"We are the 99%. Now, let's get to work"
 

"To the average low-information voter, these all seem like common sense solutions....course when you dig a little deeper, you realize these policies are only designed to benefit the one percent."

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. I figure it’s important to keep abreast of the tactics being used by the right to undermine the OWS movement.


http://www.alternet.org/story/152745...upy_wall_st._/

http://www.alternet.org/occupywallst...tive_ideology/

http://www.observer.com/2011/10/reut...ore-and-after/

http://www.alternet.org/occupywallst...nd_the_country

http://www.commondreams.org/further/2011/10/14-3

http://dissidentvoice.org/2011/10/oc...ia/#more-38265

On October 7th Keith Olbermann inverviewed Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West on the Occupy Wall Street movement and it's relationship to the issues of people of color. It's really interesting to see their take on the subject.

I love Dr. West I want to be him when I grow up.

I was talking to the CVS lady today about the OWS and she was pissed off. She thinks something big will happen soon. She quoted Ghandi...“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” But she said he forgot one.
They get scared then they fight you, I think right now they are scared and trying to fight so hopefully we are almost there.

Alot of those angry and poor Italians realize that a CEO's world works much like the Mafia. For example, how does a recent college grad become a VP in a major corporation when all the others have worked just as hard to qualify? It's because her/his family or friend of the family knew the Don who started the corporation, and greased the skids for that kid to go sliding. I think MOST people who are in the 1% make it from the inside through CONNECTIONS not qualifications. One kid spent 1.5 mil on a Bugatti after the Corp. gets 20mil. in funding, and the VP or Don looks the other way because her/his father is on the board. Then a few innocent programers have to get fired because of mismanagement which is never admitted. This is how their world works sometimes.
So, anyone on the outside should be pissed, because if your not on the inside, you may get left out in the cold. If anything, I think the poor should be angrier.

This would actually be funny if it wasn't so fucking sad!

VIDEO: 24 Arrested at Citibank for Attempting to Move Their Money?

As part of Saturday's global day of action against Wall Street and corporate power, in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, protesters in New York and elsewhere organized groups to go to the major banks to withdraw their money.

The day started off smoothly, with a group of people organized by the Labor Outreach working group from Occupy Wall Street arriving at a Chase bank to withdraw their money. Chase went off without a hitch, but by the time the protesters made it to a Citibank branch there was trouble.

The video below shows people being locked inside a Citi branch, and then forcibly arrested. The charge, reportedly, is "criminal trespass." For trying to withdraw your own money from a bank?

They might have temporarily been halted from removing their money, but one would have to think that as soon as they get out, they'll return even angrier than before. Not a good customer retention strategy, Citibank

Oh dear lord... that is bullshit. I hope they go to court and that tape is used as evidence.

wow, thanks for posting that video Miss Tick!

I've been sleeping on and off all day today - I've come down sick and I'm doing what I can to rest and be able to function physically and mentally for the up and coming week... but I penned a poem this afternoon and would like to leave it here in this forum thread. Also, I have a few hours tomorrow early in the morning before I report for work, so I'm going downtown to participate in the OWS/Portland and spend time talking with folks who are still holding the line in support of this social movement.

The House of the 99%

~ LDS © October 16th, 2011

And it came to pass, in the fall of the year of 2011,
People of every color, creed,
Religious affiliation, social class status,
Politically held beliefs, gender and sexual orientation gathered
As a people in mass numbers, seemingly not found on a periodic table.

We gather in public spaces to lift up our voice
In concern for a greater social need,
Asking for redress of inequitable treatment,
We seek to be more than just heard:
We seek remedy for that which has enslaved us since time immemorial.

We, the House of the 99%, occupy every corner of the Earth
Where members of a socio-cultural fabric suffer the choke-chained elitist cocktail of corrupt power: We protest Elitist dogma that squanders communally held resources of
Water, food, and the ability to earn a respectable living;
We protest for the reasonable expectation that we deserve more than 1% by the 1%.

We, the House of the 99%, will occupy and represent whether rain, snow or wind:
Because no wind, no rain, no snow or other catastrophic condition will silence our effort to take the 1% to task and hold that 1% accountable under the same conditions
We have endured for far too long. Our voice is a concentration of rational acuity that is collectively held within the House of the 99%.

We, the House of the 99%, will not take a back seat to the 1%:
Our seat of power resides within the commonwealth of the 99%
And we actively tap that seat of power in the name of all that represents
The House of the 99%: Equitable, active social remedy that supports and provides for a quality of life to sustain 100% of humanity - locally and worldwide.

Another interview. This guy is awesome.

educate the masses and you will create revolution

I've gotten some ?? from people wondering wth I'm talking about here's a link to the trailer... it's available on netflix... possibly other streaming sites like hulu? [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV34oF2EEvA"]The One Percent - YouTube[/nomedia]

Sorry bout that... shoulda posted a link in the first place. Anyway... I thought it waas interesting and relevant to the occupy movement.

Fixed your link.

Occupy Chicago
 

Great spirit and moments at OWS Chicago today. My camera battery died on the first shot, so here are a few vignettes -

Woman my age with a sign that read "Suburban Mom for OWS"

Another sign that read "Stop the Greedy A-holes"

Fox news and Telemundo were videotaping. One guy followed Fox around with a sign that read, "Fox news lies." He'd point at the cameraman and then the sign. People laughed.

Great drum circle - mostly overturned barrels.

Another sign read, "Koch brothers, keep your dirty hands of my democracy."

Another sign read, "For the people - the real people, not the really rich people."

A lot of horns honking in camaraderie. One city bus driver cracked us all up when she danced behind the wheel as she tapped her horn.

Another sign read, "Now that we've bailed out the banksters, is it the people's time?"

Cab and tour bus drivers honked as well as cars. The trash collection trucked honked and the guys on back gave us a "power to the people" fist. And even a limo driver honked several times. Some folks were just ecstatic to show support.

One sign next to me brought me to immediate tears. There were a number of children in the crowd, but this little one was four. Her sign read - "I had an undiagnosed lung disease for two years because I didn't have the right health insurance. I am the 99%."

It was a great scene, and there was someone with food for everyone and another person with a lot of placards and materials for making signs.

This is what democracy looks like. :-) Good night all, SNH

thanks! :) it won't let me embed video. :/

The video is available but I can't put it here with my limited skills.

Dr. Cornel West and 14 others Arrested Protesting Corporate Power at U.S. Supreme Court


By Margaret Flowers - Posted on 16 October 2011
October2011.org Movement Denounces the Pollution of
Money from Concentrated Wealth

Washington, DC: The October2011.org Movement that is occupying Freedom Plaza, led an impromptu march of 250 people up Pennsylvania Avenue to the U.S.Supreme Court where Dr. Cornel West climbed on the steps of the Supreme Court and denounced court decisions that have produced money-based elections that empower corporations. Dr. West was holding a sign that said "Poverty is the Greatest Violence of All." He was arrested because holding political signs on the Supreme Court steps is illegal.

Dr. West spoke to more than 500 people on Freedom Plaza where he said that "if Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. were alive today, he would be on Freedom Plaza." West described how the struggle against, poverty, war and injustice continues and confidence that the people will succeed. He applauded the occupation as "an inclusive social revolution for all of us" and a "leaderless-leader-filled movement" where people are "finding their own political voices rather than echoing others."

Kevin Zeese, an organizer of October2011.org said: "It is a fitting tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for Dr. West and the others to risk arrest protesting the unfair wealth divide and the Supreme Court empowering money over voters. In the battle for a real, participatory democracy getting money out of politics is a critical step."

October2011.org seeks to end corporate rule and shift power to the people. The occupation of Freedom Plaza began on October 6th, the beginning of the 11th year of the Afghanistan War and a new federal fiscal year that promises austerity for everything except militarism and war. Among those arrested with Dr. West were Tarak Kauff of Veterans for Peace, Ellen Davidson of the Indypendent newspaper, filmmaker Dennis Trainor, Jr. and Maria Allwine an independent political activist.

Video will be available on http://october2011.org later this evening.

UPDATE! Dr Cornel West, rapper Raheem deVaughn and 17 others were arrested today at the Supreme Court, following a march from Freedom Plaza after Dr West's inspiring talk. Still updating status, but at least some will be held overnight. Charge is title 40 demonstration.

This is disgusting, thank god there were enough viewer complaints for an apology to be issued after the show

http://www.eatthestate.org/wp-conten...ations-Out.jpg

what an idiot. He honestly should be fired. I am certain his popularity will be effected by this. He quickly tried to change his tune tho. No doubt his teleprompter was going crazy from producers lol

bad bad move O'leary

Yeah that whole low budget thing about the protests like need corporate sponsors. Sometimes I feel like these people aren't really conservative but they play one on TV.