Forum Post: Occupy Wall Street Hall Of Fame~Honor Roll Thus Far & More To Come
Posted 7 years ago on Feb. 17, 2017, 7:31 a.m. EST by trashyharry
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MATT TAIBBI For writing the Chronicle of the Crime CHRIS L.HEDGES For Accuracy,Veracity and Tenacity RICHARD D.WOLFF For Tireless Outreach To The Mass of People NAOMI KLEIN For Kicking the Ass of The Ruling Class DYLAN RATIGAN For Shouting From the Rooftops-Crime of the Century 2007 JULIAN ASSANGE For Driving The Ruling Class Out of their Tiny Minds
''Abby Martin in Venezuela: Supermarkets to Black Markets'' by Abby Martin, teleSUR Vid.Report:
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/41247-empire-files-abby-martin-in-venezuela-supermarkets-to-black-markets and in compliment, consider this...
''Why Can't the US Left Get Venezuela Right?'', by Shamus Cooke: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/47428.htm
fiat justitia ...
''How We Got Out of a 401(k) and Into a Real Pension'', by James W. Russell:
fiat lux ...
There is a retirement crisis in America that is barely being discussed. 401k plans are woefully inadequate in providing people with enough money to live on in their post working years. Corporations have done away with pensions that they had to fund each year, instead, making employees pay for the bulk and take all the risks of investment. Just another garbage outcome of neoliberal policies that only take the interests of the oligarchs into account. Sad.
From truth out: "Those of us stuck in Connecticut's 401(k)-like plan had been contributing more than twice as much as our co-workers who had pensions -- yet it was estimated we'd receive less than half the retirement income."
The real ''retirement crisis in America that is barely being discussed'' ... as everything in America (and increasingly across Neoliberal Occupied Earth), is being sold to The 10% .. but geared for The 1%, by The 0.01% - who will actually gain the most! Neoliberalism's allusions to ''Trickledown Economics'' are now palpably shown to be utterly false,as the truth of ''Hoover Up Crapitalism'' is laid bare for all to see but will The 99% throw off their anaesthetizing acquired acquiescence and abject apathy?!
It is possible. From the linked''Truth-Out'' article: ''Perhaps the biggest lesson was that progress began only after rank-and-file proponents - enlisted a lot of other employees to support the reform.Just talking to those who had the power didn't get the job done ---- it took grassroots organizing. We continued our outreach and education until the reform was implemented.''
The other reply here by ''grapes'' also warrants some reflection. The 99% need to STOP being ''Turkeys Voting For Thanksgiving'' and lose their ''Stockholm Syndrome''. Turning off ''The Idiot Box'' in the corner of the room will help .. as being Mind Managed by Oligarchy's MSM will only lead to more of the same!
dum spiro, spero ...
The reduction of unionization also played a big role in the decline and shrinking of pensions. People need to advocate for themselves and pay attention. As you say "Stockholm syndrome," turning off the "idiot box" etc. People need to quit trusting the oligarchs to take care of them. Corporations and the wealthy will never make decisions that are beneficial to the 99%. They keep proving it everyday. I'm amazed, stunned really, by the number of Trump supporters who still support him as he seeks to de-healthinsurance 24 million people. It's mind blowing.
''Naomi Klein & Jeremy Corbyn Discuss How to Get the World We Want'':
dum spiro, spero ...
Sigh re."number of Trump supporters who still support him as he seeks to de-healthinsurance 24 million people. It's mind blowing." Also fyi:
Also thanx for your reply here .. http://occupywallst.org/forum/the-contrast-between-iceland-and-ireland-some-thou/#comment-1073254 - where you also reference "Stockholm Syndrome'' but in the context of Ireland and end by saying:
Sadly bw, Leo Varadkar - despite coming from a background that may give itself to being superficially a pseudo/social liberal; in actuality, Leo Varadkar is The Bankers Bhoy and won't question Neoliberalism!
spero meliora ...
The connections of banks and corporations to white supremacists must be understood because banking, and the economic tyranny they put upon the masses, are our biggest underlying problems to all of these other more obvious awful things.
Must see episode of The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann from August 15th re: Capitalism's connection to racism and RWNJs and events in Charlottesville.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPxG9FLlhLU
Thom Hartmann & Richard Wolff are warriors for The 99% & that is an excellent link, showing exactly why. The popular narrative in U$A, says Fascism is alien to the American tradition BUT that just isn't true, as the recent rise of Explicit Fascists in U$A has clear historical context. Ergo,please consider:
e tenebris, lux?
This is why Antifa exists. No fascism, no Antifa. It exists to make fascism, a hateful, elitist, heinous and dangerous ideology, extinct.
From the article "And yet it has never been more important to acknowledge the history of fascism and neo-fascism in America than it is today. Over the last five years, according to a recent study by George Washington University, white nationalist and neo-fascist movements in the US have grown by 600% on Twitter, outperforming Isis in nearly every category, from follower numbers to numbers of tweets."
Scary how empowered fascists have become.
''Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook.'' is a very recent book by Mark Bray, a lecturer at Dartmouth College - and here he is in conversation with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez of DemocracyNow!..
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/8/16/antifa_a_look_at_the_antifascist
& P2/2: https://www.democracynow.org/2017/8/16/part_2_antifa_a_look_at
fiat lux ...
Dr. Suess was antifa. Who knew? Theodor Suess Geisel maybe wasn't always, but he became antifa. And, now some idiots are looking to ban his books. I'm with Mrs. Trump on this one. His use of the English language has helped millions of children learn to read.
ok i have to admit i smiled when i watched this - seems the guy deserved it - still?
http://nypost.com/2017/09/18/jerk-in-nazi-armband-starts-fights-ends-up-knocked-out/
Neo-Nazi, Richard Spencer - getting punched .. [Twice - it turns out!] .. on Trump's inauguration day .. is no less funny & much more warranted, imo!! I do get your "still?'' but I do remember that Adolf Hitler was Very Clear that had the Nazis been physically beaten in The Streets in Germany, then they would never have risen to power!!! Ergo for your delectation, I present:
respice, adspice, prospice ...
As "salary reduction plans," 401(k)'s are great for high income-tax-bracket people with investment and financial knowledge but they can be terrible for the busy-body working-stiffs without the knowhow or the time to monitor the investment markets.
Most high income-tax-bracket people must, of necessity for their livelihoods, know the market conditions intimately and be ready to pull the triggers at any time. Doing 401(k) investments on the side is like having a tax-deferred moonlighting job with little additional effort or knowledge required. It's NOT so for the wannabes from the lower income-tax brackets.
The stock market is like a money pump that sucks wealth from the lower-wealth people to the higher-wealth people. One can generate huge paper wealth in a nearly dead stock by trading a small block at a higher price(due to Most of the stock capitalization not being traded for the nearly dead[very unintersting] stock). Whether that "wealth" materializes or not depends on whether one gets out of owning the stock at a good time(huge amount of free advices to get out at a bad time is available for free). Timing is everything in this musical-chair game. The busy-body working-stiffs tend to have no time for doing this and they have fears due to their lower wealth so they "get killed" in the stock market in a panic. Never own stocks if one is probably a "calf" to be slaughtered in a Hebrew sacrifice to Dona.
As with the tax cuts that the Retard-I-Can'ts are lusting after, they'll mostly go to the wealthiest and highest income folks(who pay more income and inheritance taxes, generally speaking - payroll taxes are regressive so wage earners pay significant amount in total due to their great number[extending the payroll taxes to cover all incomes would be able to fund Basic Medicare-for-all expansion as the Retard-I-Can'ts desire revenue neutrality]) and corporations. The unfairest tax cuts are exactly what Herr Drumpf will push hardest for (guess why? - it takes smarts!) and they are inheritance tax cuts that will allow the most wealth be passed on Untaxed to the heirs of 》reich《 people. Pouring milk on(And dropping the plates) the Don-b-A.S.S. region of the U.S.A. is the Name of the Game.
ROBERT REICH for all his speeches in support of Occupy, many of which were at actual occupations. He tirelessly explained our failed economic system to the people in a way they could understand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PHHJK8tIRA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-2O6zCAHAI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR-eqmXDy98
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw7igQtU3u8
You trashyharry are on my OWS ''Honor Roll!! You are the longest still standing here - having joined on Sept. 29, 2011!! We Love U! Re. Chris Hedges & Naomi Klein (who recently joined ''The Intercept'' btw):
https://twitter.com/Shadz66Shadz6t6/status/832746007041548288 and this NK's latest piece ...
https://theintercept.com/2017/01/24/get-ready-for-the-first-shocks-of-trumps-disaster-capitalism/
and this by C.L.Hedges http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_elites_wont_save_us_20170212
Further, try to take your time reading this ... http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46437.htm
Finally an epic doc.4U: "HyperNormalisation'' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PhkixvsCzU
To end fifiharry, have you got any news of, or contact details for - our Scandinavian Comrade? How he? The very best of best wishes to you & yours & in all your doings. Try to pop by here if/when U can ~*~
pax, amor et lux ...