groups including the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) and Occupy Bernal demonstrated at several sites throughout the city including a Chase bank branch and a foreclosure auction at City Hall to protest evictions and foreclosures.
Occupy DC Still There After One Year
05 October 12
Celebrating their one year of occupation, Occupy DC is still sticking it to authorities and making their presence known. A Facebook event page describes the one year anniversary event as:
"Freedom Plaza was occupied one year ago on Oct.6th and is still occupied to this day by our fellow Veterans. Show your support and come help us celebrate the one year anniversary. Details will be posted as this develops. The party begins Oct. 1st to Oct. 6th. If you would like to help with this event please contact us. We would love to see everyone that was here one year ago again. On the First we will rename Freedom Plaza and it will be called the Bradley Manning Freedom Plaza."
Recurring Global Actions Called for 22nd of Every Month, Beginning #O22
02 October 12
VIA22, an open collective created in Montreal-Quebec, is sending a call to create a monthly process of global actions, the 22nd of each month, starting on October 22nd.
The idea is to collectively express the need that our marches and demonstrations become spaces for sharing knowledge about alternatives, and raise collective consciousness. We want to support and connect initiatives around the world and contribute to the dialogue between global and local. Strength comes from creativity and unity!
People from Mexico, Spain, Mozambique, Senegal, Belarus, Croatia, England, Japan, Greece, El Salvador and Chile are already in contact with us, but we need to spread the word widely!
Occupy DC Protesters to Mark One-Year Anniversary With Demonstrations On Oct. 1
01 October 12
To mark the first anniversary of the Occupy DC protests, protesters are planning a series of events to "shut down K Street" Monday morning. The first demonstration is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. and is expected to tie up traffic in the area.
Monday marks one year since Occupy DC protesters set up camp in McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza.
Surround the Congress Spreads to Lisbon, Rome, and Beyond
01 October 12
A new tactic of global resistance is emerging: "Surround the Congress." Following #25S, when thousands of protestors converged on Spain's parliament building in Madrid to denounce austerity and the kidnapping of popular sovereignty by the Troika and the Markets, similar actions will take place Saturday September 29th across Spain and in a number of European capitals, including Rome, Lisbon, London, Brussels, and Amsterdam. With momentum behind the new tactic growing, AdBusters has called for an October 31 "Halloween Party" on Capitol Hill.
Judge Throws Out Occupy Chicago Arrests
28 September 12
Chicago - A judge Thursday threw out the arrests of more than 90 Occupy Chicago protesters in a city park and ruled that the curfew for the area was unconstitutional.
Occupy Camp at Federal Reserve in San Francisco Cleared, Protesters Arrested
28 September 12
San Francisco - Police made multiple arrests while clearing illegal Occupy encampments in downtown San Francisco late Wednesday night, a police spokesman said.
Occupy protesters camping out on the sidewalk in front of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco building at 101 Market St. were arrested for illegal lodging at about 11:30 p.m., police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said.
Police Harassment Leads to Injury: NYPD Abuse Victim Arrested While in Hospital for Treatment
28 September 12
New York, NY September 25, 2012 - Police started their daily campaign of harassment early by kicking protesters wake to make room for Trinity churches private maintenance crew to clean the sidewalks, it quickly escalated to violence on the on the part of NYPD from there.
At 9:48 am police Sgt. Harney Badge number 2849 and a fellow officer confiscated a large painting from a protester that wasn't initially present at the scene.
When the young woman arrived shortly after police took the piece of art she tried to claim it. A pulling match ensured between the much larger Harney and the 4 ft. 9 in. woman. After several moments Harney released the painting with a push driving her into the scaffolding knocking her unconscious.
OWS Check Mates NYPD on S-17 (Photos and Video)
28 September 12
New York, NY September 18, 2012 - By the middle of the afternoon there had already been 120 arrests, many of the made violent by increased police aggression over the course of the day, provoking protesters to take every last vestige of control from police.
It's a Crucial Week for Spain and a Huge 'Occupy' Protest Plans to Swarm the Capital Today
25 September 12
Heads up: Later on today, Spain will be hit with its own "occupy" protests, as thousands of people are expected to voice their anger with the conservative governments' new budget cuts that are coming later today. According to reports, buses are already being stopped and checked, and the parliament is on lockdown, as protesters plan to surround the building.
We saw protests in Spain and Portugal a couple of weeks ago, and at least in Portugal it seems to have caused the leadership to back off on a specific tax.
This is a huge week for Spain (and all of Europe) as the country is expected to unveil a budget later this week.
Occupy's Planned Return Stirs Political Unease
25 September 12
Mayor Thomas M. Menino is vowing to block occupiers from digging in again at Dewey Square, setting up a potential high-profile showdown that could cause waves for Elizabeth Warren at a pivotal moment in her race to unseat U.S. Sen. Scott Brown.
"We're not going to allow them to set up camp at Dewey Square," the mayor told the Herald last night. "Occupy Boston can express themselves. But we’re not going to tolerate them blocking traffic or setting up encampments in the city of Boston."
Bloomberg's Army Will Not Silence Us
25 September 12
The first anniversary of Occupy Wall Street was a joyous affair for the 99%.
Yet regrettably, it was also a day that illustrated how Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 'private army' has been increasingly unleashed to beat, arrest, imprison, and broadly suppress OWS.
Occupy Activists Commandeer Anti-Occupy Wall Street Rally
21 September 12
A conservative rally billed as an opportunity to "stand up to Occupy Wall Street extremists" fell flat on Thursday when it was co-opted by members of Occupy Wall Street.
Supporters of Americans for Prosperity, a Tea Party-esque group funded by the billionaire Koch brothers, gathered at the Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan to demonstrate against both Occupy Wall Street and President Obama.
But almost half of the sparse crowd were Occupy Wall Street protesters, smartly dressed and bearing signs parodying Americans for Prosperity's ultra-conservative message.
