Oct. 29 #RobinHood Global March
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ADBUSTERS TACTICAL BRIEFING #15
Alright you redeemers, rebels and radicals out there,
We're living through a magical moment … #OCCUPYWALLSTREET has catalyzed into an international insurgency for democracy … the mood at our assemblies is electric … people who go there are drawn into a Gandhian spirit of camaraderie and hope for a new kind of future. Across the globe the 99% are marching! You have inspired more than you know. People are digging into Act One of the long Spring.
Its now time to amp up the edgy theatrics … deviant pranks, subversive performances and playful détournements of all kinds. Open your insurrectionary imagination. Anything, from a bottom-up transformation of the global economy to changing the way we eat, the way we get around, the way we live, love and communicate … be the spark that sustains a global revolution of everyday life!
As the movement matures, lets consider a response to our critics. Lets occupy the core of our global system. Lets dethrone the greed that defines this new century. Lets work to define our first great demand.
OCTOBER 29 – #ROBINHOOD GLOBAL MARCH
This is a proposal for the general assemblies of the Occupy movement.
Eight years ago, on February 15, 2003, upwards of 15 million people in sixty countries marched together to stop President Bush from invading Iraq … a huge chunk of humanity lived for one day without dead time and glimpsed the power of a united people's movement. Now we have an opportunity to repeat that performance on an even larger scale.
On October 29, on the eve of the G20 Leaders Summit in France, let's the people of the world rise up and demand that our G20 leaders immediately impose a 1% #ROBINHOOD tax on all financial transactions and currency trades. Let's send them a clear message: We want you to slow down some of that $1.3-trillion easy money that's sloshing around the global casino each day – enough cash to fund every social program and environmental initiative in the world.
Take this idea to your local general assembly and join your comrades in the streets on October 29.
for the wild,
Culture Jammers HQ
occupywallstreet.org / 29october.net / occupytogether.org / Facebook / Twitter
PS. Check what's being said about the Occupy movement
- Democracy Now!: Hundreds of Thousands March Against Inequity, Big Banks
- Chris Hedges: A Movement Too Big to Fail
- Elliot Spitzer: "Occupy Wall Street Has Already Won"
- Matt Taibbi: Hit Bankers Where it Hurts
- Rose Ann DeMoro: Nurses to Obama: Push for a Global Financial Transaction Tax, Now!
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Occupy the FDA
We believe that it is fairly obvious and known to the American public that their health care system has been corrupted by big pharmaceutical companies. Pharmaceutical companies currently drain our health care system and through FDA corruption are actually responsible for poor health and the deaths of many children and individuals.
They have been fighting to keep competing treatments from gaining FDA approval by corrupting officials to manipulate policies and procedures. We would like your help in getting this information out. Although started on Wall Street we believe that this movement should begin to target the companies that are ruining our country through official corruption and harmful policy creation.
In this example we would like to promote a film - http://www.burzynskimovie.com/ and let the public know about his work and the URGENT matter of signing a petition that will help make his cancer treatment available to the general public in America and the world. Br. Burzynski's treatment has a 27%-50% cure rate for serious cancers compared to .9% for harmful radiation chemo that only prolongs life for a few months. Dr. Burzynsky's patients have lived for decades after treatment.
Please promote this information and encourage occupiers to sign the petition (we only have days left) - go to http://wh.gov/48x
Occupy the FDA
We believe that it is fairly obvious and known to the American public that their health care system has been corrupted by big pharmaceutical companies. Pharmaceutical companies currently drain our health care system and through FDA corruption are actually responsible for poor health and the deaths of many children and individuals.
They have been fighting to keep competing treatments from gaining FDA approval by corrupting officials to manipulate policies and procedures. We would like your help in getting this information out. Although started on Wall Street we believe that this movement should begin to target the companies that are ruining our country through official corruption and harmful policy creation.
In this example we would like to promote a film - http://www.burzynskimovie.com/ and let the public know about his work and the URGENT matter of signing a petition that will help make his cancer treatment available to the general public in America and the world. Br. Burzynski's treatment has a 27%-50% cure rate for serious cancers compared to .9% for harmful radiation chemo that only prolongs life for a few months. Dr. Burzynsky's patients have lived for decades after treatment.
Please promote this information and encourage occupiers to sign the petition (we only have days left) - go to http://wh.gov/48x
Anonymous
All is good, however I do not believe that protesting per se will bring any change. Protesters and the rest should start demanding things, particular things, like reform the elections and de-legalizing lobbing..
"IF YOU IMPLEMENT OUR DEMANDS, WE WILL LEAVE (STOP)" You can protest as much and as long as you wish to no avail.
Anonymous
All is good, however I do not believe that protesting per se will bring any change. Protesters and the rest should start demanding things, particular things, like reform the elections and de-legalizing lobbing..
"IF YOU IMPLEMENT OUR DEMANDS, WE WILL LEAVE (STOP)" You can protest as much and as long as you wish to no avail.
Anonymous
There are too many things to come and changed. The concerns of people should be heard and known in substantial matters and policies, not as agenda of group big or small. This process of politics should be flow like water not diverted by interests, money or profits of companies. And the voices to be heard is to be from individuals not from dogma, doctrines or even dreams. That is 'voices of living people'. Long and unending process we need until we get half of what need, until we calm down this burning desires to have changes in this unfair society where powers and bought out powers dominate in all agenda and life, even our dreams. But I know there is urgent things to do.
1 take out money in political process at least money from non individuals. they are corrupting
2 put back individuals in sole will power and take out cooperative identities from political plays
Any body out there can add more please.
Anonymous
There are too many things to come and changed. The concerns of people should be heard and known in substantial matters and policies, not as agenda of group big or small. This process of politics should be flow like water not diverted by interests, money or profits of companies. And the voices to be heard is to be from individuals not from dogma, doctrines or even dreams. That is 'voices of living people'. Long and unending process we need until we get half of what need, until we calm down this burning desires to have changes in this unfair society where powers and bought out powers dominate in all agenda and life, even our dreams. But I know there is urgent things to do.
1 take out money in political process at least money from non individuals. they are corrupting
2 put back individuals in sole will power and take out cooperative identities from political plays
Any body out there can add more please.
Anonymous
Robin Hood took from the GOVERNMENT and gave the excessive taxation back to the PEOPLE. The Knights as well as the POOR complained about the excessive TAXATION. That is why Robin Hood would be a member of the TEA PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous
Robin Hood took from the GOVERNMENT and gave the excessive taxation back to the PEOPLE. The Knights as well as the POOR complained about the excessive TAXATION. That is why Robin Hood would be a member of the TEA PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous
Or you can think of Robin Hood like this - he saw economic injustice and used the tools he had available to him to address it. The Tea Party folks - or at least the ones in the audiences at Republican debates - seem willing to let poor people die in the streets if they can't afford health care. Robin Hood stood by the poor - trying to look out for their best interest - I think Robin Hood would #occupy.
Anonymous
Or you can think of Robin Hood like this - he saw economic injustice and used the tools he had available to him to address it. The Tea Party folks - or at least the ones in the audiences at Republican debates - seem willing to let poor people die in the streets if they can't afford health care. Robin Hood stood by the poor - trying to look out for their best interest - I think Robin Hood would #occupy.
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