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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Sept 7, 2011 11:40:56 GMT -6
Here's an interesting movement I just heard about today. It's called: Occupy Wall StreetThere are dozens of references to this now online. The plan is to get as many people as possible to occupy Wall Street, starting sometime in September--and maintain that occupation for at least 2 months. The hope is to get at least 20K people involved, though many times that would be even better.
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Sept 7, 2011 11:47:13 GMT -6
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Post by judes on Sept 20, 2011 20:07:53 GMT -6
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Post by judes on Sept 20, 2011 21:53:15 GMT -6
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Sept 20, 2011 22:23:31 GMT -6
You're right Judes.
There's been practically no coverage of the event.
However, to his credit, Dylan Ratigan did mention it on his show today.
Unfortunately, the turnout has reportedly been in the hundreds--not thousands--as the organizers had hoped for.
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Post by judes on Sept 28, 2011 19:09:38 GMT -6
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Sept 28, 2011 23:25:44 GMT -6
Normally I don't like Lawrence O'Donnell. But kudos to him in this case for posting a recording of the NYPD's completely inexcusable brutality against Americans exercising their Constitutional rights to free speech and to protest anything they damn well please. We've truly become a plutocratic police state: I'll have to confess that I don't see the pepper spray in the video, but clearly the NYPD "army" of 35K is out in full force and exerting "full force" on the citizenry.
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Oct 1, 2011 8:32:42 GMT -6
Here's a 4 minute and 27 second Youtube video from Sept 28 on the OccupyWallStreet movement:
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Oct 1, 2011 9:11:16 GMT -6
This video actually shows some pretty heavy-handed action by the NY Police Dept. against the protesters. Multiple protesters are taken down tot he ground by the NYPD. Some are thrown down.
The video also gives an idea of the number of protesters now involved. One person who commented on the video wrote that there are over 1,000 protesters now involved.
There is an audio with the video that is designed to inspire, but has little direct connection to the video--i.e., it is not a running description of what's happening on the screen. (Personally, I'd rather watch the video with the audio turned off.)
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Oct 1, 2011 9:21:57 GMT -6
A Reuters article today states that 80 people were arrested last week in the OccupyWallStreet Movement. by Ray Sanchez " NEW YORK (Reuters) - Protesters who have camped out near Wall Street for two weeks marched on Friday on police headquarters in Manhattan over what they viewed as a heavy-handed police response to a previous demonstration.
The Occupy Wall Street movement, whose members have vowed to stay through the winter, are protesting issues including the 2008 bank bailouts, foreclosures and high unemployment.
More than 1,000 people marched past City Hall and arrived at a plaza outside police headquarters in the late afternoon. Some held banners criticizing police, while others chanted: "We are the 99 percent" and "The banks got bailed out, we got sold out."
Workers from the financial district on their way home watched as the marchers passed, with some saying it was not obvious what outcome organizers of the Occupy Wall Street movement wanted.
Police observed the march and kept protesters on the sidewalk, but no clashes were reported. Police said no arrests were made before the protest dispersed peaceably by 8 p.m. after the march.
"No to the NYPD crackdown on Wall St. protesters," organizers had said on their website, promoting the march. Other online flyers for the march read: "No to Stop-and-Frisk in Black & Latino neighborhoods" and "No to Spying and Harassment of Muslim Communities."
The protest came less than a week after police arrested 80 people during a march to the bustling Union Square shopping district, the most arrests by New York police at a demonstration since hundreds were detained outside the Republican National Convention in 2004.
A police commander used pepper spray on four women at last weekend's march and a video of the incident went viral on the Internet, angering many protesters who vowed to continue their protests indefinitely.
Police have said pepper spray was a better alternative than night sticks to subdue those blocking traffic.
RIGHT TO PROTEST
Friday's crowd appeared to have been boosted by an announcement that the rock band Radiohead would perform at 4 p.m. Later, organizers said on their website, "Radiohead will not being playing. This was a hoax. Please accept our apologies."
"We heard about Radiohead coming here on Facebook," said Alegra Felter, a 34-year-old teacher from Brooklyn who was among the disappointed rock fans.
The protest encampment in Zuccotti Park in downtown Manhattan is festooned with placards and anti-Wall Street slogans. There is a makeshift kitchen and library, and celebrities from filmmaker Michael Moore to actress Susan Sarandon have stopped by to show solidarity.
