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students in Norway has ushered in the neo-fascist hatred for white people who stand in arms with people of color and immigrants. All of you white comrades in this movement stand together with historically oppressed people as brothers and sisters. Please take this seriously in love and comradeship, we need to protect each other. Our language needs to reflect this on every level. We need to be politically savvy inclusive and sophisticated. Thank you, Shaista
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:37 PM, shaista husain <shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: Some more people of color "speaking for this movement" in the media team--you know who go out to mainstream media, also would not hurt us. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:33 PM, shaista husain <shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: Can you put some dreadlocks on her, does every female the represents this movement have to be visibly white? Perhaps just one poster with illustrating some sensitivity to people of color who make up the majority of THIS CITY???? This movement is not all white people and if there is NO leadership, then it becomes important to be sensitive about images of individuals who come to signify the movement as a whole. PERHAPS and now im begging you comrades, its so real it fucking hurts, can we get some people of color visibility.. ATLEAST ONE poster that reflects this? I bet you it will be so celebrated!!! Perhaps an indigenous woman? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE> folks.. Thanks!!! On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:05 PM, gail zawacki <witsendnj@gmail.com> wrote: It's fantastic and uplifting! I ended a morbid blogpost with it, here...http://witsendnj.blogspot.com/2011/10/catastrophe-map-saysgoodbye-to.html
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:51 PM, grimwomyn <grimwomyn@gmail.com> wrote: this would be an awesome sticker as well!
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Sarah <miss.quintessential01@gmail.com> wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Eric Drooker <mail@drooker.com> Date: Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 4:40 PM Subject: Occupy Wall Street . . . To: Eric Drooker <hi@drooker.com>
--PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY-Friends & Fellow Occupiers, To help our powerful, new Occupy Movement spread to other cites, I've created a powerful new poster (attached). Please help circulate this poster image (e-mail, facebook, twitter, print, etc.), and help build momentum in the streets! Now is our time. Thank you, - Eric P.S. And please pass along this URL, where people can downed hi-res versions of the new posters in many languages: www.GStrike.org
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september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of rob hollander september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: [september17discuss] Fwd: Occupy Wall Street Poster Saturday, October 08, 2011 10:02:05 AM
+1 Even the ballerina served well, too -- it was praised in one of the first serious articles on OWS when most media were calling OWS muddle-headed and naive. The image and text implied something new and smart. So, yes, many, many, many more... On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 7:40 AM, grimwomyn <grimwomyn@gmail.com> wrote: Hopefully there will be many many many many many many images and posters that circulate-- that is the point, right? On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 12:58 AM, shaista husain <shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: Yes you are right 100% no stereotypes--so why do we always need one woman or one individual for a poster? we are leaderless organization so we claim why are we establishing icons that do not reflect this claim?
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 7:07 PM, <jemcgloin@verizon.net> wrote:
Becareful with native Amercan or other ethnic/racial cliches. Just add an obvious mix of people so that it is obcious that all are invited.
On 10/07/11, shaista husain<shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: Yes, she did look indigenous, but perhaps we can add another signifier to make sure there is no confusion--perhaps a feather (i am just giving an example) or some other blatant signifier will illustrate that further. We are multicultural. Please in all we do and say, let's please please be inclusive--love each other-- i did make a very strong polemic with some people of color who were complaining about young white protesters who wanted to fight the police, and these people of color were complaining that immigrants and folks can't always do that and its dangerous to put people of color in that kind of situation. But i told them, when the police are attacking us, as they are wont to do, its those same courageous white youth who will put their bodies in between you and the police. So shut the fuck up. Thanks, Shaista On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Thadeaus <thadeaus@gmail.com> wrote: I totally agree. and think we all need to be very aware of what kind of face(s) we put forward to represent this movement and attract new supporters. I noticed an otherwise wonderful tri-paneled hand out that welcomed people to the occupied space had a number of illustrations but only of yuppie looking seemingly white people. I think this was meant as satire of vacation brochures, but even so companies that seek diverse customers have been incorporating people of color into their promo materials for years now. As for the image in the poster in question: I am pretty sure that it was originally a panel in Eric Drooker's wordless graphic novel Blood Song. It's a amazing and beautiful book. The main character of the book and who is pictured in the poster is I think of South-East Asian origin. The art was not created to represent our protest. heart Thadeaus
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:49 PM, shaista husain <shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: Well I prefer to be behind the camera, but i can help in addressing this issue.. thank you
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Matthew Presto <matthew.presto@gmail.com> wrote: Agreed with Shaista. Let's move as far away from the ballerina poster that a lot of us had issues with way back when. Matt
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:44 PM, shaista husain <shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: A huge backlash is coming against this movement by those powerful people of color minorities who have been protesting their whole lives, that this movement is white and middle class. It is important to us that is is not ALWAYS represented that way, taking issues of representation in our "official" campaigns, a little sensitivity to diversity is what demarcates us clearly from RIGHT WING movement that is also against Wall St.--we are multicultural ----that has to be emphasized always, as you know the IDF across britain, the islamophobes all the racist haters are also up in arms against wall street. What differentiates us is our MULTICULTURALISM. Breivnik by killing students in Norway has ushered in the neo-fascist hatred for white people who stand in arms with people of color and immigrants. All of you white comrades in this movement stand together with historically oppressed people as brothers and sisters. Please take this seriously in love and comradeship, we need to protect each other. Our language needs to reflect this on every level. We need to be politically savvy inclusive and sophisticated. Thank you, Shaista
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of grimwomyn september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: [september17discuss] Fwd: Occupy Wall Street Poster Saturday, October 08, 2011 7:40:36 AM
Hopefully there will be many many many many many many images and posters that circulate-- that is the point, right? On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 12:58 AM, shaista husain <shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: Yes you are right 100% no stereotypes--so why do we always need one woman or one individual for a poster? we are leaderless organization so we claim why are we establishing icons that do not reflect this claim?
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:37 PM, shaista husain <shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: Some more people of color "speaking for this movement" in the media team--you know who go out to mainstream media, also would not hurt us. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:33 PM, shaista husain <shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: Can you put some dreadlocks on her, does every female the represents this movement have to be visibly white? Perhaps just one
poster with illustrating some sensitivity to people of color who make up the majority of THIS CITY???? This movement is not all white people and if there is NO leadership, then it becomes important to be sensitive about images of individuals who come to signify the movement as a whole. PERHAPS and now im begging you comrades, its so real it fucking hurts, can we get some people of color visibility.. ATLEAST ONE poster that reflects this? I bet you it will be so celebrated!!! Perhaps an indigenous woman? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE> folks.. Thanks!!! On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:05 PM, gail zawacki <witsendnj@gmail.com> wrote: It's fantastic and uplifting! I ended a morbid blogpost with it, here...http://witsendnj.blogspot.com/2011/10/catastrophe-map-saysgoodbye-to.html
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of shaista husain september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: [september17discuss] Fwd: Occupy Wall Street Poster Saturday, October 08, 2011 12:58:50 AM
Yes you are right 100% no stereotypes--so why do we always need one woman or one individual for a poster? we are leaderless organization so we claim why are we establishing icons that do not reflect this claim?
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:37 PM, shaista husain <shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: Some more people of color "speaking for this movement" in the media team--you know who go out to mainstream media, also would not hurt us. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:33 PM, shaista husain <shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: Can you put some dreadlocks on her, does every female the represents this movement have to be visibly white? Perhaps just one poster with illustrating some sensitivity to people of color who make up the majority of THIS CITY???? This movement is not all white people and if there is NO leadership, then it becomes important to be sensitive about images of individuals who come to signify the movement as a whole. PERHAPS and now im begging you comrades, its so real it fucking hurts, can we get some people of
color visibility.. ATLEAST ONE poster that reflects this? I bet you it will be so celebrated!!! Perhaps an indigenous woman? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE> folks.. Thanks!!! On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:05 PM, gail zawacki <witsendnj@gmail.com> wrote: It's fantastic and uplifting! I ended a morbid blogpost with it, here...http://witsendnj.blogspot.com/2011/10/catastrophe-map-saysgoodbye-to.html
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of jemcgloin@verizon.net september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: [september17discuss] Fwd: Occupy Wall Street Poster Friday, October 07, 2011 7:07:15 PM
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of shaista husain september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: [september17discuss] Fwd: Occupy Wall Street Poster Saturday, October 08, 2011 7:38:00 PM
Perhaps we can bring this to the attention of People of Color Group the profound paucity of images and art posters addressing diversity. The ballerina image was straight up elitist, classical and eurocentric ok. People interpret art in different ways. For me, i love ballet and classical music but it hardly represents the majority of THIS occupation. It appeals to bloomberg and his class, who actually afford tickets at lincoln center opera. And it looks like an advertisement for American Apparel. The police in riot gear is fine, so is the bull but replacing lady liberty in the harbor the new icon or statue of liberty--ballet? If you insist on European icons or refernces there is long history of Brecht, resistance art and posters, not just social realism, but surrealism and other art histories that speak to our occupation much better than ballet. Just a thoughT????? On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:29 PM, gail zawacki <witsendnj@gmail.com> wrote: How's this for diversity? On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Jon Good <therealjongood@gmail.com> wrote: Might a call be put out for artists of color to get more diverse, multicultural representations out there? Or to all artists to get specifically non-white people representing this movement? I have the visual art ability of a two-yearold, otherwise i'd practice what I preached myself.
On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 10:01 AM, rob hollander <lesrrd@gmail.com> wrote: +1 Even the ballerina served well, too -- it was praised in one of the first serious articles on OWS when most media were calling OWS muddle-headed and naive. The image and text implied something new and smart. So, yes, many, many, many more... On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 7:40 AM, grimwomyn <grimwomyn@gmail.com> wrote: Hopefully there will be many many many many many many images and posters that circulate-- that is the point, right? On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 12:58 AM, shaista husain <shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: Yes you are right 100% no stereotypes--so why do we always need one woman or one individual for a poster? we are leaderless organization so we claim why are we establishing icons that do not reflect this claim?
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of jerome september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: [september17discuss] George Soros NO THANKS !!! Thursday, October 06, 2011 6:34:00 PM
i totaly agree with you. plus the fact that he spent money on supporting things agree with to make it fail. i'not to exlude him in any way. but to make sure he has to be honest with us. because him beeing a mega speculator, on subprimes lending, public debt, currencies,etc. i don't understand in what way he understands us? i see it like an insult. this is cynicism.
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Winter Siroco september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: [september17discuss] Principles of Solidarity. Friday, October 07, 2011 8:19:03 AM
John, I am told that the reason why the documents are not posted in the group discussion is that it could leak to the press prematurely. It is true, but I think that such policy should be revised. We should practice open source despite the problems that it entails. Cesar On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 7:51 PM, <jemcgloin@verizon.net> wrote:
Could you possibly post it on the website, or at least on here, so that people can read it? Is it an updated version of the "principles of solidarity" that was on line? We have at least five groups working on messages and it is almost impossible to find them or what they are working on. There is a demands list on occupywallst.com but when I tried to comment it wouldn't take my comment. We passed a list of grievances on Thursday, and I happened to be there, but it was the first I had heard of the document. The open source group is working on something, but I can't find them since Thursday night. Shouldn't the open source group be available on line? I'm glad to have almost any message to the world, but the whole point of waiting to have a message was so that everyone could have input, and even though I am on line 4 hours a day, and there two nights a week, I feel like I have very little input (not that I should have any more than anyone else). Is one of the principles "transparency?" I'm not as upset as this email might make me sound. I love our process and I know these issues will be worked out, but talking about the issues is part of the process. So I am just aksing that all of you messaging groups try a little harder to communicate with the rest of us and each other. Thanks, John McG On 10/02/11, Amin Husain<amin.husain@gmail.com> wrote: No On Oct 2, 2011, at 6:35 PM, jemcgloin@verizon.net wrote: Is it on the website?
On 10/02/11, Amin Husain<amin.husain@gmail.com> wrote: Finalized the third iteration. On agenda tomorrow night. On Oct 2, 2011, at 4:30 PM, jemcgloin@verizon.net wrote: Ok thats good. What happened?
On 10/02/11, Amin Husain<amin.husain@gmail.com> wrote: There was no demands meeting. There was a principles of solidarity meeting. On Oct 2, 2011, at 9:19 AM, jemcgloin@verizon.net wrote:
I am wondering if you guys ever met on the demands thing, and if you did what you talked about. John
On 10/01/11, Doug Singsen<dougsingsen@gmail.com> wrote: Where is the meeting? Sent from my phone On Oct 1, 2011 9:25 AM, "Amin Husain" <amin.husain@gmail.com> wrote: Sounds good. 1:30 On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Doug Singsen <dougsingsen@gmail.com> wrote: that would be great. can we make the meeting at 1:30?
On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Amin Husain <amin.husain@gmail.com> wrote: I am not sure. We can meet today in the afternoon before the march after 12, if you and others are free. I could also explain how this fits into the demands discussion that is ongoing and how it's evolving.
On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Doug Singsen <dougsingsen@gmail.com> wrote: when is the group's next meeting?
On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Amin Husain <amin.husain@gmail.com> wrote: The working group on principles of solidarity has the document printed to be put before the GA to discuss and reach consensus. If time permits, that may be today. On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Doug Singsen <dougsingsen@gmail.com> wrote: I'd love to. When and where is the group that is working on demands and points of solidarity meeting?
On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Winter Siroco <wintersiroco@gmail.com> wrote: Doug, We should be able to modify our documents, and it would be wise to do so at this early stage. Indeed the points that you are raising are very important. I urge you to team with those interested and elaborate a modification that addresses the issues raised.
Cesar
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Doug Singsen <dougsingsen@gmail.com> wrote: I'm very glad that we have this, and overall it's very good, but it's missing one big thing: there is no mention of how Wall Street created the economic crisis that destroyed millions of jobs, and how Wall Street was bailed out of its crisis by cutting vital public services! Any chance we can get that added? I realize that this list is not meant to include every grievance, but this is incredibly important and central to the damage done by Wall Street specifically, as opposed to capitalism as a whole. Frankly, we would not be occupying Liberty Park now if it weren't for the economic crisis - that's what set all this in motion. To not include it here seems like a major omission, and may make it harder to do outreach to the public sector unions that have started supporting us. Doug
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:15 AM, gail zawacki <witsendnj@gmail.com> wrote: Love it!
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Cesar <wintersiroco@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Drew, perhaps a link to the live stream take of the GA discussion could be posted in the Web page together with the declaration. I am very glad about finally starting to have some definition. It was a great work, and we should continue to improve the process of elaborating our documents. Cesar Sent from phone
On Sep 30, 2011, at 5:30 AM, Drew <dhornbein@gmail.com> wrote: http://nycga.cc/2011/09/30/declarationof-the-occupation-of-newyork-city/ spread this far and wide! Short code: http://nycga.cc/?
p=780 print for saturday
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of jemcgloin@verizon.net september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: [september17discuss] Proposal: Non-White Media Day Friday, October 07, 2011 7:10:03 PM
I am working in staten Island to reach the people I know. We are all outreach and we all need to reach out to as many people and as many kinds of people as possible.
On 10/07/11, shaista husain<shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: So how do we spread this strategy to the movement at large? This is not something you can impose, you can't impose silence on anyone, i am against that and i doubt it will be productive. The goal is to increase multiculturalism grassroots pro-actively on the ground and be careful about all issues of representation in the larger media. We must bring some proposals for multiculturalism to the General Assembly and have it address once and for all a statement about multiculturalism. Our media team has to put forth more people of color voices and send that out to all media outlets. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Matthew Presto <matthew.presto@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't think setting aside a single day will really be helpful and instead > ends up tokenizing, but.. there's a good rule of thumb to follow, whether > speaking to the media or participating in the General Assembly: if your > voice has been disproportionately represented, then step back. > This can happen in conjunction with (particularly whites and/or men) > encouraging journalists to speaking to a wider diversity of voices. > Matt > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 4:08 PM, shaista husain <shaistahusain@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Micah, we are not trying to silence our white comrades, they don't >> need to tell the media to talk to someone black--its nice if they do, >> but that is not necessary--the official mainstream media just >> automatically goes to white people first, because they take whiteness >> as the dominant narrative. White people can talk blackness >> themselves--this is tactics of subversion. This is the point--white >> people are capable of speaking in solidarity with people of color and >> expressing their multiculturalism--just like black people and >> immigrants assimilate here in the US, white people can also assimilate >> blackness, global justice, multiculturalism... as they are doing on >> the ground day to day in this movement. We need to put >> multiculturalism on the top of our media strategy no matter who >> speaks. And also, allow the true factual diversity--impossible to >> ignore--- to come to the fore...so i support your efforts! >> >> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Micah White <micahmwhite@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Proposal: We pick one day in which everyone who speaks to the media at >> > #OWS >> > is not white. If the media try to talk to you, and you're white - then >> > you >> > tell them to talk to someone who is not white. Flood the world with >> > images >> > and words of non-white members of #OWS.
>> >> >> >> >> > >
> > Then we have one day where everyone is a woman, or one day where > everyone is > over 40 years old. >
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of gail zawacki september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: [september17discuss] Proposal: Non-White Media Day Friday, October 07, 2011 7:47:33 PM
I wonder if Cory Booker would be willing to speak? Or Van Jones? If you promote it, either would probably get a large and diverse audience. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 7:09 PM, <jemcgloin@verizon.net> wrote:
I am working in staten Island to reach the people I know. We are all outreach and we all need to reach out to as many people and as many kinds of people as possible.
On 10/07/11, shaista husain<shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: So how do we spread this strategy to the movement at large? This is not something you can impose, you can't impose silence on anyone, i am against that and i doubt it will be productive. The goal is to increase multiculturalism grassroots pro-actively on the ground and be careful about all issues of representation in the larger media. We must bring some proposals for multiculturalism to the General Assembly and have it address once and for all a statement about multiculturalism. Our media team has to put forth more people of color voices and send that out to all media outlets. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Matthew Presto <matthew.presto@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't think setting aside a single day will really be helpful and instead > ends up tokenizing, but.. there's a good rule of thumb to follow, whether > speaking to the media or participating in the General Assembly: if your > voice has been disproportionately represented, then step back. > This can happen in conjunction with (particularly whites and/or men) > encouraging journalists to speaking to a wider diversity of voices. > Matt > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 4:08 PM, shaista husain <shaistahusain@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Micah, we are not trying to silence our white comrades, they don't >> need to tell the media to talk to someone black--its nice if they do, >> but that is not necessary--the official mainstream media just >> automatically goes to white people first, because they take whiteness >> as the dominant narrative. White people can talk blackness >> themselves--this is tactics of subversion. This is the point--white >> people are capable of speaking in solidarity with people of color and >> expressing their multiculturalism--just like black people and >> immigrants assimilate here in the US, white people can also assimilate >> blackness, global justice, multiculturalism... as they are doing on >> the ground day to day in this movement. We need to put >> multiculturalism on the top of our media strategy no matter who >> speaks. And also, allow the true factual diversity--impossible to >> ignore--- to come to the fore...so i support your efforts! >> >> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Micah White <micahmwhite@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Proposal: We pick one day in which everyone who speaks to the media at >> > #OWS >> > is not white. If the media try to talk to you, and you're white - then
>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >
> > > > > > > > >
you tell them to talk to someone who is not white. Flood the world with images and words of non-white members of #OWS. Then we have one day where everyone is a woman, or one day where everyone is over 40 years old.
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of jemcgloin@verizon.net september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: [september17discuss] Questions and proposal abt info systems Saturday, October 08, 2011 10:00:38 PM
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On 10/08/11, Ryan Green<ryangreenish@gmail.com> wrote: Hey Beka, My name is Ryan. I work at the info booth with some other folks. This is a huge problem that we've been trying to deal with. We've got to get everyone down at Liberty Plaza in the habit of telling the info booths when anything and everything is happening/ is changing / is moving. My understanding about the 9am Working Groups general meeting was that it doesn't happen on the weekends... but if you're saying that it did happen and moved somewhere outside of the square, then I guess it is still happening. I attempted to go last Saturday and couldn't find where it was being held, so I assumed it wasn't happening. Both info booths on either ends of the park have white boards.... we can try to be better about posting a daily schedule. I was under the impression that minutes get physically dropped into a box located near the central info booth, and someone from internet types them up that evening... I'll check on this and get back to you. To the best of my knowledge there is not a Working Group listserv but that would be a good idea. I'm going to paste into this email the most current info we have on each working group. Hope this helps. And I'll get back to you on the those questions I wasn't sure about. - Ryan
occupy wall street
working groups general information

Arts & Culture Contact: arts_culture@nycga.net Phone: 1-864-832-7875 Meetings: Arts & Culture Working Group 6pm @ Northwest Corner of Park Art & Culture 2 Contact: petroniuse@yahoo.com Education & Empowerment Inviting Community Activists and Academics for daily open forums @ 6pm. Everyone is encouraged to invite speakers! Contact: empowermentandeducation@gmail.com Phone: 1-410-294-7477 Meetings: Empowerment & Education Planning Meeting - Tuesdays @ 8:30pm Daily Open Forums @ 6pm Occupy TV NY Group of Videographers and Video Editors (pro). Skills req: Videographer / Own Video Camera Contact: Dwayne12345@gmail.com Nick @ Night (Tobacco Station) We keep the people calm by rolling them tobacco and making everyone smile. Contact: Nick_long34@yahoo.com Location: South Side of Zuccotti Park, near Medical and Comfort.
Safer Space Committee Working for respect of women, LGBTQ, & POC, Rape victim advocates, queers encouraged to come! Contact: saferspacesows@gmail.com Meeting: Safer Space Group Meeting - 10pm or after GA, near Halal Cart on Cedar Political and Electoral Reform Working Group Devoted to brainstorming recommendations for political and electoral reform. Contact: charles.a.petersea@gmail.com Meeting: Political & Electoral Reform Daily Meeting - 6pm in front of the People's Library Graphic Design Graphic design, fliers, map, signage, posters etc. New members will be accepted starting October 16th. Please send an email if you would like to learn more or join earlier. Contact: design@nycga.net Meeting: Sunday Afternoons (Contact for more details) Occupy Wall Street People's Library We organize the library! New librarians, ideas, books & resources welcome! Website: peopleslibrary.wordpress.com Contact: owspeopleslibrary@gmail.com Location: Visit us in the North East corner of Liberty Plaza The Occupy Wall Street Archives Documenting the historic activities and events of Occupy Wall Street & Liberty Plaza through archiving video, audio, fliers and signs. Contact: archives@nycga.net Meeting: Archive coordination Meeting - Wednesdays at 8pm @ The People's Library Food We Feed the Occupiers! Contact: occupiedkitchen@gmail.com Meeting: Kitchen Lunch - 11am @ Kitchen Kitchen Dinner / Night Shift - 4pm @ Kitchen Facilitation Facilitation of the democratic process in the General Assembly & Direct Democracy Training Contact: mappchris@yahoo.com, jason.ahmadi@gmail.com , hmmpoeddp@gmail.com Phone: Daniel Depaola: 504-846-7058 Meetings: Facilitation Meeting - 4pm @ Meet at South side of Plaza, then offsite *** Direct Democracy Training - 5:30pm Daily
Education Skill workshops & videos. Topics include: Sewing, Polyamory, Horticulture, Anti-Opression, Breaking Gender Binary Consensus. Starts Friday, Meetings TBA Contact: OWSEducation@gmail.com Public Relations Press relations, training people to speak to media Contact: press@occupywallst.org, kira.annika@gmail.com Meeting: PR Working Group: 3:30pm @ Press Table under Welcome Table East Sanitation Working Group We clean up the park and keep spaces free from clutter. Look for people with green arm bands Contact: Dilinga - Dilingal@gmail.com Security
Security and De-escalation. Contact: burke.art@gmail.com Meeting: Security Meeting - 12pm (almost Daily) @ Media Center Accountability & Transparency We ensure transparency within & among working groups, GA, and Occupation. Contact: hmmpoeddp@gmail.com Phone: Daniel Depaola: 504-846-7058 Meeting: A&T Meeting - 6pm Daily @ Sitting Man Statue, then head off site Direct Action Primarily plans marches / march guidelines and create other direct actions. Contact: owsdawg@gmail.com Meeting: DA Daily Meeting - 2pm M-Fri @ Triangular cement park at Trinity & Edgar Outreach Reaching out to local people, communities, groups & organizations to help grow the OWS movement. We raise awareness and support. Outreach is looking for neighborhood coordinators in communities across Manhattan & Boroughs Contact: owsoutreach@gmail.com Meeting: Outreach Working Group - 5pm Daily @ Outreach Table Occupy Wall Street Journal Contact: owsmedia@gmail.com
Information / Front Desk We are the Info hub, with four tables providing guidance and orientation in Liberty Plaza. Contact: owsinfodeck@gmail.com Alternative Banking Purpose: to explore and, if possible, establish alternative banking systems, that might replace the current system this will be a very practical, outcome-oriented group. I am particularly interested in hearing from those with skills and experience in banking and finance discussion will be online in the first instance, in person meetings also possible Contact: Carne Ross; carne@carneross.com Community Relations Working with local businesses, residents and workers - we are their neighbors. Contact: Justin - modsticks@yahoo.com Labor Support / Outreach Contact: JDiSalvo@nyc.rr.com Outreach - NYC Universities Outreach to local Universities and Student Gov. Contact: thedesimone@gmail.com People of Color Working Group unified.ows@gmail.com
On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 12:27 PM, beka economopoulos <beka@notanalternative.net> wrote: Hi there,
I'm guessing there are probably already systems in place to address these questions but after a week onsite I'm having trouble figuring out what they are. I and a couple of other folks tried to make the working group check-in this morning but it had been moved offsite and no one at the info table or around our mic check were able to tell us where it was moved to. Made me think it'd be great if Working Groups could have someone notify the Info Table when there's a spontaneous decision to move meetings off site. For spontaneous/unscheduled moves, the Red Cube across the street or Charlotte seem to be the best spots: ideally, if we don't know where to find folks, checking in those two places will work. Is it possible for Working Groups and the Info desk to have white boards where they write in the where/when of upcoming meetings? Also, a couple of questions: I've been asking around and folks don't seem to know, and I can't find any info online about the following: Where do we post minutes? I know they go on this site: http://nycga.cc, I think most people don't know about this website, I don't see it linked to from OccupyWallSt.org, and don't see instructions on the nycga.cc site on where to email or post notes. Is there a listserv for working group checkins and coordination, and mtg minutes? Is this the one? Seems like list this is more for discussion rather than working business. Does it makes sense to have separate Sept17-discuss and Sept17-WG lists? Thanks, and apologies if this is the wrong forum. Best, Beka -New: http://blog.art21.org/2011/05/19/5-questions-for-contemporary-practice-with-not-an-alternative/ Not An Alternative http://notanalternative.com Fission Strategy http://fissionstrategy.com Phone: 917-202-5479 Skype: bekamop Twitter: http://twitter.com/bekamop
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of jemcgloin@verizon.net september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: [september17discuss] Re: American Jobs Act Friday, October 07, 2011 6:51:12 PM
This has always been a place to discuss policy, but I wouldn't mind if we started another listserve for policy as long as we advertised the second reguarly so people could find it. I would still get both and have way too much email anyway. :)
On 10/07/11, Justin Wedes<jwedes@gmail.com> wrote: Is it all possible to try to limit this Listserv to logistics and planning for the camp at liberty plaza? I so want to not turn on daily digest for this important communication tool... Maybe we could create another Listserv for policy and longer-term ideological considerations -Justin On Oct 7, 2011, at 1:06 PM, Shoq <shoqvalue@gmail.com> wrote: > And hitting your head against the same 3rd party fantasy would have a different result? > > I am all for a 3rd party.. if you can bring 20 million people to it in time to keep the Republicans from taking the Senate (likely) and the White House (increasingly plausible). > > Right now, most analysts predict the GOP will have a filibuster-proof majority in the senate, if we don't stop them. You think things suck now? Just imagine that world. Then add a President Romney giving conservatives a 6-3 or 7-2 majority for the next 50 yearson the Supreme Court. At the rate they are going, their voting suppression tactics will be institutionalized in all 50 states, Tom Delay will have his permanent majority, and even the barest glimpses of a democracy will be done. Permanently. > > We're not in a position where long-term outcome-scenario games can be debated endlessly. These people are on the verge of controlling everything but the people in the streets, and they will use this movement to try to further deconstruct whatever unity remains on the left. And history teaches us that when they decide to do that, things get very ugly, fast. They won't discuss OWS "frustrations" as Obama did yesterday. They will simply roll the tanks. They've been wanting to since the 1940s anyway. They just didn't have the control, or the need. The existing facade of democracy was adequate. Now that the rest of the world is competitive, and all the jobs are gone, that's a hard facade to maintain any longer. But that still doesn't get us closer to "what replaces the mess they have made." A nice start would be some serious and immediate restorations of regulations that had mitigated their reckless natures in the past. Most people do NOT want revolution, as they feel it just kills the entire body and puts too many at risk. But toothless band-aids are also not worth the effort to apply. We need to find a middle ground. > > Democrats have hardly been blameless in this fiasco. We all know that. But since either they or the republicans will control the next government, we'd better decide whether we want to try and force their compliance with #OWS "catalysts" (better word than demands?), and then elect them to enact them. Otherwise, I fear, the whole world is in for an even bigger world of hurt. > >
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of jemcgloin@verizon.net september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: [september17discuss] Re: American Jobs Act Friday, October 07, 2011 5:17:39 PM
We should probably be advocating a movement of bank accounts from banks to credit unions, and maybe trying to come up with a strategy for helping peole move from payday loans to credit unions.
On 10/07/11, Jon Good<therealjongood@gmail.com> wrote:
Charles says "By all means, let's not tie ourselves down too much. It's important to separate ourselves from the dominant narrative and build a counternarrative. However, we need *some* leverage in the public debate if we're going to gain momentum."
I'm in agreement with this, but I don't think the jobs bill is worth going after. The fruit may be low-hanging, but it's rotten to the core. I'd really like to see something that drastically changes the face of what banks do. It would be awesome if we built viable alternatives to banks, or demanded a glass-stegall type act that also severely limited the size, where they could invest, and the number of clients they could have. Right now, banks are the only game in town for participating in the American economy (I know, I know, credit unions are out there, but they're too small and have membership restrictions); bank accounts are needed to get an apartment, health insurance, e-commerce, making large purchases like a vehicle or college tuition, etc. (Imagine how unlikely it is for someone to show up to a college administration building to pay their tuition with a briefcase full of cash). Right now, banks do the opposite of their original intended function: instead of pooling everybody's money and reinvesting it in the community, banks now suck money and resources out of communities and channel them to the major fat cats. That's the reason there's no jobs. That the reason houses are being foreclosed. There's no resources left in our communities to do anything. This is what needs to stop. That's the sort of low-hanging fruit that is totally reachable and demandable to congress. This has been my 3 AM rant. I recognize the privilege inherent in my assumption that everybody can even have a bank account to begin with, and that shit's even more difficult for people whose circumstances prevent them from the privilege of being cordially and genially fucked by banks, rather than the way marginalized communities are written off entirely because the banks there's not enough value to justify the operating expenses of getting their hooks into folks. Solidarity, Jon
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 11:23 PM, shaista husain <shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: There was an article today in Nation Mag, by Allison Kilkenny ---who quoted Ayman El Sayed from the nurse's union stating that he would like to see a third party come out of this movement, outside the democratic and republican two party rule. http://www.thenation.com/blog/163823/unions-thousands-join-occupy-wall-streets-fight (And there is so also much speculation that this movement might be a left wing split from democratic party, similar to how the Tea Party is a right wing split from Republicans--) Just curious what folks think of this in terms of building momentum
---towards 99 demands plus 1001 nights to forever change the nature of this political system---
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 9:49 PM, <jemcgloin@verizon.net> wrote: > +1 > > > On 10/06/11, Charles<chcreinhardt@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey guys, > > Thanks for the responses. I understand that there are some serious > issues with the AJA, including its formal endorsement of quasi> internship programs, when those should be illegal. > > I also understand the desire not to play or overplay our hand, and > hold off. > > The comparisons to the German unemployment or "short work" system does > not render it disreputable in my eyes. Germany is not perfect, but > there is an enviable level of worker control in German factories and > great labor protections there, and adapting or experimenting with > ideas from Northern Europe would probably be a good idea at this > point. I think greater collaboration between the state and business to > boost employment would be a wonderful thing, if the business class in > North America weren't so nihilistic. > > That said, I do understand that the business community in North > America *is* nihilistic, and has utterly abandoned the entire concept > of "home bias" that classical capitalists fantasized about . > > However, I would remind you all of Alain Badiou's famous thesis about > the three ways a revolution fails. The first is by being physically or > effectively destroyed or foiled. The second is by co-opting or being > co-opted by the agenda of the enemy, rendering itself pointless. I > understand that all of us are extremely concerned about these first > two possibilities. The third, however, is more pernicious: in an > effort to avoid the first two forms of failure, the revolution > retreats into "ultra-leftism" and becomes obsessed with purity. That > can lead to nihilism. > > By all means, let's not tie ourselves down too much. It's important to > separate ourselves from the dominant narrative and build a counter> narrative. However, we need *some* leverage in the public debate if > we're going to gain momentum. Personally, I think it would be great to > say "We want this this and this, and we're not leaving. However, once > we get those things, we're STILL not leaving because there's still so > much to be done and we will continue forward." > > Thanks for listening. > > On Oct 6, 6:15 pm, jemcgl...@verizon.net wrote: >> I am not against baby steps, but the fact that Obama's big selling poit on >> the jobs act started with the fact that Republicans have supported most of
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the provisions was a good clue of how effective it would be in creating jobs.
