#OCCUPYWALLST

pococcupywallstreet: Movement for Justice in El Barrio at...

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 11:06:04 -0400

Movement for Justice in El Barrio at Occupy Wall St. (on occupied
indigenous land)

This Sunday, October 9th at 6 p.m., members of Movement for Justice in
El Barrio, an organization that is part of the Zapatista initiated The
Other Campaign have been invited and will participate in Occupy Wall
St. (on occupied indigenous land)

They will share a message written by the humble immigrant community of
East Harlem on their seven-year struggle for dignity and against
neoliberal displacement. In this message, they will speak on their
vision of the world, their analysis of the problems that besiege it,
and how they seek to change it. They will offer their grain of sand
and make echo the voice of all the dignified people who are struggling
to build a new world from below and to the left.

“For Movement for Justice in El Barrio, the struggle for justice means
fighting for the liberation of women, immigrants, lesbians, people of
color, gays and the transgender community. We all share a common enemy
and its called neoliberalism. Neoliberalism wishes to divide us and
keep us from combining our forces. We will defeat this by continuing
to unite our entire community until we achieve true liberation for
all.” -Words of Movement for Justice in El Barrio

Sunday, October 9 at 6 pm
Location: Southeast Corner of Zuccotti Park
(Underneath big red sculpture)

Broadway & Cedar St. nr. Liberty St., at SE corner of Liberty Plaza/
Zucotti Park; TRANSIT: #4, 5 to Wall St. (north exits) or to Fulton; R
(not N) to Rector St. (at Trinity Pl.) or to Cortlandt St. (at Church
St.: both platforms now open); A, C to Broadway-Nassau (at Fulton); J
to Fulton (at Nassau); #1 to Rector (at Greenwich); Broadway bus;
Varick St. bus; Water St.

Photos from Liberty Plaza

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:00:52 -0400

Hey guys, feel free to check out my photos of the happenings from the Liberty Plaza and around on my tumblr blog: NYC in protest … Feel free to like and reblog;)))

Haitian Solidarity March - Friday, October 7th

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:02:17 -0400

pococcupywallstreet:

DON’T OCCUPY HAITI ! OCCUPY WALL STREET !

Cross the Brooklyn Bridge ● Show Solidarity with Occupy Wall Street Movement

Friday, OCTOBER 7, 2011

4 p.m. - Rally @ Cadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn

5 p.m. - March across the Brooklyn Bridge

6 p.m. - Rally with demonstrators at Liberty Plaza, Manhattan

To SHOW SOLIDARITY with the protestors of the OCCUPY WALL STREET movement, the HAITIAN COMMUNITY will march across the Brooklyn Bridge to Liberty Plaza.

The same BANKERS and CAPITALISTS who are driving North American working people into poverty, debt and homelessness have IMPOVERISHED HAITI for decades.

In APRIL 1990, OCTOBER 1991, AUGUST 1997 and MARCH 2000, Haitians have made a TRADITION of marching across the Brooklyn Bridge to protest racism, coup d’états, and police brutality. In 2011, the tradition will continue as the Haitian community shows its solidarity with the thousands rising up against capitalist greed and crisis.
END the UN military occupation of Haiti! NO to reestablishing the coup-making Haitian Army! NO to Bill Clinton’s Interim Haiti Recovery Commission ! Let the people OCCUPY WALL STREET !

For more information: 718-362-0763, 917-251-6057, or 718-421-0162

Initiated by: Fanmi Lavalas (NY), International Support Haiti Network (ISHN) & Konbit Ayisyen pou Kore Lakay (KAKOLA)

The 99% Occupy Wall St. Union Solidarity march today drew...

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:24:00 -0400

The 99% Occupy Wall St. Union Solidarity march today drew between 20,000 and 50,000 people by current estimates. The overall mood was lively and talkative. Protests of this sort are usually clique affairs to most folks, they come they hang out with their friends, they march and then they leave. Foley square was different. People gathered in groups, sometimes 15 or 20 people, to listen to a CUNY student explain how his public college was becoming so expensive that the public was struggling to make tuition. His audience ranged from women with college aged grandchildren to children in strollers, one with a sign reading, “How much will it cost me to send my kids to school?” Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir preached and sang a fierce service extolling the virtues of the 45 words that gave us 5 of our most important freedoms, the first article of the U.S. Constitution.

The crowd was diverse yet unified, happy yet angry, and most of all motivated to make change happen sooner rather than later. People still suggest that this movement is losing steam, but the testament of today’s pledges of solidarity between Unions, Occupiers and the 99% shows that this flame is only growing brighter by the day.

giveusthreewords-wallstreet: Solidarity March. 6:05PM - 6:08PM

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:23:48 -0400

giveusthreewords-wallstreet:

Solidarity March. 6:05PM - 6:08PM

We participated in the “Solidarity March” on October...

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:07:00 -0400

We participated in the “Solidarity March” on October 5, 2011. Instead of asking the protesters why they were there, we asked them to give us three words, any words, from the top of their heads. We hoped to capture each moment as it was, and not the protest as a whole, in order to paint a more detailed picture. This is what we have so far, we’re still working on putting it all together. Visit us on Facebook, YouTube, and Tumblr for more videos!

The March Is On The Move! The People Are Beautiful!

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:17:00 -0400

Foley Square is electric, can you feel it? There is a wind blowing here. The sun in shining here. People are angry and smiling and beating drums and making speaches. There is a pavilion where the Union leaders are speaking, but more importantly there are human megaphones dotted throughout the park expressing their desires, their own methods for radical change in America. We are all here for different reasons, but we know we are all facing the same direction, and we are all marching together. This is only the beginning. Ocuupy Wall Street is part of it, the Unions are part of it, their members are part of it. Go outside and shout from where ever you are, SHOUT THAT YOU ARE FREE! SHOUT BECAUSE YOU’RE! SHOUT BECAUSE YOU ARE THE 99%! THE 1 % ARE LOSING THEIR GRIP.

Heading To New York. Need Help/Advice.

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:03:38 -0400

I have been following the Occupy Wall Street protests for a while. And for the past couple of days, I have been seriously thinking of heading to New York to participate. The visit is likely to be in mid-to-late October or early November.

While I plan to spend my days at Liberty Plaza Park, it is not possible for me to camp out there at night due to a chronic back condition. So I’m looking for a reasonably-priced place to stay for a week.

1. The place should be clean, have an attached bathroom, and in a safe neighbourhood.

2. It should be close to a subway station and not more than a 45-60 minute ride from Liberty Plaza Park.

3. It should be independent accommodation, not a guest room in someone’s house as I will probably be coming and going at odd hours. I wouldn’t mind guest accommodation if it’s with someone who is active in the protest himself/herself.

4. It should have a wireless internet connection.

5. I am obviously looking for something that is reasonably-priced but am not on a shoestring budget.

6. If someone else is looking for something similar, I would be happy to share and split the costs.

Please let me know if you know of such a place or where I can find one online. I am already looking on www.airbnb.com and www.tripadvisor.com. Please leave your responses in comments or email me at bonnarookie at gmail dot com. Thanks in advance.

To get the most bang for your buck, check out www.hostelbookers.com or www.hostelworld.com.

As far as someone being on the same boat as you, I highly recommend that if they’re reading this, they contact you via your tumblr.

Finding a cheap location in NYC won’t be hard, but the commute will be the 40mins+, but that’s not too bad. I hope you can make it down to the city! We hope to see you soon.

The flier for tomorrow, hope to see you all tomorrow; and if...

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:56:13 -0400

The flier for tomorrow, hope to see you all tomorrow; and if you’re not in NYC area, keep demanding information!

from a bathroom at CUNY Law

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:26:52 -0400

Solidarity March Tomorrow NYC 4:30 PM

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:28:25 -0400

Tomorrow one of the largest protests the US has seen in YEARS will occur to contest the corruption of the Monetary System and of Wall St. If you’re in the NYC area come support the Occupy Wall St. and Occupy Together 3pm. Liberty Square.

Community/Labor March to Wall St against Corporate Greed and the Big Banks
Wed, October 5, 4:30pm – 7:00pm | Foley Square, Centre St & Duane St New York, NY 10007 to Zuccotti Park (Liberty Plaza)

Union members and community members impacted by the economic crisis have been demanding that Wall Street and New York’s wealthiest pay their fair share of taxes. Let’s march down to Wall Street to welcome the protesters and show the face of New Yorkers hardest hit by corporate greed.

It’s time to stand together, and continue what was started in Wisconsin!

Note, this MARCH IS LEGAL, meaning that the necessary permits have been obtained.

Evil Capitalism/Evil Socialism A Common False Argument Explained

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:09:53 -0400

Capitalism in itself is just the converse of labor, labor wouldn’t exist without capital and capital wouldn’t exist without labor. The fracturing of labor from the equation and creation of the false struggle between the two is what created Fascism on the one hand and Socialism on the other. There is a middle ground where both sides exist with equanimity and that is the single goal of a truly freemarket, and there is nothing wrong with a market free and in balance with the realities of the needs of the whole populace.

An inborn egalitarian ethos, a human drive toward reciprocity, in a fully functioning free market these ideal aspects of human nature would flourish. In its converse the winner take all corporatist ideal that 1% of the population can control 99% of the population leads to cutthroat competition between all individuals.

I admit both the “free market” of rugged individualism and the “free market” of egalitarianism are both Utopian, but all philosophy exists within a vacuum.

Why I'm Freezing My Butt Off @ Liberty City

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:37:45 -0400

I am here because I do not have a voice in any other forum in our political system. I am hear because no-one I have ever voted for has won except one time and when that happened they didn’t do any of the things they said they would in their campaign. I’m tired of only having 2 choices, neither of which I believe to be honest.

I’m tired of being yelled at by my neighbors because the media tells them I am evil. I’m tired of money being the foundation of our political system. I am tired of struggling to make ends meet when I have a job and being blamed and accused of being lazy when that job lays me off or when I have the courage of my convictions to leave an unethical and abusive workplace. I am tired of walking past first class to go to my seat in the back and being leered at and judged by all those that were allowed to board first (this is a metaphor.) I am out here freezing and damp with a lot of people whom I don’t agree but who maintain the common goal that the system is broken.