Asked on his weekly radio show on Friday whether the protesters could stay indefinitely at the private park they call their base, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, "We'll see."
Bloomberg added: "People have a right to protest. But we also have to make sure that people who don't want to protest can go down the street unmolested."
While the protest has been made up mostly of young people, it also has recently attracted the support of a loose coalition of labor and community organizations.
Marty Goodman, a unionized subway worker, said, "Last year we had 900 of our members laid off ... These are our issues too: Wall Street, the banks, layoffs, the struggle that these young people are spearheading is our struggle too."
Among those pledging solidarity were the United Federation of Teachers and the Transport Workers Union Local 100, which has 38,000 members. The unions could provide important organizational and financial support for the largely leaderless movement.
Similar but smaller protests have also sprouted in other cities in recent days, including Boston, Chicago and San Francisco."
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Post by jacquelope on Oct 1, 2011 22:42:21 GMT -6
Way to go. It was disheartening to see so few people involved in the OWS operation at first, but now it's spreading. Who's running the legal defense for the arrestees? I'm looking for places to donate money.
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Post by jacquelope on Oct 2, 2011 6:07:13 GMT -6
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Post by judes on Oct 3, 2011 20:24:04 GMT -6
Yes!! Dylan Ratigan joins the wall street occupiers!!
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Oct 3, 2011 22:12:01 GMT -6
According to both Dylan Ratigan and Marketwatch, the number of protestors now arrested is 700!
The number of total protestors reported was only around 200 at the beginning. Clearly it's in the thousands now.
This thing is really taking off. And spreading to other cities.
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Post by graybeard on Oct 4, 2011 0:32:39 GMT -6
Most of Dobermann was tied to it tonight. Both his guests Jeff Madrick and Michael Moore had been in it over the weekend. Seems to be going viral. I may have to get off my butt and join.
GB
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Post by graybeard on Oct 4, 2011 7:21:49 GMT -6
I wanted to be sure the gas I buy at 7/11 and other indedpendents is not from the Koch Criminal Enterprise (Industries), so I looked on wiki this morning. They didn't list any retailers or retail products, but they are a $100 Billion conglomerate in lots of things besides oil, such as Georgia Pacific Lumber.
What struck me was the Koch Krooks taking over the tea party, and then remembering a TeaBagger from Texas being interviewed yesterday on Rati or Dobi. They're moving in already...
GB
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Post by jacquelope on Oct 4, 2011 13:02:46 GMT -6
Fuck the Tea Partiers. Bring it on, now the Teabaggers get to meet We the People. And they better stay out of our way.tinyurl.com/3z686dhTea party leaders grapple with ‘Occupy Wall Street’ The Daily Caller – 8 hrs ago The “Occupy Wall Street” protest movement, based in New York City and inspiring similar protests across the country, has been described as the left’s response to the tea party. But do the two movements share any common ground? According to Tea Party Patriots National Chairman Mark Meckler, the answer is an emphatic “no.” “These are law breaking people,” Meckler told The Daily Caller. “We have nothing in common with them other than we are all American citizens. My read on the news is that they do not even know what they are protesting.” Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips agreed. “I see very little in the way of commonalities between the two groups,” Phillips told TheDC. “The occupy Wall Street protesters act mostly as a mob, without any real coherent explanation of their grievances.”
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Post by judes on Oct 4, 2011 20:10:25 GMT -6
Since you brought up the Koch brothers, I thought I'd share this interesting piece I was surprised to see on Bloomberg: They are a scary clan!! www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-02/koch-brothers-flout-law-getting-richer-with-secret-iran-sales.htmlThe media is doing everything in their power to discredit the occupy Wall street protesters. At first they tried to ignore them and not report it, now since they can't avoid it they are trying everything to make them look crazy or incoherent. As if the tea partiers are so united in their message. What is it exactly, small government that only protects the rich, and keep the government out of my medicare hah!! The occupiers of Wall street have the opposite message, it's not that hard really and it is for the 99% people who aren't filthy rich to have a voice in their government! It's not that hard really, get money out of politics!! Dylan Ratigan nailed it, separate business and state, simple. And I just have to ask, what is it that makes these types seriously think that a "small" government would be any less corrupt than a "large" government (what ever those descriptors really mean)? If the elites can buy and own our current government it would be that much easier (and cheaper) for them to own and control an even smaller or no government!! How does having a "small" government make the corruption which is a bought and paid for political class change anything for the better? It is not the size per say but the efficacy and for who the government represents that is the problem. Ask any tea partier where government should be cut to become smaller and they all stumble, usually the EPA gets muttered eventually. Hahahah. I would like to say to them, if the EPA is so bothersome to you, move to China!!
