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A New Global Economic Order

Do we on the Left have the guts to pull this off?

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Hey you jammers, dreamers, patriots and revolutionaries out there,

Our occupation of Wall Street is less than two weeks away … do we have it together?

The perpetrators of the massive financial fraud have been allowed to slip quietly from the scene and continue business as usual. Our elected representatives in Washington have become so tightly intertwined with the financiers and bankers that public accountability has all but vanished.

#OCCUPYWALLSTREET is all about breaking up that cosy relationship between money and politics and bringing the perpetrators of the financial crash of 2008 to justice.

On September 17, 20,000 of us will descend on Wall Street, the iconic financial center of America, set up a peaceful encampment, hold a people's assembly to decide what our one demand will be, and carry out an agenda of full-spectrum, absolutely nonviolent civil disobedience the likes of which the country has not seen since the freedom marches of the 1960s.

From our encampment we will launch daily smart mob forays all over lower Manhattan … peaceful, creative happenings in front of Goldman Sachs; the SEC; the Federal Reserve; the New York Stock Exchange … and maybe even, if we can figure out where they're being held, at the sites of Obama's private $38,500 per person fundraising events happening somewhere in Manhattan on Sept. 19 and 20.

Our strategy will be that of the master strategist Sun Tzu: "appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend; march swiftly to places where you are not expected."

With a bit of luck, and if fate is on our side, we may be able to turn all of lower Manhattan into a site of passionate democratic contestation – an American Tahrir Square.

We will do all this with peace in our hearts. Our unshakable commitment to nonviolence will give us the spiritual strength we need to inspire the nation and to ultimately triumph in the weeks and maybe months of struggle that will unfold after September 17.

for the wild,
Culture Jammers HQ

occupywallstreet.org / occupywallst.org / Reddit / Facebook



PS. Last week Anonymous endorsed #OCCUPYWALLSTREET with a video that attracted over 70,000 views. The Department of Homeland Security has warned the nation's bankers to be prepared. Corporate owned media is taking notice. Yesterday, a columnist for MarketWatch.com posted a rousing portrait of what may now unfold:

"Listen closely. This is not another internecine political squabble. These revolutionaries are pushing America back to its roots. You sense they're drafting a new Declaration of Independence, driven by the same powerful motivations as the 57 original signers who wrote: 'Whenever any form of government becomes destructive … it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government.' Back in 1776 King George III was the destructive force far away. Today greed is the corruptor, from within."

S17 occupations of financial districts are also being planned in Milan, Madrid, Valencia, London, Lisbon, Athens, San Francisco and hopefully many other cities still to be announced. S17 could well be the catalyst that ushers in a new global economic order.

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Kole and Taylor...

I live I Houston don't have the money to go to new York but I'm am going to Austin hope to see lots of people there. wish I could go to wall street
NO MORE MONEY IN POLITICS
I hope we can make a difference me and my wife are barely making by

Kole and Taylor...

I live I Houston don't have the money to go to new York but I'm am going to Austin hope to see lots of people there. wish I could go to wall street
NO MORE MONEY IN POLITICS
I hope we can make a difference me and my wife are barely making by

Anonymous

This is what I believe is the fundamental problem "Money in Politics" - follow the money trail and you find corruption, power laundering to the highest bidder and crimes against this country.

Just look at the Toronto hearings on 9/11 to see the manifestation of a corporate/military state... as a people we must take a stand or fall with the rest - just like the towers that crumbled - our freedoms are being attacked by those who see 'war' as the way to sustain their greed/power.

Whether or not you agree with my statements of 9/11 - the same solution applies - take money out of politics and we'll see the 'truth.' Truth isn't just the first 'casualty of war' it's the first casualty of money in politics.

Make our government accountable, but this can only happen by taking money out of politics - whether you be right/left/centrist or just plain fed-up - take this stand and the rest will fall into place.

Anonymous

This is what I believe is the fundamental problem "Money in Politics" - follow the money trail and you find corruption, power laundering to the highest bidder and crimes against this country.

Just look at the Toronto hearings on 9/11 to see the manifestation of a corporate/military state... as a people we must take a stand or fall with the rest - just like the towers that crumbled - our freedoms are being attacked by those who see 'war' as the way to sustain their greed/power.

Whether or not you agree with my statements of 9/11 - the same solution applies - take money out of politics and we'll see the 'truth.' Truth isn't just the first 'casualty of war' it's the first casualty of money in politics.

Make our government accountable, but this can only happen by taking money out of politics - whether you be right/left/centrist or just plain fed-up - take this stand and the rest will fall into place.

Anonymous

"No demands, just a purpose". So basically what we are saying is yeah things suck, but we don't know how to tell you how to fix it. We just want to mess shit up and let the adults figure out how to fix it. Lame.

Anonymous

"No demands, just a purpose". So basically what we are saying is yeah things suck, but we don't know how to tell you how to fix it. We just want to mess shit up and let the adults figure out how to fix it. Lame.

Anonymous

Our demands are not known because we are using collective intelligence. When the time is right, these demands will manifest. Sorry to disappoint you but this is how it works. People must first gather and communicate freely and then form a consensus. It's sort of like a hive that has been knocked down from the tree. All the members sense some kind of urgent danger so they assemble and come to the conclusion that someone knocked down their hive and they sting the perpetrator. For now, this is a peaceable assembly of 20,000 people who sense something is wrong.

Anonymous

Our demands are not known because we are using collective intelligence. When the time is right, these demands will manifest. Sorry to disappoint you but this is how it works. People must first gather and communicate freely and then form a consensus. It's sort of like a hive that has been knocked down from the tree. All the members sense some kind of urgent danger so they assemble and come to the conclusion that someone knocked down their hive and they sting the perpetrator. For now, this is a peaceable assembly of 20,000 people who sense something is wrong.

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