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October 15th UNITED FOR GLOBALCHANGE
OCTOBER 15TH
UNITED FOR #GLOBALCHANGE
On October 15th people from all over the world will take to the streets and squares.
From America to Asia, from Africa to Europe, people are rising up to claim their rights and demand a true democracy. Now it is time for all of us to join in a global non violent protest.
The ruling powers work for the benefit of just a few, ignoring the will of the vast majority and the human and environmental price we all have to pay. This intolerable situation must end.
United in one voice, we will let politicians, and the financial elites they serve, know it is up to us, the people, to decide our future. We are not goods in the hands of politicians and bankers who do not represent us.
On October 15th, we will meet on the streets to initiate the global change we want. We will peacefully demonstrate, talk and organize until we make it happen.
It’s time for us to unite. It’s time for them to listen.
People of the world, rise up on October 15th!
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UNITED FOR #GLOBALCHANGE
On October 15th people from all over the world will take to the streets and squares.
From America to Asia, from Africa to Europe, people are rising up to claim their rights and demand a true democracy. Now it is time for all of us to join in a global non violent protest.
The ruling powers work for the benefit of just a few, ignoring the will of the vast majority and the human and environmental price we all have to pay. This intolerable situation must end.
United in one voice, we will let politicians, and the financial elites they serve, know it is up to us, the people, to decide our future. We are not goods in the hands of politicians and bankers who do not represent us.
On October 15th, we will meet on the streets to initiate the global change we want. We will peacefully demonstrate, talk and organize until we make it happen.
It’s time for us to unite. It’s time for them to listen.
People of the world, rise up on October 15th!
Occupy Wall Street and the World
#Occupy Wall Street: Change will not come until we Understand and Rewrite the Entire Balance of Power in America
The Land Destroyer #OccupyWallStreet Guide
By Tony Cartalucci
Global Research, October 9, 2011
landdestroyer.blogspot.com
As Americans begin pouring into the streets with dissatisfaction, there seems to be some confusion as to who the source of their problem is. That 'who' is a corporate-financier oligarchy that has been destroying America
Contents
Introduction
1. The Federal Reserve Directors
2. The Group of Thirty
3. President Obama's Cabinet, Past & Present
4. America's Unelected Policy Makers & Their Corporate Sponsors
5. Solutions
Introduction
As Americans begin pouring into the streets with dissatisfaction, there seems to be some confusion as to who the source of their problem is. That 'who' is a corporate-financier oligarchy that has been destroying America for nearly a century and until now, has done a good job of parasitically feeding from America in the shadows. They are not the "1%."
They are the 1% of the 1%. They are billionaire banksters the Rothschilds, the Federal Reserve and the directors and chairmen of many of the largest corporations on earth including big oil, the military industrial complex, big pharma, big agri, and the corporate media which combine their resources and collective agenda in self-contrived institutions, think-tanks, and working groups to dominate humanity. Some of these include the Brookings Institution, the International Crisis Group, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Foreign Policy Initiative, and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Below you will see a growing list of these names, companies, corporations, institutions, their agendas and how they interrelate. One thing that should be abundantly clear as one reaches the bottom, is that most of these names are reoccurring and the solution is self-evident. Many of these names are corporations, banks, and institutions we pay into on a daily basis. The solution of course, should we conclude they are indeed the problem, is to no longer pay into them with our time, money, energy, and attention.
1. The Federal Reserve Directors
The Federal Reserve is an unelected, private cartel of bankers who dictate to America, including its elected representatives, the United States' monetary policy. They generally do so with little or no oversight, lie to those charged with inquiring into their activities, and literally conspire against the American people through an additional corporate cartel their associations afford them that uses its vast power, influence, and operational capabilities to lord over the American public.
....
The entire list of Federal Reserve directors can be found on their website, and includes the following perpetrators; James 'Jamie' Dimon of JP Morgan, James S. Tisch of the Loews Corporation, Lee C. Bollinger President of Columbia University, Michael F. Camardo formally of Lockheed Martin, Thomas I. Barkin of McKinsey & Company, Richard H. Anderson of Delta Airlines, Michael A. Cook of Walmart, Patricia E. Yarrington of Chevron, and many more.
