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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Anonymous
We Need Now to Think Out of the Box. No More 1% Laws.
Anonymous
We Need Now to Think Out of the Box. No More 1% Laws.
Anonymous
"Some one (government) needs ban this web site bad ethics.
Would like some have you company publish misleading information about your adbusters.org company?
You should be teaching people think of a solution not break things because it is not perfect."
Someone needs to ban your bad grammar. What you're saying does not make sense. If there is a cause that you feel is misleading then don't support it. As far as teaching people to think of a solution, they're giving you their version of a solution. It does not mean anyone has to agree with it or back it up. If you want to be taught how to solve a problem go take a creative problem solving or critical thinking class.
Anonymous
"Some one (government) needs ban this web site bad ethics.
Would like some have you company publish misleading information about your adbusters.org company?
You should be teaching people think of a solution not break things because it is not perfect."
Someone needs to ban your bad grammar. What you're saying does not make sense. If there is a cause that you feel is misleading then don't support it. As far as teaching people to think of a solution, they're giving you their version of a solution. It does not mean anyone has to agree with it or back it up. If you want to be taught how to solve a problem go take a creative problem solving or critical thinking class.
Anonymous
Robin Hood tax would steal from the 99%. Many of us have our retirement savings in the market. Really, really dumb idea. Come up with something smart, not something that drives us closer to poverty in our later years.
Anonymous
Robin Hood tax would steal from the 99%. Many of us have our retirement savings in the market. Really, really dumb idea. Come up with something smart, not something that drives us closer to poverty in our later years.
Miles
1% is actually a rather large figure for most Robin Hood Taxes (this idea is also known as the Financial Transaction Tax or the Tobin Tax on the securities market. You can also google the security transaction excise tax to get more info.)
I personally believe that a less than 1% tax would be a more reasonable demand and more likely to be implimented. The Robin Hood Tax that the EU was proposing was around .11% aka around 1/10th of 1 percent. That way most people putting money into the stock market wouldn't pay very much tax but those moving billions on nanosecond timescales would pay a lot.
If you want to find out more about the issue I recommend you watch my rap video about the Robin Hood Tax on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOGMJaHHRVs&feature=feedu
If you are convinced, you should send Adbusters a message in support of posting the video on the site.
Robin Hood Tax Forever!
Miles
1% is actually a rather large figure for most Robin Hood Taxes (this idea is also known as the Financial Transaction Tax or the Tobin Tax on the securities market. You can also google the security transaction excise tax to get more info.)
I personally believe that a less than 1% tax would be a more reasonable demand and more likely to be implimented. The Robin Hood Tax that the EU was proposing was around .11% aka around 1/10th of 1 percent. That way most people putting money into the stock market wouldn't pay very much tax but those moving billions on nanosecond timescales would pay a lot.
If you want to find out more about the issue I recommend you watch my rap video about the Robin Hood Tax on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOGMJaHHRVs&feature=feedu
If you are convinced, you should send Adbusters a message in support of posting the video on the site.
Robin Hood Tax Forever!
Anonymous
Cool video dude.
But I don't support the Robin Hood Tax! I do support OWS, mind you.
NO MORE BAILOUTS FOR BANKERS
Anonymous
Cool video dude.
But I don't support the Robin Hood Tax! I do support OWS, mind you.
NO MORE BAILOUTS FOR BANKERS
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