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#OCCUPYWALLSTREET This Weekend!

What will happen this Saturday when thousands of us descend on Lower Manhattan and start walking toward Wall Street?

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

What will happen this Saturday when thousands of us descend on Lower Manhattan and start walking towards Wall Street?

If the police try to stop us, how will we respond?

This is what happened in Madrid last month when the Spanish government tried to stop people from gathering in the Puerta del Sol, site of the people's encampment:

"All day long, 300 police officers kept the square hermetically sealed off, even closing the Sol metro station – one of the largest and most important in the city … When the protesters realized they couldn't take the square, they quickly dissolved into a dozen side-streets and regrouped on a number of key locations … For hours now, protesters have been blocking all the main traffic arteries in the city center … Tens of thousands of indignados have brought Madrid to a complete standstill in a spontaneous and defiant bid to reclaim Puerta del Sol … The mass protest is now reported to be headed back towards Sol for a second time, in another attempt to take back the square."
Jérôme E. Roos

If the police block us temporarily from occupying Wall Street, then let's turn all of lower Manhattan into our Tahrir Square. Let's sing our songs in the lobby of Goldman Sachs and in Chase Manhattan Plaza; let's wave our signs outside the SEC and the Federal Reserve; let's convene our people's assemblies around the Charging Bull statue at Bowling Green … and if need be, let's set up our encampments in nearby Battery Park and other places until we're ready to walk into Wall Street again …

Anything can and will happen this Saturday. That's the beauty of it! Ultimately, the only thing that matters in how many of us turn up eager to be a part of a spontaneous creative swarm and determined to bring the financial fraudsters to justice.

Bring signs, flowers, food and a revolutionary mood … and a commitment to absolute nonviolence in the Gandhian tradition.

for the wild,
Culture Jammers HQ


PS.

The S17 meme is rumbling all over the world now … Milan, Madrid, Valencia, London, Lisbon, Athens, San Francisco, Santander, Madison, Amsterdam, Los Angeles and now Algeria and Israel are all on board! Could this be the beginning of a new global economic order?

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by glen teejay a. jarito, philippines on September 18 2011, @09:38 pm

property is theft! do not occupy, reclaim or take back anything from anyone!

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by Anonymizzle on September 19 2011, @07:58 am

What? Your momma is theft. Do not occupy, reclaim or take back anything from your momma!

How many activists does it

by Anonymous on September 18 2011, @03:17 pm

How many activists does it take to change a lightbulb?

None, activists can't change sh*t.

You people will do anything to avoid getting a job.

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by glen teejay a. jarito, philippines on September 18 2011, @09:39 pm

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by persian100 on September 17 2011, @11:03 am

its about time we get the fat cats in wall street to answer some questions . funny , the miserable economic conditions has not hurt them at all , though they created it. the problem is , we the people , have become like sheeps , gutless and obedient while our masters buy $200,000,000 boats to be used on some weekends!!! our disgusting politicians .... well , i wont go there

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Whatever happens.. within any

by Anonymous on September 16 2011, @12:03 am

Whatever happens.. within any popular protesting going-on against current ruling frameworks, the active agents ot the People participating must be aware of the tools of repression that are at the rulers' disposition, they must plan multi-faceted approaches and alternatives of reaching the setted goals upon that, and must be prepared to counter-act in case of mishappenings.

All of these assessments needs to be done from the individual level till the whole group level.

Cells of agents should be affected proportionately to each actions/subgoals that needs to be done, keeping themself updated of the whole protest group's and ruler's whereabout, aided with some communication channel (twitter, whatever..) and have one or some individual of these cells acting as proximity watchers, for real-time subgoal intel of these said cells.

Every individual should be able to look innoncent and non threatening, also be ready to get into lone wolf mode. And of course shut the hell up when caught.

Whether it is violent, or non-violent, on the practical side of things, that is how terrorism works, that is how protests works, that is how guerilla warfare works, that is how revolution works.

Get organized.

The Manifesto We are the

by THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT on September 15 2011, @12:45 pm

The Manifesto

We are the movement. Together we are asking people of all faiths, all casts, all colors to come together during this very special time to stand United. We are asking you so support the global movements abroad in the first Global Community event on 9/17/11 spanning from activists, congressmen, authors, and dignified speakers, to everday people struggeling or not heard. We are asking to keep true to the Promise of Hope and the fullfilment of CHANGE.

