OCCUPY WALL STREET

[atomiczombie]

Originally Posted by Miss Tick

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.

[Kätzchen]

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.

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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.

[Ebon]

Another interview. This guy is awesome.

[Toughy]

educate the masses and you will create revolution