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  1. we are catalysts: OCCUPY ATLANTA

    bittersweetambivalence:

    It is 8:12 in the morning. I have not slept. This was one of the most intense nights of my life. I am in awe of the people in this city.

    It was raining all day yesterday. We erected a large shelter with material which was once a hot air balloon (I think?), some plastic piping & buckets filled…

     
     

  2. CURRENTLY OCCUPY BOSTON AND SEATTLE ARE BEING RAIDED BY THE POLICE.

    (Source: fathomless-imagination)

     
     

  3. someone explain to me, calmly, why you think occupy wall street is the best way to bring about change

    Poeticartifacts:

    rawrmaddisaurus,
    There are a lot of disgruntled people in this country. The majority of us are struggling very hard to make ends meet during this economic downturn we have been facing. There is a small portion (the 1%), who are profiting more than ever in these times. I paid more in taxes personally (and i am dirt poor, no savings, no car, no health insurance) than 5 major corporations COMBINED. How does that make any sense? I am told that as an American, my support in paying taxes helps our country pay for education, infrastructure and the like. So why do corporations not have to support America? Especially since…..

    Corporations were given the legal status of an individual Meaning they can use their considerable wealth to support politicians. When elections are only able to be won by the politician with the most money (go and do some research, it’s rare that the politician with the least amount of money in their ‘war chest’ will win), this becomes another major problem. Corporations do not just donate to one candidate, they will give to both Republican and Democratic candidates, so that whoever gets elected, they can say ‘hey, we gave you tons of money, you better not support bills or legislation that can affect our way of doing business, or we won’t support you financially during your re-election campaign’. If the politicians don’t get the money, they in all likelihood will not get re-elected.

    So politicians pander to us (the 99%) with rhetoric and ideas of helping us all out, but once elected cannot act on some of their promises without losing money, and hence power in government.

    And look, this is honestly a very basic 101 crash course, not cited, its opinion based on what i’ve read and seen. Go look up this stuff yourself. There are many other concerns with the protesters of Occupy Wall Street, but most all of them spawn from this basic problem.

    How do these protests help? One answer i do know, another i do not. I know that this is how we the poor and struggling can make ourselves seen and heard. We can start dialogues on how to be better individuals, communities, and citizens that help each other, understand each other, and grow together. We do not have to do this alone, the struggle is a noble one to be shared with those who stand in solidarity with us.

    I however do not have a plan. I am not an economist, political analyst, historian, or expert in civics, but I’ve also not been campaigning around for years telling people if elected i will bring change, and formulate a plan to help the people in our country while being monetarily tied to what is essentially corporate sponsorship. We want the people to be the primary interest of politicians. Not how they are going to fund their re-election campaign. But this is how we demand that things need to change without a huge bankroll  behind us.

    There are many other topics to be addressed as well. We will not censor any concern, this is why it seems hard to pin down what is going on. Not because we don’t know whats wrong, but because there are so many things going wrong that we don’t know which one to start with. It’s about communication, with each other, and with those who hold power and aren’t willing to listen honestly to us.

    I hope this helps. The fact that you asked starts this very dialogue. Don’t just jump right in, do some research, ask more questions, get educated. Then realize where you stand.

    rawrmaddisaurus:

    and what exactly you’re expecting to happen.

    please don’t be incendiary or insinuate that i’m stupid or ignorant or conservative or whatever; just explain.

    (Source: adragonisnoslave)

     
     

  4. Dear White People….

    STOP USING THE WORD SLAVERY. If anything, use indentured servant. There is nothing more naive and pretentious than referring to anything you have been through or experienced as slavery. By using this word you actually begin to alienate the people of color who we want and need as allies in this time. If we want change, if we want everyone we feel sharing the common bonds of humanity to stand together we must be aware of this. We may be the 99%, but we do not all have the same shared history, and to not acknowledge that is a disservice to yourself and those around you.