Twitter Reluctantly Coughs Up Occupy Protester's Data
20 September 12
Twitter on Friday reluctantly complied with a judge's order to divulge the tweets and account information connected to an Occupy protester.
The case concerns Malcolm Harris, who was among hundreds arrested last October for disorderly conduct in an Occupy movement march along the Brooklyn Bridge.
Prosecutors sought tweets made by Harris' account "to refute the defendant's anticipated defense, that the police either led or escorted the defendant into stepping onto the roadway of the Brooklyn Bridge." The case was being closely watched as the authorities increasingly monitor and move to access material posted on social networks.
NYPD Arrests Almost 200 Occupy Protesters, Roughs Up City Councilman Again
17 September 12
A good many observers wonder, is Occupy over? After all, the encampments that announced the movement a year ago have largely disappeared, and no obviously similar protest demonstrations of young people have taken their place, at least not in the United States.
Nevertheless, I think the ready conclusion that the protests have fizzled is based on a misconception of the nature of movements, a misconception influenced by the metaphors we rely on. We think of these eruptions as something like explosions, Fourth of July fireworks perhaps that shoot into the sky, dazzle us for a moment, and then quickly fade away. The metaphor leads us to think of protest movements as bursts of energy and anger that rise in a great arc and then, exhausted, disappear.
WATCH LIVE: #S17
17 September 12
Occupy LiveStream September 17 2012
Occupy San Francisco Protests Ban on Homeless Sitting on Sidewalk
17 September 12
Occupy San Francisco continued their actions today by protesting against foreclosures, evictions and the criminalization of homelessness.
Occupiers sat down in front of Harvey Milk Plaza to protest San Francisco's Sit/Lie ban, which bans sitting or lying on the city's sidewalks for all, but ultimately is most detrimental to the homeless. Community Not Commodity, an LGBT Occupy coalition that organized the rally, said the ban severely affects LGBT youth, who make up 40 percent of the population.
Financial District In Chaos On 'Occupy Wall Street' Anniversary
17 September 12
Protesters and cops swarmed the Financial District Monday morning during events marking the one-year anniversary of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement.
Demonstrators had planned to shut down the District by lining the streets around the New York Stock Exchange and then sitting down en masse to create an occupied zone.
But "The People's Wall," as Occupiers called it, fizzled out and protesters took to marching through the streets, chanting slogans and singing "Happy Birthday" to their movement.
Protesters Meet Well-Prepared Police on Occupy Wall Street Anniversary
17 September 12
As several hundred Occupy protesters coalesced at key intersections in the financial district on Monday morning, they were met by the usual mix of curious onlookers, journalists, and police.
It is September 17, the first anniversary of the somewhat spontaneous occupation of Zuccotti Park, and what else could protesters do but try to disrupt the flow of life for the one percent?
Occupy Your Victories: OWS' First Anniversary
17 September 12
ccupy is now a year old. A year is an almost ridiculous measure of time for much of what matters: at one year old, Georgia O'Keeffe was not a great painter, and Bessie Smith wasn't much of a singer.
One year into the Civil Rights Movement, the Montgomery Bus Boycott was still in progress, catalyzed by the unknown secretary of the local NAACP chapter and a preacher from Atlanta -- by, that is, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. Occupy, our bouncing baby, was born with such struggle and joy a year ago, and here we are, 12 long months later.
Occupy Begins 'Year II' With Three-Day Convergence
15 September 12
"The whole world is watching! The whole world is watching!" cried voices across Zuccotti Park on Wednesday night as 30 people sat with their arms interlocked, surrounded by cameras and sympathetic onlookers. NYPD officers were positioned some distance away at the concrete barricades that had begun surrounding the park.
Confronting the sit-in with mock dispersal orders were Sam Corbin and Logan Price, OWS Direct Action trainers tasked with helping to prepare participants for the People's Wall, a nonviolent civil disobedience action in the Financial District planned for the morning of Monday, September 17.
September 17 (S17) is of course the one-year anniversary of the occupation of Zuccotti Park, a reclaiming of public space that galvanized the political imagination of the country and the world with its proclaimed opposition between the 99 percent and the 1 percent, its prefigurative emphasis on horizontality and mutual aid, and its linking of grievances from climate change to Stop and Frisk to predatory debt.
How Occupy Made Me Stronger
15 Sepember 12
In its first year, Occupy Wall Street was called a "movement of movements." Some likened its broad reach to an octopus. One person described occupied Zuccotti Park to me, wistfully, as a "city on the hill."
Then again, over dinner with the organizers of the National Gathering in Philadelphia this July, I heard OWS compared to "a bad dating scene."
As Occupiers gear up for a weekend of one-year-anniversary activities, it seems like the right time to offer my reading
New Tactics in Creative Resistance
12 September 12
Slowly, I am learning to embrace the electronic world in an effort to harness ever more tools for revolution. Though I still don't tweet, I have had the chance to be involved in several online webinars, have used Facebook as a tool for outreach and event organizing, have almost drowned in Google Docs to cowrite books in a cloud, and, now, this week, am co-hosting a virtual dialogue that spans seven days and as many continents in a keystroke.
So, here's your invitation to "Cultural Resistance: The Arts of Protest." It's part of a monthly online dialogue series for the website New Tactics in Human Rights, a project of the Center for Victims of Torture, this time in collaboration with Waging Nonviolence. It runs from today until September 18 and will be open to anyone in the 4,000-plus New Tactics online community, representing more than 120 countries. Anyone can join.
Nine Arrested During 'Occupy Monsanto' Protest in Oxnard
12 September 12
Nine protesters were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of trespassing after blocking access to a Monsanto seed distribution center in Oxnard, group organizers said.
Those arrested were part of a decentralized network of food activists and Occupy protesters, said Adam Eidenger, a spokesman for the Occupy Monsanto group.