America has been in the state of decay. Americans today are not safe because of terrorism, but because we have lost our civil liberties and god given rights as human beings.

Revolutions have sprung across the lands as this new global authority tightens its rule over the masses. We are tired of lies. We are tired of false promises with great smiles.

Hate only brings hate.

On 9/17/11 people across the globe are going to stand UNITED at their finance centers and stay there until CHANGE is enacted.
We are asking for the Republic to be Restored and Peace to be established. We are asking for Financial security with a new glass seaggle act. We are asking for an end to this financial corruption which is erradicating our system of life. We are asking to stay true to promises of ending this illegal broadening global war. We are asking that we begin the process of communication together as a United Country of people. We are asking to bring the best of us out.
We are asking for the CHANGE promised and will not leave until it is done.

We will not stay silent as bills are signed going against direct speachs to the public which harm their pursuits to happiness. We will not stay silent of the millions displaced, murdered, and the innocents of children deliberatly killed in our colors. We are a United People of this great country and we will not allow this country to fall. Once America falls there is no where left to go. It is our job as holders of the torch of freedom and the patriotism of Truth and Justice to uphold these sacred values- not just abroad but globally.

The future is now. We can either allow this world to collapse in on itself or we can begin to make the change we seek within ourselves together.

2012 will not be looked upon as „the end.“
It is just the beginning. 2012 is the New Dawn.
This is OUR Renaissance. You will choose to be a part of this great event in mankinds history or you will not.

It is now known that fear actualyl lowers the resonance of your energy. It actually effects the vibration you output in this world. Love, Meditation, and Prayer have been known to stimulate a rapid acceleration rather than fear‘s lower degradation.

It is known that our energy within ourselves resonates the same as earths. Togther we are one in this. It is known energy is created not destroyed. Everything simply transforms. We are one.

The Global Movement is all of the movements which humanity is pushing and the awakened are speaking. We are witnessing the Revolutions rise globally. We are one. We are asking for a push in the direction of a good and moral society. We are asking the media empires to help create conditioning for a beautiful and just society, not one of constant evil intention and degradation. The children emulate what they see. We must protect our people from deception, ill mannered equality, and outright lies sold with smiles and applause.

Torture is evil.
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We will not allow fear into our hearts as daily message of hate and terror infect the minds of all it reaches. In todays technological age we have a responsibility to each other to safeguard Democracy and safeguard the very essence of what it means to be human.

We wish to create the steps -as long as they may be, to create new truthful institutions for society to flurish and create careers not temporary jobs for the new generations to come. We wish to utilize the true knowledge available to create new cities which are based on balanced ecosystems and not pure consumerism. We wish to bring inspiration to those in need of help and a helping hand to those who cry for hope.

It is YOU that must decide who you are and what you will do. Whatever you do defines who you are. Actions speak loudest.

I will not fail you.
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I know you are all better than this.
I know you all wish for a greater world.
I have heard the cries for too long and heard those lost in darkness scream for too much.

It is time.
We are the global movement.
Please join hands together and make this world see what we are truly made of together.

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www.theglobalmovement.info
www.adbusters.org
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what time do we meet at Wall

by Anonymous on September 16 2011, @10:28 am

what time do we meet at Wall Street and where exactly?? details?

--ready

according to exiled:

by Anonymous on September 15 2011, @04:26 am

according to exiled: "“Culture Jammers” Taking On Wall Street? Are You Fucking Kidding Me, 90sPalooza Guy? Does Anyone In This Dying Empire Understand That We Don’t Live In The 1990s Anymore? Jesus Christ, You People Are Really Pathetic"

of course they don't exactly have a lot of advice on shit to do, so ymmv

i mean it's super easy to be

by Anonymous on September 15 2011, @04:31 am

i mean it's super easy to be pissy but nihilism and despair don't seem to be very useful for lighting the "lamp in the stomach" so to speak

I am someone who does not see

by Anonymous on September 14 2011, @08:46 pm

I am someone who does not see eye to eye with your reasons for demonstrating, but I am pleased to see that you are urging a nonviolent protest. You have made it very clear that violence is not acceptable, and I applaud that. I heard about this from Glenn Beck's website and he makes it sound threatening. I will let everyone know otherwise and tell them to check it out for themselves. Have a safe and successful demonstration!

Support from Washington state

by Anonymous on September 14 2011, @08:21 pm

Support from Washington state (About as far away as you can get :( )

good luck from Westcoast

by Anonymous on September 14 2011, @05:04 pm

good luck from Westcoast Canada.

Crash JP Morgan buy silver.

If this is successful have

by Nick H on September 14 2011, @04:20 pm

If this is successful have adbusters planned #occupybaystreet

Just wanted to say that the

by Anonymous on September 14 2011, @03:32 pm

Just wanted to say that the Guy Fawkes mask which has become a symbol of righteous rebellion, is actually a really ignorant image to use. Guy Fawkes was a fascist, and wanted to create a dictatorship in England. His acts of terrorism were completely un-righteous and using a symbol of his acts, no matter how recognized that symbol is, on our advertisements is unacceptable and ignorant.ingir

I think you might be missing

by WakeUp on September 17 2011, @04:57 pm

I think you might be missing the point about the masks....the mask represents the Illumanti, secret society, Rothschilds Zionists are those who run Wall street and the media and government (president) and the UN and ultimately yourselves. it's all about de-masking those that hide behind the mask and expose them for the evil deeds that they force upon the earth....Once the Illuminati have been crushed the world may be a better place...what your seeing here is what has been happening for hundreds of years....it is up to you young people to Wake Up and educate yourselves with this secret society who rule the world and control the wars...you may not believe what you find out but one thing is for sure....It's the truth.

And the Nazis took a Buddhist

by Anonymous on September 15 2011, @09:13 pm

And the Nazis took a Buddhist religious symbol and disgraced it forever.

Symbols change 'cause people change, brosis. Live in the now.

You gotta take that up with

by Anonymous on September 15 2011, @09:05 am

You gotta take that up with anonymous, not ADbusters

Guy Fawkes was a Fascist?

by Anonymous on September 15 2011, @07:38 am

Guy Fawkes was a Fascist? The word (hell the concept) didn't even exist when Fawkes did his thing...

King James (who Fawkes wanted to overthrow) was one of the biggest believers in absolute monarchy and the divine right of kings in Englands history.

Fawkes wanted to replace James with his daughter and turn England back into a Catholic country...

This is not anarchism. This

by MeanOfPhidias on September 14 2011, @02:53 pm

This is not anarchism. This is not civil. This is not the way to fight them.

If you want to hurt Wall Street or you want to change something open up a competitive stock market. Free up the monopoly they have on trading, create an open market according to your ideals and take their money from them. Do what they do, but do it better. Improve on where they failed.

Crowding business and hurting trade will not have a positive effect.

As much as that would put a

by Anonymous on September 16 2011, @02:48 am

As much as that would put a spanner in the works it would by no means solve the problem. The problem is not a problem with the economy the problem is the economy itself. sooner or later people are going to have to realise that money has no real value, it's just a promise, an empty set of digits, it means absolutely nothing in the universe. I think what we should do is follow the example of the Bhutanese government. I think there was a link on the adbusters website to an article by the philosopher Peter Singer which explains quite aptly their idea of 'gross national happiness'. I think the world has become so involved with this bloated monatery system that we have thrown the needs of humanity and the needs of the planet which we inhabit and depend on to the wayside. People forget that the economy is a human invention, we control it not the other way around. Unfortunately i will not be able to Occupy anywhere on september the 17th but I wish you all the best of luck. As for your one demand, from what I understand repealing the personhood of corporations would be a lengthy and difficult process which would be opposed by far too many people, so what I suggest is that we demand that the Planet is given the same rights as a person or a corporation I haven't given it much thought, it just popped into my head but anyone reading this drop a comment below and let me know what you think.

Support from Scotland.

Amen, Anonymous 7:25pm!

by Anonymous on September 14 2011, @01:37 pm

Amen, Anonymous 7:25pm!

Watch out for police

by Anonymous on September 14 2011, @11:30 am

Watch out for police "kettling" tactics and LRAD sound canons - take ear plugs.
Keep moving. Be fluid like water until you reach your goal..

I don't understand what

by Anonymous on September 14 2011, @09:44 am

I don't understand what specifically you are protesting. What is the goal of this protest?

Good luck from Prague guys!

by Anonymous on September 14 2011, @08:32 am

Good luck from Prague guys! Crossing fingers!