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#D17

Time to assemble once more.

2012: The Year of the Dragon

Time to assemble once more.

This kid’s got an attitude that you just can’t fix. Pepper spray. Truncheons. Gas. Confinement. Brutality. Nothing works. You tell him he can’t loiter and he pitches a tent. You tell him he can’t assemble and he brings his friends. You tell him to be quiet and he starts a mic check. You raise your baton in one hand and squeeze the trigger on the pepper spray canister in the other. You curse this kid’s existence because deep down you know you’ll have to go through it all again … and even worse, you think he might be right.

The discourse of our world is shifting. Today is the three-month anniversary of Occupy. It’s a time to reflect, to celebrate, to think about what has been achieved already and about what’s coming up next.

From pole to pole, from East to West, people are rising up! It started in Tunisia, it moved to Egypt, then to New York, and now there are rumblings in Russia and the Far East.

Let’s celebrate our successes and dream up new offensives. Out in the streets, in our homes, as we occupyxmas and as we hibernate for the winter, let’s take this day to revel in the birth and ongoing life of our movement. And as we brainstorm this winter, what do you see happening in the next stage? Share your thoughts, tactics, epiphanies, and revelations below … and no matter what … let’s come out swinging when the crocuses bloom next Spring.

Here’s to the Year of the Dragon,

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Anonymous

You're a tool. You should be happy that you are able to bay bills, and what not. I'm a recent college graduate, and even with my education I haven't had any luck with a job. The economy sucks, the system sucks, corporations suck, and people like you make them all suck more. So go pay your bills and just worry about yourself, which is exactly what we are doing.

Anonymous

I'm a normal American with bills to pay, bills that are too high, and that go to overpaid executives and rich investors. I have three kids and worry anout their future. I thank heaven for OWS. It is easy to anonymously posts vile attacks. Stand up and stand for something. OWS is making a difference. The time for complacency is over.

Anonymous

I'm a normal American with bills to pay, bills that are too high, and that go to overpaid executives and rich investors. I have three kids and worry anout their future. I thank heaven for OWS. It is easy to anonymously posts vile attacks. Stand up and stand for something. OWS is making a difference. The time for complacency is over.

Anonymous

WRONG: I belong to those who don't go occupying cause I'm busy with work, kids, paying my taxes... BUT I'M GLAD SOME PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE IN THE NAME OF OUR CHILDREN and all of us who work and are fed up with the 1% who (more or less legally) keep piling up the money.

Anonymous

WRONG: I belong to those who don't go occupying cause I'm busy with work, kids, paying my taxes... BUT I'M GLAD SOME PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE IN THE NAME OF OUR CHILDREN and all of us who work and are fed up with the 1% who (more or less legally) keep piling up the money.

Anonymous

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out --
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out --
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out --
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me -- and there was no one left to speak for me.

Martin Niemöller

Anonymous

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out --
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out --
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out --
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me -- and there was no one left to speak for me.

Martin Niemöller

occupapa

TNP2 The world will align with the new party if it appears that more people will be fed under its regime, since economic issues resolve in to food and other forms of energy. The likelihood that things will improve for the most worse off people, those with the least privilege, will determine whether TNP can be trusted morally and ethically. We'll be judged whether TNP presents sober leadership amidst severe conflicts. One discussion a week should be devoted to evaluating the previous week. We don't need ballot status at first. Once our platform shapes up, plenty of support will appear to help us finally win elections. C. A. Bradfield

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