Their aim is to protest Monsanto's sales of genetically modified seeds, he said. They also sought to bring attention to Proposition 37, a ballot initiative set to come before California voters this fall.
Occupate il Teatro
12 September 12
When a group of artists took over the Teatro Valle, Rome's oldest theater, in June 2011, nobody thought they would last long. Yet the artists, actors and crew members who first barricaded themselves in Valle soon grew into a crowd of fierce Occupiers who under the national media spotlight became the country's foremost anti-austerity crusaders.
Judge: Twitter Must Produce Occupy Protester's Tweets
12 September 12
Twitter must hand over the tweets of an Occupy Wall Street protester to Manhattan prosecutors by Friday or face civil contempt and a hefty fine, a New York City judge said on Tuesday.
Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Matthew Sciarrino told a lawyer for Twitter that the San Francisco-based social media company had had 73 days to comply with his June 30 ruling ordering it to produce nearly three months' worth of tweets from Malcolm Harris. The Occupy member was arrested during a mass march across the Brooklyn Bridge last October.
Seeing Red: Chicago Teachers Elevate Anti-Privatization Fight to National Level
12 September 12
When a teachers' strike started to look like a realistic possibility earlier this spring, CPS Chief Communications Officer Becky Carroll warned the readers of Catalyst, "Any talk of a strike is the wrong message to send our schools, students and taxpayers." For her, and the rest of the privatization evangelists at CPS, the "right" message is simple - shut up and do what you're told.
99% TO WALL STREET: WE’RE COMING FOR YOU! - Actions Set for Sept. 15, 16 and 17 As Year Two Begins
12 September 12
Occupy Wall Street Continues Pushback Against 1% Greed - "ALL ROADS LEAD TO WALL STREET”
The 99%? "Of course, they're fighting back after 30 years of being shot at." - Bill Gross, manager of the world's largest mutual fund
September 17, 2012 (#S17) marks the beginning of year two of Occupy Wall Street (OWS). Under the banner All Roads Lead to Wall Street three days of education, celebration and resistance to economic injustice are planned for September 15-17, with convergences and assemblies, concerts, and some of OWS’s famous direct action planned for 7 AM, September 17th at the New York Stock Exchange. Solidarity actions are being planned in dozens of cities across the country.
Stand Against Rahm!
11 September 12
First Wisconsin. Then Occupy. Now Chicago. The teachers' strike is the next chapter in the fight against plutocracy.
Year One: Occupy Wall Street Plans Anniversary Protest of Wall Street
10 September 12
Occupy Wall Street, one of the largest grassroots mass movements in U.S. history, celebrates its one year anniversary next week on September 17, and the group has planned not only a day of protest and direct action, but also weekend workshops in which protesters will bring awareness to ongoing projects, and lay out Occupy's vision for what will happen Sept 18 and beyond. The week leading up to Occupy's anniversary will include training in direct action, reflection on the past year of popular resistance, and ultimately the Sept. 17 action on Wall Street.
Washington Square Park on Sept. 15 will be a site of convergence, for gathering and information sharing under the banner of "Education for Liberation," according to Nina Mehta, an Occupy organizer who has been working the convergence spaces around S17.
Occupy Protesters Face Eviction With End of DNC
07 September 12
Charlotte, N.C. - The protesters who are camped out at Marshall Park in uptown Charlotte only have a few hours before police said they will make them leave.
2,500 March on Wall Street South: We Need Jobs, Housing, Justice, Not War!
05 September 12
Braving extreme heat, more than 2,500 people from throughout the South and across the U.S. filled the streets of Charlotte on Sun., Sept. 2 for the March on Wall Street South. The demonstration confronted the banks and corporations headquartered in Charlotte that are wreaking havoc on communities throughout the country, and raised a people's agenda for jobs and justice as the Democratic National Convention convenes here.
200 Charlotte Protesters: “Police Everywhere, Justice Nowhere!”
05 September 12
Texas Insider Report: CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The group apparently left the “Occupy Charlotte” camp in Marshall Park about 11 p.m., walking on McDowell & Davidson Streets before marching back to camp around 12:10 a.m.. An anti-war march at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday led to a standoff with the police, one arrest, and ultimately a peaceful protest through the streets of Charlotte.
Near the Convention Site, ‘Occupy’ Takes Root
05 September 12
Eric Verlo waved an “Occupy the DNC” flag as he stood among the dozens of tents pitched around Marshall Park in uptown Charlotte on Monday in advance of the Democratic National Convention. The flag was not so much a rallying point as a declaration of the Occupy movement’s defiant presence here.
DNC Protests Target Charlotte-Based Companies in 'Wall Street South'
05 September 12
As Democrats arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina for their party’s national convention - where they will formally nominate President Barack Obama for a second term - they were greeted by hundreds of protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement. Many of the protesters are concerned about the influence of corporate money in politics.
In Charlotte North Carolina, the protests are bigger and livelier than similar events at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, because protesters say this is where President Obama and the Democratic Party are meeting to chart a path forward for the next four years.
The DNC Hostess Committee Invites You to Charlotte North Carolina
05 September 12
Join us in creating the NEW new South. Get ready for some SOUTHERN hospitality
DNC Dispatch: Occupy Charlotte Has Encampment
05 September 12
It is nicknamed "Banktown. ' The city is considered to be the No.2 banking capital of America. The city is Charlotte, North Carolina, and it is where the 2012 Democratic National Convention is being held.
The setting is appropriate when you consider how much of a return banks and financial institutions have gotten from President Barack Obama’s administration for donating to the campaign of hope and change in 2008. In retrospect, a banker might ask if that message was for executives and senior businessmen, who were afraid they would be investigated and prosecuted for contributing to the collapse of the economy. Which is why it is not surprising that there is likely to be a sizable number of Occupy protesters here during the convention to protest Obama and the Democratic Party.