On 10/06/11,Robert Christ<rjc53@cornell.edu>wrote:The moment we endorse any politician, or any piece of legislation, the media will latch on to that as our one demand. At that point, they will have no need to cover us specifically, whatsoever, and can spend their time discrediting our movement by filming their talking heads "discussing" whatever or whomever we endorse. No Demands. No Endorsements. Not Yet.On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 12:01 PM, David DeGraw<David@ampedstatus.com>wrote:please, please do not endorse the Jobs Act. Highly problematic legislation. plus we cannot be seen as supporting Obama or partisan in any way, we facture the whole 99% concept in my opinion. the Press con Obama's is giving right now is the best one I seen in years. Lots of OWS questions. They asked why he never prosecuted WS execs. Lots of talk about the American people having every right to be pissed off. CONGRATS EVERYONE!!! WINNING! ;-)
On 10/6/2011 11:56 AM,bf0189@gmail.comwrote:It strikes me as a heavy bastardization of German's unemployment system (and will be more bastardized once it reaches Obama to sign and finalize) Putting a small band-aid over a wound won't fix anything. We need real reform. On , Charles <chcreinhardt@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey guys, > > > > A thought just occurred to me. I haven't heard much about this yet, > > but do you think that OWS might do itself a service by endorsing, at > > least as one of many goals, the passage of the American Jobs Act in > > its entirety, or even an expansion of its policies (and perhaps a > > reduction in the ratio of tax cuts composing it)? It has been accepted > > as a foregone conclusion by the entire American mainstream > > commentariat that Obama's jobs bill will be absolutely eviscerated or > > at least highly attenuated by the corrupt legislatures in this > > country. > > >
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What if we tried to draw more attention to the legislative battle of the AJA as a pillar of our emerging program (in addition to legal and anti-trust action against the banks and tax reform, etc)? That way the movement can shed light on the very obstacles to the bill's passage or enhancement, which will serve to illuminate the architecture of corruption in our legislative process. That way, the bought off Democrats and Republicans can be named and shamed with the enhanced lens of this movement. Furthermore, the limited scope of the bill itself can serve as grounds for further criticism of the White House approach.
I'm sure this has been suggested before, and I understand that there are caveats to our involvement in the political process but I want to know what the status of the current dialogue is about this course of action or line of thinking.
Sincerely,
Charles Reinhardt
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of diane sare september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: [september17discuss] Re: American Jobs Act Friday, October 07, 2011 11:37:01 PM
I like that idea. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 6:51 PM, <jemcgloin@verizon.net> wrote:
This has always been a place to discuss policy, but I wouldn't mind if we started another listserve for policy as long as we advertised the second reguarly so people could find it. I would still get both and have way too much email anyway. :)
On 10/07/11, Justin Wedes<jwedes@gmail.com> wrote: Is it all possible to try to limit this Listserv to logistics and planning for the camp at liberty plaza? I so want to not turn on daily digest for this important communication tool... Maybe we could create another Listserv for policy and longer-term ideological considerations -Justin On Oct 7, 2011, at 1:06 PM, Shoq <shoqvalue@gmail.com> wrote: > And hitting your head against the same 3rd party fantasy would have a different result? > > I am all for a 3rd party.. if you can bring 20 million people to it in time to keep the Republicans from taking the Senate (likely) and the White House (increasingly plausible). > > Right now, most analysts predict the GOP will have a filibuster-proof majority in the senate, if we don't stop them. You think things suck now? Just imagine that world. Then add a President Romney giving conservatives a 6-3 or 7-2 majority for the next 50 yearson the Supreme Court. At the rate they are going, their voting suppression tactics will be institutionalized in all 50 states, Tom Delay will have his permanent majority, and even the barest glimpses of a democracy will be done. Permanently. > > We're not in a position where long-term outcome-scenario games can be debated endlessly. These people are on the verge of controlling everything but the people in the streets, and they will use this movement to try to further deconstruct whatever unity remains on the left. And history teaches us that when they decide to do that, things get very ugly, fast. They won't discuss OWS "frustrations" as Obama did yesterday. They will simply roll the tanks. They've been wanting to since the 1940s anyway. They just didn't have the control, or the need. The existing facade of democracy was adequate. Now that the rest of the world is competitive, and all the jobs are gone, that's a hard facade to maintain any longer. But that still doesn't get us closer to "what replaces the mess they have made." A nice start would be some serious and immediate restorations of regulations that had mitigated their reckless natures in the past. Most people do NOT want revolution, as they feel it just kills the entire body and puts too many at risk. But toothless band-aids are also not worth the effort to apply. We need to find a middle ground. > > Democrats have hardly been blameless in this fiasco. We all know that. But since either they or the republicans will control the next government, we'd better decide whether we want to try and force their compliance with #OWS "catalysts" (better word than demands?), and then elect them to enact them. Otherwise, I fear, the whole world is in for an even bigger world of hurt. > >
-Diane Sare cell: 201-220-7731
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of jemcgloin@verizon.net september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: [september17discuss] Re: Occupy Wall Street Analytics Saturday, October 08, 2011 10:31:48 PM
The writers of the Declaration were trying to say that the people that are Occupying Wall St are no longer divided, but some at the GA pointed out that the language could be interpreted as saying that the world was longer divided and that here was no oppression of diverse groups any more. The wording was adjusted and the Declaration passed. This is evidence that the voices of everyone are sought by the general assembly.
I agree with most of this statement. I would like to point out that the block was removed after a little negotiation.
On 10/08/11, shaista husain<shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: We need a Multicultural Diversity statement on the web. We are NOT all white middle class men, never were to begin with, not even the majority. CodePink has just criticized OWS for sexist policy too. We are a diverse group of international participants/activists from diverse backgrounds since the beginning, we still are, on the ground--and now that we have grown, it is increasingly imerative that we reflect the demographic nature of NYC, that we adapt to the influx of new community members and become keen on all issues of inclusiveness. There has been a sad lack of addressing issues of representation in our LANGUAGE, as well as in our media dissemination. The mainstream media has characterized as predominantly white, this is due to the lack of democratic process in the GA as well as within each working group-- who have ignored or simply dismissed this issue as a core and active part of every working group (everyone, including the people of color in these groups--) By thinking People of Color can be segregated into PofC working group can have its negative side---it can be a purely cynical response to problems of inclusiveness, if we allow people of color to be contained in an autonomous working group without involving each and every person in the occupation and addressing the structure of the GA at large. I am not interested in "delegates" of separate tribes who speak as "expert native informers" on issues pertaining to a particular group's identity--what a sad mockery. This kind of liberal de facto identity politics is what failed in CUNY when "ethnic studies" was created and then dismantled. Its a long history of separating ethnicities, or struggles or inquiries, i am skeptical this can bring real lasting transformation in social conditions. We need to include the whole occupation. Decenter white privilege, deconstruct racism deconstruct sexism and all kinds of dominant structures that play into creating hierarchies--ground up. I agree with Licophidion everything written below. I do appreciate the need for PofC working group, to discuss and address these issues of diversification--of course--but let's make sure we are NOT segregating or tokenizing people of color into separate discursive bantustans. This will backfire.
1. We need to make sure the democratic process on the ground allows underrepresented groups to come to the fore. Already, this is part of the process, every GA asks majority groups to speak last and allow others who have not spoken to speak first. This is part of the process needs to be disseminated widely, so everyone knows this is the policy of how the GA operates. If WE need to implement further structural changes and strategies that make sure this process is elaborated on every level, within each working groups. 2. Address the lack of politics of representation in our website, in our twitters in our media outlets. Actively campaign to reflect the many diverse groups that are joining forces with this occupation. And make sure our LANGUAGE reflects that. 3. People of Color blocked the Declaration document at the GA because of its language erasing centuries of oppression and lumping unequal issues together and had problems convincing the GA why. This is serious issue. Documents and statements that represent the "official" line of the GA, whatever it may be, must pay close attention to all issues of diversity and participation. I can not stress this more. If you erase issue of representations you have failed to be inclusive, you assert a white invisible leadership, by virtue of leaving it blank. Folks are pissed off about it and are relating their opinions in NPR==and all over the media because there has not been enough attention to this problem. It needs to be remedied by everyone.
On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Lycophidion <lycophidion@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't think the issue can be addressed technologically. There are > several reasons for this. Mobile technology, in particular, tends to > atomize and depersonalize individuals and individual communication. In > a way, it pretends there is an even playing field, which socially > doesn't exist. Moreover, if you are a white person, most of those with > whom you engage will tend to be white, so in the aggregate, you won't > really be increasing diversity. Having said that, yes, technology is > an important tool and complement for building the movement, generally > speaking. > > The conditions for overcoming this problem (the demographics of OWS) > are created, in part, by the very growth of the movement, and its > resonance with the aspirations and grievances of the most oppressed > communities. > > But, only in part. > > As others have pointed out, the history of racism and white privilege > in this country puts up enormous barriers to the diversification of > the movement. There are real, deeply ingrained and socially > institutionalized power relations viz white people and people of > color, men and women, etc., in the most progressive of groups (even in > personal relationships, friendships, marriages). Any approach that > focuses simply on individual participation will not remedy this > situation. People are empowered collectively. OWS itself is living > testimony to that. So, I would argue that the only way we are going to > diversify is through some sort of collective affirmative action, > involving face-to-face community organizing and organizational
> outreach, led by People of Color. That, of course, is a crucial piece > for the PoC Working Group. > > Let me be concrete and point to a good example. I teach intro biology > at Medgar Evers College. My students are predominantly African > American, Afro-Caribbean and South Asian, mostly women, mostly older > working people. During my last two classes, I initiated discussion of > OWS. A large number had never even heard of OWS... but, most students > generally approved and identified with our goals. During break, a > number of students returned to class with copies of the OWS Journal, > which someone or ones had been distributing at the Franklin Ave. > station. That led to further discussion. And, it turns out that a good > number of these same students are DC 1707 and DC 37 members, which > creates openings for outreach efforts by the Labor group. > > This is a piece of the puzzle. Another piece is proactive efforts by > ALL working groups to actively recruit (rather than passively > accepting) People of Color into their fold. At the same time, groups > and OWS as a whole should proactively engage in what we used to call > "leadership development," which involves creating comfort zones within > each group, norms of operation that recognize existing power > relations, purposefully promoting leadership skills and knowledge, > standing back and encouraging initiatives, etc. All guided by the PoC > committee. > > To its great credit, OWS has taken a number of steps along these > lines. Much more needs to be done. Much is at stake. > > On Oct 8, 12:08 pm, grimwomyn <grimwo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> As long as the online media is mobile compatible we will be bringing in the >> diverse community we want... just make sure that everything is mobile >> compatible (which I think it is) >> On Oct 8, 2011 11:37 AM, "Harrison Schultz" <schuh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Justine, can we please put this survey out every week? Can we? Can we??? >> >> > H. >> >> > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Harrison Schultz <schuh...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >> >> My pleasure crew, >> >> >> My suspicion is that there are many reasons for non-white participation in >> >> this movement, The internet has been far and a way the number one means of >> >> spreading news of this campaign, the first thing to determine will be >> >> non-white rates of internet usage, if these communities are not on the >> >> internet than they may have missed the message almost entirely. These >> >> groups may not even consume as much overall media as caucasions. The trick >> >> will be determining which channels they are already paying attention to. >> >> Face to face outreach is may be most effective for the time being. >>
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>>> -Justin >>> Sent from my iPad >>> On Oct 8, 2011, at 7:38 AM, grimwomyn <grimwo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > > I am a nonwhite person (Puerto Rican) who never fills out surveys that ask me to specify my ethnicity. There are people in the world who could give a crap abt reporting their race/ethnicity, or who deem it something to pay attention to.
