laughterkey: dustinmartian: It’s happening. On the 17th of September, we want to see 20,000 people to flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months. Once there, we shall incessantly repeat one simple demand in a plurality of voices and we will not leave until that demand has been met. Like our brothers and sisters in Egypt, Greece, Spain, and Iceland, we plan to use the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic of mass occupation to restore democracy in America. We also encourage the use of nonviolence to achieve our ends and maximize the safety of all participants. Who is Occupy Wall Street? Occupy Wall Street is leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%. The original call for this occupation was published by Adbusters in July; since then, many individuals across the country have stepped up to organize this event, such as the people of the NYC General Assembly and US Day of Rage. There’ll also be similar occupations in the near future such as October2011 in Freedom Plaza, Washington D.C. What Is This “One Demand”? What we demand from our government is for the people to decide through democratic consensus, not this website. A Facebook poll started by Adbusters suggests the demand might be an end to corporate personhood. I posted this earlier with a comment on the poster because I wasn’t quite sure what to think of it yet. Since then, Wil reblogged it. James got it from him, and then Dustin added the text above. From the get-go I found the idea tempting, and honestly, if I had PTO at my new job, I think I’d be there in a heartbeat. But I don’t. And the job is new enough that I can’t risk losing it, mainly because of my student loans. This goes back to the thing Sean Bonner posted awhile back, about the 8 reasons American Youth don’t revolt anymore. I’m by no means a part of that demo any longer, but the idea of this gathering still speaks to me. I hope people go. I want to be there. I might still go. I’m not quite sure why, other than I feel the need to say something, and saying something always seems easier when there are others saying it with you. I’m not sure what, but something is happening here, and if we can make it ours, and not be dicks about it, it might just be astounding. If not now, soon. It will come, student loans or no. At some point we will all get together and say we’ve had enough, or we’ll leave, and we can’t afford to leave. If a middle-class girl from Florida is almost ready to draw the line, how far away can anyone else be? I’m honestly curious. I feel more compelled to go to this than I did to go to the Inauguration, and I worked for the campaign for over a year. Am I alone on my reaction to this? Are you considering going? Would you if something similar was proposed a year from now and we were still in the same boat economy-wise? Part of me feels like this is a pipe dream, that nothing will come of it. But part of me keeps going back to the opening of the Declaration of Independence. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. I’m not saying we need to overthrow the government, but I’ll be damned if we’re not in a situation that on some level fits the above description. Will the 17th be when people stand up to say they’ve had enough? I don’t know. But if we don’t speak up, it will only get worse. It’s not only our right, but our duty as Americans to do so. And right now, voting doesn’t seem like a big enough megaphone. At some point we have to say something, or it really could be game over. And it’s always easier to say something when we’re together. I’m reblogging my own old post because, well, I can and I think it’s important.
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laughterkey:

dustinmartian:

It’s happening.
On the 17th of September, we want to see 20,000 people to flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months. Once there, we shall incessantly repeat one simple demand in a plurality of voices and we will not leave until that demand has been met.
Like our brothers and sisters in Egypt, Greece, Spain, and Iceland, we plan to use the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic of mass occupation to restore democracy in America. We also encourage the use of nonviolence to achieve our ends and maximize the safety of all participants. Who is Occupy Wall Street?
Occupy Wall Street is leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%.
The original call for this occupation was published by Adbusters in July; since then, many individuals across the country have stepped up to organize this event, such as the people of the NYC General Assembly and US Day of Rage. There’ll also be similar occupations in the near future such as October2011 in Freedom Plaza, Washington D.C. What Is This “One Demand”?
What we demand from our government is for the people to decide through democratic consensus, not this website. A Facebook poll started by Adbusters suggests the demand might be an end to corporate personhood.

I posted this earlier with a comment on the poster because I wasn’t quite sure what to think of it yet. Since then, Wil reblogged it. James got it from him, and then Dustin added the text above. From the get-go I found the idea tempting, and honestly, if I had PTO at my new job, I think I’d be there in a heartbeat. But I don’t. And the job is new enough that I can’t risk losing it, mainly because of my student loans.