I walked through downtown this morning to Marshall Park where Occupy Charlotte - and presumably other Occupy groups - should be during the next days.
New York Bakery Workers Fight Closure, Occupy Store
03 September 12
Workers at the New York City bakery Hot and Crusty got a jump start on Labor Day this year, storming one of the chain's Manhattan locations this afternoon - and refusing to leave.
The occupation came 11 days after owners announced they were closing the 63rd Street store. Workers condemned the closure as retaliation for union organizing.
Occupy Plans Resurgence at Democratic Convention
03 September 12
As President Obama reintroduces himself to America at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., next week, the Occupy movement will be there trying to do the same.
Common Ground Collective, Food Not Bombs and Occupy Movement Form Coalition to Help Isaac & Katrina Victims
03 September 12
A ground breaking coalition of activists from the Common Ground Collective, Food Not Bombs, and Occupy have come together in a Relief Effort to aid not only the victims of Hurricane Isaac, but also the nearly 10,000 people who remain displaced from Hurricane Katrina. Occupy activists are using a communications platform called InterOccupy, that combines conference calls, discussion boards, email listserves, rss feeds and social media links to organize the efforts of the coalition.
Occupy Charlotte Marches Ahead of the 2012 Democratic National Convention
03 September 12
Protesters numbering as many as 700 people have gathered in the business district of Charlotte, N.C. ahead of the 2012 Democratic National Convention. The anti-war and anti-capitalism demonstrators huddled in Frazier Park on Sunday ahead of their planned march. The group picked Charlotte for publicity because it is the location of the 2012 Democratic National Convention which is scheduled to convene on Tuesday in Charlotte's Time Warner Cable Arena.
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You are right, but those who have been asleep and are now waking up, need to be made aware of how they have been brainwashed by the media.
The media (even Brooks of PBS) are so accustomed to lying they have apparently lost their memories ...The latest Repugnican they are touting for President is old (nasty) Newt Gingrich. Has EVERYONE forgotten that this blue-eyed poster boy for 'family values' served his (last?) wife with DIVORCE PAPERS just as she was emerging from anesthesia after having a MASTECTOMY?????
I am so impressed with the protesters.
I know I was critical of us for not having enough will to stick with it. I stand corrected. I eat my words and I apologize. The protesters are AVESOME.
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Great point but there is a reason...follow the money.
They have no intetion to show how angry we are. The demostrations need to be MUCH, MUCH bigger.
There are so many people out of work, they could demonstrate during the week, when ihe rest is at work.
We need our own Tahrir Square,.....NOW
But they are hamstrung by the corporate owners.
Then there are the "big" journalists who, I am afraid, have been blinded by politicians and celebrities and do not want to risk access, by writing anything unflattering, or asking in dept questions.
One in particular puzzle me: Woodward, he seems downright conservative, while Bernstein stayed feisty and liberal.
What is your take on Woodward, Capn??
they have blocked out Japanese protest and the crime of their Nukes in Japan failing as in other places....Boyco tt GE
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Woodward gave up "critical reporting" as he became more and more a tool of the Establishment. He has lost what critical edge he once had.
Bernstein on the other hand hasn't let up a bit. Maybe it's because of his radical pedigree.
i know it sounds strange, but it could be a good idea to work with the TParty on this. i think there is a large segment of them who do not just protect the rich and are furious about the bailouts. they at least seem better able to generate involvement than the left. fixing wall st investment companies is an issue that has support on the L and the R
Time to get creative to find a way to show how much support there is of this protest by those who cannot be there.
Want to make an initiative Boycott and show the TeaParty you are doing what they do not do...because they are in bed with everyone. Tea Party, an insult to every American
BE SURE to boycott the many companies that are actually the Koch brothers; lots of grocery store items.
It really pains me, because I love the arts, but Koch has put their ugly stamp on the arts in NYC; it's time for avid audience members to say NO to the NO sayers. It really pains me, because sports is so much worse, but what do the arts stand for?
As far as "generating involvement," that is because there is a LOT of money funding the TP demonstrations, and the media covers them if 2 show up. (Remember the article that stated we should say it is a TParty rally?) There are more of us than them, and more of us demonstrating.
But lastly, if I say anything too strong, I will be censored. Remember what the college kids used to do in the late 1960s and early 1970s? They would occupy buildings, not streets, and I'm not suggesting it, but in this case... that would be the big media companies that are an EQUAL overpaid and underserving problem as the stock market and banks.
How many people do you know with a million dollar salaries (i.e., in the pocket of big business); now think of all those well-heeled "news" anchors.
In the precious wind they rot
While paupers change possessions
Each one wishing for what the other has got
And the princess and the prince
Discuss what’s real and what is not
It doesn’t matter inside the Gates of Eden''
Bob Dylan/Gates of eden
News stop watching TV...they thrive on ratings. Watch only Letterman, Kimmel etc...let them loseratings therefore advertising. Get people to call advertisers esp out of Country to pull ads with Stations until Media starts remembering this is America not Hitlers Germany.
Just one word TAHRIR SQUARE, no that was two.
It CERTAINLY was EFFECTIVE. But it would seem the Egyptians want democracy MORE than we do
They sure had the WILL and the PATIENCE to stick it out till they won.
I am afraid that in this INSTANT AGE we Americans lack STICKTUITIVENESS.
If it doesn't happen FAST we loose interest....... .or will.
ANYTHING WORTH HAVING, IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR
Y'all should watch Dylan Rattigan at one o'clock (pacific time) on MSNBC. He is certainly fired up. Hi makes a lot of sense. I just wish he would TALK instead of yelling. He was interviewing some of the protesters.
Things are beginning to move the right way for us
Boycotts can be very effective as well. An unorganized push on Netflix may not have yielded any results for consumers but look at the damage inflicted on the company. Netflix was trading for $304/share a couple of months ago and now it is $153/share. This was a spontaneous, I'm not gonna take it anymore, response to outrageous rate hikes. Imagine if it was coordinated.
