Is America Ripe for a Tahrir Moment?
Hey you rebels, radicals and utopian dreamers out there,
Our call to #OCCUPYWALLSTREET on September 17 shook up a tsunami of spontaneous enthusiasm. Jammers from all over the nation (and a few Canadians!) have sent word that they will be there. Meanwhile various activist organizers have realized the potential of this event, rolled up their sleeves and gotten to work. While some techies have teamed up to build an indie open source website for organizing carpools to the event (occupywallst.org), others are thinking through the logistics of feeding everyone and defending the first days of the occupation. Through it all, a deluge of solidarity messages have been pouring in from Spain, Egypt and elsewhere.
Will you be there?
Imagine … the dawn of the 13th day of the occupation … you're tired, not sleeping or eating too great … you've been harassed, maybe tear gassed and beaten. Bloomberg is threatening to call in the National Guard, Obama is hemming and hawing, but you are sitting tight because much of the nation is cheering you on. Al Jazeera and the BBC are beaming your struggle to a captivated world and the tension is building for Obama to break his silence. It feels much like it did in Tahrir Square moments before Mubarak caved. You've never felt so alive!
What had the power to inspire all this?
It was our one simple demand that Barack Obama must ordain a Presidential Commission tasked with ending the influence that corporate money has over our representatives in Washington. Our one simple demand is: STOP THE MONIED CORRUPTION AT THE HEART OF OUR DEMOCRACY!
Achieving this Presidential Reform Commission will be the crucial first step towards opening a political space for a flurry of further people's demands like, total transparency in all government affairs, a Tobin Tax on financial transactions, a grand strategy for reducing America's carbon footprint …
September 17 could be the beginning of an American Spring … the moment we the people turn the tables on our would-be corporate masters and start acting like free empowered citizens once again.
Are you with us? Bring a tent.
for the wild,
Culture Jammers HQ
Get Involved:
Call to Artists:
We call on Helmut Smits, Darius and Downey, Mark Jenkins, JR, Bansky and cultural creatives everywhere to create pieces that embolden the September 17th revolt. Send to [email protected]
Call to International Jammers:
We call on jammers across the world to occupy financial districts on September 17:
#OCCUPYBAYSTREET in Toronto, Canada
#OCCUPYCANARYWHARF in London, UK
#OCCUPYMARTINPLACE in Sydney, Australia
#OCCUPYMARUNOUCHI in Tokyo, Japan
#OCCUPYBANKENVIERTEL in Frankfurt, Germany
… and elsewhere!
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Gianmaria Gava
Hi Micah,
First of all thank you and all Adbusters!
Second: great idea OccupyWallStreet!
Third: but this "Presidential Commission" is a huge mistake and just doesn't fit. I guess that we want to change the system, not keep it afloat... at least that's what I get every 2 months when I get my Adbusters copy...
Also the "one demand" question is very risky. I followed what happened in Puerta del Sol and I believe that the highest goal the spanish people reached so far is a symbolic one! And they propose a huge plurality of ideas, not one slogan.
Love from Vienna,
Gianmaria
P.s: I hope I will be there on the 17th but it's hard...
Gianmaria Gava
Hi Micah,
First of all thank you and all Adbusters!
Second: great idea OccupyWallStreet!
Third: but this "Presidential Commission" is a huge mistake and just doesn't fit. I guess that we want to change the system, not keep it afloat... at least that's what I get every 2 months when I get my Adbusters copy...
Also the "one demand" question is very risky. I followed what happened in Puerta del Sol and I believe that the highest goal the spanish people reached so far is a symbolic one! And they propose a huge plurality of ideas, not one slogan.
Love from Vienna,
Gianmaria
P.s: I hope I will be there on the 17th but it's hard...
wiljago
THIS.
Because, honestly are you seriously kidding me? A presidential commission will do fucking no good whatsoever.
wiljago
THIS.
Because, honestly are you seriously kidding me? A presidential commission will do fucking no good whatsoever.
Nick Yaya
WE ARE GOING TO NEED LOTS OF GAS MASKS. THAT'S WHERE YOU BEGIN.
Nick Yaya
WE ARE GOING TO NEED LOTS OF GAS MASKS. THAT'S WHERE YOU BEGIN.
Stanhopea26
Unite Everybody
That is the key to making the occupy Wall Street movement a success.
Involve the trade unions (if there are any left)
Involve the unemployed
Involve the writers, poets, mainstream and aspiring
Involve the students including those who have found themselves having to drop out because they cannot afford to pay or work insane hours in order to pay
Involve those working in the public sector and have experienced what the cuts have done
While in Wall Street ciculate all manners of petition. New bills and laws even an Occupy Wall Street College.
Stanhopea26
Unite Everybody
That is the key to making the occupy Wall Street movement a success.
Involve the trade unions (if there are any left)
Involve the unemployed
Involve the writers, poets, mainstream and aspiring
Involve the students including those who have found themselves having to drop out because they cannot afford to pay or work insane hours in order to pay
Involve those working in the public sector and have experienced what the cuts have done
While in Wall Street ciculate all manners of petition. New bills and laws even an Occupy Wall Street College.
15M Barcelone Spain
Fight together to end the abuse of citizens of the world
15M Barcelone Spain
Fight together to end the abuse of citizens of the world
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