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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peaceonamerica
#OWS is a MARXIST movement funded by George Soros and the Rothschilds via Open Society, Tides Foundation and Adbusters. IT IS ALL ONE GIANT PSYOP
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peaceonamerica
#OWS is a MARXIST movement funded by George Soros and the Rothschilds via Open Society, Tides Foundation and Adbusters. IT IS ALL ONE GIANT PSYOP
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/pol/2671130808.html
Anonymous
No it isn't.
It is just the Robin Hood Tax that is bad idea because it will let the bankers off and give them more money to continue their casino capitalism.
Anonymous
No it isn't.
It is just the Robin Hood Tax that is bad idea because it will let the bankers off and give them more money to continue their casino capitalism.
Anonymous
Cronyism isn't capitalism or free market. Cronyism is Congress swiping 700 billion from the buyers (us) and giving it to the sellers (megacorps). It is not ebay-style free market capitalism (where buys *voluntarily* choose to buy from sellers).
ALSO:.
When the Income Tax was introduced in 1913 the politicians said it would only be levied against millionaires (the top 1/2% at that time). And that was true for awhile but by 1950 the tax had been extended to everybody. We can fully expect the Robin Tax to also "creep" downward as time passes, and be levied against lower and middle incomes.
All you are doing is giving Congress more money that they will use for the NEXT banker bailout circa 2030. Or misappropriate to themselves for boondoggles. PLUS giving more power to the Fed (private central bank) who will be charged to hold and store the money. Bad move.
Anonymous
Cronyism isn't capitalism or free market. Cronyism is Congress swiping 700 billion from the buyers (us) and giving it to the sellers (megacorps). It is not ebay-style free market capitalism (where buys *voluntarily* choose to buy from sellers).
ALSO:.
When the Income Tax was introduced in 1913 the politicians said it would only be levied against millionaires (the top 1/2% at that time). And that was true for awhile but by 1950 the tax had been extended to everybody. We can fully expect the Robin Tax to also "creep" downward as time passes, and be levied against lower and middle incomes.
All you are doing is giving Congress more money that they will use for the NEXT banker bailout circa 2030. Or misappropriate to themselves for boondoggles. PLUS giving more power to the Fed (private central bank) who will be charged to hold and store the money. Bad move.
Anonymous
Ultimately, any Robin Hood Tax will most likely end up in a fund to ensure that banks are adequately capitalized, and one which will be used to bailout, or insure big bank losses and trillions in gambling derivative bets.
I think it is basically a transfer from ordinary folk to rich bankers to keep the status quo, otherwise I can't see why George Soros and Warren Buffett would support the idea. Or Bill Gates? Aren't these the guys we should be taxing not the working classes.
Initially I thought it was a good idea but now I think it will just make the bankers more powerful.
We shouldn't support a Robin Hood Tax if it harms old people with retirement savings either.
I support OWS but not this idea.
Anonymous
Ultimately, any Robin Hood Tax will most likely end up in a fund to ensure that banks are adequately capitalized, and one which will be used to bailout, or insure big bank losses and trillions in gambling derivative bets.
I think it is basically a transfer from ordinary folk to rich bankers to keep the status quo, otherwise I can't see why George Soros and Warren Buffett would support the idea. Or Bill Gates? Aren't these the guys we should be taxing not the working classes.
Initially I thought it was a good idea but now I think it will just make the bankers more powerful.
We shouldn't support a Robin Hood Tax if it harms old people with retirement savings either.
I support OWS but not this idea.
Anonymous
Of course a Robin Hood Tax would steal money from pensioners but that is a small price to pay for insuring against future bank losses that impact everyone. I don't have a problem if the money is held with the World Bank or some bureacrats because at least that money won't be going to Goldman Sachs bankers!!!
You've got to look at the big picture. Sure there will be some collateral damage, we all know that.
Yes to Robin Hood Taxes.
Anonymous
Of course a Robin Hood Tax would steal money from pensioners but that is a small price to pay for insuring against future bank losses that impact everyone. I don't have a problem if the money is held with the World Bank or some bureacrats because at least that money won't be going to Goldman Sachs bankers!!!
You've got to look at the big picture. Sure there will be some collateral damage, we all know that.
Yes to Robin Hood Taxes.
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