I remember many years ago, in the 60's, attending the Delano Grape Pickers event in Cucamonga, Ca. The Farm workers were advocating a boycott, surely one that would harm them in the short term. Their position was they would win in the long term and that is just what they did. Eventually farmers settled with them, recognized farm workers and wages improved. It cleared the way for the birth of United Farm Workers. Farm workers still have a long way to go but the boycott won some changes. Nothing will happen over night. Both approaches, boycott and protest marches, will move the goals forward. Both approaches allow people to participate when and where they can.
Excellent post! I agree!
A good idea,, 50 years too late to be effective here. The infestation is too widespread and integral to too many vital structures. Killing the disease would kill us all. It has to be destroyed using the same type of tactics that developed it: plain view, accepted deception.
It IS huge and it can be over whelming. But don't 'belly-Up'! That's exactly what they WANT us to do. Great strides HAVE been made. If you can't be active, at least be positive for those who ARE out there in the front lines trying to make a better way for all of us. Hang in there, and stay tuned!
In theory you are correct, one or two days is all it would take but in reality it can't happen because all Americans were willing conspirators in the growth of this cancer and the small economic quake we've recently experienced while generating some noise and discomfort, has not harmed enough of us to motivate widespread consideration of such drastic measures. For example the military and police structure was virtually unharmed and remains completely loyal to the enemy. Its business as usual and those losers who fell under the wheels served nicely as lubricant. One can only hope for a miracle disruption of mega proportions and seriously organize massive events on a relentless basis following that bit of luck. A week long national power blackout of mysterious origin for example.
They got together the nastiest reactionary wing of the republicans. I am sure that some independants and democrats are angry too, but they are not as stupid and backwards as the T-bags
Who are you asking to do this tax thing? Lawmakers and virtually all major federal agencies (FDA, EPA etc.) work only for Wall Street and its related business partners (Monsanto, Big Pharmas etc.), not for us,, so why would they want to bite their own butt? In reality, they likely already have in place, laws that compensate them with tax dollars whenever they make an oops and suffer direct losses,, oh wait.....they actually do have that don't they!! And you want to ask them to play nice? Ha!
I would but I haven't got a hundred bucks,, will you lend it to me?
Enough of the suck. Game over. A new day dawns.
The "pot calling the kettle black". Republicans may have designed and facilitated this mess but they couldn't have accomplished it without the greedy, shameless participation of all of us. Proud of yourself? If Americans will accept their own complicity in the creation of this ugly monster that has already killed millions and if there is any conscience remaining among us AND enough are willing to accept extreme hardship and sacrifice for a long time, then maybe a well organized effort could begin to turn things around. Personally I don't believe Americans will ever become desperate enough in large enough numbers to be able to achieve such greatness and maybe thats a good thing.
Years ago they began buying up Newspapers, radio and TV stations, so now THEY OWN PRACTICALLY ALL MEDIA.........G uess what? ....only THEIR message is heard. They are poisoning the airwaves with their right-wing crap. And what can we do??........... ..diddly squat.
We need to have wealthy democrats buy, and or start news outlets, so we can be heard, or we wil basically be out of the game......If you are never heard.......YOU DON'T EXIST
I remember Letterman and GE...now Letterman is one who will have this on tonite, he has been speaking out and in favor of tax on rich...he is one of them
"...any target can always say, 'Why do you center on me when there are others to blame as well?' When your 'freeze the target,' you disregard these [rational but distracting] arguments.... Then, as you zero in and freeze your target and carry out your attack, all the 'others' come out of the woodwork very soon. They become visible by their support of the target...'
Or in this case by their LACK of support for the protesters. The silent media must be really really scared.
Blind.
"I brake for Trolls, Zombies and the Brain Dead"
This has been an interesting and sometimes cloudy back-and-forth but I have to interject here. The fact that you consider the "Fragmented States" to be a "Demockracy" (is that a new spelling for a mockery of "democracy?" -in that case, right on!), demonstrates y'r insouciance and please don't give me any patronizing or flippant claptrap in return. -Just what you base these specious assumptions and mockeries on.
Macing a non-violent bystander OR a protester and cuffing same is not democracy. These are NOT spoiled trust-fund brats but people of all ages who see their future and past (like me ) being shredded by the greed-mongers and their shills in congress. They are occupying public and semi-public spaces as is their right.
The bloody cops should be out there WITH them! -They are just as much at threat as the Wisconsin example shows.
I'm an old activist from way back, physical and conceptual, and I applaud ALL attempts by ALL people from ALL walks of life to get out and say "Enough!".
If you don't like it, get outa the way! I'd be there with them if wasn't one of the "New Poor", caused by -well guess who?
Now git real or git off!
Thank you Coffeewriter!
Time to take it back. ALL of it.
Good morning sleepy,, now you know what your news media is all about. What you see happening here is the norm and can be extrapolated to include all "news" in this country. We call Palestinians "terrorists",, start reading foreign news broadcasts to learn who the real "terrorists" are. This is just one of many glaring examples demonstrating that every word or action, spoken or perpetrated by Republicans is a lie or a deceitful tactic bent on personal gain regardless of cost to others or national consequence. Have a nice day.
The first step in Revolution is to Pull the Plug. Use TV to watch DVDs from the Library; be selective. Listen to one or two remaining radio shows. Ignore the broadcast media. Pull the plug on GE/NBC, Disney/ABC, CBS, Koch, Fox. They are your enemies and your consumerism pays their dividends. Pull the Plug. Take the first step. No cop will bop you if you just Pull the Plug.
put out as well as the way you go about it. I experience a
certain Soul quality which I am not able to explain in words.
Thank You.
These PD are acting like "brown shirts" of yester-year!