>>> > I am here to make a change for everyone. >>> > As Michael Jackson sang in "Man in the Mirror" >>> > (ducking now from the many stones about to be thrown) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Lycophidion <lycophid...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'd like to thank sister Shaista for her comments and suggest two >> things. First, that the term "non-white people" might be offensive to >> folks: imagine defining people as the negative of the privileged >> group. Second, as implied by Shaista, the work of the PoC Working >> Group is crucial, but not enough. Their goals and efforts should >> infuse every working group, every committee, and OWS, as a whole. It >> is imperative that this young movement begin to reflect the >> demographics of NYC. It is imperative that the base and leadership of >> this struggle actively incorporate those who have most at stake in its >> outcome. That is the only way the Occupy movement is going to go >> forward and weather the storms that lie ahead. >> On Oct 8, 1:58 am, shaista husain <shaistahus...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> THis is REALLY SAD empirical evidence of how estranged people of color >>> feel from this movement. Its heartbreaking and devastating. >>> "The sample of non-white people in this sample is so small that I doubt >>> I'll get any worth while insight from it but I'll be sure to let >>> everyone know if I find anything. Several respondents self-responded >>> with specific nationalities, which could be better way to think about >>> diversifying this movement. In the mean time we absolutely should >>> make Micha's suggestion of a non-white media day(s) happen."
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Thanks for putting this at the end of your survey, just like "colonization" is the last sentence of the declaration. Perhaps it is because this is our main challenge, as a movement. Mica's suggestion for non-white dominated media day is bogus--we should make everyday non-white dominated media day, every day. That means white people should actively speak about people of color and minorities==should promote their cause in multicultural inclusiveness in an actively conscious way.
>>> Today once again, sitting in the Education and Empowerment working >>> group--if it isn't white men dominating the meeting, then its men of >>> color, while the women of color bicker amongst themselves suspiciously >>> of each other for no reason except that we feel so alienated we just >>> try to learn the "process" >>> Its getting tiresome and ridiculous. >>> Comrades, our outreach into labor and community of color has been >>> amazing, our diversity is a fact on the ground, but we must actively >>> decolonize our movement without tokenism, can white people speak about >>> communities of color directly and speak about diversity and >>> multiculturalism? Why does it have to be brown folks doing all the >>> work? Can you please allow women and women of color to speak up, >>> encourage them to speak, and take it one step further and make these >>> issues your own--i am speaking to the people who are NOT doing this >>> already consciously actively. This is what this occupation has to be >>> about. Not just polls and media hype, but real transformation. Here is >>> a quote by Robin Kelley from Freedom Dreams: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> "Without new visions, we dont know what to build, only what to knock down. We not only end up confused, rudderless, and cynical, but we forget that making a revolution is not a series of clever maneuvers and tactics, but a process that can and must transform us" Robin D.G. Kelley (Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination)
>>> >>> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:11 AM, Justine <just...@occupywallst.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Great work, ty :) >>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Harrison Schultz < >>> schuh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>> just >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> but >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Traffic to occupywallst.org continues to surge, our new high is over/under 400,000 visits in the last few days. 350,346 people visited occupywallst.org that day, 1,890 of them answered a survey that we put up on the site within the span of a few short hours. I can't post charts into the body of this message for some reason, as we would expect the overwhelming majority of the respondents are white educated, earning little but employed full-time, left-leaning straight guys who live in cities and describe themselves as independents rather than democratic or republican...only 37 republicans filled out this survey unfortunately.
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These respondents overwhelmingly use the internet more than the 74% 67% 74% 61% are are are are regularly using Youtube on regularly using Facebook not regularly using Reddit not regularly using Twitter
>>> >>>>> 85% are not watching Fox. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>> 81% strongly support the Occupy Wall Street Protests. >>>>> 74% believe that the Occupy Wall Street Protests will create positive >>>>> and lasting social change. >>>>> 73% strongly believe that the protests will grow. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> within >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> the >>>>> page >>>>> our >>>>> help >>>>> the >>>>> >>>>> this >>>>> >>>>> Yet, a combined total of only 24% of these respondents have participated in these protests, which suggests that in spite of the homogeneity of the movement as it currently stands, there is much opportunity to further increase our numbers on the ground from our current base of support. I've heard reports from Flux of campers from who watched the livestream for so long that they wound up coming to Liberty. Definitely the next best thing to being hear. I also noticed that livestream.com/globalrevolution website showed up 4th on the 2nd of a search for "occupy wall street" Fortunately optimization is Comrade Zach Notes specialty and he should be able and willing to us if someone from the media team can hook him up with access to site. I've also added a question to the survey asking if they regularly follow the protests on the livestream so we can track with subsequent surveys. More cameras and streams couldn't hurt at all either.
>>>>> The sample of non-white people in this sample is so small that I doubt >>>>> I'll get any worth while insight from it but I'll be sure to let >>>>> everyone know if I find anything. Several respondents self-responded >>>>> with specific nationalities, which could be better way to think about >>>>> diversifying this movement. In the mean time we absolutely should >>>>> make Micha's suggestion of a non-white media day(s) happen. >>>>> Response patterns for female respondents were so nearly identical to >>>>> the male respondents that I won't bother to indicate them - however I >>>>> did notice that 52% of the female respondents listen to the radio as
>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
>>> >>>>> opposed to 40% of male respondents, which could be a good way to >>> start >>> >>>>> trying to reach more women. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>> It >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> to >>>>> The numbers on the ground from this week look excellent as well. does look like there's a real hardcore group of roughly 200-300 holding it down. There was 115% increase in the average number of people counted in the camp each morning between Monday and Friday. Let's see if the same trend happens next week or if it was just due nicer weather at the end of the week. 10/3/2011 10/4/2011 - 163 - 240
>>> >>>>> Monday >>> >>>>> Tuesday >>> >>>>> Wednesday ... read more
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of shaista husain september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: [september17discuss] Re: Occupy Wall Street Analytics Saturday, October 08, 2011 11:02:06 PM
I agree wholeheartedly. I was commending this, but it took a lot of courage for them to speak up and its not that easy to do at the GA. On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 10:31 PM, <jemcgloin@verizon.net> wrote: > I agree with most of this statement. I would like to point out that the > block was removed after a little negotiation. > > The writers of the Declaration were trying to say that the people that are > Occupying Wall St are no longer divided, but some at the GA pointed out that > the language could be interpreted as saying that the world was longer > divided and that here was no oppression of diverse groups any more. The > wording was adjusted and the Declaration passed. This is evidence that the > voices of everyone are sought by the general assembly. > > > > On 10/08/11, shaista husain<shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: > We need a Multicultural Diversity statement on the web. We are NOT all > white middle class men, never were to begin with, not even the > majority. CodePink has just criticized OWS for sexist policy too. > > We are a diverse group of international participants/activists from > diverse backgrounds since the beginning, we still are, on the > ground--and now that we have grown, it is increasingly imerative that > we reflect the demographic nature of NYC, that we adapt to the influx > of new community members and become keen on all issues of > inclusiveness. There has been a sad lack of addressing issues of > representation in our LANGUAGE, as well as in our media dissemination. > The mainstream media has characterized as predominantly white, this is > due to the lack of democratic process in the GA as well as within each > working group-- who have ignored or simply dismissed this issue as a > core and active part of every working group (everyone, including the > people of color in these groups--) > > By thinking People of Color can be segregated into PofC working group > can have its negative side---it can be a purely cynical response to > problems of inclusiveness, if we allow people of color to be contained > in an autonomous working group without involving each and every person > in the occupation and addressing the structure of the GA at large. I > am not interested in "delegates" of separate tribes who speak as > "expert native informers" on issues pertaining to a particular group's > identity--what a sad mockery. This kind of liberal de facto identity > politics is what failed in CUNY when "ethnic studies" was created and > then dismantled. Its a long history of separating ethnicities, or > struggles or inquiries, i am skeptical this can bring real lasting > transformation in social conditions. We need to include the whole > occupation. Decenter white privilege, deconstruct racism deconstruct > sexism and all kinds of dominant structures that play into creating > hierarchies--ground up. > > I agree with Licophidion everything written below. I do appreciate the > need for PofC working group, to discuss and address these issues of > diversification--of course--but let's make sure we are NOT segregating
> or tokenizing people of color into separate discursive bantustans. > This will backfire. > > 1. We need to make sure the democratic process on the ground allows > underrepresented groups to come to the fore. Already, this is part > of the process, every GA asks majority groups to speak last and allow > others who have not spoken to speak first. This is part of the process > needs to be disseminated widely, so everyone knows this is the policy > of how the GA operates. If WE need to implement further structural > changes and strategies that make sure this process is elaborated on > every level, within each working groups. > > 2. Address the lack of politics of representation in our website, in > our twitters in our media outlets. Actively campaign to reflect the > many diverse groups that are joining forces with this occupation. And > make sure our LANGUAGE reflects that. > > 3. People of Color blocked the Declaration document at the GA because > of its language erasing centuries of oppression and lumping unequal > issues together and had problems convincing the GA why. This is > serious issue. Documents and statements that represent the "official" > line of the GA, whatever it may be, must pay close attention to all > issues of diversity and participation. I can not stress this more. If > you erase issue of representations you have failed to be inclusive, > you assert a white invisible leadership, by virtue of leaving it > blank. Folks are pissed off about it and are relating their opinions > in NPR==and all over the media because there has not been enough > attention to this problem. It needs to be remedied by everyone. > > > > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Lycophidion <lycophidion@gmail.com> wrote: >> I don't think the issue can be addressed technologically. There are >> several reasons for this. Mobile technology, in particular, tends to >> atomize and depersonalize individuals and individual communication. In >> a way, it pretends there is an even playing field, which socially >> doesn't exist. Moreover, if you are a white person, most of those with >> whom you engage will tend to be white, so in the aggregate, you won't >> really be increasing diversity. Having said that, yes, technology is >> an important tool and complement for building the movement, generally >> speaking. >> >> The conditions for overcoming this problem (the demographics of OWS) >> are created, in part, by the very growth of the movement, and its >> resonance with the aspirations and grievances of the most oppressed >> communities. >> >> But, only in part. >> >> As others have pointed out, the history of racism and white privilege >> in this country puts up enormous barriers to the diversification of >> the movement. There are real, deeply ingrained and socially >> institutionalized power relations viz white people and people of >> color, men and women, etc., in the most progressive of groups (even in >> personal relationships, friendships, marriages). Any approach that >> focuses simply on individual participation will not remedy this >> situation. People are empowered collectively. OWS itself is living >> testimony to that. So, I would argue that the only way we are going to >> diversify is through some sort of collective affirmative action, >> involving face-to-face community organizing and organizational
>> outreach, led by People of Color. That, of course, is a crucial piece >> for the PoC Working Group. >> >> Let me be concrete and point to a good example. I teach intro biology >> at Medgar Evers College. My students are predominantly African >> American, Afro-Caribbean and South Asian, mostly women, mostly older >> working people. During my last two classes, I initiated discussion of >> OWS. A large number had never even heard of OWS... but, most students >> generally approved and identified with our goals. During break, a >> number of students returned to class with copies of the OWS Journal, >> which someone or ones had been distributing at the Franklin Ave. >> station. That led to further discussion. And, it turns out that a good >> number of these same students are DC 1707 and DC 37 members, which >> creates openings for outreach efforts by the Labor group. >> >> This is a piece of the puzzle. Another piece is proactive efforts by >> ALL working groups to actively recruit (rather than passively >> accepting) People of Color into their fold. At the same time, groups >> and OWS as a whole should proactively engage in what we used to call >> "leadership development," which involves creating comfort zones within >> each group, norms of operation that recognize existing power >> relations, purposefully promoting leadership skills and knowledge, >> standing back and encouraging initiatives, etc. All guided by the PoC >> committee. >> >> To its great credit, OWS has taken a number of steps along these >> lines. Much more needs to be done. Much is at stake. >> >> On Oct 8, 12:08 pm, grimwomyn <grimwo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> As long as the online media is mobile compatible we will be bringing in >>> the >>> diverse community we want... just make sure that everything is mobile >>> compatible (which I think it is) >>> On Oct 8, 2011 11:37 AM, "Harrison Schultz" <schuh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > Justine, can we please put this survey out every week? Can we? Can >>> > we??? >>> >>> > H. >>> >>> > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Harrison Schultz >>> > <schuh...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>> >> My pleasure crew, >>> >>> >> My suspicion is that there are many reasons for non-white >>> >> participation in >>> >> this movement, The internet has been far and a way the number one >>> >> means of >>> >> spreading news of this campaign, the first thing to determine will be >>> >> non-white rates of internet usage, if these communities are not on the >>> >> internet than they may have missed the message almost entirely. These >>> >> groups may not even consume as much overall media as caucasions. The >>> >> trick
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>> will be determining which channels they are already paying attention >> to. >> Face to face outreach is may be most effective for the time being. >> I'll keep working on this, >> Harrison >> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Justin Wedes <jwe...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Thanks Harrison for this. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Could someone from the PoC working group join our community relations group to help working with a diverse group of local residents/businesses? I'm thinking specifically of the many Hispanic, African-American, Asian etc residents and business-owners in the area.