Read the entire article with web links and photos at Global Research
Source
The Land Destroyer #OccupyWallStreet Guide
By Tony Cartalucci
Global Research, October 9, 2011
landdestroyer.blogspot.com
As Americans begin pouring into the streets with dissatisfaction, there seems to be some confusion as to who the source of their problem is. That 'who' is a corporate-financier oligarchy that has been destroying America
Contents
Introduction
1. The Federal Reserve Directors
2. The Group of Thirty
3. President Obama's Cabinet, Past & Present
4. America's Unelected Policy Makers & Their Corporate Sponsors
5. Solutions
Introduction
As Americans begin pouring into the streets with dissatisfaction, there seems to be some confusion as to who the source of their problem is. That 'who' is a corporate-financier oligarchy that has been destroying America for nearly a century and until now, has done a good job of parasitically feeding from America in the shadows. They are not the "1%."
They are the 1% of the 1%. They are billionaire banksters the Rothschilds, the Federal Reserve and the directors and chairmen of many of the largest corporations on earth including big oil, the military industrial complex, big pharma, big agri, and the corporate media which combine their resources and collective agenda in self-contrived institutions, think-tanks, and working groups to dominate humanity. Some of these include the Brookings Institution, the International Crisis Group, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Foreign Policy Initiative, and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Below you will see a growing list of these names, companies, corporations, institutions, their agendas and how they interrelate. One thing that should be abundantly clear as one reaches the bottom, is that most of these names are reoccurring and the solution is self-evident. Many of these names are corporations, banks, and institutions we pay into on a daily basis. The solution of course, should we conclude they are indeed the problem, is to no longer pay into them with our time, money, energy, and attention.
1. The Federal Reserve Directors
The Federal Reserve is an unelected, private cartel of bankers who dictate to America, including its elected representatives, the United States' monetary policy. They generally do so with little or no oversight, lie to those charged with inquiring into their activities, and literally conspire against the American people through an additional corporate cartel their associations afford them that uses its vast power, influence, and operational capabilities to lord over the American public.
....
The entire list of Federal Reserve directors can be found on their website, and includes the following perpetrators; James 'Jamie' Dimon of JP Morgan, James S. Tisch of the Loews Corporation, Lee C. Bollinger President of Columbia University, Michael F. Camardo formally of Lockheed Martin, Thomas I. Barkin of McKinsey & Company, Richard H. Anderson of Delta Airlines, Michael A. Cook of Walmart, Patricia E. Yarrington of Chevron, and many more.
Read the entire article with web links and photos at Global Research
Saturday, October 08, 2011
We are Anonymous
Words by Michael Mandeville
The 99% Movement
All Hail The 99% Movement To Reclaim The U.S! We were all lost in an entropic
system and are now struggling our way out through the hidden trap doors. Energy
(Wealth) is constantly lost by all operations because the "usury" (which does
nothing to increase the energy) accumulates the energy like a "sink", this is
typically then used to finance more destruction, wars, conquests, etc. This
entropy leads ultimately to death, same as entropy leads to the death of stars
and biological systems.
.
UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF HOMO SAPIEN SOCIOLOGY, AS
IMPORTANT AS THE LAW OF RELATIVITY,
is crucial to understanding the crossroads today. This is not a theory, it is a
statement of what happens: the sun rises, the planets revolve, banker usury
ends in feudalism and universal poverty for the 99% who live as serfs.
If you can't see it in these words and the vast literature which has explained
this, keep reading AND MOST ESPECIALLY YOU MUST MUST MUST READ "THE CREATURE
FROM JEKYLL ISLAND". It exactly lays out the creation of the horror movie we
are living today and explains all the history, dynamics, sociology, and politics
by which the Feudal Class is consolidating its hold on all the resources of the
Earth. For broader understanding, read "Tragedy & Hope" by Carroll Quigley, who
chronicled the rise of the Ango-American upper class and lays out the history,
headspace, and methods of the R&R Cabal which is the driving force behind the
feudalization of humanity in this day and age..
