The Future of #OCCUPY
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The initial phase of the #OCCUPY movement was marked by several weeks of viral growth that peaked on October 15 with a global day of action. In the next phase, there will be a turn towards addressing the deep philosophical and strategic questions of how to escalate this democracy moment into a revolutionary people's movement. Across the nation there are clear signs that the #OCCUPY movement is simultaneously maturing and growing more militant.
Of the many questions swirling around #OCCUPY, the most challenging is how to gel into a global movement without sacrificing the decentralized, leaderless model. There is a widespread acknowledgment that there are challenges that can only be dealt with on a global scale, such as a climate change accord and overturning international casino capitalism, and that we must therefore forge a globally united people's movement. However, there is also a growing recognition that the general assembly model that has worked beautifully thus far may be fundamentally limited on a structural level.
A breakthrough came on Friday from the New York City General Assembly where the structure working group has proposed, and the general assembly has accepted, the adoption of a modified spokes council model that will work in conjunction with the general assembly. This lays the foundation for a regional, national and potentially international spokes council, something that both #OCCUPYPHILLY and The 99 Percent Declaration have been pushing for. We are beginning to see how the #OCCUPY movement will elevate itself into an international force.
Meanwhile, the power center of the movement is shifting away from the East Coast towards the West. On Wednesday, #OCCUPYOAKLAND is organizing a General Strike that is already finding support within the local community. Solidarity actions are planned in occupations nationwide. Within the movement, there is a sense that this may be a turning point as militant tactics come to the fore and direct confrontation with the structures of the corporate-state becomes the norm.
Other sparks on the horizon include the November 5 Transition Day/Bank Transfer Day, the November 25 Buy Nothing Day kick off to #OCCUPYXMAS and the December 10 Global Day of Action which was proposed this week by the international network behind the blast on October 15.
Hang in there!
for the wild,
Culture Jammers HQ
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Anonymous
This may be the most disturbing thing I've read here yet:
by Anonymous on November 03 2011, @08:12 pm
If people INHERIT money, then they didn't EARN it. And the vast majority of rich people today INHERITED their money, so they DIDN'T earn it. And if they didn't EARN it, then they don't deserve it, and we have the right to take it AWAY from them to meet our needs.
First of all, cite your source that the "vast majority" of rich "INHERITED" their money. It's either made up by some left-wing nut like the Leftwington Post or it does not exist. According to REAL data, the vast majority of today's rich DID NOT inherit it. This is the problem. Assumptions based on ignorance. Read The Millionaire Next Door and learn who most wealthy people are. Here is another source: http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2008/01/14/the-decline-of-inherited-money/.
It is the last part of this boob's statement that disturbs the most. If they didn't earn it, they don't deserve it? Why blame the children of successful people for inheriting money? How disgusting is that. On your last assertion that you have the "right to take it AWAY from them to meet our needs," uh, how do I put this ... NO YOU DO NOT. Again, cite the portion of our Constitution that gives you the right to take what is someone else's, i.e. to STEAL it. This element of this movement is the most dangerous because (a) it is ignorant about the true sources of modern wealth and (b) it actually thinks stealing is OK if they can rationalize the reason.
Try to take AWAY anything from my family or my descendants and you will be shot like the dirty dog you are.
Anonymous
This may be the most disturbing thing I've read here yet:
by Anonymous on November 03 2011, @08:12 pm
If people INHERIT money, then they didn't EARN it. And the vast majority of rich people today INHERITED their money, so they DIDN'T earn it. And if they didn't EARN it, then they don't deserve it, and we have the right to take it AWAY from them to meet our needs.
First of all, cite your source that the "vast majority" of rich "INHERITED" their money. It's either made up by some left-wing nut like the Leftwington Post or it does not exist. According to REAL data, the vast majority of today's rich DID NOT inherit it. This is the problem. Assumptions based on ignorance. Read The Millionaire Next Door and learn who most wealthy people are. Here is another source: http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2008/01/14/the-decline-of-inherited-money/.