>>> -Justin >>> Sent from my iPad >>> On Oct 8, 2011, at 7:38 AM, grimwomyn <grimwo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > > > > I am a nonwhite person (Puerto Rican) who never fills out surveys that ask me to specify my ethnicity. There are people in the world who could give a crap abt reporting their race/ethnicity, or who deem it something to pay attention to.
>>> > I am here to make a change for everyone. >>> > As Michael Jackson sang in "Man in the Mirror" >>> > (ducking now from the many stones about to be thrown) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Lycophidion <lycophid...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'd like to thank sister Shaista for her comments and suggest two >> things. First, that the term "non-white people" might be offensive >> to >> folks: imagine defining people as the negative of the privileged >> group. Second, as implied by Shaista, the work of the PoC Working >> Group is crucial, but not enough. Their goals and efforts should >> infuse every working group, every committee, and OWS, as a whole. >> It >> is imperative that this young movement begin to reflect the >> demographics of NYC. It is imperative that the base and leadership >> of >> this struggle actively incorporate those who have most at stake in >> its >> outcome. That is the only way the Occupy movement is going to go >> forward and weather the storms that lie ahead. >> On Oct 8, 1:58 am, shaista husain <shaistahus...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> THis is REALLY SAD empirical evidence of how estranged people of color >>> feel from this movement. Its heartbreaking and devastating.
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>>> "The sample of non-white people in this sample is so small that I doubt >>> I'll get any worth while insight from it but I'll be sure to let >>> everyone know if I find anything. Several respondents >>> self-responded >>> with specific nationalities, which could be better way to think >>> about >>> diversifying this movement. In the mean time we absolutely >>> should >>> make Micha's suggestion of a non-white media day(s) happen." >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks for putting this at the end of your survey, just like "colonization" is the last sentence of the declaration. Perhaps it is because this is our main challenge, as a movement. Mica's suggestion for non-white dominated media day is bogus--we should make everyday non-white dominated media day, every day. That means white people should actively speak about people of color and minorities==should promote their cause in multicultural inclusiveness in an actively conscious way.
>>> Today once again, sitting in the Education and Empowerment >>> working >>> group--if it isn't white men dominating the meeting, then its men >>> of >>> color, while the women of color bicker amongst themselves suspiciously >>> of each other for no reason except that we feel so alienated we >>> just >>> try to learn the "process" >>> Its getting tiresome and ridiculous. >>> Comrades, our outreach into labor and community of color has been >>> amazing, our diversity is a fact on the ground, but we must >>> actively >>> decolonize our movement without tokenism, can white people speak about >>> communities of color directly and speak about diversity and >>> multiculturalism? Why does it have to be brown folks doing all >>> the >>> work? Can you please allow women and women of color to speak up, >>> encourage them to speak, and take it one step further and make >>> these >>> issues your own--i am speaking to the people who are NOT doing >>> this >>> already consciously actively. This is what this occupation has to >>> be >>> about. Not just polls and media hype, but real transformation. >>> Here is >>> a quote by Robin Kelley from Freedom Dreams: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> "Without new visions, we dont know what to build, only what to knock down. We not only end up confused, rudderless, and cynical, but we forget that making a revolution is not a series of clever maneuvers
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>>> >>> and tactics, but a process that can and must transform us" >>> >>> Robin D.G. Kelley (Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical >>> >>> Imagination) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:11 AM, Justine >>> <just...@occupywallst.org> wrote: >>>> Great work, ty :)
>>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Harrison Schultz < >>> schuh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>> just >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> but >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> T.V. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Traffic to occupywallst.org continues to surge, our new high is over/under 400,000 visits in the last few days. 350,346 people visited occupywallst.org that day, 1,890 of them answered a survey that we put up on the site within the span of a few short hours. I can't post charts into the body of this message for some reason, as we would expect the overwhelming majority of the respondents are white educated, earning little but employed full-time, left-leaning straight guys who live in cities and describe themselves as independents rather than democratic or republican...only 37 republicans filled out this survey unfortunately. These respondents overwhelmingly use the internet more than the 74% 67% 74% 61% are are are are regularly using Youtube on regularly using Facebook not regularly using Reddit not regularly using Twitter
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livestream.com/globalrevolution website showed up 4th on the 2nd of a search for "occupy wall street" Fortunately optimization is Comrade Zach Notes specialty and he should be able and willing to us if someone from the media team can hook him up with access to site. I've also added a question to the survey asking if they regularly follow the protests on the livestream so we can track with subsequent surveys. More cameras and streams couldn't hurt at all either.
>>>>> The sample of non-white people in this sample is so small that >>>>> I doubt >>>>> I'll get any worth while insight from it but I'll be sure to >>>>> let >>>>> everyone know if I find anything. Several respondents self-responded >>>>> with specific nationalities, which could be better way to think about >>>>> diversifying this movement. In the mean time we absolutely >>>>> should >>>>> make Micha's suggestion of a non-white media day(s) happen. >>>>> >>>>> to >>>>> >>>>> I >>>>> >>>>> as >>>>> >>>>> start >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> to >>>>> Response patterns for female respondents were so nearly identical the male respondents that I won't bother to indicate them however did notice that 52% of the female respondents listen to the radio opposed to 40% of male respondents, which could be a good way to trying to reach more women. The numbers on the ground from this week look excellent as well. does look like there's a real hardcore group of roughly 200-300 holding it down. There was 115% increase in the average number of people counted in the camp each morning between Monday and Friday. Let's see if the same trend happens next week or if it was just due nicer weather at the end of the week. 10/3/2011 - 163
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september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of jemcgloin@verizon.net september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: [september17discuss] Re: PS. Mind the conservative backlash Thursday, October 06, 2011 6:10:32 PM
I was not pissed off either, but I still think the movement would grow bigger without throwing around the word "revolution." Most people don't hear it the way you guys do. We need millions on the streets, and I don't think they are ready for revolution, yet. I realize that most of the energy for this movement comes from people that agree more with Harrison than me, but I just ask you all to be a little more strategic, in your thinking. For example, having a tussle with the police at the end of a day when we were getting so much good press about Unions and New Yorkers getting involved in OWS, was really stepping on our own message. We should try to avoid having stories about us competing with each other. It would have been more strategic to bumrush Wall Str on a slower news day, and with less cops around lol. (Remember diversity of tactics means that legal tactics are also acceptable. We have a lot of causes to put foward and freedom of assembly is just one.) Thnx for your patience and impatience, John
On 10/06/11, Harrison Schultz<schuh072@gmail.com> wrote: I'm glad that my words pissed off the enemy and that they didn't piss off any of you, dear comrades! I'll keep working with Patrick to fuck with the mass media! H.
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 4:24 PM, jez bold <jezbold@gmail.com> wrote: beautiful!!!!!!
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 4:08 PM, shaista husain <shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: Please forgive me I know there is a safety group, but it isn't listed on the NYCGA.. perhaps we need to UP the comfort zone...i am looking for the working group addressing all aspects of security on NYCGA On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:58 PM, J Wedes <jwedes@gmail.com> wrote: > In many ways, you aren't a legit people's movement until you get death > threats from Glenn Beck's people. > I consider it a rite of passage... > -justin > > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:42 PM, shaista husain <shaistahusain@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> If there is one thing that this movement clearly represents, without >> demands, is the HUMAN ALTERNATIVE to the RIGHT WING. Once we mention >> "ReVolution" it will become clear to the world to see that there may >> be a silent majority of revolutionaries in the US fed up and come of >> age--let the racist right wing watch how we grow and spread across the >> US. >> >> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:22 PM, gail zawacki <witsendnj@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Excellent interview! Wow, those comments are really despicable! I >> > could >> > only stomach a few... >> >
>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:20 PM, shaista husain <shaistahusain@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Brilliant Harrison!!!! >> >> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Lauren <celliwig@gmail.com> wrote: >> > You look great, sorry for the threats. For now it merely betrays them >> > as the lying authoritarian bastards they really are. > >
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of jemcgloin@verizon.net september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: [september17discuss] Salsa is offering their CRM tool Thursday, October 06, 2011 6:33:48 PM
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On 10/06/11, shaista husain<shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: Yes, i agree with you, sorry, i am alluding to more structural problems that emerge from this problem. Not attacking anyone, but there is an information gap that is widening between autonomous groups. I have several articles i can post here that are dismaying:, about the lack of people of color. Being on the ground i am witnessing first hand how lots of great folks are coming in, but finding no way to actively participate and engage in working groups, not because they are not wanted or needed or there is some "white supremacist conspiracy" or "middle class white leadership" invisible to all. i am aware that is completely false, and will not post all those articles here. But seriously need to address structural issues at hand, how to make transparent the fact and reality on the ground, which is the opposite of what these articles reflect. We need to be able to relay information that is happening on the ground more effectively this is not necessarily the fault of the internet teams working tirelessly--or anyone for that matter, its just something we MUST actively negate --when more people of color and immigrants enter a movement it changes the political dynamics. Which is a good thing. We need to enfranchise more folks period.