These books will help you realize that there is no free market, in fact no
market at all. No dynamic matrix of free choice, nada. No level field has ever
existed on this planet, etc. These myths rationalize the idea of competition,
which it turns out is just a polite word for piracy. The sociological world we
live in has been created by pirates. The technoid baubles are just distractions
masking the endless decades of dynastic intrigue, conspiracies, imperial
advances and declines, etc.
Once this is understood, it is understandable that ALL WARS ARE THEIR WARS, no
war is necessary and never has been. Most human beings crave cooperation and
will put up with much, perhaps too much, to avoid war. But George Carlin had
it exactly right, the owners, the self-styled masters of the universe, just
don't give a shit about you or me. We aren't in their club, will never be in
their club, we are just pawns who can be looted at will. This one segment of
humanity which some describe as sociopaths or psychopaths does not cooperate,
will not cooperate and have ruined the planet for all of us by making full
cooperation impossible.
Those sitting in on the streets of Wall Street are the historical fulcrum at
this exact time for a deep historical transformation to utterly reject war and
banskterism. The whole dynamic of human history is up for grabs front and
center....
What a moment! You want adventure, excitement, enlightenment, and the challenge
of being able to achieve The Truly Remarkable. This mass movement confrontation
with the Banksters cannot be beat by any other feat of derring do. Please send
some chocolate chip cookies to Cindy Sheehan if you don't know what to do.
Keep in mind the central focus at all time: Kill The Fed, Dissolve Wall Street,
Liquidate The Lying Empire, Full Guaranteed Employment/Retirement
The 99% Movement
All Hail The 99% Movement To Reclaim The U.S! We were all lost in an entropic
system and are now struggling our way out through the hidden trap doors. Energy
(Wealth) is constantly lost by all operations because the "usury" (which does
nothing to increase the energy) accumulates the energy like a "sink", this is
typically then used to finance more destruction, wars, conquests, etc. This
entropy leads ultimately to death, same as entropy leads to the death of stars
and biological systems.
.
UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF HOMO SAPIEN SOCIOLOGY, AS
IMPORTANT AS THE LAW OF RELATIVITY,
is crucial to understanding the crossroads today. This is not a theory, it is a
statement of what happens: the sun rises, the planets revolve, banker usury
ends in feudalism and universal poverty for the 99% who live as serfs.
If you can't see it in these words and the vast literature which has explained
this, keep reading AND MOST ESPECIALLY YOU MUST MUST MUST READ "THE CREATURE
FROM JEKYLL ISLAND". It exactly lays out the creation of the horror movie we
are living today and explains all the history, dynamics, sociology, and politics
by which the Feudal Class is consolidating its hold on all the resources of the
Earth. For broader understanding, read "Tragedy & Hope" by Carroll Quigley, who
chronicled the rise of the Ango-American upper class and lays out the history,
headspace, and methods of the R&R Cabal which is the driving force behind the
feudalization of humanity in this day and age..
These books will help you realize that there is no free market, in fact no
market at all. No dynamic matrix of free choice, nada. No level field has ever
existed on this planet, etc. These myths rationalize the idea of competition,
which it turns out is just a polite word for piracy. The sociological world we
live in has been created by pirates. The technoid baubles are just distractions
masking the endless decades of dynastic intrigue, conspiracies, imperial
advances and declines, etc.
Once this is understood, it is understandable that ALL WARS ARE THEIR WARS, no
war is necessary and never has been. Most human beings crave cooperation and
will put up with much, perhaps too much, to avoid war. But George Carlin had
it exactly right, the owners, the self-styled masters of the universe, just
don't give a shit about you or me. We aren't in their club, will never be in
their club, we are just pawns who can be looted at will. This one segment of
humanity which some describe as sociopaths or psychopaths does not cooperate,
will not cooperate and have ruined the planet for all of us by making full
cooperation impossible.
Those sitting in on the streets of Wall Street are the historical fulcrum at
this exact time for a deep historical transformation to utterly reject war and
banskterism. The whole dynamic of human history is up for grabs front and
center....
What a moment! You want adventure, excitement, enlightenment, and the challenge
of being able to achieve The Truly Remarkable. This mass movement confrontation
with the Banksters cannot be beat by any other feat of derring do. Please send
some chocolate chip cookies to Cindy Sheehan if you don't know what to do.