This goes back to the thing Sean Bonner posted awhile back, about the 8 reasons American Youth don’t revolt anymore. I’m by no means a part of that demo any longer, but the idea of this gathering still speaks to me. I hope people go. I want to be there. I might still go. I’m not quite sure why, other than I feel the need to say something, and saying something always seems easier when there are others saying it with you.

I’m not sure what, but something is happening here, and if we can make it ours, and not be dicks about it, it might just be astounding. If not now, soon. It will come, student loans or no. At some point we will all get together and say we’ve had enough, or we’ll leave, and we can’t afford to leave. If a middle-class girl from Florida is almost ready to draw the line, how far away can anyone else be? I’m honestly curious. I feel more compelled to go to this than I did to go to the Inauguration, and I worked for the campaign for over a year.

Am I alone on my reaction to this? Are you considering going? Would you if something similar was proposed a year from now and we were still in the same boat economy-wise? Part of me feels like this is a pipe dream, that nothing will come of it. But part of me keeps going back to the opening of the Declaration of Independence.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

I’m not saying we need to overthrow the government, but I’ll be damned if we’re not in a situation that on some level fits the above description. Will the 17th be when people stand up to say they’ve had enough? I don’t know. But if we don’t speak up, it will only get worse. It’s not only our right, but our duty as Americans to do so. And right now, voting doesn’t seem like a big enough megaphone. At some point we have to say something, or it really could be game over. And it’s always easier to say something when we’re together.

I’m reblogging my own old post because, well, I can and I think it’s important.

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sirmitchell: “On the 17th of September, we want to see 20,000 people to flood into lower Manhattan, set up beds, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months,” one statement says. “Like our brothers and sisters in Egypt, Greece, Spain, and Iceland, we plan to use the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic of mass occupation to restore democracy in America. We also encourage the use of nonviolence to achieve our ends and maximize the safety of all participants.” Amazed that this is receiving almost zero media attention. If I was in NYC I would be there right now. Could lead to something amazing and revolutionary.  For more info, check out: https://occupywallst.org/ Spread the word Y’all! 
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sirmitchell:

“On the 17th of September, we want to see 20,000 people to flood into lower Manhattan, set up beds, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months,” one statement says. “Like our brothers and sisters in Egypt, Greece, Spain, and Iceland, we plan to use the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic of mass occupation to restore democracy in America. We also encourage the use of nonviolence to achieve our ends and maximize the safety of all participants.”

Amazed that this is receiving almost zero media attention. If I was in NYC I would be there right now. Could lead to something amazing and revolutionary. 

For more info, check out: https://occupywallst.org/

Spread the word Y’all! 

dustinmartian: It’s happening. On the 17th of September, we want to see 20,000 people to flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months. Once there, we shall incessantly repeat one simple demand in a plurality of voices and we will not leave until that demand has been met. Like our brothers and sisters in Egypt, Greece, Spain, and Iceland, we plan to use the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic of mass occupation to restore democracy in America. We also encourage the use of nonviolence to achieve our ends and maximize the safety of all participants. Who is Occupy Wall Street? Occupy Wall Street is leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%. The original call for this occupation was published by Adbusters in July; since then, many individuals across the country have stepped up to organize this event, such as the people of the NYC General Assembly and US Day of Rage. There’ll also be similar occupations in the near future such as October2011 in Freedom Plaza, Washington D.C. What Is This “One Demand”? What we demand from our government is for the people to decide through democratic consensus, not this website. A Facebook poll started by Adbusters suggests the demand might be an end to corporate personhood. I posted this earlier with a comment on the poster because I wasn’t quite sure what to think of it yet. Since then, Wil reblogged it. James got it from him, and then Dustin added the text above. From the get-go I found the idea tempting, and honestly, if I had PTO at my new job, I think I’d be there in a heartbeat. But I don’t. And the job is new enough that I can’t risk losing it, mainly because of my student loans. This goes back to the thing Sean Bonner posted awhile back, about the 8 reasons American Youth don’t revolt anymore. I’m by no means a part of that demo any longer, but the idea of this gathering still speaks to me. I hope people go. I want to be there. I might still go. I’m not quite sure why, other than I feel the need to say something, and saying something always seems easier when there are others saying it with you. I’m not sure what, but something is happening here, and if we can make it ours, and not be dicks about it, it might just be astounding. If not now, soon. It will come, student loans or no. At some point we will all get together and say we’ve had enough, or we’ll leave, and we can’t afford to leave. If a middle-class girl from Florida is almost ready to draw the line, how far away can anyone else be? I’m honestly curious. I feel more compelled to go to this than I did to go to the Inauguration, and I worked for the campaign for over a year. Am I alone on my reaction to this? Are you considering going? Would you if something similar was proposed a year from now and we were still in the same boat economy-wise? Part of me feels like this is a pipe dream, that nothing will come of it. But part of me keeps going back to the opening of the Declaration of Independence. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. I’m not saying we need to overthrow the government, but I’ll be damned if we’re not in a situation that on some level fits the above description. Will the 17th be when people stand up to say they’ve had enough? I don’t know. But if we don’t speak up, it will only get worse. It’s not only our right, but our duty as Americans to do so. And right now, voting doesn’t seem like a big enough megaphone. At some point we have to say something, or it really could be game over. And it’s always easier to say something when we’re together.
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dustinmartian:

It’s happening.
On the 17th of September, we want to see 20,000 people to flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months. Once there, we shall incessantly repeat one simple demand in a plurality of voices and we will not leave until that demand has been met.
Like our brothers and sisters in Egypt, Greece, Spain, and Iceland, we plan to use the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic of mass occupation to restore democracy in America. We also encourage the use of nonviolence to achieve our ends and maximize the safety of all participants. Who is Occupy Wall Street?
Occupy Wall Street is leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%.
The original call for this occupation was published by Adbusters in July; since then, many individuals across the country have stepped up to organize this event, such as the people of the NYC General Assembly and US Day of Rage. There’ll also be similar occupations in the near future such as October2011 in Freedom Plaza, Washington D.C. What Is This “One Demand”?
What we demand from our government is for the people to decide through democratic consensus, not this website. A Facebook poll started by Adbusters suggests the demand might be an end to corporate personhood.

I posted this earlier with a comment on the poster because I wasn’t quite sure what to think of it yet. Since then, Wil reblogged it. James got it from him, and then Dustin added the text above. From the get-go I found the idea tempting, and honestly, if I had PTO at my new job, I think I’d be there in a heartbeat. But I don’t. And the job is new enough that I can’t risk losing it, mainly because of my student loans.

This goes back to the thing Sean Bonner posted awhile back, about the 8 reasons American Youth don’t revolt anymore. I’m by no means a part of that demo any longer, but the idea of this gathering still speaks to me. I hope people go. I want to be there. I might still go. I’m not quite sure why, other than I feel the need to say something, and saying something always seems easier when there are others saying it with you.

I’m not sure what, but something is happening here, and if we can make it ours, and not be dicks about it, it might just be astounding. If not now, soon. It will come, student loans or no. At some point we will all get together and say we’ve had enough, or we’ll leave, and we can’t afford to leave. If a middle-class girl from Florida is almost ready to draw the line, how far away can anyone else be? I’m honestly curious. I feel more compelled to go to this than I did to go to the Inauguration, and I worked for the campaign for over a year.

Am I alone on my reaction to this? Are you considering going? Would you if something similar was proposed a year from now and we were still in the same boat economy-wise? Part of me feels like this is a pipe dream, that nothing will come of it. But part of me keeps going back to the opening of the Declaration of Independence.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

I’m not saying we need to overthrow the government, but I’ll be damned if we’re not in a situation that on some level fits the above description. Will the 17th be when people stand up to say they’ve had enough? I don’t know. But if we don’t speak up, it will only get worse. It’s not only our right, but our duty as Americans to do so. And right now, voting doesn’t seem like a big enough megaphone. At some point we have to say something, or it really could be game over. And it’s always easier to say something when we’re together.

Source: BuzzFeed