Soft Regime Change in America
The #OCCUPY movement is entering an ominous new phase.
Police attacked #OCCUPYOAKLAND on Tuesday with tear gas, rubber bullets and flash grenades. Scott Olsen, a two time Iraq war veteran, was critically wounded in the assault. Graphic pictures of an unconscious Olsen, his skull fractured, being carried by fellow protestors to safety have reverberated from Zuccotti to Cairo and escalated the movement. On Wednesday, three thousand protestors reclaimed the square, reestablished their encampment and held a general assembly that called for a General Strike.
"We as fellow occupiers of Oscar Grant Plaza propose that on Wednesday November 2, 2011, we liberate Oakland and shut down the 1%... All banks and corporations should close down for the day or we will march on them."
There are signs of occupations in other cities taking up Oakland's call. A tantalizing possibility hangs in the air: Could a wildcat general strike spread across the nation? Are we witnessing the first clues of how a soft regime change might begin in America?
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Anonymous
I think we should have a non-violent showdown to show just who is more important to societal well-being, the 99% or the 1%. First, the 1% will go on strike for one week. Then, the 99% will go on strike for one week. The results should speak for themselves. I doubt anyone would even notice which week the 1% went on strike....maybe that is the week where things go right for a change.
Anonymous
I think we should have a non-violent showdown to show just who is more important to societal well-being, the 99% or the 1%. First, the 1% will go on strike for one week. Then, the 99% will go on strike for one week. The results should speak for themselves. I doubt anyone would even notice which week the 1% went on strike....maybe that is the week where things go right for a change.
Anonymous
Occupy wall St. To Nominate A Candidate for Presidency!
A President for 99%
See Link
http://www.presstv.com/detail/207139.html
Anonymous
Occupy wall St. To Nominate A Candidate for Presidency!
A President for 99%
See Link
http://www.presstv.com/detail/207139.html
Anonymous
Great! You'll take votes away from Obama!
Anonymous
Great! You'll take votes away from Obama!
Anonymous
Obama blows. Anyone who thinks that either party has anything of value to offer to the 99% needs to have their head examined. We don't need bosses. We don't need cops. And we don't need the state. Worker self-organization and direct democracy is the only solution. All else is simply 'tinkering with the machinery'.
Anonymous
Obama blows. Anyone who thinks that either party has anything of value to offer to the 99% needs to have their head examined. We don't need bosses. We don't need cops. And we don't need the state. Worker self-organization and direct democracy is the only solution. All else is simply 'tinkering with the machinery'.
Anonymous
Let an Occupy candidate takes votes from Obama! This movement isn't a stalking horse for the main stream Democratic party. The Obama-Boehner tax cuts perpetuated the problem of tax inequality by rubber stamping two more years of the Bush era cuts. This means less taxes for all, which mostly helps the wealthiest who would have had to pay much more if Obama just let the Bush cuts expire.
Obama needs to go as much as any of them. He's dangerous because while he says "tax the rich" his policies have produced the opposite.
Anonymous
Let an Occupy candidate takes votes from Obama! This movement isn't a stalking horse for the main stream Democratic party. The Obama-Boehner tax cuts perpetuated the problem of tax inequality by rubber stamping two more years of the Bush era cuts. This means less taxes for all, which mostly helps the wealthiest who would have had to pay much more if Obama just let the Bush cuts expire.
Obama needs to go as much as any of them. He's dangerous because while he says "tax the rich" his policies have produced the opposite.
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