#D17

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,
from all of us here at Adbusters
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Anonymous
It's not racist, but although Ron Paul is more likely not to have these things, Obama I believe is more likely to steer the US in a better direction
Anonymous
It's not racist, but although Ron Paul is more likely not to have these things, Obama I believe is more likely to steer the US in a better direction
notthatanonymous
I love all you dearly Adbusters & Culturejammers,
thank you for your forum, and have a deeply loving New Year.
The next stage = the Deep Green Resistance (http://deepgreenresistance.org/)
"They’re not going to care how we lived our lives. They’re not going to care how hard we tried. They’re not going to care whether we were nice people.
They’re not going to care whether we were nonviolent or violent.
They’re not going to care whether we grieved the murder of the planet.
They’re not going to care what sort of excuses we had to not act.
They’re not going to care how simply we lived.
They’re not going to care how pure we were in thought or action. They’re not going to care if we became the change we wished to see.
They’re not going to care whether we voted Democrat, Republican, Green, Libertarian, or not at all. They’re not going to care if we wrote really big books about it. They’re not going to care whether we had “compassion” for the CEOs and politicians running this deathly economy.
They’re going to care whether they can breathe the air and drink the water."
notthatanonymous
I love all you dearly Adbusters & Culturejammers,
thank you for your forum, and have a deeply loving New Year.
The next stage = the Deep Green Resistance (http://deepgreenresistance.org/)
"They’re not going to care how we lived our lives. They’re not going to care how hard we tried. They’re not going to care whether we were nice people.
They’re not going to care whether we were nonviolent or violent.
They’re not going to care whether we grieved the murder of the planet.
They’re not going to care what sort of excuses we had to not act.
They’re not going to care how simply we lived.
They’re not going to care how pure we were in thought or action. They’re not going to care if we became the change we wished to see.
They’re not going to care whether we voted Democrat, Republican, Green, Libertarian, or not at all. They’re not going to care if we wrote really big books about it. They’re not going to care whether we had “compassion” for the CEOs and politicians running this deathly economy.
They’re going to care whether they can breathe the air and drink the water."
Anonymous
Thank you for the reminder.
Yes, your right, no point in asking Congress to change.
Anonymous
Thank you for the reminder.
Yes, your right, no point in asking Congress to change.
Anonymous
I meant that to sound happy and greatful!
So let me add :D To that.
Anonymous
I meant that to sound happy and greatful!
So let me add :D To that.
Anonymous
Dig down. We find the truth inside ourselves, and the validation for these protests. Equality, freedom and food for all.
P.S. Have less babies.
Anonymous
Dig down. We find the truth inside ourselves, and the validation for these protests. Equality, freedom and food for all.
P.S. Have less babies.
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