It is the last part of this boob's statement that disturbs the most. If they didn't earn it, they don't deserve it? Why blame the children of successful people for inheriting money? How disgusting is that. On your last assertion that you have the "right to take it AWAY from them to meet our needs," uh, how do I put this ... NO YOU DO NOT. Again, cite the portion of our Constitution that gives you the right to take what is someone else's, i.e. to STEAL it. This element of this movement is the most dangerous because (a) it is ignorant about the true sources of modern wealth and (b) it actually thinks stealing is OK if they can rationalize the reason.
Try to take AWAY anything from my family or my descendants and you will be shot like the dirty dog you are.
Anonymous
The 99% crowd is missing the main point. The "greatest" actually "greediest" generation is who as stolen their future.
Read this article " Wealth Gap Between Young and Old Highest Ever" at http://www.cnbc.com/id/45188794. The 1% CANNOT pay all the bills of the US, the Elderly in this country can. The $100 Trillion they are "entitled" to is what is destroying your future. Not a few rich white guys.
Get informed. Vote to dramatically alter the entitlement, or better said, the take YOUR money programs. We must stop this Ponzi scheme from us all.
Anonymous
The 99% crowd is missing the main point. The "greatest" actually "greediest" generation is who as stolen their future.
Read this article " Wealth Gap Between Young and Old Highest Ever" at http://www.cnbc.com/id/45188794. The 1% CANNOT pay all the bills of the US, the Elderly in this country can. The $100 Trillion they are "entitled" to is what is destroying your future. Not a few rich white guys.
Get informed. Vote to dramatically alter the entitlement, or better said, the take YOUR money programs. We must stop this Ponzi scheme from us all.
@Anonymous
I am sharing your opinion about this matter. Inheriting is also responsibility to your parents. The deal was once to take care about each other in a family. I couldn't live a simple and normal life without getting money from my parents. I had a burnout two years ago, working in advertising the last ten years not keeping up with the bs that is going on in that ever people consuming business. I felt like an observer of doing something so detached from my believes as well as my social life was in constant peril because of working over hours all the time. I try to be a reasonable person, not judging easy and always question any form of dogma, be it political or religious. I am just trying to be a better being than just being a human being, violated by information warfare and defined by a job or what you gather around you. And I don't despise others living the way they like, I am even curious, how people form an opinion and I like to share in a fair discussion. But it stops at forcing people into something that is against all reason. It is reason to share and to cooperate, but it is unreason to judge quickly and act violently, pretending to have the right and the truth. Truth is within all of us and most people know when they do wrong. Our consciousness demands us to use the tools of a democracy. Do stuff in your community, in your town and city. Make friends on the street, speak to people about things that bother you. Ask them for help, help those who are in need. Be creative, join a work shop. Get to know your neighbors. Share some food. Be a better person and try to stay strong but civil in your demands. We who don't fight but convince are the better people.
@Anonymous
I am sharing your opinion about this matter. Inheriting is also responsibility to your parents. The deal was once to take care about each other in a family. I couldn't live a simple and normal life without getting money from my parents. I had a burnout two years ago, working in advertising the last ten years not keeping up with the bs that is going on in that ever people consuming business. I felt like an observer of doing something so detached from my believes as well as my social life was in constant peril because of working over hours all the time. I try to be a reasonable person, not judging easy and always question any form of dogma, be it political or religious. I am just trying to be a better being than just being a human being, violated by information warfare and defined by a job or what you gather around you. And I don't despise others living the way they like, I am even curious, how people form an opinion and I like to share in a fair discussion. But it stops at forcing people into something that is against all reason. It is reason to share and to cooperate, but it is unreason to judge quickly and act violently, pretending to have the right and the truth. Truth is within all of us and most people know when they do wrong. Our consciousness demands us to use the tools of a democracy. Do stuff in your community, in your town and city. Make friends on the street, speak to people about things that bother you. Ask them for help, help those who are in need. Be creative, join a work shop. Get to know your neighbors. Share some food. Be a better person and try to stay strong but civil in your demands. We who don't fight but convince are the better people.
