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Occupy Wall St.

Occupy Wall St.

@OccupyWallSt OCCUPY WALL STREET (the theory) Really simple: Occupy Wall Street is an open source protest. This type of protest has been very effective over the last year in toppling regimes in north Africa. It's proving relatively successful in the US too. Open source protest is an organizational technique. A promise. That's the gist of it. What's the real goal of this protest? My guess is that the Adbuster team that launched this open source protest felt that an October financial meltdown was possible, hence the September start-date. What's the big picture?

#OCCUPYWALLSTREET, ADBUSTERS Alright you 90,000 redeemers, rebels and radicals out there, A worldwide shift in revolutionary tactics is underway right now that bodes well for the future. The spirit of this fresh tactic, a fusion of Tahrir with the acampadas of Spain, is captured in this quote: "The antiglobalization movement was the first step on the road. The beauty of this new formula, and what makes this novel tactic exciting, is its pragmatic simplicity: we talk to each other in various physical gatherings and virtual people's assemblies … we zero in on what our one demand will be, a demand that awakens the imagination and, if achieved, would propel us toward the radical democracy of the future … and then we go out and seize a square of singular symbolic significance and put our asses on the line to make it happen. The time has come to deploy this emerging stratagem against the greatest corrupter of our democracy: Wall Street, the financial Gomorrah of America. for the wild,Culture Jammers HQ

OccupyWallStreet Occupy Wall Street protests: 'Millionaires March' to target Rupert Murdoch's home Today protesters will protest at JP Morgan Chase headquarters in New YorkWent to homes of Rupert Murdoch and JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon Also targeted houses of David Koch, Howard Milstein and John PaulsonAround 1,000 demonstrators began Manhattan march yesterday at 12:30pmSome travelled by subway from base at Zuccotti Park to 59th Street to startObama senior adviser David Plouffe confirms President is on protesters' side By Mark Duell Updated: 14:35 GMT, 12 October 2011 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has criticised the Occupy Wall Street protesters for unfairly blaming 'hard-working' people for problems facing the U.S. Around 1,000 protesters tried to confront some of New York's wealthiest tycoons yesterday afternoon as they held a 'Millionaires March' in Manhattan to the homes of five top businessmen. But Mayor Bloomberg fumed: 'I don't appreciate the bashing of all the hard working people who live and work here and pay the taxes that support our city.' Organiser Doug Forand

About Us, occupywallst.org/ 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?

Le monde contre Wall Street 482,400 ont signé. Allons jusqu'à 1,000,000 Mise à jour: il y a plus d'un mois Visionnez ci-dessus la vidéo en direct de l'occupation de Wall Street! Et découvrez ci-dessous des images incroyables du moment où les gens ont appris que les arrestations des occupants de Wall Street avaient été ajournées: Images fournies par Moveon.org Nous l'avons fait! Publié le 7 Octobre 2011Des milliers d'Américains occupent pacifiquement Wall Street, un épicentre de la puissance financière mondiale et de la corruption. Alors que les travailleurs paient la facture d'une crise financière causée par des élites corrompues, les manifestants demandent une réelle démocratie, la justice sociale et la lutte contre la corruption. Cette année pourrait être l'année 1968 de notre siècle, mais pour réussir, ce mouvement doit rassembler tous les citoyens issus de tous les milieux.

Occupy Wall Street | September 17th | #OCCUPYWALLSTREET The joyous freedom of possibility. Dissent can be personal, collective, creative — whatever you want it to be. Revolt can be physical or spectral, a blackspot on a corporate logo or a digital mindbomb posted online. Edit a billboard, speak to a friend. There are no limits, no minimum or maximum. The revolutionary spark is the same one that lit human existence. Print & Post If you only do one thing today and during the heady days of climate protest that follow, print out as many copies of this #WORLDREVOLUTION poster as you can and tape them up on bus stops, bank and shop windows, cash machines, government buildings, everywhere in your city where people will see them. Download September 11, 2014 What will you do on the September 17th anniversary of Occupy Wall Street? September 16, 2013 Revolution is a Rhizome September 19, 2012 Tactical Briefing #38. September 12, 2012 Where do we stand? July 23, 2012 Tactical Briefing #36 June 5, 2012 Occupy morphs into a new model! May 24, 2012 May 16, 2012

Occupy Wall Street: Children of the 1% out for a good time at the protests Teens from Bard and Parsons show their solidarity in NYChicago protesters heckle financial industry eventsDozens are arrested, including girl, 14, in first Des Moines protestWall St demonstrators plan march today on millionaires' mansions100 arrested as police clash with protesters in BostonMan falls to his death from car park near San Diego protestersObama senior adviser says President is on demonstrators' side By Paul Bentley and Micaela Mclucas Updated: 16:23 GMT, 11 October 2011 They have branded themselves the 99 per cent, camping out in New York's financial district to protest against corporate greed and financial inequality. But on the ground at the epicentre of the Occupy Wall Street demonstration, a closer look at some of the impassioned protesters is starting to suggest that while many of them have genuine grievances, all may not be completely as advertised. Financial inequality? Tight knit: Among the group are now a growing number of privileged college students No money? Bored?

