Why Occupy Wall Street wants nothing to do with our politicians These acts of self-representation—or direct democracy—do not compute among mainstream politicians and their pundits. Occupy does not speak the language of party or ideology, and this has not boded well for a system that relies on polls, predictability and reductive thought. Social movements are, by their very nature, complex, organic and indeterminate. They operate at the deepest levels of how we view each other and the world we live in. This movement is no exception. You can’t reduce this kind of public outcry to dichotomies like liberal and conservative, or Blue and Red. Despite this apparent disconnect, the Occupy movement has received honorable mention at the highest levels of government, though I suspect this has more to do with polls and constituencies than with genuine understanding. That 54-percent figure was likely behind flip-flopper Mitt Romney’s overnight change of heart. Then there’s Barack Obama. Finally there’s the ultra-rich, ultra-conservative pizzaman, Herman Cain.
pl::Okupuj Wall Street Okupuj Wall Street (ang. Occupy Wall Street) - seria demonstracji o charakterze okupacyjnym, rozpoczętych 17 września 2011 w Zuccotti Park w Nowym Jorku. Protesty zostały zainicjowane m.in. przez kanadyjską grupę aktywistów z organizacji AdBusters[1][2]. Solidaryca na plakacie „99% razem” promującym Okupuj Wall Street Uczestnicy, którzy nazywają siebie "99 procentami" (ang."99 percenters")[5], protestują głównie przeciwko nierównościom społecznym, chciwości korporacji, banków oraz przeciwko nadmiernemu wpływowi bankierów, menedżerów wielkich korporacji i lobbystów na rząd[6][7][8]. Przypisy Linki zewnętrzne[edytuj | edytuj kod] Nieoficjalna strona internetowa
Timeline of Occupy Wall Street Protester on September 28, 2011 The following is a brief timeline of Occupy Wall Street (OWS), a protest which began on Saturday, September 17, 2011[1] on Wall Street, the financial district of New York City. Chronology of events[edit] Pre-Occupy Wall Street[edit] September 2011[edit] September 3, 2011: A planning session for Occupy Wall Street is held at night in Tompkins Square Park The crowd on September 18, 2011 (day 2). Protesters demonstrate outside NYPD headquarters on September 30, 2011 (day 14). September 17 – The first day of the OWS gathering. October 2011[edit] Protesters marching as corporate zombies on October 3 October 1 – Protesters set out to march across the Brooklyn Bridge. October 10 – NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg states that so long as protesters operate under the law, they will not be arrested. November 2011[edit] December 2011[edit] December 17 – On the three-month anniversary of the protests, organizers of the protest called for a "reoccupuation." January 2012[edit]
Occupy movement The Occupy movement is an international protest movement against social and economic inequality, its primary goal being to make the economic and political relations in all societies less vertically hierarchical and more flatly distributed. Local groups often have different foci, but among the movement's prime concerns deal with how large corporations and the global financial system control the world in a way that disproportionately benefits a minority, undermines democracy, and is unstable.[8][9][10][11] The first Occupy protest to receive widespread attention was Occupy Wall Street in New York City's Zuccotti Park, which began on 17 September 2011. Background[edit] Protests in 1–4 cities Protests in 5–9 cities Protests in 10 or more cities "We are the 99%" slogan[edit] Goals[edit] During the early weeks, the movement was frequently criticized by the news media for having no clearly defined goals. Methods[edit] Assembly hand signals Structure[edit] Nonviolence[edit]
What Occupy Wall Street demands of our leaders In the U.S., the movement has emerged as the yin to the Tea Party’s yang, but itself is a form of chaos in the process of coalescing into a new order. Both Wall Street and Washington have an opportunity to influence the direction of that new order if leaders in both camps seriously address the overarching demand of Occupy Wall Street, which is for greater equality in our economic system and the political decisions that drive it. And that is where both Wall Street and Washington have failed miserably in the eyes of the unemployed or underemployed protestors. In the various divisions of the movement sprouting up around the world, the cry is for hope, for economic opportunity, for soul in our business and politics, and for promise that the American dream will not be denied to today’s young people. What might influence protestors and propel them into positive action? To the participants in Occupy Wall Street, business and political leaders have lost their footing. What types of demands?
fr::Occupy Wall Street Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Pour les articles homonymes, voir OWS. Occupy Wall Street Un orateur s'adresse à la foule dans le parc Zuccotti, le 17 septembre 2011. À partir du 9 octobre, le mouvement s'étend à l'ensemble des États-Unis et des manifestations similaires se tiennent dans 70 grandes métropoles avec la participation de 600 communautés. À la mi-novembre, dans la nuit du 14 au 15, les manifestants sont expulsés du parc par la police de New York, qui y interdit le campement. Malgré la fin de l'occupation, le mouvement poursuit des moyens de pression, notamment par des actions éclair et ciblées[2][réf. insuffisante]. Principales revendications[modifier | modifier le code] « Ce que nous avons tous en commun, c'est que nous sommes les 99 % qui ne tolèrent plus l'avidité et la corruption des 1 % restant[trad 1]. » — OccupyWallSt.org, ‘Occupy Wall Street' to Turn Manhattan into ‘Tahrir Square'[3] Chronologie[modifier | modifier le code] Prémices[modifier | modifier le code]
(Book) Time Magazine: What is Occupy? About Us Occupy Wall Street is a people-powered movement that began on September 17, 2011 in Liberty Square in Manhattan’s Financial District, and has spread to over 100 cities in the United States and actions in over 1,500 cities globally. #ows is fighting back against the corrosive power of major banks and multinational corporations over the democratic process, and the role of Wall Street in creating an economic collapse that has caused the greatest recession in generations. The movement is inspired by popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, and aims to fight back against the richest 1% of people that are writing the rules of an unfair global economy that is foreclosing on our future. OccupyWallSt.org is the oldest and most trusted online resource for the Occupy Movement. Some Leaders of a Leaderless (and Leader-full) Movement OccupyWallSt.org is operated by The Occupy Solidarity Network, Inc. The following three people make up our board of directors: Micah M. Priscilla Grim What do we stand for?
Occupy Wall Street protests and ‘The Decline of the West’ Oswald Spengler wrote these words more than a century ago in The Decline of the West. And while the imagery here may be a bit much, there’s something of it in the Occupy Wall Street protests. This movement profoundly threatens the legitimacy of the system on which corporate power is based, and boards of directors should be concerned. Corporations are creatures of statute. Amidst the welter of information about executive pay, only one simple conclusion is possible: Pay is not correlated in any way with the value these leaders create for shareholders, society or any other corporate constituency. Recent protests—Occupy Wall Street, of course, but also the Tea Party movement as it first began—rise out of a profound rage over unfairness in this country. Simple? If the present Occupy Wall Street protests do not create an unignorable threat, they certainly raise the prospect of one in the near future. So what should shareholders do? Like On Leadership? Read more: