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Adbusters Proposal for the GAs of Occupy -- #ROBINHOOD Global March

Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 18, 2011, 11:43 a.m. EST by emile (10)

Alright you redeemers, rebels and radicals out there,

We're living through a magical moment … #OCCUPYWALLSTREET has catalyzed into an international insurgency for democracy … the mood at our assemblies is electric … people who go there are drawn into a Gandhian spirit of camaraderie and hope for a new kind of future. Across the globe the 99% are marching! You have inspired more than you know. People are digging into Act One of the long Spring.

Its now time to amp up the edgy theatrics … deviant pranks, subversive performances and playful détournements of all kinds. Open your insurrectionary imagination. Anything, from a bottom-up transformation of the global economy to changing the way we eat, the way we get around, the way we live, love and communicate … be the spark that sustains a global revolution of everyday life!

As the movement matures, lets consider a response to our critics. Lets occupy the core of our global system. Lets dethrone the greed that defines this new century. Lets work to define our one great demand. OCTOBER 29 – #ROBINHOOD GLOBAL MARCH

This is a proposal for the general assemblies of the Occupy movement.

Eight years ago, on February 15, 2003, upwards of 15 million people in sixty countries marched together to stop President Bush from invading Iraq … a huge chunk of humanity lived for one day without dead time and glimpsed the power of a united people's movement. Now we have an opportunity to repeat that performance on an even larger scale.

On October 29, on the eve of the G20 Leaders Summit in France, let's the people of the world rise up and demand that our G20 leaders immediately impose a 1% #ROBINHOOD tax on all financial transactions and currency trades. Let's send them a clear message: We want you to slow down some of that $1.3-trillion easy money that's sloshing around the global casino each day – enough cash to fund every social program and environmental initiative in the world.

Take this idea to your local general assembly and join your comrades in the streets on October 29.

for the wild, Culture Jammers HQ

http://www.adbusters.org/blogs/adbusters-blog/robinhood.html

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[-] 1 points by greenTara (15) from Ukiah, CA 13 years ago

This is one idea being discussed in out local GA. Could someone with more economics expertise than me address this argument against the Robinhood tax?

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/rogoff85/English

Thanks!

[-] 1 points by BradB (2693) from Washington, DC 13 years ago

I like it ;)

[-] 1 points by emile (10) 13 years ago

bring it to your local GA for a decision