Other than ONLINE - has anyone seen these protests in local newspapers?
I wrote and asked them if they were waiting for the blood to flow in the streets before they would bother to inform their readers about what is going on.
Germany and Italy in the 1930´s
is just around the corner.
DEAR POLICEMAN
WE ARE HERE FOR YOU ALSO
SO PLEASE BE NICE TO US
However, by far, the largest number of readers' comments, responding to those articles, articulated that these protests are valid, relevant and intelligently motivated. Despite biased reporting, people are watching and understanding all too well that the 99% are us and that Wall St controls K St and K St controls 1600 Pennsylvania Ave and 1st St.
A few times I have watched. It nearly made me sick. Sadly too many people's brains have been poisoned, and turned into mush by the venom spewed by fix.
I am afraid they are now a lost cause.
212-788-0010
get out your guns and talk ignorant gibberish? i think you crashed the wrong party. u sd have taken a hard right back at the T party exit. sorry, but you'll just have to lick the bankers' ferragamo moccasins [$2,300] with all the other t party toadies.
GUNS DO NOT SOLVE PROBLEMS THEY CREATE THEM. BRAINS SOLVE PROBLEMS.
But, hey, they earn the most and protect it through all the tax breaks they're given by our Congress. What breaks do the middle class have? Unless you own a home, just your mortgage interest, but the wealthy incorporate themselves and buy their cars, vacation homes, etc, through the corporations. The corporation pays at a corporate rate, but since the car is used to haul the CEO around and the vacation home might be used to reward junior execs for a job well done, they become complete write-offs. It's a racket but they get away with it. Jefferson said a little blood needs to be shed every now and then. In recent years, with the two Bush wars, the only blood that's being shed is by working class stiffs. I still think a 2nd Amendment solution sounds pretty good.
I'd rather be locked up for a REAL cause than be sent to die for a phony one!
If corporations are what your after then
Occupy the FED (Federal Reserve Bank) They are a corporate monopoly protected by government with the 'exclusive' power to print money at will.
By the way - the Democratic party, like the Republican party and the US government are corporations as well - legal fictions that have no brain no belly no life and no right to vote.
America allows right wing theocratic zealots to appear at demonstrations supporting the corporate oligarchy and armed with assault rifles and takes no action, but arrests peaceful demonstrators against the corporate power structure. The police who are union members should be ashamed for allowing this to happen (though it appears the police manager scabs are the ones leading the arrests).
These demonstrations need to spread across the country - they cannot be centralized in one location. The arms of Wall St spread through out the country, they must be fought everywhere.
"Don't follow leaders
Watch the parkin' meters."
I don't really care, but if that was the cause, the big players are getting really scared.
They have the power to isolate me, but change my mind and stop me from spreading the word never.
So, some other tactic needs to be invented whereby the media are compelled by public interest to give attention to opinions at variance with the self-serving interests of the plutocracy.
Michael " How can I live in a nation where 100's of peaceful protesters get arrested but not one banker that robbed us and the nation are arrested.
O'Donnell - " We have to protest this." who says protests don't work?
Thak you Lawrence!
I guess Beohner is keeping his word. "No jobs so be it!
This state of affairs is a threat to the health, safety and welfare of ten's of millions of people. The Pew Foundation just reported that those without jobs will live shorter lives. And it made me sick to see the wall street gang standing above the crowd laughing and sipping wine! How dare they!
OWS
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/warren_thankyou/index2.html
Of course they did. This is the nation we have become. The theives are paying their private police. This is why we are out there becasue of abuse of power.
JP Morgan Chase reported over $100 billion in revenue last year. Donating $4.6 million is like a person who made $50,000/year donating a little over $2. Despite JP Morgan Chase’s role in destroying police jobs and pensions, this pitiful ‘tip’ – to “let [NYPD] know how much we value their hard work” – apparently bought them police brutality on their behalf.
you can be proud of this movement - go for it! We from the outside are looking in on what is going on in NY.
This is like Libya, like Egypt - a bottom-up movement against the plutocrats.
They are all of one kind: But Mubarak fell, Gadaffi fell - Wall Street and its filthy thugs will fall too for the better of the people.
I just wished we could get NATO to support you in your march to Wall Street ;-))
You are not living in a democracy yet, but hopefully you will be soon.
Best wishes and good luck
The Sheepole demand a new dictator!
VT is now a progressive state. Gee how did that happen? They VOTED FOR ALL PROGRESSIVES! So whatever it takes vote for Obama and a Progressive congress and senate!
Hay Hay B of A
How many homeowners did you Bankrupt today!
700 arrested, thousands beaten, women groped, peaceful protesters maced, yet the media won't report it!
http://occupywallstreetnow.blogspot.com
Occupy Albuquerque !
New Mexico supports Occupy Wall Street !
Restore 95% federal personal income tax rates on Americans who NET $1 million or more a year.
Close all USA corporate federal income tax loopholes.
Use these new tax revenues to create at least 14 million new jobs !
We care because so many ordinary, ok people are led astray by the media to think these are just the un-washed fringe of young protestors. They remain ignorant because they are fed this interminable hogwash. A good example: there's a repeating disgusting Rove TV ad featuring a woman with a little girl at her door being told by a HIDDEN figure that she owes the govt. $70,000 to be paid out immediately or over 20 years etc.so as to cover'public expenditures like pensions.' When she protests she does not have that money and can not pay, the hiding figure says, 'I wasn't talking to YOU,...." and the ad implies that our children will have to foot the bill for e.g., public pensions and other 'entitlements'. Very CLEVER ad, but a total lie ...public pensions (for e.g.nurses, college teachers, teachers, cops, firemen) etc. were PAID FOR BY THESE PEOPLE! AND IT IS JUST THAT THE GOVERNORS AND LEGISLATURES HAVE BEEN UNDERFUNDING THE PENSIONS BY STEALING FROM THEM TO PAY THEIR BILLS/BUDGETS!! !! The real 'ENTITLEMENTS' (don't you just love that term??) are for unpaid, underpaid taxes by the corporations, and those super-medical plans for legislators including the Repugnican loudmouths in congress!, not the piddling pensions for public workers!!
http://occupywallstreetnow.blogspot.com
I think, for greatest effect, it may be time to take the protest to cyberspace. And summon the will and strength of tens of millions.
