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A Movement is Born

As #OWS spreads across the country, people are realizing, it's time to live!

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Jammers, dreamers, rabble-rousers, revolutionaries,

#OCCUPYWALLSTREET is thundering across America, threatening to morph into a full fledged national movement. Channeling the nonviolence of the Egyptian Tahrir Square uprising and the bottom-up collective decision making of the Spanish acampadas, we vow to end the monied corruption of our democracy.

This Saturday #OCCUPYWALLSTREET enters its third week … be there at Noon and stay for the weekend … or be at one of the 50+ fledgling occupations now being organized across the land.

Our people's democracy movement is about to get three mighty boosts:

  • On October 6, a few thousand of us will swarm the capital and #OCCUPYDC. Find out the plan at october2011.org
  • On October 15th, the movement goes global … check it out at 15october.net
  • Then, on November 3 and 4, we have something special in mind for when the G20 leaders meet in France.

Time to live!

for the wild,
Culture Jammers HQ

occupywallstreet.org / occupywallst.org / occupytogether.org

PS.

Our movement needs more edgy theatrics … maybe we should tar and feather the Charging Bull … or burn an effigy of Lloyd Blankfein? Send your wild ideas to [email protected].

To get a sense of the visceral mood at #OCCUPYWALLSTREET, check out the daily dispatches from OccupyTVNY along with the mini-documentaries "We Are The 99%" and "Nobody Can Predict The Moment Of Revolution." Also, David Graeber's op-ed in the Guardian and Nathan Schneider's article in the Nation are worth reading.

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Anonymous

Pretty substantial typo there: "...there is no doubt that everyone out there knows exactly what's going on."
Should be read as..."...there is no doubt that there are a percentage of people out there that DO NOT know exactly what's going on.
Sorry, folks.

Anonymous

Pretty substantial typo there: "...there is no doubt that everyone out there knows exactly what's going on."
Should be read as..."...there is no doubt that there are a percentage of people out there that DO NOT know exactly what's going on.
Sorry, folks.

Anonymous

i suggest shying away from the public destruction or vandalism of property such as the charging bull. i think non-violent protesting is the best way to demonstrate at the moment for fear of alienating the less radical demographic that most likely relate to the movement.

Anonymous

i suggest shying away from the public destruction or vandalism of property such as the charging bull. i think non-violent protesting is the best way to demonstrate at the moment for fear of alienating the less radical demographic that most likely relate to the movement.

learningorganization

No violence or property destruction!
Tempting to paint the bull, but completely undermines effectiveness.

learningorganization

No violence or property destruction!
Tempting to paint the bull, but completely undermines effectiveness.

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