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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Seva
No one who "takes up arms" is a true part of this movement, this is a revolution of love, a spiritual awakening of mankind. And FUCK THE 99%! WE ARE THE 100% Every one of these rich powerful men has done no worse than all of us who allowed them to do it. And you can count on the fact that each of them is as emotionally and spiritually distraught as any man. We want freedom for every human being, not just the poor, not just Americans, Every person on earth is affected by the diseased society we live in. Everyone needs to take non-violent direct action to show our solidarity and our desire for meaningful change.
Seva
No one who "takes up arms" is a true part of this movement, this is a revolution of love, a spiritual awakening of mankind. And FUCK THE 99%! WE ARE THE 100% Every one of these rich powerful men has done no worse than all of us who allowed them to do it. And you can count on the fact that each of them is as emotionally and spiritually distraught as any man. We want freedom for every human being, not just the poor, not just Americans, Every person on earth is affected by the diseased society we live in. Everyone needs to take non-violent direct action to show our solidarity and our desire for meaningful change.
Anonymous
There have been quite a few bullet points concerning the make up of the 99 per cent, and whichever way you cut it, it isn't coming down as heavily skewed in the direction of hippies as you might think. Nor lazy, Nor moronic. As for the sex and pot, I believe you are confusing this movement with a Time Life version of the sixties. Hard to believe the Beatles and MLK Jr existed at the same point on the time-line, to hear some tell it.
Martin Luther King, Jr's movement and SNCC preached non-violence, and one of the things they had to be ever vigilant against was an agent provocateur, out to ruin everything they had set out to accomplish. Burning looting and slipping in statements one toke over the line.
Anonymous
There have been quite a few bullet points concerning the make up of the 99 per cent, and whichever way you cut it, it isn't coming down as heavily skewed in the direction of hippies as you might think. Nor lazy, Nor moronic. As for the sex and pot, I believe you are confusing this movement with a Time Life version of the sixties. Hard to believe the Beatles and MLK Jr existed at the same point on the time-line, to hear some tell it.
Martin Luther King, Jr's movement and SNCC preached non-violence, and one of the things they had to be ever vigilant against was an agent provocateur, out to ruin everything they had set out to accomplish. Burning looting and slipping in statements one toke over the line.
Anonymous
99/1 ill take those odds. Ignorance drives your remark. Revolution happens all the time. It takes a charismatic leader and funds. It could happen anxiety is high amongst both sides of the spectrum. If one pushes to far the other will push back. It's common sense.
Anonymous
99/1 ill take those odds. Ignorance drives your remark. Revolution happens all the time. It takes a charismatic leader and funds. It could happen anxiety is high amongst both sides of the spectrum. If one pushes to far the other will push back. It's common sense.
Seva
Word. If only people would read a few books and open their eyes before their mouths maybe some intelligent discourse on this subject would be possible.
Seva
Word. If only people would read a few books and open their eyes before their mouths maybe some intelligent discourse on this subject would be possible.
Anonymous
Coward on the fence.
Anonymous
Coward on the fence.
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