ALL OF THEM had references to "class warfare", or "occupy wall street" in the subject heading.
I'm sure it's just another one of those "bugs" they're trying to fix.
Wall Street has bought our government - and ... VOTE DEM VOTE OBAMA in 2012 -- the most important election ever.
Carl Rove already has 350 Million in his "super pack" thanks to the Supremes' decision to give "person hood" to big $$$ (the motion was put before the Supremes by the Koch Brothers - after they wined/dined Scalia/Thomas - that was in the news)
Go to your Dem headquarters to go with others to minority, old people etc. neighborhoods so these people get registered and get MAIL-IN ballots. Our elections in USA are "still" free so those "required" IDs in some states FOR VOTING are also free. Walker of WI is trying to charge $28 for an ID - and there are other crazy laws being put in to limit Dems from voting.
This advice is from Michael Moore & others.
Do not sit home as in 2010 or we'll have more GOP/TP supported by the Koch + GE + ???.
And if you CAN take the day off - volunteer to COUNT VOTES -- so Dems votes do not end up in trunks of cars, garbage cans etc (as they found in OH in 2004 after John Kerry conceded.
Thank You --- VOTE DEM VOTE OBAMA -- "trust me I'm Jewish" (old saying) and old (truth)
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No, Mr Obama. the frustration is not with how "the system" works, as if "the system" were the product of some kind of natural economic laws. The frustration is over DECISIONS that have thrown millions out of work, out of their homes, out of what passes in the USA for insured medical care, in order to serve the interests of Wall Street billionaires who produce no goods and no services for the community with their own hands and brains. The decisions are ones they buy through their lobbyists with the wealth they accumulate. The decisions in large measure are those made by you and by your largely chosen administration, Mr Obama, and by the venal pollies predominating in the chambers of Congress. Yes your predecessors did the main damage, but Mr Obama you are following with essentially the same decisions.
They have published articles very critical of Occupy, one after another, editorials as well.
I've had similar responses to them in my head many times.
A word of caution, there are members of the FED, corporate monkeys, some government moles amongst you with an agenda to thwart the cause or to misdirect it. You are vulnerable because you are not yet well organized and that is when you are weakest and most likely to have a breach in leadership. Be careful of whom you follow and what road they will lead you down. Dont get infatuated with a dynamic leader who may have been coached on how to create a following and steer you down the wrong path.
Keep up the great work!
Big Business is trying to rig the justice system.
Multibillion-dollar banks, cell phone companies, cable providers and other industries are slipping forced arbitration clauses into the fine print of their contracts.
These clauses strip the signer’s right to take the company to court. Instead, consumers and employees who have been hurt or ripped off are forced into a private, secretive tribunal that favors corporations.
Tell Congress: Stop the corporate attack on our rights and end forced arbitration.
No one should have to sign away their rights in order to buy a product or get a job.
Last April, the Supreme Court made this bad situation worse. It ruled that corporations can use forced arbitration clauses to deny people the right to band together in class actions.
There is virtually no way for the customers to hold the company accountable for stealing $100 million.
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This is corporate mugging on a grand scale.
The Arbitration Fairness Act (S. 987, H.R. 1873) would fix this injustice. The Consumer Mobile Fairness Act (S. 1652) would specifically fix the problem Don’t let Big Business rig the justice system.
Thanks for all you do,
Public Citizen’s Online Action Team
action@citizen.org
Subject: Wages
Salary of retired US Presidents .............$1 80,000 FOR LIFE
Salary of House/Senate .........................
$174,000 FOR LIFE
Salary of Speaker of the House ............$22 3,500 FOR LIFE
Salary of Majority/Minori ty Leaders ...... $193,400 FOR Life
These are unfair compared to the above salaries...
Average Salary of Soldier DEPLOYED IN AFGHANISTAN $38,000.00
Average income for SOCIAL SECURITY seniors $12,000
I think we found where the cuts should be made!
If you agree... Pass it on!
You gets just dont sem to get it!
anybody with smarts knows that the MOVEMENT is not about voting, but changing system.
Start with shutting MILITARISM - $1.3 trillion/year
Your inability to uphold the rule of law and justice and your willingness to destroy equal rights for American citizens and protect criminals at our expense does not make us want to vote for you.
How many people did Bush and company kill and torture in Iraq? A war that was based on lies.
How many innocent men women and children have we murdered in Afghanistan.
I cannot believe this is who you really are in you heart.
How can you face your children when you support such horrific crimes?
What is your objection to respecting the rule of law?
Why do you support immunity for criminals and use the law to protect crime?
We are no longer a nation that lives by the rule of law and we fly a hollow flag of Democracy that has lost all meaning.
Desperate Americans, faced with a dire economy, fighting for their lives as the gluttonous military, blithely spends 9 billion per week for the so called war in Afghanistan one of the world's poorest nations, corporations and the 1% are sucking our economy dry, as you stand impotent to protect the people who elected you and now support the abuse they are receiving while practicing their right to assemble. How can we cast our vote for you in light of all this?
OCCUPY THE CONSTITUTION https://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-the-Constitution/254037607976976
continuation of the movement???
A circle of people holding hands
(or tents!) around the White House
as long as it takes.
We need framers for our new revolution.
We need our great minds to get together and create a new view of the kind of goverment we want and a way to achieve it.
Bill Moyers: "Our Politicians Are Money Launderers in the Trafficking of Power and Policy"
John Boehner calls on the bankers, holds out his cup, and offers them total obeisance from the House majority if only they fill it.
