On #S17, Follow the Money: All Roads Lead to Wall Street
Posted 12 years ago on Aug. 15, 2012, 12:49 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt
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Last September 17th, as part of a wave of global protest, people from across the country raced to the heart of New York’s financial district to occupy Wall Street. In the face of big banks foreclosing on our homes, killing our jobs, buying up our democracy, and turning our environment into just another toxic asset, you showed up, and we became the 99%.
On September 15-17th, join us in this fight for our country, our world – this fight for our lives.
For years, people all over the world have been crippled by the corporate greed of the 1%. They built their bonuses out of stolen pensions of teachers, civil servants, and our neighbors. We pay for their welfare. They bet and borrow against our future. We drown in debt. So who is really in debt to whom? Now our elected representatives want us to embrace austerity–work harder for less, retire later (if at all), and say goodbye to our fundamental labor protections. They’re betting on our obedience. They’re betting wrong.
Join us for three days of education, celebration and resistance to economic injustice with permitted convergences and assemblies, concerts, and mass civil disobedience.
Here’s what we have planned. Get creative with us—help organize.
For every crumbling aspect of our society, the cause of the ruin can be traced back to corporate greed. Follow the money. All roads lead to Wall Street. And in the days and weeks before (and long after) September 17th, we will be here, demanding a system that puts the health of our communities over the profits of the 1%. We are the 99%.
Can’t join us in NYC? It’s just as important that we Occupy Main Street. Pick a local target that embodies corporate greed—occupy your state Capitol building like the people of Wisconsin, or a chamber of commerce conference as they did in D.C. Take inspiration from revolutionary occupations worldwide, from the railroads of India to the rivers of the Amazon to the streets of Spain. Wall Street has occupied our entire planet. What do you have to say about that?
There are more of us than them and they know it,
Occupy Wall Street
editors note: as with other major days of action, several additional events are being planned for #S17 in NYC and elsewhere. Stay tuned to OccupyWallSt.org for further information.
OK!. Who is with us? I will be there in New York F*ckin' City.
Stand up and be counted with the 99%
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The journey that we choose to take is as important as our destination. Your attempt at eloquence is faux. I have read your stuff on here. Your words do not match your deeds, or in your case, your mis-deeds.
Eloquence? Me? Nah! You got the wrong guy. & My deeds are things you've never seen! From the 1st time I brought to the homeless as a child with my mom, & sttod up for bullied kids in elementary school, To my frequent protests, & charity I think I'm good with "deeds". My misdeeds are no ones business and I was taught never to discuss them. So I think you have me confused with someone else..
Maybe your anger has clouded your view of things "madinusa"?
Let go your anger, it only leads to fear, which leads to hate, which leads to the dark side."
Embrace love & Peace! Always Peace, & SOLIDARITY!
VQkag2 is a government plant and this pro-war post proves it:
http://occupywallst.org/forum/no-fly-zone-for-syria-now/#comment-807615
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We are the 99%. Whose streets? OUR streets! Banks got bailed out we got........?
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Happy anniversary. now get off your ass and protest for real direct democracy
Don't forget to Occupy
MARCH! if you have grandchildren. Your numbers are needed again.
Support the brave people standing up for the 99%.
March in your city for progressive solutions and direct democracy!
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March with the people who are fighting for the 99%
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This is excellent. Everyone converge on Wall Street or Main Street on September 17, 2012 to continue the fight against greed!
A resounding turnout on Sept. 17th will really speak volumes and resonate not just with The Parasitic, Larcenous Bankster Scum in NY, London and elsewhere but also to right and fair minded people all over The USA and indeed right across this "beautifulworld". Thanx for all you do and thus for you and others :
"Beaten Down, Isolated, Angry, and Distracted BUT 'Awake we share the world - sleeping each turns to his private world'." - by Phil Rockstroh : http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32191.htm &
http://s17nyc.org/ .
per aspera ad astra ...
"Despite All my Rage I am a still just a rat in a cage"
i agree with you, you're a rat ( vermin). stay in your cage.
Please refrain from the insults. Try to contribute substantive comments that move the conversation forward.
Thank you
YOU said you were a rat in a cage. read your own posts.
It's a song. I wasn't calling myself vermin as you did. Pleasestickto substantive contributions to forward the discussion.
Thx
your quote pertains to yourelf, and rats are considered vermin.
Something substantive. Not schoolyard bullying tactics of your candidate Romney.
you called yourself a rat in cage. i have no " candidiate".
oh?
Fake Money, Fake Debt, Cancel the Debt, public and private, Send the bankers to jail, with all their accomplices, Iceland is the blueprint..We Must Follow in their footsteps and clean the corruption out, so we can move forward..
What are you trying to say?
In the US,166,000 wealthy families own assets that are equal to the least wealthy 150 MILLION.This is basically an unmitigated disaster for the children and young adults of the United States.This will cause a gigantic waste of the human potential of the children of at least one third of all American families.A quick perusal of Rich Kids of Instagram will immediately demonstrate that the human potential of many of those children is also going to be wasted.Who would ever join the military to lay their life on the line in order to protect the right of American citizens to walk down the street eating a hot dog they got for free at the Salvation Army?Why would anyone send poor kids to die in a hellhole so that rich kids can spend 40,000 dollars partying in just one night or hanging golden baubles all over themselves while literally showering themselves in 500 dollar a bottle imported champaign?These wealthy people are like demons and the guilty must be held accountable-the innocent must be spared from this catastrophic plague of parasites.
Let's do it!
You gonna make it down from da Bronx?
Going to make every effort. I have physical/medical issues but I want to be there for this.
Good luck.
Solidarity.
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Vote out anti 99% politicians, And Protest, pressure, & agitate for progressive change.
Vote out anti OWS politicians, And Protest, pressure, & agitate for progressive change.
S17 in Aspen: Aspen Art Museum situationist art sculpture
Dear Artists and art lovers, Freedom of expression is essential. The elites in Aspen are doing their best to chill our free speech. I spoke out against big $ in Aspen and now the DA told me he's going for 60 days jail time. LOL. Google lee mulcahy art. My trial is October 4-5. And please like "Stop the ban. Protect our freedom of speech." and "Aspen Art Museum Occupied--the non-censored version"--on facebook. Thanks, lee mulcahy phd
The facebook links R below:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-the-ban-Protect-our-freedom-of-speech/328716400520776
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aspen-Art-Museum-Occupied-the-non-censored-version/190726917696987
Vote out anti OWS politicians, And Protest, pressure, & agitate for progressive change.
Vote out anti 99% politicians, And Protest, pressure, & agitate for progressive change.
Vote out anti OWS politicians, And Protest, pressure, & agitate for progressive change.
Vote out anti 99% pols
"Road to nowhere!"
Follow the money, & take it back!
Bring friends who have never been to an OWS march!
All roads lead TO Wall street
AND
then proceed to Washington
how do we sever that link?
the answer is very simple
but requires political effort to do what
80% of Americans want:
A Citizens United & Corporate Personhood Amendment
http://corporationsarenotpeople.webuda.com
For a complete analysis of the amendment issue,
and the text of all amendments,
and our comparison of all of the amendments,
and the Citizens United case transcript,
and the Citizens United decision,
and the Buckley decision,
and analysis of corporate personhood,
and analysis of Article III,
and the ABC News poll on CU / CP,
and the PFAW poll on CU / CP,
and 60+ videos on CU / CP from
Chomsky, Hedges, Witchcraft, Reich, Warren, Lessig,
Hartmann, Maher, Sanders, Hightower, etc.
and our voting bloc petition & plan.
http://corporationsarenotpeople.webuda.com
no password or signup
follow the yellow brick road
Occupy your streets
Whose streets? Our streets!
Follow the money. Follow OWS in the fight for the 99%
It's coming. Will you be counted?
If you don't get behind us, you're in our f*ckin way!
"Fight the powers that be" PE
Shut down Wall St!
Action to start a direct democracy experiment!
City council level, internet referendum.
Can we get a program written? can we identify a small city willing?
Support OWS. March & B counted
Support the 99%
Sign the email list
Demand evolutionary change
Don't forget to march with us!
Clogged those streets! WHOSE streets! OUR streets!
Converge and agitate!
We need you.
Vote out anti OWS politicians, And Protest, pressure, agitate for progressive change.
We MUST have big numbers! bring a group of friends, family, co workers, classmates, strangers on the street. Tell Dems, independents, even repubs.
We march for the 99%!
"the long & winding road"
Obama didn't do it!
The road is rough
The road is long.
Excellent! Nice brooklyn boy Niel Diamond.!
Not the best rendition I have ever heard but not bad either.
No not bad. And much appreciated.
No prob - a favorite of mine for many years.
'bout my speed for singing
{:-]) then you are at least one up on me.
Pick a street! & occupy it!
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Sweeeeet!!
Thought everyone might enjoy this one:
From the other 98%
We just went to Chase bank headquarters in midtown Manhattan, and got banksters to admit it's time to dump Chase CEO Jamie Dimon from the Fed - and this is what it looked like:
We held a surprise Cake Party for Chase bankers - but what they didn't know is that the party would end up caught on tape - or that we'd force them to face up to the pressure from our Other 98% Posse.
Check out the video of our latest action against Chase and Too Big To Fail banks - and then help us spread the word.
This is just the first step, and if you can take a minute to share DumpDimon.com on Facebook and to tweet about DumpDimon.com on Twitter, we'd appreciate it immensely.
Thank you for all that you do to make this movement real.
Sincerely,
Samantha Corbin, The Other 98%
Nice to see forward thinking and planning. tweeted.
I would also hope to see a twin gathering at the White House - protesting the ineffectiveness of our government to combat evil - the failure to bring criminal charges down on WallStreet - the failure to kick the corpoRAT criminals out of the administration - the failure of government to provide help to the people. The failure of government to act sanely in cleaning up the corruption that is running this country straight down the sewer pipe.