Forum Post: Please add your voice to this plan to moboilize and CHANGE the outcome of the 2012 election!
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 11, 2011, 2:49 p.m. EST by publicus1
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Declaration https://sites.google.com/site/the99percentdeclaration/
Action Plan: https://sites.google.com/site/the99percentdeclaration/home/the-steps-to-non-violent-revolution
We have the power but we need to organize to use it!
Thanks Annie. I share your concerns!
We have tried to be sensitive to the wide array of views in the 99%. We repeatedly point out in our posts that this declaration, petition of grievances and plan of action is just a proposal, W are only suggesting a non-violent and specific means to elect 870 people to debate and vote on a plan of action and list of grievances while the protests continue between now and the election in 2012. We (a group of lawyers and students) are working with some of the organizers on the ground in NYC and other cities but it takes time to get people to organize and accept responsibility. Again, the 20 points listed here https://sites.google.com/site/the99percentdeclaration/home?pli=1 are nothing but SUGGESTIONS. The final list of grievances must be voted on by people elected by us or it is not a democratic process. If we could have 300 million people debate and vote on it we would but that type of direct democracy is just not practical. If you gave each person one minute to give a list of their concerns to vote on, it would years just to allow each person to give his or her ideas because takes about 11 days just to count to ONE million! We are going to try and introduce the plan at an upcoming general assembly in NY to try and elect an executive committee of 11 people to organize a larger national election of OWS 870 delegates, two from each congressional district. These delegates will begin meeting at a "convention" or "congress" in Philly on July 4, 2012.
done! thank you! now here's my idea.
My name is Annie. I am a 40 year old business owner and mother of three. I have things to say to the organizers of the Occupy Wallstreet Protests to keep the momentum going but I don't know how or who to contact. If you find the following of interest, please do what you can to spread the word. Thanks.
MY WORRY: when it gets cold, this important protest will fizzle.
MY IDEA: that we organize via facebook/twitter and choose a date where we completely evacuate wall street....in otherwords, one day we are there, the next we're not...all over country, the protests stop on purpose. that would make a serious impact.
THEN: we stage targeted "boycotts" that are announced, again, via facebook/twitter. for instance, the entire 99% does not shop for only one day at a different place and this place changes every single day. (after all we are not trying to put anyone out of business or do harm but make a point and show our power.) for instance, monday no amazon NOT ONE DIME...tuesday no starbucks...wednesday no arco...etc. Again, the company does not matter. All companies are culpable, even the good ones, because they are all part of the Wallstreet Machine. Our goal is not to shut down the country, after all we want to employ people. But we will no longer feel like helpless consumers that have no choice but to buy the "company stores" product no matter what the price. We have a choice...let’s choose!
AND THEN, TO EXPLAIN OUR PURPOSE: we will calculate the amount of money a company lost by losing 99% of the country's business and say... "hey, that's a lot of money in just one day." Now let's compare that to the modest and FAIR amount of tax we'd like you to pay...or “how much is that compared to the insane bonuses you give your CEO” etc etc etc.
BECAUSE: we are not trying to screw anyone, we just demand fairness.
AND: the best way to achieve fairness is to REGULATE Wallstreet and modify the tax code (i.e. add a tax bracket for millionaires, scrap overseas tax havens, introduce a modest financial transaction tax, revamp the estate tax, end preferential treatment on capital gains tax)
AND IN THE END: this is a relatively painless thing for all. the rich will still be rich. the free market will still be free (just not allowed to be as corrupt) and ALL OF US will enjoy our American citizenry without so much contempt for each other.
AND TO END WITH A SLOGAN THAT MATTERS: "when we all do better, we all do better."
PS If you think this could work please forward to as many people necessary and feel free to use any or all of my ideas to make this protest lead to positive policy change.