That’s now the norm, and they get away with it.
Barack Obama criticizes bankers as “fat cats”, then invites them to dine at a pricey New York restaurant where the tasting menu runs to $195 a person.
That’s now the norm, and they get away with it. The President has raised more money from banks, hedge funds, and private equity managers than any Republican candidate.
Our politicians are little more than money launderers in the trafficking of power and policy – fewer than six degrees of separation from the spirit and tactics of Tony Soprano.
Why New York’s Zuccotti Park is filled with people is no mystery. Reporters keep scratching their heads and asking: “Why are you here?” But it’s clear they are occupying Wall Street because Wall Street has occupied the country.
This is why why need to protest and vote and organize hard cause these SOB's are destroying us and they do not care! They are getting rich as we become impoverished!!! !!!
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I call for OWS to bring forth the ghost of USMC Smedley butler to bring fear into the ranks of Wall street.
Want links to verify this?
http://coat.ncf.ca/our_magazine/links/53/butler01-by_schmidt.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mav69K2zkgw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na8Kv0h6OvE
I have just been doing some googling!
Barrery-driven heating blankets and clothes do exist!
Please tell us from where and how we can
get this stuff so we can support our friends during wintertime!
http://occupyamericamovement.com/video/occupy-wall-street-protest-uc-davis-berkeley
If OWS is successful, it will wake up to a world that is lorded over by federal bureaucrats and jack-booted enforcement thugs. The entire world will be run like the Post Office, the TSA, the IRS, and the Customs Bureau. This has nothing to do with freedom and nothing to do with human rights.
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The Government is US. The problem is that it is currently owned and operated by the capitalist powers-that-be. We The People need to take it back and make it work for US!
The 'ruthless and cruel elements' come from the capitalists that control what is supposed to be "OUR" government.
Just my take on all of this.
It's what I feared would happen when OWS began. These wealthy SOBs are not going to give up without a fight and their troops are in the training camps of Blackwater..... or whatever it is now called.
And why are the police being fortified with military gear, tanks with bunker buster capability, assault weapons, etc.
IT IS TO KEEP US DOWN. TO MAKE US FEARFUL TO DEMONSTRATE.
I don't think most people in this country realize that we are already living in a police state. And the head of this state is most likely the wealthy who are seizing control of......everyth ing they can get their greedy little hands on.
http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/moyermap.html
The Movement Action Plan:
A Strategic Framework Describing The
Eight Stages of Successful Social Movements
By Bill Moyer, Spring 1987
to congress:
"The liberty of a democracy is in danger
if the people tolerate the growth of
private powers (corporations/Adelson)
to a point where it becomes stronger than
the democratic state itself.
That, in it´s essence is fascism"
As the world is in the throws of irreversable Global Warming threatening our very existence, the NSA is spying on everyone and spending billions to do it. I asked what the objection was to warrents for spying so that there was some accountability and it seemed to work very well for decades? They don't answer the question. I asked if all regard for the Constitution was gone?
I didn't need an answer for that one. Just imagine if thousands stopped using Face book! If you want to join in call your reps and tell them. 202-224-3121.
We are just sick of being abused and very upset that we are living in a lawless nation where we can be taken away without any legal recourse at all. They have taken away our right to due process and now they are spying on us in such a vast way it would shock Orwell.
This strip search decision poses a threat to every single American, but it poses a particular threat to the female population of our country. Women and girls are much more likely to be stopped and strip searched for the sexual charge it will give male cops, and now no one can stop them.Not long ago, on Long Island, cops were stopping women driving alone at night, threatening them with tickets and arrest, and then telling them they could avoid this in exchange for stripping and/or sexual favors. At the time their conduct was illegal. Now police have free reign. With one decision this corrupt, partisan court has turned America into a police state. That is the brutal truth. And while I dislike comparisons to Nazisim, because they are too often used inappropriately , unfettered police power (SS/SA) was one of the primary ways Hitler consolidated his power. A read of William Shirer's "Berlin Diary" will confirm this.Now I worry about my daughter every time she leaves her home. I fear for myself, and for all women stepping outside their homes and schools. This is not paranoia. This is a reasonable response to the facts of the decision.
My sign today : Police R 99% People. Keep politics out of policing.
I was a little disappointed nobody asked about the other 1%. All in all, a good day at the town common vigil and farmer's market.
Several decades ago, Margaret Thatcher claimed: "There is no alternative".
She was referring to capitalism. Today, this negative attitude still persists.
I would like to offer an alternative to capitalism for the American people to consider. Please click on the following link. It will take you to an essay titled: "Home of the Brave?" which was published by the Athenaeum Library of Philosophy:
http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com/steinsvold.htm
John Steinsvold
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result."~ Albert Einstein
People need to come out in big numbers.
We are sick of being robbed!
I have an idea. Since it has become almost Nazi like in stopping all descent and group protests, why don't we as individuals type out notes with messages of your choice, such as: Long Live Occupy; We the people won't be silent. Occupy; Fascism does not become America Occupy; etc. etc., and leave them in various places to be found by whomever?
LONG LIVE THE IDEAL OF OCCUPY!!
I suspect that most of the dummies who wear Guy Fawkes masks are insensitive and ignorant. The "revolution for the hell of it" attitude doesn't help Occupy.
just as successful if he started his business in North Korea. "We built it ourselves." So of course any money that he can keep by avoiding taxes is good.
We are also "occupying" local meetings of officials to let them be aware that we are aware of their actions locally regarding discussions of important local matters that are either necessary to promote local democratic issues, or... that what they are proposing will not be of benefit to our citizens or our coastal area.
Shame on them for having no clearer agenda or organization in organizing and calling on young people in this nation to be politically involved and to stop the TPRepublican onslaught and oligarchic takeover of our country.
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