     
     
  5. heres your update if you’ve been living under a rock, or only watching mainstream media……. setthatshitonfire: This map shows the cities in America taking part in the protests against Wall Street as of october 6, 2011

    heres your update if you’ve been living under a rock, or only watching mainstream media…….

    setthatshitonfire:

    This map shows the cities in America taking part in the protests against Wall Street as of october 6, 2011

     
     
  6. peachesandash: By Ross William Hamilton, The Oregonian Hell Ya Portland!

    peachesandash:

    By Ross William Hamilton, The Oregonian

    Hell Ya Portland!

     
     

  7. I am 32 years old, these are things that I…..

    Do not have:
    - Health Insurance
    - A bank account (actually i technically have one at a credit union with a -$3.00 balance, but it hasn’t been used since May)
    - A full time job
    - A car
    - A teaching position at a University (which i used to have)

    Do Have:
    - A double Bachelors
    - A few years of grad school
    - 100,000 dollars in student loans

    I am the 99%

     
     
  8. sammiebee: The limited coverage the Occupy Wall Street protest has had from US media has been dismissed on the claim that the protesters “lack a clear objective” other than to protest. This line is widely parroted. AP via CBS, NPR, ABC, Forbes, Newsday, MSN Money, and many others. Foxnews spins it as those who “hate capitalism” with “no stated goals”. (Foxnews apparently fails to understand that you can take issue with specific actions without opposing the entire paradigm. But in a twist of irony, the Hindustan Times (below) makes some astute observations suggesting we’re overdue to rethink our economic paradigm.) vaslittlecrow made a great post that spells out why the US media coverage is currently dismissive, what to expect next, and how this movement may survive becoming the next “Tea Party”. The media in the US is lying. The protesters are diverse, but have some general unifying objectives. The non-US media sees that. From the UK, The Guardian has had almost daily, extensive coverage of the protest. The Guardian reports: “Their message is very clear and simple: get money out of the political process; strive for equality in taxation and equal rights for all regardless of race, gender, social status, sexual preference or age. We must stop poisoning our food, air and water for corporate greed. The people on Wall Street and in the banking industrial complex that destroyed our economy must be investigated and brought to justice under the law for what they have done by stealing people’s homes and savings. Jobs can and must be created. Family farms must be saved. The oil and gas industry must be divested of its political power and cheap, reliable alternative energy must be made available. This movement transcends political affiliations. America has been debased and degraded by greed. This has touched 99% of America’s population.” From China, China Daily puts it more succintly: “In fact, the message from the protesters is quite clear. They are against corporate greed and influence in American politics, economy and life. These protesters, who call themselves “The 99 Percent”, are angry about the huge amount of wealth collected by the top 1 percent of the population.” From Qatar, Al Jazeera reports: “Demonstrators and sympathisers oppose “corporate greed and corrupt politics,” the “gangsterism of Wall Street,” and the disproportionate effect the global economic downturn has had on “the other 99 percent.” “ From Russia, RT reports: “The Occupy Wall Street movement says they represent 99 percent of Americans who are tired of the corporate greed that is affecting all Americans.” “Wall Street greed, corruption and the lack of accountability that followed brought these Americans to the brink. Over 46 million people are living in poverty in the US – with 14 million unemployed. Much of this is triggered by the shameless gambling of Wall Street CEOs.” From India, the Hindustan Times gets to the crux: “There are obvious reasons. We are watching the beginnings of the defiant self-assertion of a new generation of Americans, a generation who are finishing their education with no jobs, no future, but still saddled with enormous, unforgivable debt. Most were of working-class or otherwise modest backgrounds, kids who did exactly what they were told they should: studied, got into college, and are now being humiliated - faced with a life as deadbeats, moral reprobates. Is it really surprising they would like to have a word with the financial magnates who stole their future? What we are witnessing can also be seen as a demand to finally have a conversation we were all supposed to have back in 2008. Everything we’d been told for the last decade turned out to be a lie. Markets did not run themselves; creators of financial instruments were not infallible geniuses; and debts did not really need to be repaid - money itself was revealed to be a political instrument, trillions of dollars of which could be whisked in or out of existence if governments or central banks required it. It seemed the time had come to rethink everything: the very nature of markets, money, debt; to ask what an ‘economy’ is actually for. Then, in one of the most colossal failures of nerve in history, we all collectively clapped our hands over our ears and tried to put things back as close as possible to the way they’d been before. We don’t know precisely what will come out of this round. But if the occupiers manage to break the 30-year stranglehold on the human imagination, they will have done us the greatest favour anyone possibly can.” tl;dr: The UK, China, Qatar, Russia, and India all get it. The US media is playing dumb. https://www.facebook.com/OccupyChicago REBLOG!