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 4:41 PM, David DeGraw <David@ampedstatus.com> wrote: > no, not a cover at all for demo-process. just trying to guard against > saboteurs - people will try to infiltrate n sabotage - no doubt. > > not that we should be paranoid, just careful > > > > On 10/6/2011 4:33 PM, shaista husain wrote: >> >> HI i would also like to participate in this, i have been collecting >> people's names and working group info, i have several pages here. I >> gave two to someone in internet, no one is getting back to anyone. >> Seems there is too much work to do and serious gaps in our >> organization. I tried to add some working groups to the list as well, >> meeting times, trying to contact group "leaders" or point of contact. >> Yes i have been around OWS since the get go, but just for >> clarification--how much is this lack of trust going to be a cover for >> lack of democratic participation? >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 4:21 PM,<gabjoh2@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>
>>> Does August 16th count? :-) >>> >>> --glj >>> >>> Sent on the Sprint Now Network from my BlackBerry >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: David DeGraw<David@AmpedStatus.com> >>> Sender: september17@googlegroups.com >>> Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:10:32 -0400 >>> To:<september17@googlegroups.com> >>> ReplyTo: september17@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: [september17discuss] Salsa is offering their CRM tool >>> whoever takes on Salsa / DIA project has to be a 100% trusted 99%er ;-) >>> It >>> would be very dangerous to leave this task to someone who has not been >>> around from the get go >>> >>> >>> On 10/6/2011 3:25 PM, Charles Lenchner wrote: >>> >>> I passed grimwomyn's email address to the salsa folks. >>> I do wonder about something.... there is an 'internet working group' with >>> minutes posted on the nycga site. I've added comments a few times asking >>> about a crm, etc. I offered to help. No one wrote back to me.... which is >>> fine. My wondering is about which working group would be taking ownership >>> of >>> salsa? And what about the possibility that the internet working group is >>> working on something parallel? Or the media working group? Who could we >>> say >>> is 'representing' OWS in all matters pertaining to CRM usage? >>> Charles >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:17 PM, David DeGraw<David@ampedstatus.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> just saw this, inbox a mess. We have used Salsa / DIA since they first >>>> launched. It would be an excellent tool to create a mailing list and a >>>> petition-like way of taking in online votes for demands and other >>>> actions. >>>> This would be a VITAL tool. who can make sure it happens? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 10/5/2011 3:40 PM, Charles Lenchner wrote: >>>> >>>> Hey all... >>>> I just joined the list and plan to introduce myself. But I learned >>>> something and wanted to get it in the right hands - it's unclear what >>>> that >>>> means! >>>> Salsa is a Constituent Relationship Manager. It is used by political >>>> groups and nonprofits on the progressive side of the fence. They would >>>> like >>>> to offer use if this product to Occupy Wall Street for free. It's a >>>> great
>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> > >
tool that I'm familiar with - it does email blasting, list building, integrates with fundraising pages, signups, advocacy actions, letters to the editor, events management, etc. Folks might have various opinions about using this. My question is: which group or committee is qualified to make a decision on such a thing on behalf of 'Occupy Wall Street'? I beg forgiveness if this was discussed previously - the NYCGA site didn't include any mention of it that I could find, so it seemed a bit like an orphan issue. Thanks in advance, Charles Lenchner www.organizing20.org
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of jemcgloin@verizon.net september17@googlegroups.com Re: RE: [september17discuss] Salsa is offering their CRM tool Thursday, October 06, 2011 9:52:54 PM
Check out the calendar http://nycga.cc/calendar/
On 10/06/11, Elkind, Raphe<RElkind@countryschool.net> wrote: I'm coming into town for the weekend from Connecticut and would like to participate. Is there anything specific to attend or do we just head to the vicinity of Liberty Park? Please advice. Thanks, Raphe
-----Original Message----From: september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Charles Lenchner Sent: Thu 10/6/2011 3:25 PM To: september17@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [september17discuss] Salsa is offering their CRM tool I passed grimwomyn's email address to the salsa folks. I do wonder about something.... there is an 'internet working group' with minutes posted on the nycga site. I've added comments a few times asking about a crm, etc. I offered to help. No one wrote back to me.... which is fine. My wondering is about which working group would be taking ownership of salsa? And what about the possibility that the internet working group is working on something parallel? Or the media working group? Who could we say is 'representing' OWS in all matters pertaining to CRM usage? Charles On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:17 PM, David DeGraw <David@ampedstatus.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ** just saw this, inbox a mess. We have used Salsa / DIA since they first launched. It would be an excellent tool to create a mailing list and a petition-like way of taking in online votes for demands and other actions. This would be a VITAL tool. who can make sure it happens?
On 10/5/2011 3:40 PM, Charles Lenchner wrote: Hey all... I just joined the list and plan to introduce myself. But I learned something and wanted to get it in the right hands - it's unclear what that means! Salsa is a Constituent Relationship Manager. It is used by political groups and nonprofits on the progressive side of the fence. They would like to offer use if this product to Occupy Wall Street for free. It's a great
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
tool that I'm familiar with - it does email blasting, list building, integrates with fundraising pages, signups, advocacy actions, letters to the editor, events management, etc. Folks might have various opinions about using this. My question is: which group or committee is qualified to make a decision on such a thing on behalf of 'Occupy Wall Street'? I beg forgiveness if this was discussed previously - the NYCGA site didn't include any mention of it that I could find, so it seemed a bit like an orphan issue. Thanks in advance, Charles Lenchner www.organizing20.org
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of bf0189@gmail.com september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: [september17discuss] Sunday Open Forum: 12pm Zizek, 1pm PARECON, 2pm Dom Workers Alliance, 3 Saturday, October 08, 2011 5:00:51 PM
Can we get confirmation on Zizek coming? Thanks On , Siddattha Gurung <gurus655@newschool.edu> wrote: > is zizek coming to liberty plaza...... > > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Vicente Rubio vrubiopu@gmail.com> wrote: > > posted. > > > 2011/10/8 Babak K bkarimi17@gmail.com> > > > tomorrow Open Forum teachins @occupywallstreet: > > > > Slavoj Zizek 12pmParticipatory Economics 1pm > > Update on the domestic workers alliance movement 2pm > Mass Incarceration and the Other 1% 3pm > NY Taxi Workers Alliance Speakout 4pm > Updates from the Oaxaca Struggle 5pm > Movement for Justice in El Barrio 6pm > > > > > > > > > > > >
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of jemcgloin@verizon.net september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: [september17discuss] Welcome to the #OWS 99% Movement �We W ill NOT Be CoOpted� Working Group Friday, October 07, 2011 6:56:51 PM
Structure in Chaos. I like it. But I do worry about the 1% using their power to impose their message on our movement.
On 10/07/11, grimwomyn<grimwomyn@gmail.com> wrote: I am of the opinion that there should be many many statements, by as many members of the 99% as possible-- everyone should run their own statement, somewhere among the many many statements, themes will emerge. The statement is the American conversation happening right now-- and it is awesome in every way. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:13 PM, David DeGraw <David@ampedstatus.com> wrote: > no, no, personally speaking i'm def not libertarian or ron paul supporter, > though i consider them part of the 99% and would not personally reject them > w/in the movement. though i know there are strong feeling on that > > if you don't know me, we can talk later if you're at Liberty tonight, > otherwise, here's a report which summed up my thoughts in Feb 2010 ;-) > > http://ampedstatus.org/full-report-the-economic-elite-vs-the-people-of-the-united-states-of-america/ > > > > On 10/7/2011 2:05 PM, acpollack2@juno.com wrote: > > And yet you appear to be trying to coopt OWS yourselves... > If I have misrepresented your economic views, forgive me, but David you seem > to have Ron Paul-style, right-wing libertarian views concerning a wing of > the financial elite. > Am I wrong about that? > Are you, instead, in favor of unions? Are you in favor of more public jobs, > of more control by working people over the economy? > Please disabuse me of my fears about your platform if I am mistaken. > Andy > > ---------- Original Message ---------> From: David DeGraw <David@AmpedStatus.com> > To: september17@googlegroups.com > Subject: [september17discuss] Welcome to the #OWS 99% Movement We Will NOT > Be Co-Opted Working Group > Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:56:59 -0400 > > we just posted this, have sent out yet, will be back at park later today to > discuss: > > Welcome to the #OWS 99% Movement We Will NOT Be Co-Opted Working Group >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
This is not an official statement from the #OWS 99% Movement. As a decentralized leaderless movement, in our opinion, there is no one group, organization, website or individual who can speak for the movement as a whole. We, a working group of people currently occupying Liberty Park and many other locations throughout the US, are growing increasingly concerned about divide and conquer attempts being made to co-opt the movement. In the following message, we are issuing our first proposed statement. ... Read More >> http://ampedstatus.org/welcome-to-the-ows-99-movement-we-will-not-be-co-opted-working-group/ Please give your input
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of jemcgloin@verizon.net september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: [september17discuss] Welcome to the #OWS 99% Movement We Will NOT Be Co-Opted Working Group Friday, October 07, 2011 7:01:57 PM
We are here to give the majority a voice. Those that would twist our message to benefit the 1% I would define as co-opters.
On 10/07/11, shaista husain<shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: This is really great, i think you have to differentiate between groups who are attempting to "co-opt" this movement. Disempowered people, without leadership are also looking to "co-opt' this movement--not exactly co-opt it, but to find their voice, gain empowerment and claim this movement as their own. This should be encouraged. Perhaps describing how we include people into direct democracy--- that would help. less ranting against, and more speaking to disenfranchised people. Co-option/ Reification by state apparatus 1% and the mainstream media is going to be attempted on all fronts as well as by people within our movement who believe this capitalist democracy can be reformed. Then there is the problem of the revolutionaries who don't believe in reform, they are further split along how this revolution is best waged. There is not going to be consensus on this and there shouldn't be, we have to fight on multi-fronts. The more people of color enter the movement, the less "white middle class" character it will take. The more immigrants enter this movement, the less it will be about maintaining the status quo with small demands for congress to legislate to bring the economy back to middle class equilibrium. So lets keep it open for those who have not yet arrived en masse.
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 1:56 PM, David DeGraw <David@ampedstatus.com> wrote: > we just posted this, have sent out yet, will be back at park later today to > discuss: > > Welcome to the #OWS 99% Movement We Will NOT Be Co-Opted Working Group > > This is not an official statement from the #OWS 99% Movement. As a > decentralized leaderless movement, in our opinion, there is no one group, > organization, website or individual who can speak for the movement as a > whole. We, a working group of people currently occupying Liberty Park and > many other locations throughout the US, are growing increasingly concerned > about divide and conquer attempts being made to co-opt the movement. In the > following message, we are issuing our first proposed statement. ... Read > More >> > > http://ampedstatus.org/welcome-to-the-ows-99-movement-we-will-not-be-co-opted-working-group/ >
> Please give your input
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of jemcgloin@verizon.net september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: Re: [september17discuss] #OccupyMyHome Campaign Saturday, October 08, 2011 10:18:09 PM
http://www.o4onyc.org/ This is the site I was refering to below On 10/08/11, jemcgloin@verizon.net wrote: Go to the website. Click on eveictions watch. And sign up to help. Promote this at the park, the Welcome Tables and the GA so that we can make this a real pain for the banks.
On 10/07/11, Lucas Vazquez<lucasbostero20@gmail.com> wrote: If you're interested in anti-eviction campaigns you should look at the organization called O4O (organize for occupation) who recently blocked the eviction of an woman called Mary Ward from her home in Bed-Study, Brooklyn On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:41 PM, grimwomyn <grimwomyn@gmail.com> wrote: then send on at will-- lets do it! Here is a tweet to promote it: Not in NYC 2 #occupywallstreet ? #ows How abt #occupyhomes ? Find a house that needs a bit 'o love: http://occupyhomes.tumblr.com/ #occupytogether On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:25 PM, acpollack2@juno.com <acpollack2@juno.com> wrote: > this is a BRILLIANT idea! It builds on recent anti-eviction actions (one in > Brooklyn led by Black community groups a couple months ago, sorry I forget > the elderly woman's name, another more recent one I believe in CA, and > others). > And the social media overlay proposed is a great organizing tool! > ps I forget which list I saw it on but there are three antiforeclosure > auctions organized by a community group I believe next week. > > > ---------- Original Message ---------> From: David DeGraw <David@AmpedStatus.com> > To: september17@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [september17discuss] #OccupyMyHome Campaign > Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:07:38 -0400 > > There's a guy i know, Rob Somerton - BofA is about to foreclose on his home, > he is threatening to either not leave or bulldoze the house, he's been > organizing around this issue for awhile, may be good contact: > > https://www.facebook.com/RobAnaVsBofA > > also, biggest foreclosure action network based on LI - forget the guys name, > cell is: 516-263-9715 > > > On 10/7/2011 10:23 PM, J.A. Myerson wrote: > > This is one of the best ideas I've ever heard. How do we get started?