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Post by judes on Oct 4, 2011 20:52:21 GMT -6
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Oct 4, 2011 21:37:09 GMT -6
I just love this part: [/i][/ul] I hope this movement keeps growing. Kudos to the protestors. Wall Street just becomes increasingly more corrupt by the minute. The only thing saving them from a lynch mob is the the 35,000-member New York City SS (mistakenly referred referred to as the NYPD.)
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Post by jeffolie on Oct 5, 2011 11:54:58 GMT -6
[/i][/ul] I hope this movement keeps growing. Kudos to the protestors. Wall Street just becomes increasingly more corrupt by the minute. The only thing saving them from a lynch mob is the the 35,000-member New York City SS (mistakenly referred referred to as the NYPD.) [/quote] In Democrat, liberal friendly Los Angeles a group has begun occupying a small park next to City Hall. It is growing.
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Post by blueneck on Oct 6, 2011 6:16:57 GMT -6
Perhaps because the MSM makes a huge point, even NPR, to mention that.
even though its quite obvious what the protest is about
Wall Street bailouts, corporate greed and excess, income disparity, diminishing economic opportunites for all but the wealthy and connected, the influence of big money in politics
This is the "people in the streets" and "pitchforks and torches" that should have been happening 3 years ago
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Post by graybeard on Oct 6, 2011 8:17:48 GMT -6
We were all expecting Obama to turn things around. Instead, he is Bu$h III.
Latest Bloomberg article is calling it the Tea party for the left. No, it's the smart part of the 99%.
Ratigan's new "Get Money Out" of politics is a pretty good goal for the 99ers.
GB
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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Oct 6, 2011 22:03:48 GMT -6
We were all expecting Obama to turn things around. Instead, he is Bu$h III.... Ratigan's new "Get Money Out" of politics is a pretty good goal for the 99ers. GB Yes. Ratigan's movement is catching fire. And he's trying to merge it--as much as possible--with the Occupy Wall Street movement. More interesting still is that the movement is beginning to drag in Tea Partiers--those whose main reason for joining had been to reduce the excessive power that banks and the financial industry have on our government. This sounds nearly identical to the central cause advocated by both Dylan Ratigan, as well as the Occupy-Wall-Street crowd. If the energy of the Tea Party, Occupy-Wall-Street, and Dylan Ratigan's "get-money-out" movements is ever combined and re-channeled, this Government would collapse.
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Post by jacquelope on Oct 8, 2011 5:04:18 GMT -6
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Post by jacquelope on Oct 8, 2011 9:43:04 GMT -6
Hey guys... where's info on where you can donate to the OWS effort? I got cash to burn for the cause.
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Post by judes on Oct 9, 2011 15:42:49 GMT -6
Hey Jacq, not sure if this is what you are looking for, but here is an ows website with an address on the right side to mail things or money orders: occupywallst.org/Mail The UPS Store Re: Occupy Wall Street 118A Fulton St. #205 New York, NY 10038 Money orders only please, cannot cash checks yet. Non-perishable goods only. We can accept packages of any size. We're currently low on food.
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Post by jacquelope on Oct 10, 2011 8:11:29 GMT -6
Hey thanks for the info, Judes. Gotta help any way we can.
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Post by jacquelope on Oct 10, 2011 16:36:20 GMT -6
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Post by jacquelope on Oct 11, 2011 10:22:14 GMT -6
Tea Baggers are whining about the media coverage of Occupy Wall Street. They're saying that OWS is getting big coverage now. WTF, teabaggers, pro-labor protests have been getting ignored for years. DECADES. OWS took a while to get noticed and they're getting bashed like crazy. The Tea Party was getting worldwide coverage from week 1. They're just jealous that they shot their wad already and it's OWS's term. news.yahoo.com/tea-party-groups-criticize-media-coverage-occupy-wall-041509806.html
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