Global Consciousness Project -- consciousness, group consciousness, mind Five Ways Occupy Wall Street Has Succeeded | Truthout #OccupyWallStreet protests are now well into their second week, and they are increasingly capturing the public spotlight. This is because, whatever limitations their occupation has, the protesters have done many things right. I will admit that I was skeptical about the #OccupyWallStreet effort when it was getting started. My main concerns were the limited number of participants and the lack of coalition building. One of the things that was most exciting about the protests in Madison—and the global justice protests of old such as Seattle and A16—was that they brought together a wide range of constituencies, suggesting what a broad, inclusive progressive movement might look like. You had student activists and unaffiliated anarchists, sure; but you also had major institutional constituencies including the labor movement, environmentalists, faith-based organizations, and community groups. With #OccupyWallStreet, the protest did not draw in any of the major institutional players on the left.

POPULI-SCOOP, Scoop Populaire, infos et commentaires de citoyens-journalistes A la quatrième journée de contestation, du mardi, l’occupation de la place Zuccotti Park qui a été rebaptisée Liberty Plaza pour la circonstance de cette révolte inédite, continue. Située à une centaine de mètres de Wall-Street désormais qui est considérée comme le fief des escrocs du capitalisme, le lieu est prévu à être occupé pendant longtemps. Non loin de là, près de Broadway et Maiden Lane, des bases arrière non négligeables ont été constatées. De 300 à 500 jeunes se sont rassemblés en des réunions de masse pour discuter la manière de planifier leurs actions. Ils ont été qualifiés comme des « anti-cupidité », faute de leur accorder d’être révolutionnaires, comme la jeunesse des pays arabes, le socialisme on le voit avec Barack Obama quand il cite les plus démunis et la couverture sanitaire. A l’instar des autres manifestations dans le monde, l’appareil répressif a précédé les manifestants. Page : OCCUPER WALL-STREET sur FACEBOOK 25 septembre

Etats-Unis : « Indignés » et syndicats se rassemblent Aujourd’hui, dans les rues de News York, syndicats, employés en lutte et le rassemblement des 99 % vont défiler ensemble, dans les rues de New York. Les Etats-Unis pourraient bien réussir quelque chose d’intéressant : unir deux mouvements qui n’ont pas réussis, à part en Grèce, à se rassembler réellement. Les 99 %, qui campent à Wall Street depuis bientôt 3 semaines, ont décidé d’apporter tout leur soutien aux entreprises en lutte et de s’associer aux syndicats américains. Une manifestation commune est d’ailleurs prévue ce mercredi dans le quartier des affaires de New York. Autre signe que le mouvement prend de l’ampleur, des campements apparaissent dans des dizaines de villes des Etats-Unis (voir Occupy Together). Enfin le collectif de Hackers Anonymous annonce une attaque informatique sur Wall Street jeudi. Aujourd’hui, dans les rues de News York, syndicats, employés en lutte et le rassemblement des 99 % vont défiler ensemble, dans les rues de New York.

POPULI-SCOOP, Scoop Populaire, infos et commentaires de citoyens-journalistes Le soulèvement des peuples arabes n’avait point été dans le besoin de fond. Certains américains croient que les rares personnes se disant de gauche s’attaquent à leur système de privilèges qui n’arrête pas de descendre aux enfers. Ils pensent que les émeutes contagieuses, dans leur patrie, et qui ont imposé l’implosion de régimes politiques corrompus par la fièvre machiavélique de s’éterniser au pouvoir, ont levé des fonds. Les peuples des pays qui se sont crus dans la splendeur démocratique, se sont trouvés sous le nébuleux modèle où l’argent permet tout. Les dirigeants arabes ont toujours cultivé une allergie très poussée à la démocratie, sous le fallacieux prétexte que le concept (démocratie) étant étranger. Le vent de révolte qui a déjà après quelques mois réussi à balayer, de ce monde arabe, certains décideurs quasiment cramponnés à leurs pouvoirs, n’a pas temporisé longtemps pour se propager dans les pays occidentaux. #OCCUPYWallStreet

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