#OCCUPYWALLSTREET campaign - September 17

[Nordic]

Power can only be countered with power, never with only good intentions or even reason.

Yup. Very few people realize this here. We all think we can "consume" our way to whatever we want. The brainwashing, it works pretty good.

[jam.fuse]

Links from Chicago protest: http://occupychi.org/

Thread from world reknowned sound engineer/musician Steve Albini's website concerning NY protest: http://www.electricalaudio.com/phpBB3/v ... =4&t=57295

'Doesn't get much more real than putting your life on hold indefinitely to relocate to the outdoors and put yourself in harm's way on principle.'
-- Steve Albini

Some talking points offered by the blog of warmowski, link from the above mentioned thread:

http://warmowski.wordpress.com/2011/09/ ... messaging/

WHY ARE WE HERE?

The bloated and reckless financial sector harms the real economy. 40 years ago, the financial sector commanded 2% of all the economy's profits. Today, it commands over 40%. We, in the real economy, demand a 1% tax on all securities transactions. We call for the nationalization and breakup of all "too big to fail" financial institutions. We call for the nationalization and de-privatization of the Federal Reserve Bank.

WE WANT OUR ECONOMY BACK.

WE WANT OUR DEMOCRACY BACK

We will no longer pretend we are well-represented by a government corrupted by runaway financial and commercial interests. We demand public service. We demand an end to the normalized corruption of our democracy by 1) instituting public financing of elections, 2) ending all lobbying for changes to the tax code, 3) the end of audit-less electronic balloting systems.

WE WANT OUR DEMOCRACY BACK.

WE WANT OUR JOBS BACK

Wall Street's political power has far exceeded Washington's. The economy's biggest players have the biggest say in its outcomes. Now, we want our say. Corporate profits and cash reserves are near all-time highs. Yet, unemployment is effectively well over 15% while "job creators" create only excuses.

WE WANT OUR JOBS BACK.

WE WANT OUR HOMES BACK

We signed on the dotted line. But Wall Street banks didn't. We didn't want a housing bubble. Wall Street's banks and derivatives traders created one. We are not in default, we are victims of massive financial fraud. We demand an immediate cessation of foreclosures.

WE WANT OUR HOMES BACK.

WE WANT ARRESTS AND PROSECUTION OF FINANCIAL TERRORISTS

Too big to fail is too big to jail. We demand immediate indictments on charges of securities fraud for Lloyd Blankfein (Goldman Sachs), Vikram Pandit (Citi), John Stumpf (Wells Fargo). Jamie Dimon (JPM/Chase), Ken Lewis (BoA), Martin J. Sullivan (AIG).

WE WANT ARRESTS AND PROSECUTION OF FINANCIAL TERRORISTS

WE WILL NOT LEAVE UNTIL WE REGAIN OUR ECONOMIC CIVIL RIGHTS.

[2012 Countdown]

Good talking points. And I thank the Chicagoans in the video posted, and others in other cities. We are all in your debt as well.

[elfismiles]

Over 100 NYPD Officers Refuse to Work in Support of Occupy Wall Street Movement
http://www.in5d.com/over-100-nypd-offic ... treet.html

[Bruce Dazzling]

The only word corporations understand is more.

Word.

[whipstitch]

[Luther Blissett]

[psynapz]

^^ Where and when exactly is that, Luther?

[Luther Blissett]

^^ Where exactly is that, Luther?

That is Tweed Courthouse and City Hall on Broadway at City Hall Park. I can't remember the cross streets.

[psynapz]

^^ Where exactly is that, Luther?

That is Tweed Courthouse and City Hall on Broadway at City Hall Park. I can't remember the cross streets.

Thanks! And sorry, my edit passed your reply going the other direction on the RIway... When was that taken?

[2012 Countdown]

Live Blog of #OccupyWallStreet: Day Twelve
By: Kevin Gosztola Wednesday September 28, 2011





11:27 PM Peaceful march this morning – a little over a hundred participate

http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/

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@joanwalsh
Joan Walsh

Jailed for covering the Wall Street protests (really great personal account, with videos) http://shar.es/b1XdI


Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 07:37 ET
Jailed for covering the Wall Street protests
Getting arrested alongside citizen journalists gave me a taste of the risks these non-professionals take Video

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2011/ ... t_arrested

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Sam Seder discusses the latest on the Occupy Wall Street protest

Keith and Sam Seder, comedian and host of “The Majority Report” and “Ring of Fire,” discuss the latest from the Occupy Wall Street protest, including NPR’s explanation of why it isn’t covering the protest and the evolving policy positions of the protesters.

Watch “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” live each weeknight at 8/7c on Current TV.

Click here
http://current.com/shows/countdown/vide ... et-protest

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50 Portraits From Occupy Wall Street (Slideshow)
http://www.observer.com/2011/09/50-port ... slideshow/

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"Observations of a Jailed Journalist" - WNET journalist tells his story of arrest at #OCCUPYWALLSTREET

http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/news ... ournalist/

[Luther Blissett]

^^ Where exactly is that, Luther?

That is Tweed Courthouse and City Hall on Broadway at City Hall Park. I can't remember the cross streets.

Thanks! And sorry, my edit passed your reply going the other direction on the RIway... When was that taken?

Ah, that info I was not given. My intuition says Saturday.

[Bruce Dazzling]

I've been out of town for the past 5 days, but I'm back today, and I just spent some time at the protest.

It seems like the numbers have grown since last week. I'm guessing that there's about 300 people there today, and spirits are still high.

Police presence seems lower. There are just as many cars and vans, but there don't seem to be nearly as many cops standing around looking menacing.

Here are some cell phone pics:

[Nordic]

Some talking points offered by the blog of warmowski, link from the above mentioned thread:

http://warmowski.wordpress.com/2011/09/ ... messaging/

WHY ARE WE HERE?

The bloated and reckless financial sector harms the real economy. 40 years ago, the financial sector commanded 2% of all the economy's profits. Today, it commands over 40%. We, in the real economy, demand a 1% tax on all securities transactions. We call for the nationalization and breakup of all "too big to fail" financial institutions. We call for the nationalization and de-privatization of the Federal Reserve Bank.

WE WANT OUR ECONOMY BACK.

WE WANT OUR DEMOCRACY BACK

We will no longer pretend we are well-represented by a government corrupted by runaway financial and commercial interests. We demand public service. We demand an end to the normalized corruption of our democracy by 1) instituting public financing of elections, 2) ending all lobbying for changes to the tax code, 3) the end of audit-less electronic balloting systems.

WE WANT OUR DEMOCRACY BACK.

WE WANT OUR JOBS BACK

Wall Street's political power has far exceeded Washington's. The economy's biggest players have the biggest say in its outcomes. Now, we want our say. Corporate profits and cash reserves are near all-time highs. Yet, unemployment is effectively well over 15% while "job creators" create only excuses.

WE WANT OUR JOBS BACK.

WE WANT OUR HOMES BACK

We signed on the dotted line. But Wall Street banks didn't. We didn't want a housing bubble. Wall Street's banks and derivatives traders created one. We are not in default, we are victims of massive financial fraud. We demand an immediate cessation of foreclosures.

WE WANT OUR HOMES BACK.

WE WANT ARRESTS AND PROSECUTION OF FINANCIAL TERRORISTS

Too big to fail is too big to jail. We demand immediate indictments on charges of securities fraud for Lloyd Blankfein (Goldman Sachs), Vikram Pandit (Citi), John Stumpf (Wells Fargo). Jamie Dimon (JPM/Chase), Ken Lewis (BoA), Martin J. Sullivan (AIG).

WE WANT ARRESTS AND PROSECUTION OF FINANCIAL TERRORISTS

WE WILL NOT LEAVE UNTIL WE REGAIN OUR ECONOMIC CIVIL RIGHTS.

FWIW that just went up on my Facebook page. Maybe we'll see more of it. It's good. Nice and simple.

[Project Willow]

^^ I was going to do that also.

Greenwald weighs in...
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/09/28/protests/index.html

What's behind the scorn for the Wall Street protests?
By Glenn Greenwald

It's unsurprising that establishment media outlets have been condescending, dismissive and scornful of the ongoing protests on Wall Street. Any entity that declares itself an adversary of prevailing institutional power is going to be viewed with hostility by establishment-serving institutions and their loyalists. That's just the nature of protests that take place outside approved channels, an inevitable by-product of disruptive dissent: those who are most vested in safeguarding and legitimizing establishment prerogatives (which, by definition, includes establishment media outlets) are going to be hostile to those challenges. As the virtually universal disdain in these same circles for WikiLeaks (and, before that, for the Iraq War protests) demonstrated: the more effectively adversarial it is, the more establishment hostility it's going to provoke.

Nor is it surprising that much of the most vocal criticisms of the Wall Street protests has come from some self-identified progressives, who one might think would be instinctively sympathetic to the substantive message of the protesters. In an excellent analysis entitled "Why Establishment Media & the Power Elite Loathe Occupy Wall Street," Kevin Gosztola chronicles how many of the most scornful criticisms have come from Democratic partisans who -- like the politicians to whom they devote their fealty -- feign populist opposition to Wall Street for political gain.

Michael Moore via the human mic: