A Movement is Born
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
Word. The poster above is a troll who realizes that the wall is finally crumbling. and having spent their whole life cynically betting that nothing will ever change and that people dont have any power and that it's better to join the dark side they are embarrassed that all this time they were wrong. And so they lash out. Like a petulant whelp.
Anonymous
Word. The poster above is a troll who realizes that the wall is finally crumbling. and having spent their whole life cynically betting that nothing will ever change and that people dont have any power and that it's better to join the dark side they are embarrassed that all this time they were wrong. And so they lash out. Like a petulant whelp.
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Anonymous Lacanian
I support the protest from abroad as well as its attempt for discourse but am worried over some the ideology. As it seems the idea of basic legal reforms is part of the demands of the protesters and one has to wonder about the effectiveness of "asking" a government who recently made it arbitrarily policy to assassinate its own citizens whom it deems to be "dangerous", a rather onerous paradox indeed.
Secondly we should be careful to not let this protest become part of the spectacle and should seek to demonstrate alternatives ways to run daily life; for example the counsels are great, (every bloody mainstream writer has their head in a twist over the lack of a leader because they can't imagine such a thing)as it is these alternatives which are the real threats to the ruling elites... they can stand protest but never a functioning alternative to their patriarchal world.
Lets learn the lessons from the past, continue talking, educating and coming together for many of us it has been a long time. Will we make may '68, the paris commune or learn from these past events to create something else?
Anonymous Lacanian
I support the protest from abroad as well as its attempt for discourse but am worried over some the ideology. As it seems the idea of basic legal reforms is part of the demands of the protesters and one has to wonder about the effectiveness of "asking" a government who recently made it arbitrarily policy to assassinate its own citizens whom it deems to be "dangerous", a rather onerous paradox indeed.
Secondly we should be careful to not let this protest become part of the spectacle and should seek to demonstrate alternatives ways to run daily life; for example the counsels are great, (every bloody mainstream writer has their head in a twist over the lack of a leader because they can't imagine such a thing)as it is these alternatives which are the real threats to the ruling elites... they can stand protest but never a functioning alternative to their patriarchal world.
Lets learn the lessons from the past, continue talking, educating and coming together for many of us it has been a long time. Will we make may '68, the paris commune or learn from these past events to create something else?
Anonymous
We are getting organized in Nashville, TN! It's good to see so many people come out to volunteer their time and energy to the cause. Folks and factions all over the country, get in touch with us, and we will do the same! It is important to exchange information and tactics that we can all benefit and learn from mutually.
http://www.facebook.com/OccupyNashville
Unite!
Anonymous
We are getting organized in Nashville, TN! It's good to see so many people come out to volunteer their time and energy to the cause. Folks and factions all over the country, get in touch with us, and we will do the same! It is important to exchange information and tactics that we can all benefit and learn from mutually.
http://www.facebook.com/OccupyNashville
Unite!
andre100
1. END CORPORATE WELFARE!
2. End corporate personhood
3. Reinstate Glass-Steagall
4. Ban flash trading
5. Robin Hood tax
6. A hedge fund billionaire must pay the same proportion of income in taxes as his secretary
7. Full Transparency between money and politicians
8. FULL DISCLOSURE OF ALL FINANCIAL "CONTRIBUTIONS"
9. Start investigating and prosecuting Wall Street for fraud and financial crimes etc.
10. Stop the Wars. We can not afford it.
11. Stop wasting $700 BILLIONS per year on military spending
12. A full audit of Federal Reserve
13. Stop the Big Brother society
14. Full Transparency
15. Stop the system of socialised losses and Privatised Gains for banks
16. All corporations have to pay taxes
17. Break-up Goldman Sachs. It's to powerful.
18. Get rid of Goldman Sachs ex-employers in the administration
19. Get rid of former Clinton advisors & Tim Geithner and put in people who fight for the 99%
20. Stop paying attention to what 0.1% wants and focus all the attention on the 99.9%
21 If you break it you pay for it. Make BP etc. pay the full -costs for their oil spills.
andre100
1. END CORPORATE WELFARE!
2. End corporate personhood
3. Reinstate Glass-Steagall
4. Ban flash trading
5. Robin Hood tax
6. A hedge fund billionaire must pay the same proportion of income in taxes as his secretary
7. Full Transparency between money and politicians
8. FULL DISCLOSURE OF ALL FINANCIAL "CONTRIBUTIONS"
9. Start investigating and prosecuting Wall Street for fraud and financial crimes etc.
10. Stop the Wars. We can not afford it.
11. Stop wasting $700 BILLIONS per year on military spending
12. A full audit of Federal Reserve
13. Stop the Big Brother society
14. Full Transparency
15. Stop the system of socialised losses and Privatised Gains for banks
16. All corporations have to pay taxes
17. Break-up Goldman Sachs. It's to powerful.
18. Get rid of Goldman Sachs ex-employers in the administration
19. Get rid of former Clinton advisors & Tim Geithner and put in people who fight for the 99%
20. Stop paying attention to what 0.1% wants and focus all the attention on the 99.9%
21 If you break it you pay for it. Make BP etc. pay the full -costs for their oil spills.
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