Anonymous
On the idiot who thinks (s)he has a right to take inherited money from its beneficiaries because they didn't "earn" it, what exactly gives you more claim than the family? You are just a thief at that point.
Anonymous
On the idiot who thinks (s)he has a right to take inherited money from its beneficiaries because they didn't "earn" it, what exactly gives you more claim than the family? You are just a thief at that point.
Anonymous
NICE WORK YOU VIOLENT SCUMBAG ANIMALS:
"On Friday night in Washington, D.C., the Occupy protests turned violent when activists marched on the city's convention center in opposition to an annual summit held by the conservative Americans for Prosperity Foundation. Forbes reports on the conflict:
Occupiers, many of whom had their faces obscured by masks or bandanas, began banging on the transparent glass walls and doors of the building, demanding entrance, then attempting to gain access by pushing their way in when guests came or went. Eventually all doors bar one at L Street were locked, with AFP guests and accredited press able to do nothing but stand inside and watch the clash intensify, with a line of police and security guards manning the locked doors at the Mt Vernon St entrance.
At one point, a 78-year-old woman who was attending the event was knocked down some stairs while attempting to get around the protesters, as this video shows. She reportedly wound up with a bump on her head and a bloody nose.
D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said of the violence, "That is no longer a peaceful protest" and that the protesters have become "increasingly confrontational and violent toward uninvolved bystanders and motorists."
In New York, women were recently forced to set up a "safety tent" after a rash of sexual assaults and fear of more sexual predators joining the protests. In October, Baltimore occupiers discouraged women from reporting sexual assaults and rapes to the police. Also in New York, an occupier turned violent this week in a McDonald's often used for bathrooms when the restaurant refused to give him free food.
These incidents follow violence last month in Oakland, California, in which protesters shut down a busy port, took over abandoned buildings, set fires, burned American flags, defaced private property and destroyed ATMs."
WTF IS WITH YOU? If you think you are going to start a "revolution," think again. Riot police will crush your animal asses. And the more you behave this way, the more public opinion will turn against you, and you will have nowhere to turn except a jail cell or the hospital.
Grow up.
Anonymous
NICE WORK YOU VIOLENT SCUMBAG ANIMALS:
"On Friday night in Washington, D.C., the Occupy protests turned violent when activists marched on the city's convention center in opposition to an annual summit held by the conservative Americans for Prosperity Foundation. Forbes reports on the conflict:
Occupiers, many of whom had their faces obscured by masks or bandanas, began banging on the transparent glass walls and doors of the building, demanding entrance, then attempting to gain access by pushing their way in when guests came or went. Eventually all doors bar one at L Street were locked, with AFP guests and accredited press able to do nothing but stand inside and watch the clash intensify, with a line of police and security guards manning the locked doors at the Mt Vernon St entrance.
At one point, a 78-year-old woman who was attending the event was knocked down some stairs while attempting to get around the protesters, as this video shows. She reportedly wound up with a bump on her head and a bloody nose.
D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said of the violence, "That is no longer a peaceful protest" and that the protesters have become "increasingly confrontational and violent toward uninvolved bystanders and motorists."
In New York, women were recently forced to set up a "safety tent" after a rash of sexual assaults and fear of more sexual predators joining the protests. In October, Baltimore occupiers discouraged women from reporting sexual assaults and rapes to the police. Also in New York, an occupier turned violent this week in a McDonald's often used for bathrooms when the restaurant refused to give him free food.
These incidents follow violence last month in Oakland, California, in which protesters shut down a busy port, took over abandoned buildings, set fires, burned American flags, defaced private property and destroyed ATMs."
WTF IS WITH YOU? If you think you are going to start a "revolution," think again. Riot police will crush your animal asses. And the more you behave this way, the more public opinion will turn against you, and you will have nowhere to turn except a jail cell or the hospital.
Grow up.
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