    sammiebee:

    The limited coverage the Occupy Wall Street protest has had from US media has been dismissed on the claim that the protesters “lack a clear objective” other than to protest. This line is widely parroted.

    AP via CBS, NPR, ABC, Forbes, Newsday, MSN Money, and many others.

    Foxnews spins it as those who “hate capitalism” with “no stated goals”. (Foxnews apparently fails to understand that you can take issue with specific actions without opposing the entire paradigm. But in a twist of irony, the Hindustan Times (below) makes some astute observations suggesting we’re overdue to rethink our economic paradigm.)

    vaslittlecrow made a great post that spells out why the US media coverage is currently dismissive, what to expect next, and how this movement may survive becoming the next “Tea Party”.

    The media in the US is lying. The protesters are diverse, but have some general unifying objectives. The non-US media sees that.

    From the UK, The Guardian has had almost daily, extensive coverage of the protest. The Guardian reports:

    “Their message is very clear and simple: get money out of the political process; strive for equality in taxation and equal rights for all regardless of race, gender, social status, sexual preference or age. We must stop poisoning our food, air and water for corporate greed. The people on Wall Street and in the banking industrial complex that destroyed our economy must be investigated and brought to justice under the law for what they have done by stealing people’s homes and savings.

    Jobs can and must be created. Family farms must be saved. The oil and gas industry must be divested of its political power and cheap, reliable alternative energy must be made available.

    This movement transcends political affiliations. America has been debased and degraded by greed. This has touched 99% of America’s population.”

    From China, China Daily puts it more succintly:

    “In fact, the message from the protesters is quite clear. They are against corporate greed and influence in American politics, economy and life. These protesters, who call themselves “The 99 Percent”, are angry about the huge amount of wealth collected by the top 1 percent of the population.”

    From Qatar, Al Jazeera reports:

    “Demonstrators and sympathisers oppose “corporate greed and corrupt politics,” the “gangsterism of Wall Street,” and the disproportionate effect the global economic downturn has had on “the other 99 percent.” “

    From Russia, RT reports:

    “The Occupy Wall Street movement says they represent 99 percent of Americans who are tired of the corporate greed that is affecting all Americans.”

    “Wall Street greed, corruption and the lack of accountability that followed brought these Americans to the brink. Over 46 million people are living in poverty in the US – with 14 million unemployed. Much of this is triggered by the shameless gambling of Wall Street CEOs.”

    From India, the Hindustan Times gets to the crux:

    “There are obvious reasons. We are watching the beginnings of the defiant self-assertion of a new generation of Americans, a generation who are finishing their education with no jobs, no future, but still saddled with enormous, unforgivable debt. Most were of working-class or otherwise modest backgrounds, kids who did exactly what they were told they should: studied, got into college, and are now being humiliated - faced with a life as deadbeats, moral reprobates.

    Is it really surprising they would like to have a word with the financial magnates who stole their future?

    What we are witnessing can also be seen as a demand to finally have a conversation we were all supposed to have back in 2008. Everything we’d been told for the last decade turned out to be a lie. Markets did not run themselves; creators of financial instruments were not infallible geniuses; and debts did not really need to be repaid - money itself was revealed to be a political instrument, trillions of dollars of which could be whisked in or out of existence if governments or central banks required it.

