Hey G20, Here Comes #ROBINHOOD
ADBUSTERS TACTICAL BRIEFING #16
Alright you rebels, redeemers and believers out there,
At the height of the global uprisings in 1968, protesters confidently heralded "The Beginning of a New Epoch." To this bravado, Zbigniew Brzezinski, then the national security advisor to the president of the United States, retorted that the protests were nothing but "the death rattle of the historical irrelevants." And indeed the first global revolution the world had ever seen suddenly fizzled out. To this day no one quite knows why.
For the moment, #OCCUPY has the magic and the ear of the world, and anything seems possible. We could see a soft regime change in America and a resurgence of the political left worldwide.
As winter approaches, many occupiers will dig in for the long haul. Others will decamp until spring and channel their energy into myriad projects. Many of the big ideas for rejuvenating and reenchanting the world that have been swirling around the left for the last 20 years will pick up steam. From revoking corporate personhood to de-commercializing the cultural commons, to separating money from politics, to the birth of a True Cost Party of America … we are entering a sustained period of boots-on-the-ground transformation.
And every now and again we will have a worldwide blast reminiscent of the global march against the Iraq war eight years ago. The next of these blasts could happen as early as this Saturday when #ROBINHOOD strikes the G20. Imagine a few million people rising up and sending a message to the G20 leaders meeting November 3/4 in France: "This austerity vs. stimulus debate you've foisted on us doesn't mean a damn thing… It's obvious you have no idea how to get us out of this economic mess you put us in. So now we are telling you what we want: a radical transformation of casino capitalism… we want you to slow down fast money with a 1% #ROBINHOOD tax on all financial transactions and currency trades."
#ROBINHOOD marches have already been announced in over a dozen cities. Bring it up at your general assembly … then create some edgy Robin Hood graphics for the world to digest and let's march out there millions strong this Saturday … Let's leverage the G20!
This could be the first great upheaval of the financial regime … and the first delicious fruit of our movement.
for the wild,
Culture Jammers HQ
There are #ROBINHOOD actions currently planned in San Antonio, Las Vegas, Montreal, Durango, Calgary, Washington DC, Santa Fe, Denver, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sydney, Amarillo, Edmonton, Salt Lake City, Berlin and more…
occupywallstreet.org / 29october.net / occupytogether.org / Twitter / Facebook
P.S. On Tuesday, the nonviolent protestors at #OCCUPYOAKLAND were assaulted with tear gas, rubber bullets and flash grenades. Disturbing footage of police violence is now emerging. That same day, #OCCUPYATLANTA was foreclosed and over 50 protestors arrested. The counter-revolution of money has begun but our commitment to nonviolence will win.
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stevebassgm
So a "Robin Hood" tax is crap--a tool to co-opt the Occupiers and extend control by the powers that were, as it were. The nature of the Beast remains the same. Global solutions to the current problem is unavoidable because that particular Pandora's Box is already wide open. The elite clowns are making moves to try to save their hegemony, and Occupiers across the world are recognizing, albeit some of them rather slowly, that there is no isolationist option that will avoid dominance by supranational forces. Face it kids, we will need to devise a globally cooperative plan for managing ourselves, or it will be imposed upon us by natural forces too loaded with gravity for us to resist, or worse, by the ones who have brought this about in the first place.
stevebassgm
So a "Robin Hood" tax is crap--a tool to co-opt the Occupiers and extend control by the powers that were, as it were. The nature of the Beast remains the same. Global solutions to the current problem is unavoidable because that particular Pandora's Box is already wide open. The elite clowns are making moves to try to save their hegemony, and Occupiers across the world are recognizing, albeit some of them rather slowly, that there is no isolationist option that will avoid dominance by supranational forces. Face it kids, we will need to devise a globally cooperative plan for managing ourselves, or it will be imposed upon us by natural forces too loaded with gravity for us to resist, or worse, by the ones who have brought this about in the first place.
tuckertoons
Gee, when we taxed the people at the top a whole lot more than is proposed our economy was the envy of the world. Since Reagan started cutting the top tax rates, citing a trickle down effect that would rain on the rest of us, we have seen our country fall into debt and decline. 30 years of this supply side stupidity should come to a screeching halt! My latest cartoon is about the 1%'s stellar economic rise at the expense of the 99%.
www.whatnowtoons.com
Left of center political cartoons
tuckertoons
Gee, when we taxed the people at the top a whole lot more than is proposed our economy was the envy of the world. Since Reagan started cutting the top tax rates, citing a trickle down effect that would rain on the rest of us, we have seen our country fall into debt and decline. 30 years of this supply side stupidity should come to a screeching halt! My latest cartoon is about the 1%'s stellar economic rise at the expense of the 99%.
www.whatnowtoons.com
Left of center political cartoons
tuckertoons
Oakland's general strike was huge, even the corporate controlled media had to report on it. Even the message of income inequality was addressed on one network.The rich has had their way with us for too long, and I'm happy to see The world waking up and smelling the plutocracy.
www.whatnowtoons
Left of center independent political cartoons
tuckertoons
Oakland's general strike was huge, even the corporate controlled media had to report on it. Even the message of income inequality was addressed on one network.The rich has had their way with us for too long, and I'm happy to see The world waking up and smelling the plutocracy.
www.whatnowtoons
Left of center independent political cartoons
Anonymous
WARNING The Occupy Movement is about to be HiJacked by WALL Street & the Democratic Party. The Obama 1% transaction tax will cause the small traders to be unemployed. Wall Street/Government want the Tax to get rid of the little guys You and Me. This taxation "solution" is a Hoax, a Farce, and a Trap. Do you really believe Obama who ignored the 99% suddenly wants to embrace it for altruistic ideals???? I don't, not for a second.
Anonymous
WARNING The Occupy Movement is about to be HiJacked by WALL Street & the Democratic Party. The Obama 1% transaction tax will cause the small traders to be unemployed. Wall Street/Government want the Tax to get rid of the little guys You and Me. This taxation "solution" is a Hoax, a Farce, and a Trap. Do you really believe Obama who ignored the 99% suddenly wants to embrace it for altruistic ideals???? I don't, not for a second.
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