Keep in mind the central focus at all time: Kill The Fed, Dissolve Wall Street,
Liquidate The Lying Empire, Full Guaranteed Employment/Retirement
#occupy compromised
be careful-I am not sure of any of this info at this stage
Operation Invade Wall Street - A Message to the People
From: TheAnonMessage | Oct 2, 2011 | 45,456 views
BREAKING EMERGENCY UPDATE:
Warning: The Operation #invadewallstreet HAS BEEN COMPROMISED. Do not participate.
People may still hack NYSE. They will do it at their own risk.
Message from AnonyOps Twitter: WARNING: To ALL people! DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN #invadewallstreet AGENT named hypotenuse has infiltrated AnonOps IRC.
http://pastebin.com/P5C3hdiG
Confirmed psy op.
Please spread.
For those who are calling me a COINTELPRO agent, let me tell you this: I am just the messenger, as it is in my name. I'm basically like AnonNews, where I get documents and turn them into videos, documents sent to me from AnonOps.IRC, or edited as a group on the AnonPad. A group of people did send this and they were "Anonymous" but again, they were exposed. The twitter feed from AnonOps warns us (as said in the annotation update in this video). As of now, #invadewallstreet is not a legitimate operation and I will release a video standing by that. I am sorry if this video has caused a mistrust in either me, or the Anonymous collective. Thank you.
Operation Invade Wall Street - A Message to the People
From: TheAnonMessage | Oct 2, 2011 | 45,456 views
BREAKING EMERGENCY UPDATE:
Warning: The Operation #invadewallstreet HAS BEEN COMPROMISED. Do not participate.
People may still hack NYSE. They will do it at their own risk.
Message from AnonyOps Twitter: WARNING: To ALL people! DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN #invadewallstreet AGENT named hypotenuse has infiltrated AnonOps IRC.
http://pastebin.com/P5C3hdiG
Confirmed psy op.
Please spread.
For those who are calling me a COINTELPRO agent, let me tell you this: I am just the messenger, as it is in my name. I'm basically like AnonNews, where I get documents and turn them into videos, documents sent to me from AnonOps.IRC, or edited as a group on the AnonPad. A group of people did send this and they were "Anonymous" but again, they were exposed. The twitter feed from AnonOps warns us (as said in the annotation update in this video). As of now, #invadewallstreet is not a legitimate operation and I will release a video standing by that. I am sorry if this video has caused a mistrust in either me, or the Anonymous collective. Thank you.
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Occupy Sydney
Proposing 24/7 Occupation of Martin Pl ( Outside Reserve Bank ) from 15 October & ongoing
cnr Martin Pl & MacQuarie St Sydney 2000 ( a peaceful “bring family” Camp Protest )
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:: ” We acknowledge the Traditional indigenous Eora peoples custodianship of the land upon which we now live and work – the place the world knows as Sydney – and the genocide perpetrated against that people by the colonists from whose occupation the current governments claimed right to govern descends. We also acknowledge that such #humanrights crimes of genocide continue to be committed against aboriginal peoples across Australia today- in particular the Northern Territory Intervention, a racist bilaterally supported denial of #humanrights and cultural genocide which continues today. “
Targets ::
1)Reserve Bank 2) MacQuarie Bank (the Bank that swallowed Sydney). 3) Federal Labor 54) NSW Liberal Govt for its Anti Worker Laws.
Local issues:
Affordable Living: Australia is the place where Governments regulate against the people while suggesting market reform to I suspect bemused Corporate Directors. (more)
Affordable Housing Affordable property ownership where people need to live. Mortgage Strike? Rent Strike? Tent City?
Workers Rights In solidarity with cleaners (Vic) Public Sector Union members & #FairPay
Wage Justice Minimum Wages & incomes providing sustainable living outcomes in postcodes where income is earned.
Human Rights: Asylum Seekers , aboriginal , children.
In solidarity with #occupywallst & mirror protest movements worldwide.
The @OccupySYDNEY Peoples Movement is represented the facilitators as an un-retouched emu shell. It is empty and fragile, yet with the capacity to radiate power beauty and strength through creativity and unity. What will make the emu egg a symbol of empowerment and unity is YOU. For now the egg is empty, unsculpted, an unpolished jewel. Your role is to bring your skills your creativity your voice your courage -and your frustration,your rage to Occupy Sydney .
