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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fregat
starving yet unwilling to wash dishes to earn living? don't tell me that there are no jobs in this country to wash dishes, pick tomatos, etc etc. this is a problem with picky people. people who think so highly of themselves that the thought of doing dirty work is humiliating. until this changes, there is little hope for the people in this country in general.
fregat
starving yet unwilling to wash dishes to earn living? don't tell me that there are no jobs in this country to wash dishes, pick tomatos, etc etc. this is a problem with picky people. people who think so highly of themselves that the thought of doing dirty work is humiliating. until this changes, there is little hope for the people in this country in general.
Anonymous
I don't suppose you've ever been in such a situation. If you had, you wouldn't be so condescending. Have you ever tried to support your family by working 2 or 3 such (min. wage) jobs? I'll bet you've never missed a meal in your life. Or... Do you feel that we can only grow through suffering? Save Our Souls...
Anonymous
I don't suppose you've ever been in such a situation. If you had, you wouldn't be so condescending. Have you ever tried to support your family by working 2 or 3 such (min. wage) jobs? I'll bet you've never missed a meal in your life. Or... Do you feel that we can only grow through suffering? Save Our Souls...
fregat
Of course I have. I am a first generation immigrant. I've done jobs - you wouldn't touch (my first one at 4 dollars and 40 cents in Albertsons on 15th Street in Plano, TX back in 1994). I've risen through that. I grew up with nothing back in the old country (when I say nothing - I mean it, an unimaginable nothing - no TVs, no decent clothing, sparsly available meals). I worked my ass off here, 3-4 jobs, 120 hour work week. This is what it takes to make it in this country. Not bitching about that someone making a lot of money. Make a lot of money! Too stressful? That's a different story. If anyone here questions the opportunity that is available to all in this country - you guys don't know what you are talking about. This place offers the opportunity that no other place has. While with it own set of imperfections, this is the best the world could come up with.
fregat
Of course I have. I am a first generation immigrant. I've done jobs - you wouldn't touch (my first one at 4 dollars and 40 cents in Albertsons on 15th Street in Plano, TX back in 1994). I've risen through that. I grew up with nothing back in the old country (when I say nothing - I mean it, an unimaginable nothing - no TVs, no decent clothing, sparsly available meals). I worked my ass off here, 3-4 jobs, 120 hour work week. This is what it takes to make it in this country. Not bitching about that someone making a lot of money. Make a lot of money! Too stressful? That's a different story. If anyone here questions the opportunity that is available to all in this country - you guys don't know what you are talking about. This place offers the opportunity that no other place has. While with it own set of imperfections, this is the best the world could come up with.
Anonymous
hm... "worked your ass off, 3-4 jobs, 120 hour work week", "no decent clothing, sparsly available meals"... you're painting a beautiful picture of our great country. but at least you have the "luxury" of "freedom" to live such a meager existence, right? not like in those "impoverished" countries...
Anonymous
hm... "worked your ass off, 3-4 jobs, 120 hour work week", "no decent clothing, sparsly available meals"... you're painting a beautiful picture of our great country. but at least you have the "luxury" of "freedom" to live such a meager existence, right? not like in those "impoverished" countries...
fregat
Exactly right. This is why I am saying that all these people who are complaining here about all these college grads who can't find jobs - lie! Not being able to find a job and not being able to find a job your would like are two different things. Claiming that you can't make a living with these job is also a lie. Unless you consider a cup of starbucks coffee and owning an iphone a survival requirement.
fregat
Exactly right. This is why I am saying that all these people who are complaining here about all these college grads who can't find jobs - lie! Not being able to find a job and not being able to find a job your would like are two different things. Claiming that you can't make a living with these job is also a lie. Unless you consider a cup of starbucks coffee and owning an iphone a survival requirement.
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