I’m 40 years old. I have a college degree. I’ve worked in Financial and Technology Recruiting. I’ve been laid-off 3 times in my working career. I’m currently unemployed. I’ve been looking for a job for 1 year, 7 months, 22 days. I can’t count the resumes I’ve sent nor the interviews I’ve been on. I’ve worked as a laborer, an assistant, a caterer waiter, I’ve planted trees and mown grass. I don’t know how I’m going to pay the rent through December. DO NOT TELL ME TO GROW UP AND SURE AS SHIT DON’T TELL ME TO GET A JOB! I AM THE 99%!

The Higher Education Myth

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:07:42 -0400

People in the U.S. are sold the idea from kindergarten that if you go to college you will get a job and have that elusive American Dream, indoctrination works! And, most employers DO scoff at people without a degree no matter how self educated and talented they are, ask anyone in the silly profession of “human resource management.” It is a political and financial windfall for lending institutions to levy every citizen with massive accumulated debt by the age of 20.

Education needs to be free, there should be free trade school options for the less academically inclined. There should be an apprenticeship option for talent, aptitude, and interest at the high school level. If everyone could follow a path that aligns with their innate talents and interests we would have a much more egalitarian economy. And maybe we might even be happy sometimes.

It's About Tearing Down The Broken System

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:01:53 -0400

It’s not about which system works best, this battle of ideologies is what keeps the 99% fighting each other instead of recognizing the common enemy.

The imbalance that has occurred through-out Europe is a direct result of flailing Multinational Banks dismantling economic systems worldwide. This is not the direct fault of democracy either of the “socialist” variety as in Europe or the theoretically “free market” variety people claim we have in the U.S. It is the fault of Concentrated Wealth and the disproportionate influence that concentration has over political systems. Because these financial institutions were allowed to become larger than most national economies these problems express throughout the world in every form of government

When we learn to stop blaming the victims we can come together regardless of ideology and stand against the concentration of unlimited global power by Multinationals.

The Revolution Will Be Inclusive!

Mass media coverage like this makes me sick, which is why it is...

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:38:00 -0400

Mass media coverage like this makes me sick, which is why it is SO SO important that we spread our word any way that we can, because as times have shown again and again (twitter blocking #occupywallst) that corporate information outlet is not going to help this movement. Unfortunately, a lot of people still get the gist of what’s going on in the world from news cycles, and it is really hard to compete with that; the best we can do is report the reality of what’s going on through reporters/protestors/occupiers on the ground at Wall St.

Of course this an exaggerated video to base my concerns on, I mean, after all, it is FOX news, but that interview they with protestors is horribly edited. The people down there are articulate and passionate, they know what they want and they know what their grievances are.

Tomorrow is a huge protest with NYC Transit Union joining in, and many colleges/universities around the city are having a student walk-out, which will bring in even larger and younger crowd. Please let everyone know that this is happening tomorrow and to continuously google the movement and seek information for it. The more you seek information, the harder it is for media to ignore this.

"Throughout the night it became clear that they wanted my fellow protestors to think that I did..."

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:29:00 -0400

“Throughout the night it became clear that they wanted my fellow protestors to think that I did something criminally wrong. That I had done something different from them. That I was not just a peaceful protestor exercising my rights on that bridge. That I deserved to be handcuffed to a railing in the side of the precinct with violent criminals. Everyone seemed to wonder why I had been separated. When other officers chatted amongst themselves about why I was separated, one officer suspected aloud that I was a “ringleader”. The woman officer stood a few times outside the glass wall with the door open as male officers asked about me. It appeared that she told them that I was transgender as they gawked, giggled and stared at me.”

- Transgender ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protester Segregated, Humiliated by NYPD During Arrest, Detention. Read his statement in full.

Occupiers

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:25:00 -0400

If you have been down to Wall Street, we would love to hear about your experience, even if you only went down there for an hour. What you felt, saw, and heard adds many dimensions to this movement, and allows the people to feel solidarity with it. We are the 99%, and sometimes that’s said so often that it remains a number - a percentage - but, it’s good to keep in mind, that 99% means people. It’s every one of us.

Even if you haven’t been to Wall Street, please reblog to get the word out that we are accepting stories, especially since corporate media has been ignoring this mass movement, we have to do all that we can to bring people together.

to_the_world Tags: occupywallstreet nycga occupytogether occupyeverything a message from the NYCGA at #occupywallstreet, and an excerpt from the declaration you can read here

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:05:06 -0400

to_the_world Tags: occupywallstreet nycga occupytogether occupyeverything a message from the NYCGA at #occupywallstreet, and an excerpt from the declaration you can read here

Occupy Wall Street - October 2, 2011 Just posting protest signs...

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:01:00 -0400

Occupy Wall Street - October 2, 2011

Just posting protest signs and news can make the Occupy Wall St. Movement seem overwhelming and too one dimensional, but the atmosphere there is not that intense. People are conversing, laughing, singing, eating, dancing, and enjoying each other’s presence.

Source: TBFree