The Leadership is You – Us – the people.. if the people deem there should be a leadership group then there should -if not, not.
This is the window of opportunity to Unite on the things we agree on -not divide on those which keep us apart. Such windows do not remain open forever so we must build quickly and act quickly. With unity we flourish, without it we fail.
We do not act as nor wish to be your leaders – we are simply facilitators . Our role is to ensure that Occupy Sydney is a genuine peoples movement not controlled by any single or alliance of organisations -a peoples movement led by the people.
follow & enquiries @occupySydney on Twitter . You will receive communications via that & other associated channels.
We ask groups schools organisations unions and all supporters to establish & run their own blog / website / social media – there is no need to sing the same song or tune -but there is a need to sing together… your facilitator servants.
Source
Twitter
cnr Martin Pl & MacQuarie St Sydney 2000 ( a peaceful “bring family” Camp Protest )
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:: ” We acknowledge the Traditional indigenous Eora peoples custodianship of the land upon which we now live and work – the place the world knows as Sydney – and the genocide perpetrated against that people by the colonists from whose occupation the current governments claimed right to govern descends. We also acknowledge that such #humanrights crimes of genocide continue to be committed against aboriginal peoples across Australia today- in particular the Northern Territory Intervention, a racist bilaterally supported denial of #humanrights and cultural genocide which continues today. “
Targets ::
1)Reserve Bank 2) MacQuarie Bank (the Bank that swallowed Sydney). 3) Federal Labor 54) NSW Liberal Govt for its Anti Worker Laws.
Local issues:
Affordable Living: Australia is the place where Governments regulate against the people while suggesting market reform to I suspect bemused Corporate Directors. (more)
Affordable Housing Affordable property ownership where people need to live. Mortgage Strike? Rent Strike? Tent City?
Workers Rights In solidarity with cleaners (Vic) Public Sector Union members & #FairPay
Wage Justice Minimum Wages & incomes providing sustainable living outcomes in postcodes where income is earned.
Human Rights: Asylum Seekers , aboriginal , children.
In solidarity with #occupywallst & mirror protest movements worldwide.
The @OccupySYDNEY Peoples Movement is represented the facilitators as an un-retouched emu shell. It is empty and fragile, yet with the capacity to radiate power beauty and strength through creativity and unity. What will make the emu egg a symbol of empowerment and unity is YOU. For now the egg is empty, unsculpted, an unpolished jewel. Your role is to bring your skills your creativity your voice your courage -and your frustration,your rage to Occupy Sydney .
The Leadership is You – Us – the people.. if the people deem there should be a leadership group then there should -if not, not.
This is the window of opportunity to Unite on the things we agree on -not divide on those which keep us apart. Such windows do not remain open forever so we must build quickly and act quickly. With unity we flourish, without it we fail.
We do not act as nor wish to be your leaders – we are simply facilitators . Our role is to ensure that Occupy Sydney is a genuine peoples movement not controlled by any single or alliance of organisations -a peoples movement led by the people.
follow & enquiries @occupySydney on Twitter . You will receive communications via that & other associated channels.
We ask groups schools organisations unions and all supporters to establish & run their own blog / website / social media – there is no need to sing the same song or tune -but there is a need to sing together… your facilitator servants.
We are Anonymous
WE are NOT Trolls.
WE are NOT traitors.
WE are NOT Terrorists.
WE are NOT out to hurt you.
WE ARE AN IDEA.
We Are not a person, We are An Idea...
We ARE you
We ARE ONE
WE are NOT traitors.
WE are NOT Terrorists.
WE are NOT out to hurt you.
WE ARE AN IDEA.
We Are not a person, We are An Idea...
We ARE you
We ARE ONE
Occupy Wall Street
Reasons for the action
Some people are objecting to the movement because
a) the wrong type of evil people are instigating it
b) the movement doesnt know what it is doing (has no clear goals)
c) the movement is all orchestrated (by agents of the secret government)
d) it is or will be co-opted.
