#OCCUPYWALLSTREET This Saturday
#OCCUPYWALLSTREET is a people powered movement for democracy that began in America on September 17 with an encampment in the financial district of New York City. Inspired by the Egyptian Tahrir Square uprising and the Spanish acampadas, we vow to end the monied corruption of our democracy.
Dreamers, jammers, rabble-rousers and revolutionaries,
#OCCUPYWALLSTREET is a week old and roaring strong. We, the people, are finding our voice, realizing that, yes we can revive our democracy. It is beautiful. It is an achievement. And it has the potential to grow into something even more wild and wonderful over the next few weeks and months.
This Saturday at noon at the people's assembly in Liberty Plaza there will be a celebration of our incredible first week. Last Saturday, 5,000 people flocked nonviolently to Wall Street … this Saturday there will be 10,000. And then in the weeks that follow, we will swell to 50,000 … and maybe even to 100,000+ by mid-October. Wouldn't that be something!
For those who cannot make it to Wall Street's liberated space, why not organize #OCCUPYCHICAGO, #OCCUPYDALLAS, #OCCUPYSANFRANCISCO, #OCCUPYBOSTON and #OCCUPYDC. This is the perfect moment to expand our movement into financial districts, iconic sites of economic power and branches of Bank of America everywhere.
According to PBS Newshour, 45 percent of young Americans aged 16 to 29 don't have a job. Economists are talking glumly about a "lost generation" but they've got it wrong. We're the generation that pulls off the second American Revolution.
This Saturday at Noon, let's escalate #OCCUPYWALLSTREET into a nationwide peaceful demand for economic justice.
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Keith Olbermann, Democracy Now! and the Guardian have been providing good coverage of #OCCUPYWALLSTREET. To get an insight into how #OCCUPYWALLSTREET got started, check out the July 13 and August 23 tactical briefings.
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christopher_1
As much as a certain segment of society chooses to combat what they perceive to be the gaming of society by entrenched power interests perhaps we ought to ask the uncomfortable question- does anyone then really care anymore? And if they did, how is it that the movement that started off with 5000 members last weekend has dwindled to less than 200 come this weekend? After all the concerns of the ‘occupy wall street’ group are legitimate ones with deep consequences.
http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2011/09/occupy-wall-st-rebel-with-a-cause-suddenly-youth-who-dont-care-about-celebrity-and-fame-but-will-this-consciousness-have-legs/
christopher_1
As much as a certain segment of society chooses to combat what they perceive to be the gaming of society by entrenched power interests perhaps we ought to ask the uncomfortable question- does anyone then really care anymore? And if they did, how is it that the movement that started off with 5000 members last weekend has dwindled to less than 200 come this weekend? After all the concerns of the ‘occupy wall street’ group are legitimate ones with deep consequences.
http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2011/09/occupy-wall-st-rebel-with-a-cause-suddenly-youth-who-dont-care-about-celebrity-and-fame-but-will-this-consciousness-have-legs/
anonymous
You don't care, you are talking for yourself...Your apathetic sense of powerlessness is the disease we are rising against I think...Tsunamis start from butterfly wings, the more exposure, the more people will come out. Your voice will grow silent and you will feel like a douche. Douche bag.
anonymous
You don't care, you are talking for yourself...Your apathetic sense of powerlessness is the disease we are rising against I think...Tsunamis start from butterfly wings, the more exposure, the more people will come out. Your voice will grow silent and you will feel like a douche. Douche bag.
ArtX
You misunderstand the numbers. The couple of hundred hold Liberty Plaza on a continual basis -- hundreds and thousands more come during the day.
ArtX
You misunderstand the numbers. The couple of hundred hold Liberty Plaza on a continual basis -- hundreds and thousands more come during the day.
ArtX
The NYT article on OWS from Friday by Ginia Ballafante [ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/nyregion/protesters-are-gunning-for-wall-street-with-faulty-aim.html?_r=1 ] missed the point and the big story by focusing on particular protesters' personal beliefs. The point and story is the creation of a zone of real democracy in the physical heart of America's financial district. Democracy threatens plutocracy, which means democracy threatens Wall Street. Occupy Wall Street is about enacting democracy. Do enough of that and change is inevitable. For the real story, journalists need to be there for a General Assembly (Mic Check!) and observe the working groups -- people working together to make decisions and get things done!
Viva Democracy! Viva Liberty Plaza!
ArtX
The NYT article on OWS from Friday by Ginia Ballafante [ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/nyregion/protesters-are-gunning-for-wall-street-with-faulty-aim.html?_r=1 ] missed the point and the big story by focusing on particular protesters' personal beliefs. The point and story is the creation of a zone of real democracy in the physical heart of America's financial district. Democracy threatens plutocracy, which means democracy threatens Wall Street. Occupy Wall Street is about enacting democracy. Do enough of that and change is inevitable. For the real story, journalists need to be there for a General Assembly (Mic Check!) and observe the working groups -- people working together to make decisions and get things done!
Viva Democracy! Viva Liberty Plaza!
Anonymous
NYPD pepper sprays peaceful protesters http://youtu.be/nMoKsZp5iao
Anonymous
NYPD pepper sprays peaceful protesters http://youtu.be/nMoKsZp5iao
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