Forum Post: Less occupy parks, more occupy minds?
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 15, 2011, 11:01 p.m. EST by alf
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From this red state (Utah) vantage point, occupying is starting to annoy the 99%. In Salt Lake City, the occupiers and the homeless were into heavy bickering over who owned the park. Sigh. How about taking the message on the road, saturating the country with brief, earnest educational events (fireside chats?), addressing (and energizing) the "silent 99%" -- maybe starting in churches. All denominations follow the golden rule, which is so violated by the inequity, unfairness and injustice we are protesting. I'm not that religious, formally, but it seems that our protest speaks loudly to violation of Christian (and other) values. And bringing universal religious values into the discussion may heap shame and guilt on the 1%. Somehow they have to be made to feel public humiliation.
I like this idea too. I would also like to see the movement's energy focused towards awareness and fundraising through shirts, fireside chats and bumper stickers. Also, the timing is perfect. Winter is coming up and i'm not sure how they are going to OWS without tents and blankets and such. OWS's energy needs to be redirected towards awareness and fundraising.
Why isn't OWS projecting educational video clips or PowerPoints on the sides of buildings? Even just projecting some simple graphs on income inequality (1% vs. 99%) and tax inequality (rates on the rich now vs. the past) would help spread the message. Plus Annie Leonard's The Story of Broke. So much more educating could be done cheaply, with a lot of media coverage!
A movie that goes through all the major issues and potential solutions. (although I personally prefer resource based economics)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdGi6Q3N9tY&feature=share
Are you going to fund 10,000 protesters to travel the country?
The problem is at Wall Street and in our local congressman's office... and that fucking white house.
I like this idea, especially the churches. I suggested last week that it may be a good idea to start organizing events using some of our more eloquent speakers to make appearances at meeting halls and perhaps colleges or auditoriums across the country. It would be a great way to spread the message to the masses that may otherwise be getting most their information from the MSM.
It shouldn't be difficult for you to "occupy minds", especially of the younger set. There doesn't seem to be much in them at present, and they don't know any better.
Thank you for this, alf. I've been wishing for the downfall of a certain publicly-traded corporation and so I follow their stock, read the investor boards, and try to understand this completely foreign world of theirs -- one that does not pay any heed to this corporation's rampant labor abuses; in fact, this is what they encourage -- keep operational-costs down. Their numbersspeak is truly baffling, oh, how I fear people who think in numbers, as they have lost all sight of humanity AND ... they themselves are lost. This 1% Embrace them too, view them on their way to work, wearing designer everything, careful air of importance apparent, head full of numbers ... and be happy that you are not the 1% You don't want to be the 1% Gives me shivers just to imagine.
Please nichole, I'm begging ya. You have to tell me the name of this 'publicly-traded company' so I can add it to my boycott list, if possible.
amazon.com
Thank you. I will research. Luckily I've never had to use them, so that boycott for me will be an easy one. ;-)
Happy to hear that you are not a shopper, please read this and share. I worked in this facility, contributed to this story, and I can tell you that amazon.com is a soulless entity that must be stopped. Bezos is mad I tell you, mad!!! His warehouse workers are toiling sick and exhausted for subsistence-level wages while he pumps millions into Blue Origin LLC so that the wealthy may someday vacation in space. Guess they wish to remove themselves even further from the damage their lives are causing here on earth. What you may or may not read is not even the worst job I've ever had ... there is something sinister and bizarre, though, about this amazon.com fulfillment center that I have not found anywhere else.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-09-23/business/ct-biz-0923-bf-amazon-20110923_1_warehouse-workers-amazon-warehouse-integrity-staffing-solutions
Appalling. Paramedics waiting in the parking lot? WTF? You are correct. They need to be taken down.
They need to feel some economic humiliation.
http://purplefastballs.com
And you joined today to bring, yet,. another message?
Seems like you are against discussion
Seems like you and yours have spent the better part of the time trying to talk people into going home. Faux support. Nay?
Another discussion question answered by an attack....
Nevermind.