Tough love answers:
for a: you've been programmed to react with bigotry and chauvinism and approach
avoidance to labels. No doubt you are a very good family dog but the rest of
us are wondering if you will ever grow up and cast of the wicked spell of the
programmers. You can, you know. Just realize we are all just people and all
the isms schisms and fancy labels are just bullshit.
for b: this is excellent. It means that nobody is controlling this, that this
is NOT a group or a faction but is a movement of people, and, as clearly as can
be observed, the primary common focus is to kill the banker's monopoly of
capital (the fed) and throw off the wars.
for c: every time a person makes a decision, they are orchestrating something.
a group of people got together with a lot of different attitudes and ideas and
decided to jointly act in October, SO WHAT? What matters is the meaning of it
all. Is it of value? Stop conniving and kavetching and get here in the correct
attitude. What does this all mean?
for d: of course everybody with any political juice will attempt to to co-opt
the movement. What, you think they are stupid? So what? The question is, are
YOU stupid or what? What you need to do is step up to the sidewalk and co-opt
the movement to serve your needs. Stop being a pansy wallflower, grow some
balls, and declare yourself a real human being who knows perfectly well that
this scene is entirely fubared and MUST STOP. Get out there and demand that it
stop. DESTROY THE GOD-DAMNED BANKER'S MONOPOLY on the future (by changing the
laws). KILL IT (metaphor for legislative action), as well the GOD DAMNED WARS
which it instigates. Don't let others co-opt the movement with your passive
kavetching. Make your statement, that is what this is all about. The whole
country has been co-opted. Go out there and co-opt it back THAT'S WHAT THIS IS
ALL ABOUT.
WELL, SO. are you going to continue to submit, to continue your weirder and
weirder existance of increasing insecurity and moral bankruptcy as a frightened
pansy-ass living in the shadows? Baby, the relovelution has begun, it will take
years, but it has begun. Why waste time quibbling about the people? The main
hope for a non-violent rectification of our collective fubar IS THIS MOVEMENT.
If it fails, violence likely will become widespread. Other people, lots of
people in the grapevine, are already organizing for that. You know that, if you
have explored the Iway. SO, you would prefer that?
Some people are objecting to the movement because
a) the wrong type of evil people are instigating it
b) the movement doesnt know what it is doing (has no clear goals)
c) the movement is all orchestrated (by agents of the secret government)
d) it is or will be co-opted.
Tough love answers:
for a: you've been programmed to react with bigotry and chauvinism and approach
avoidance to labels. No doubt you are a very good family dog but the rest of
us are wondering if you will ever grow up and cast of the wicked spell of the
programmers. You can, you know. Just realize we are all just people and all
the isms schisms and fancy labels are just bullshit.
for b: this is excellent. It means that nobody is controlling this, that this
is NOT a group or a faction but is a movement of people, and, as clearly as can
be observed, the primary common focus is to kill the banker's monopoly of
capital (the fed) and throw off the wars.
for c: every time a person makes a decision, they are orchestrating something.
a group of people got together with a lot of different attitudes and ideas and
decided to jointly act in October, SO WHAT? What matters is the meaning of it
all. Is it of value? Stop conniving and kavetching and get here in the correct
attitude. What does this all mean?
for d: of course everybody with any political juice will attempt to to co-opt
the movement. What, you think they are stupid? So what? The question is, are
YOU stupid or what? What you need to do is step up to the sidewalk and co-opt
the movement to serve your needs. Stop being a pansy wallflower, grow some
balls, and declare yourself a real human being who knows perfectly well that
this scene is entirely fubared and MUST STOP. Get out there and demand that it
stop. DESTROY THE GOD-DAMNED BANKER'S MONOPOLY on the future (by changing the
laws). KILL IT (metaphor for legislative action), as well the GOD DAMNED WARS
which it instigates. Don't let others co-opt the movement with your passive
kavetching. Make your statement, that is what this is all about. The whole
country has been co-opted. Go out there and co-opt it back THAT'S WHAT THIS IS
ALL ABOUT.
WELL, SO. are you going to continue to submit, to continue your weirder and
weirder existance of increasing insecurity and moral bankruptcy as a frightened
pansy-ass living in the shadows? Baby, the relovelution has begun, it will take
years, but it has begun. Why waste time quibbling about the people? The main
hope for a non-violent rectification of our collective fubar IS THIS MOVEMENT.
If it fails, violence likely will become widespread. Other people, lots of
people in the grapevine, are already organizing for that. You know that, if you
have explored the Iway. SO, you would prefer that?
Occupy Wall Street and the World
This folks is what we need to do to bring change
Wall Street protest movement spreads to cities across US, Canada and Europe
by Karen McVeigh
It began as the brainchild of activists across the border in Canada when an anti-consumerism magazine put out a call in July for supporters to Occupy Wall Street.
Now, three weeks after a few hundred people heeded that initial call and rolled out their sleeping bags in a park in New York's financial district, they are being joined by supporters in cities across the US and beyond.
Armed with Twitter, Facebook and shared Googledocs, protesters against corporate greed, unemployment and the political corruption that they say Wall Street represents have taken to the streets in Boston, Los Angeles, St Louis and Kansas City.
The core group, Occupy Wall Street (OWS), claims people will take part in demonstrations in as many as 147 US cities this month, while the website occupytogether.org lists 47 US states as being involved. Around the world, protests in Canada, the UK, Germany and Sweden are also planned, they say.
The speed of the leaderless movement's growth has taken many by surprise. Occupytogether.org, one of several sites associated with the protest, has had to be rebuilt to accommodate the traffic.
OWS media spokesman Patrick Bruner said: "We have on our board right now 147 US cities. I don't know whether they are occupied or they are planning on being occupied. My guess would be over 30 cities are occupied."
The original call by the Canadian magazine Adbusters to occupy Wall Street drew hundreds of protesters on 17 September and 2,000 attended a march the following Saturday. But the movement, which organisers say has its roots in the Arab spring and in Madrid's Puerta del Sol protests, has been galvanised by recent media attention.
Last week, the Guardian reported that a NYPD police officer had been filmed spraying four women protesters with pepper spray. On Saturday, a peaceful march on Brooklyn bridge intended as a call to the other four boroughs of New York to join in resulted in 700 arrests. Some protesters claim the police trapped them.
There are now two investigations, including an internal police inquiry, into the pepper spraying incident.
Bruner said the protest had snowballed in the last few days: "The American people have realised that the American dream has been assassinated and the murderer is still on the loose."
A message on the occupytogether site apologises for the site rebuild and directs readers to update links. It reads: "Wow, the groups organising and occupations popping up across the country is growing exponentially by the day. So much so that, in order to have proper navigation and organisation on the site, we had to begin categorising these pages by state. Because of this, every occupation's permalink has been changed."
Thornin Caristo, of OWS, said the movement had taken hold because it had tapped into anger at inequality, unemployment and corporate greed. He predicted it would continue to grow.
Caristo said: "It was always going to be a hit or miss situation but it's a hit and I don't think it will be reversing. So much of the population has no hope and those people are desperate."
Other websites publicising the protests have also become hugely popular. One, named wearethe99percent, in reference to the statistic that 1% of the US population owns a third of the wealth, posts pictures of people holding handwritten messages daily.
One said: "Last year, my 60-year-old mother was evicted. This year I graduated with my master's. I am unemployed with over $120,000 in student loans. I no longer believe the American Dream is for me because … We are the 99 per cent."
Another person holds up a sign which reads: "When you're young, you're told you can be anything, I'm sick of being fed lies. I graduated with a BA in 2009 and I've been searching for a job ever since. My generation is lost, depressed, in debt, struggling. We are taking unpaid internships and temporary contracts with no health insurance in desperation. We will forever be living at our parent's house."
Unions have have also expressed solidarity with the protests.
On Monday, the Transit Workers Union said it had applied for an injunction to stop the NYPD from forcing bus drivers to carry arrested OWS demonstrators.
On Tuesday the 700,000-strong Communication Workers of America endorsed OWS, describing it as an "appropriate expression of anger for all Americans, but especially for those who have been left behind by Wall Street".
In a statement, the group said: "We support the activists' non-violent efforts to seek a more equitable and democratic society based on citizenship, not corporate greed.
"The Occupy Wall Street demonstrations are spreading throughout the country. We will support them and encourage all CWA Locals to participate in the growth of this protest movement."
Today, the protesters will join a number of unions and community organisations, including the CWA, the TWU and the United Federation of Teachers in a march on City Hall.
© 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited
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Wall Street protest movement spreads to cities across US, Canada and Europe
by Karen McVeigh
It began as the brainchild of activists across the border in Canada when an anti-consumerism magazine put out a call in July for supporters to Occupy Wall Street.
Now, three weeks after a few hundred people heeded that initial call and rolled out their sleeping bags in a park in New York's financial district, they are being joined by supporters in cities across the US and beyond.
Armed with Twitter, Facebook and shared Googledocs, protesters against corporate greed, unemployment and the political corruption that they say Wall Street represents have taken to the streets in Boston, Los Angeles, St Louis and Kansas City.
The core group, Occupy Wall Street (OWS), claims people will take part in demonstrations in as many as 147 US cities this month, while the website occupytogether.org lists 47 US states as being involved. Around the world, protests in Canada, the UK, Germany and Sweden are also planned, they say.
The speed of the leaderless movement's growth has taken many by surprise. Occupytogether.org, one of several sites associated with the protest, has had to be rebuilt to accommodate the traffic.
OWS media spokesman Patrick Bruner said: "We have on our board right now 147 US cities. I don't know whether they are occupied or they are planning on being occupied. My guess would be over 30 cities are occupied."
The original call by the Canadian magazine Adbusters to occupy Wall Street drew hundreds of protesters on 17 September and 2,000 attended a march the following Saturday. But the movement, which organisers say has its roots in the Arab spring and in Madrid's Puerta del Sol protests, has been galvanised by recent media attention.
Last week, the Guardian reported that a NYPD police officer had been filmed spraying four women protesters with pepper spray. On Saturday, a peaceful march on Brooklyn bridge intended as a call to the other four boroughs of New York to join in resulted in 700 arrests. Some protesters claim the police trapped them.
There are now two investigations, including an internal police inquiry, into the pepper spraying incident.
Bruner said the protest had snowballed in the last few days: "The American people have realised that the American dream has been assassinated and the murderer is still on the loose."
A message on the occupytogether site apologises for the site rebuild and directs readers to update links. It reads: "Wow, the groups organising and occupations popping up across the country is growing exponentially by the day. So much so that, in order to have proper navigation and organisation on the site, we had to begin categorising these pages by state. Because of this, every occupation's permalink has been changed."
Thornin Caristo, of OWS, said the movement had taken hold because it had tapped into anger at inequality, unemployment and corporate greed. He predicted it would continue to grow.
Caristo said: "It was always going to be a hit or miss situation but it's a hit and I don't think it will be reversing. So much of the population has no hope and those people are desperate."
Other websites publicising the protests have also become hugely popular. One, named wearethe99percent, in reference to the statistic that 1% of the US population owns a third of the wealth, posts pictures of people holding handwritten messages daily.
One said: "Last year, my 60-year-old mother was evicted. This year I graduated with my master's. I am unemployed with over $120,000 in student loans. I no longer believe the American Dream is for me because … We are the 99 per cent."
Another person holds up a sign which reads: "When you're young, you're told you can be anything, I'm sick of being fed lies. I graduated with a BA in 2009 and I've been searching for a job ever since. My generation is lost, depressed, in debt, struggling. We are taking unpaid internships and temporary contracts with no health insurance in desperation. We will forever be living at our parent's house."
Unions have have also expressed solidarity with the protests.
On Monday, the Transit Workers Union said it had applied for an injunction to stop the NYPD from forcing bus drivers to carry arrested OWS demonstrators.
On Tuesday the 700,000-strong Communication Workers of America endorsed OWS, describing it as an "appropriate expression of anger for all Americans, but especially for those who have been left behind by Wall Street".
In a statement, the group said: "We support the activists' non-violent efforts to seek a more equitable and democratic society based on citizenship, not corporate greed.
"The Occupy Wall Street demonstrations are spreading throughout the country. We will support them and encourage all CWA Locals to participate in the growth of this protest movement."
Today, the protesters will join a number of unions and community organisations, including the CWA, the TWU and the United Federation of Teachers in a march on City Hall.
© 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited
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