Day 12

No leader, no demand, only one aim: to overthrow the System.

It is wise that there be no leader. Otherwise, the movement will be personified into one person. The imperfections of that person will become that of the movement. The existence of the movement becomes dependent on that of its leader. This makes it easy for the System to destroy the movement; all it takes is to destroy the leader. We have seen this in the war on terrorism and Libya.

The aim of this movement is not to make demands on the System but to overthrow it. It is unwise to make demands because once they are met, the movement will become irrelevant.

The movement is growing like the tool it is using so effectively i.e. the Internet. General Assemblies arising in various cities and getting interconnected to each other are like the nodes of the Internet coming into existence and getting interconnected as a whole. This is a system where the power of individual part is limited and localised. But as an interconnect whole, the emergent power is more than the sum of its parts. That's the way it should develop.

every time i get to see another days new report reinforces my intentions and pushes me a few extra miles every day. just about 900 miles to go see you guys in about 18 days give or take a few. there is three of us now just to keep ya'll updated. here is to hoping i have hundreds by the time i make it.

Was bummed when the GA needed so much time to explain hand gestures to newcomers (who are the future of #OccupyWallSt) and thought people could distribute their meaning (physically or digitally) in advance to let the GA hit the ground running right outta the gates.

http://i51.tinypic.com/kcntxj.jpg

If edits/re-purposing are needed - heres the editable PDF: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4UJH50C9

They told us those banks are too big to fail. We believe they have failed so badly that they should be felled.

IF you folks could list the day's accomplishments on the website. that would be great for all to see.

For the livestreams from Greece, Spain, etc, is it possible to get slightly delayed translated closed captions? Can they be optional if so?

Where's the Chicago, L.A., and SF live streams?

Communication between the Assemblies will become increasingly important in the near future.

We are the 9%.

The 9% of Americans experiencing unemployment.

One Word?

Poor

A solid first step in fixing our economic and political woes is to disqualify any person worth more than two million dollars from holding political office. The rich are too corrupted by greed to be an any benefit to the community generally. Putting the rich in government is like turning over the reins of power to a bunch of felons. The American middle class, the true creator of jobs and wealth, should control the government for the people. I look forward to some politician proposing this amendment before the greed of the already wealthy completely destroys our democratic way of life, economy and values. The foundation of our nation is not capitalism but democracy in the form of a Republic. Capitalism is nowhere even mentioned in the American Constitution. Capitalism is a tool of democracy to generate wealth and prosperity. Democracy should not be the tool of capitalism to generate wealth for a few. Capitalism is a beast that must be harnessed to pull the plow for the well-being of humanity. Now is an historic opportunity for hard-working and creative middle class Americans to assert their majority rights against a corrupt and ineffective elite who have brought the country to the brink of ruin.

Finally,us the peasents are revolting, sorry i missed the protest in Albuquerque, NM \m/. The four fathers would be finally proud of us, NOT the tea party of today is nothing but a embarrassment to everything they stood for!!!!!!!!

Finally,us the peasents are revolting, sorry i missed the protest in Albuquerque, NM \m/. The four fathers would be finally proud of us, NOT the tea party of today is nothing but a embarrassment to everything they stood for!!!!!!!!

Canada is with you too! Mark October 15'th on your calendar and join us in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, and Montreal as per:

http://www.occupyto.ca/

http://www.nowtoronto.com/daily/news/story.cfm?content=182962

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2011/10/04/wall-street-protest-occupy.html

Our banks make far too much profit all the time and should have their taxes raised by 3000% each year and have that money be used for social safety nets instead of being used to build monuments to their execess!

MichaelT

"The right to protest is part of our culture," Bloomberg said. "It's also true that there are other societal concerns. You're worried about sanitation and you're worried about lots of different laws on the books."

Sorry Bloomberg but you're wrong - there's no asterisk next to the 1st amendment that says you have a right to protest - but not if things get a little dirty.

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2011/09/protesters-may-not-be-able-to-park-it-forever-mayor-bloomberg-says

One word? LOVE.

Russell Simons is worth $354 Million... I hope he donated to the cause...

Russell Simons is worth $354 Million... I hope he donated to the cause...

one word: LOVE.

"If we’re trying to learn how to have each other’s backs, how to trust and depend on each other moving forward, then we need to put ourselves in situations that demand that kind of strength and solidarity. And I don’t mean taking people’s sides in arguments over assembly process."

http://occupyca.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/occupied-wall-street-some-tactical-thoughts/

Where's the Message for Day 12?

Interesting, if for conversation only:

http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/kw3fx/to_all_occupy_wall_street_participants_here_is/

One word? Liberty.

Occupy Wall Street, please hear me...

I respectfully ask you a question... Do you want to be just another 5 min segment on a nightly news program or do you want to be a chapter in our children's history book?

Just like you I desperately want the latter. I want you to take what I am about to say to heart. With honesty and perspective. This perspective is valuable precisely because of it's distance from you. I can't feel what you feel there in the park, and on the street. I can watch it, and I hear it, but I can't feel it. Help me feel your cause by making the following clear.

Your message, your goal, it's repetition, and your confidence.

Please do this with every conversation you have, every discussion you engage in, and every action you take, both online and off. Do this and you simply cannot loose.

-Terry

One word?

Unemployed