    It seemed the time had come to rethink everything: the very nature of markets, money, debt; to ask what an ‘economy’ is actually for. Then, in one of the most colossal failures of nerve in history, we all collectively clapped our hands over our ears and tried to put things back as close as possible to the way they’d been before.

    We don’t know precisely what will come out of this round. But if the occupiers manage to break the 30-year stranglehold on the human imagination, they will have done us the greatest favour anyone possibly can.”

    tl;dr: The UK, China, Qatar, Russia, and India all get it. The US media is playing dumb.

    https://www.facebook.com/OccupyChicago

    REBLOG!

    (Source: bluesandbooze)

     
     
  9. mymindisodd: Wall Street currently.

    mymindisodd:

    Wall Street currently.

     
     

  10. studioregency:

    Interactive map with ALL WORLDWIDE protests over the next few days, with contact info for each. The media is not reporting on the citizens’ right to public dissent. PLEASE REBLOG THIS.

    http://www.zeemaps.com/occupy_together

     
     

  11. letters2burn:

    Dillon Maxwell on The Dylan Ratigan Show talking about the Ninety-Nine Percent

    (Source: frothy-loins)

     
     

  12. tsimchalor:

    Immortal Technique on Occupy Wall Street.

    This man has a great view and I love his music.

     
     

  13. Complexity, and the handicap that is my brain. Today: Occupy Wall Street

    I’ve found that i become more and more frustrated trying to explain deep abstract topics to people these days. Anyone who has spent the level of time that i have (or more) on high theory, complete and total abstractions, and the web of historicity that has collided in this moment now must have some of the same problems as me. It’s just not talked about a lot. Any event, in a particular moment or series of moments i.e., the slutwalk, the occupy wall street protests, or anything going on in the middle east from revolutions to Palestinian independence will quickly sink to these levels of abstractions, if you know they are there. The problem for me these days is trying to synthesize the innumerable layers that make up the sentiments both pro and con for these events. Not only that, but any particular group of people will have separate and sometimes seemingly irreconcilable reasons for supporting something. How can i possibly be able to really understand and process the events in order to feel i am holding the best opinion possible for myself and the world?

    I will only touch on Occupy Wall Street for now. I am very uneasy about it. One of the biggest critiques of our generation is that we are scatterbrained, an ADD addled group who always remains indecisive and unorganized. While i feel this way many times both personally and in percieving my peers and those younger (and having taught at the college level, witnessed much of this) its nice to see the level of involvement and commitement to this movement. However, it seems to me to be completely misdirected and impotent. Why wall street? Why not our representatives in government?

    Also, lets say that the head of the FEC or some other high representive of our discontent comes out of wall street and says ‘OK folks, we see we need to change things to make everyone happy. Where do we start? What do you want?’……………. Who can answer that? No one. One of the things i keep hearing touted and praised is about how people are there for all different reasons, and there are no central organizers, its organic. This is great that it started that way, but why is no one trying to synthesize everyone and create (for lack of a better term) a manifesto, and very basic and simple statement that we can all stand behind besides something as silly as ‘greed’. We need something concrete before i will stand behind it, and risk what little means i have to sustain myself. If i go to protest, i lose my job, and then can’t eat.

    As a last side note, i will also never stand behind Micheal Moore. He is a spotlight hound, who feeds (greedily) off our discontent. Watching him get interviewed and not be able to answer a single question while sitting on the front lines of the protest is disgusting to me. When asked what the protest is about he actually responded along the lines of ‘I don’t know, all people are here for different reasons that i dont what they all are, but they are here’. If he cared so much, he would be walking around talking to as many people as possible, gathering information, and using his considerable celebrity to present it to the media and the rest of the world. Instead he just sits there saying ‘Yea, I’m here to support’.

    So I am now tapping out on this topic for a bit. If I am wrong about anything, please tell me, start a dialogue with me. Lets synthesize all our views and see if we can find solid stable ground to really move forward with.