#OCCUPYWALLSTREET This Weekend!
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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Anonymous
You are either an idiot or are being paid to act as such. If you, as an individual, decide to act in this way, you deserve to be arrested and charged with as many felonies as possible. You tarnish the movement with this absolute bullshit.
Anonymous
You are either an idiot or are being paid to act as such. If you, as an individual, decide to act in this way, you deserve to be arrested and charged with as many felonies as possible. You tarnish the movement with this absolute bullshit.
Anonymous
This is exactly why all the left wing movements degenerate into squabbles. Always have. We have to accept various theories and philosophies. And reach the best consensus possible. Anyone who dissents from the consensus is free to act alone. Or not act.
It is a good idea to begin with non-violence and be as agile as the evolving situation requires. If the movement can be maintained, then you/we may need something like the blocking of tunnels strategy. It is certainly non-violent, but pretty damn definite. And will freak the government right out. Can you imagine having to post the NSA at all tunnel entrances ? And posted along all tunnels ? Hilarious.
Dont get so upset yet.
Anonymous
This is exactly why all the left wing movements degenerate into squabbles. Always have. We have to accept various theories and philosophies. And reach the best consensus possible. Anyone who dissents from the consensus is free to act alone. Or not act.
It is a good idea to begin with non-violence and be as agile as the evolving situation requires. If the movement can be maintained, then you/we may need something like the blocking of tunnels strategy. It is certainly non-violent, but pretty damn definite. And will freak the government right out. Can you imagine having to post the NSA at all tunnel entrances ? And posted along all tunnels ? Hilarious.
Dont get so upset yet.
Anonymous
Gah - ack - so gross! Really bad idea. Just awful. It's so obvious why it's awful as to hardly merit mention. It's not gonna happen, and nothing similar to it will happen. The mentality behind it is toxic - if you show up, don't bring it with you.
Anonymous
Gah - ack - so gross! Really bad idea. Just awful. It's so obvious why it's awful as to hardly merit mention. It's not gonna happen, and nothing similar to it will happen. The mentality behind it is toxic - if you show up, don't bring it with you.
Anonymous
WHAT TIME WHAT TIME WHAT TIME!!! This is my first protest, and I don't know what time or where we are meeting up, who is organizing, who is in charge of food...I know we want to keep some things under wraps, I have emailed you guys, please reply via email to those who have questions.
The interest of 1% does not reflect the interest of the people!!
I am a college graduate with 80k in loans and mounting medical bills...
I am part of the 99%
Anonymous
WHAT TIME WHAT TIME WHAT TIME!!! This is my first protest, and I don't know what time or where we are meeting up, who is organizing, who is in charge of food...I know we want to keep some things under wraps, I have emailed you guys, please reply via email to those who have questions.
The interest of 1% does not reflect the interest of the people!!
I am a college graduate with 80k in loans and mounting medical bills...
I am part of the 99%
Anonymous
Just show up! All will work out-- bring a sign, a sandwich, and a sleeping bag :)
Anonymous
Just show up! All will work out-- bring a sign, a sandwich, and a sleeping bag :)
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