> > JAM > > On Oct 7, 2011 10:00 PM, "Alexandre Machado De Sant'Anna Carvalho" > <ac3018@nyu.edu> wrote: >> >> Dear Friends: >> >> Just read at the enemy's newspaper (Wall Street Journal, ha) that over >> 600,000- 1 million Americans face foreclosure threats due to the mortgage >> scam and mass unemployment. Can we launch a campaign called "OccupyMyHome", >> where we invite people - alongside neighboors and friends in solidarity - to >> refuse to leave their homes when evicting officers come. To hold their >> ground, in civil disobedience against a obvious injustice perpetrated by >> political economic forces that work against the people? >> >> This campaign, alongside the "move your money from big banks to credit >> unions" would deliver a blow to financial institutions and make the powerful >> listen. >> >> On a practical note, it would be awesome if we had programmers who could >> code a web platform where people at risk of eviction add in their home to a >> georeferenced map, and through it call on neighboors and friends to hold >> their ground, camping at their place, and of course, documenting >> everything. Each day people upload that information, alongside any videos >> of resistance, to that platform so the world could be in support. >> >> Anyone willing to help spread this idea forth, and actualize it? I am >> computer-coding ignorant, unfortunately! >> >> ->> Alexandre M.S. Carvalho, M.D., MPH >> 2009 Reynolds Fellow >> mobile +1 914 563 4209 >> home +1 914 633 0415 >> www.nyu.edu/reynolds > >
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Jason Jones september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: Re: [september17discuss] #OccupyMyHome Campaign Saturday, October 08, 2011 11:19:48 PM
hi I'm part of an art/artivist group called Not An Alternative that works out of a semipublic social space called No-Space (formely The Change You Want to See) in Brooklyn. We've been working for some years in collaboration with community groups as action coordinator/ producers. We've worked before on occupations and are very close with Organizing For Occupation and Picture The Homeless. Here's and example of something with did with PTH http://vimeo.com/5795687 We are very interested in the ideas you're proposing, have been thinking along very similar lines and would like to joining forces Not An Alternative http://notanalternative.com/ NOSPACE (formerly The Change You Want To See Gallery) http://thechangeyouwanttosee.com/ On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 10:18 PM, <jemcgloin@verizon.net> wrote:
http://www.o4onyc.org/ This is the site I was refering to below
On 10/08/11, jemcgloin@verizon.net wrote: Go to the website. Click on eveictions watch. And sign up to help. Promote this at the park, the Welcome Tables and the GA so that we can make this a real pain for the banks.
On 10/07/11, Lucas Vazquez<lucasbostero20@gmail.com> wrote: If you're interested in anti-eviction campaigns you should look at the organization called O4O (organize for occupation) who recently blocked the eviction of an woman called Mary Ward from her home in Bed-Study, Brooklyn On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:41 PM, grimwomyn <grimwomyn@gmail.com> wrote: then send on at will-- lets do it! Here is a tweet to promote it: Not in NYC 2 #occupywallstreet ? #ows How abt #occupyhomes ? Find a house that needs a bit 'o love: http://occupyhomes.tumblr.com/ #occupytogether On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:25 PM, acpollack2@juno.com <acpollack2@juno.com> wrote: > this is a BRILLIANT idea! It builds on recent anti-eviction actions (one in > Brooklyn led by Black community groups a couple months ago, sorry I forget > the elderly woman's name, another more recent one I believe in CA, and > others). > And the social media overlay proposed is a great organizing tool! > ps I forget which list I saw it on but there are three antiforeclosure > auctions organized by a community group I believe next week.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
---------- Original Message ---------From: David DeGraw <David@AmpedStatus.com> To: september17@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [september17discuss] #OccupyMyHome Campaign Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:07:38 -0400 There's a guy i know, Rob Somerton - BofA is about to foreclose on his home, he is threatening to either not leave or bulldoze the house, he's been organizing around this issue for awhile, may be good contact: https://www.facebook.com/RobAnaVsBofA also, biggest foreclosure action network based on LI - forget the guys name, cell is: 516-263-9715
On 10/7/2011 10:23 PM, J.A. Myerson wrote: This is one of the best ideas I've ever heard. How do we get started? JAM On Oct 7, 2011 10:00 PM, "Alexandre Machado De Sant'Anna Carvalho"
> <ac3018@nyu.edu> wrote: >> >> Dear Friends: >> >> Just read at the enemy's newspaper (Wall Street Journal, ha) that over >> 600,000- 1 million Americans face foreclosure threats due to the mortgage >> scam and mass unemployment. Can we launch a campaign called "OccupyMyHome", >> where we invite people - alongside neighboors and friends in solidarity - to >> refuse to leave their homes when evicting officers come. To hold their >> ground, in civil disobedience against a obvious injustice perpetrated by >> political economic forces that work against the people? >> >> This campaign, alongside the "move your money from big banks to credit >> unions" would deliver a blow to financial institutions and make the powerful >> listen. >> >> On a practical note, it would be awesome if we had programmers who could >> code a web platform where people at risk of eviction add in their home to a >> georeferenced map, and through it call on neighboors and friends to hold >> their ground, camping at their place, and of course, documenting >> everything. Each day people upload that information, alongside any videos >> of resistance, to that platform so the world could be in support. >> >> Anyone willing to help spread this idea forth, and actualize it? I am >> computer-coding ignorant, unfortunately! >> >> ->> Alexandre M.S. Carvalho, M.D., MPH >> 2009 Reynolds Fellow >> mobile +1 914 563 4209 >> home +1 914 633 0415
>> www.nyu.edu/reynolds > >
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september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of jemcgloin@verizon.net september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: Re: [september17discuss] Fwd: Occupy Wall Street Poster Saturday, October 08, 2011 10:06:59 PM
actually laughing out loud!
On 10/08/11, gail zawacki<witsendnj@gmail.com> wrote: How's this for diversity? On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Jon Good <therealjongood@gmail.com> wrote: Might a call be put out for artists of color to get more diverse, multicultural representations out there? Or to all artists to get specifically non-white people representing this movement? I have the visual art ability of a two-year-old, otherwise i'd practice what I preached myself.
On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 10:01 AM, rob hollander <lesrrd@gmail.com> wrote: +1 Even the ballerina served well, too -- it was praised in one of the first serious articles on OWS when most media were calling OWS muddle-headed and naive. The image and text implied something new and smart. So, yes, many, many, many more...
On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 7:40 AM, grimwomyn <grimwomyn@gmail.com> wrote: Hopefully there will be many many many many many many images and posters that circulate-- that is the point, right?
On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 12:58 AM, shaista husain <shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: Yes you are right 100% no stereotypes--so why do we always need one woman or one individual for a poster? we are leaderless organization so we claim why are we establishing icons that do not reflect this claim?
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 7:07 PM, <jemcgloin@verizon.net> wrote: Becareful with native Amercan or other ethnic/racial cliches. Just add an obvious mix of people so that it is obcious that all are invited.
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:44 PM, shaista husain <shaistahusain@gmail.com> wrote: A huge backlash is coming against this movement by those powerful people of color minorities who have been protesting their whole lives, that this movement is white and middle class. It is important to us that is is not ALWAYS represented that way, taking issues of representation in our "official" campaigns, a little sensitivity to diversity is what demarcates us clearly from RIGHT WING movement that
is also against Wall St.--we are multicultural ----that has to be emphasized always, as you know the IDF across britain, the islamophobes all the racist haters are also up in arms against wall street. What differentiates us is our MULTICULTURALISM. Breivnik by killing students in Norway has ushered in the neo-fascist hatred for white people who stand in arms with people of color and immigrants. All of you white comrades in this movement stand together with historically oppressed people as brothers and sisters. Please take this seriously in love and comradeship, we need to protect each other. Our language needs to reflect this on every level. We need to be politically savvy inclusive and sophisticated. Thank you, Shaista
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of jemcgloin@verizon.net september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: Re: [september17discuss] Principles of Solidarity. Friday, October 07, 2011 5:33:31 PM
Most of the press hasn't even figured out that we have a Declaration of the Occupation yet. And most of the policies being discussed are leaking right off of our protest signs if they actually tried to read them. So I agree. This should be a transparent process with as much input from the GA as possible.
On 10/07/11, Winter Siroco<wintersiroco@gmail.com> wrote: John, I am told that the reason why the documents are not posted in the group discussion is that it could leak to the press prematurely. It is true, but I think that such policy should be revised. We should practice open source despite the problems that it entails. Cesar On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 7:51 PM, <jemcgloin@verizon.net> wrote: Could you possibly post it on the website, or at least on here, so that people can read it? Is it an updated version of the "principles of solidarity" that was on line? We have at least five groups working on messages and it is almost impossible to find them or what they are working on. There is a demands list on occupywallst.com but when I tried to comment it wouldn't take my comment. We passed a list of grievances on Thursday, and I happened to be there, but it was the first I had heard of the document. The open source group is working on something, but I can't find them since Thursday night. Shouldn't the open source group be available on line? I'm glad to have almost any message to the world, but the whole point of waiting to have a message was so that everyone could have input, and even though I am on line 4 hours a day, and there two nights a week, I feel like I have very little input (not that I should have any more than anyone else). Is one of the principles "transparency?" I'm not as upset as this email might make me sound. I love our process and I know these issues will be worked out, but talking about the issues is part of the process. So I am just aksing that all of you messaging groups try a little harder to communicate with the rest of us and each other. Thanks, John McG On 10/02/11, Amin Husain<amin.husain@gmail.com> wrote: No On Oct 2, 2011, at 6:35 PM, jemcgloin@verizon.net wrote: Is it on the website?
On 10/02/11, Amin Husain<amin.husain@gmail.com> wrote: Finalized the third iteration. On agenda tomorrow night. On Oct 2, 2011, at 4:30 PM, jemcgloin@verizon.net wrote: Ok thats good. What happened?
On 10/02/11, Amin Husain<amin.husain@gmail.com> wrote: There was no demands meeting.
There was a principles of solidarity meeting. On Oct 2, 2011, at 9:19 AM, jemcgloin@verizon.net wrote: I am wondering if you guys ever met on the demands thing, and if you did what you talked about. John
On 10/01/11, Doug Singsen<dougsingsen@gmail.com> wrote: Where is the meeting? Sent from my phone On Oct 1, 2011 9:25 AM, "Amin Husain" <amin.husain@gmail.com> wrote: Sounds good. 1:30 On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Doug Singsen <dougsingsen@gmail.com> wrote: that would be great. can we make the meeting at 1:30?
On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Amin Husain <amin.husain@gmail.com> wrote: I am not sure. We can meet today in the afternoon before the march after 12, if you and others are free. I could also explain how this fits into the demands discussion that is ongoing and how it's evolving.
On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Doug Singsen <dougsingsen@gmail.com> wrote: when is the group's next meeting?
On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Amin Husain <amin.husain@gmail.com> wrote: The working group on principles of solidarity has the document printed to be put before the GA to discuss and reach consensus. If time permits, that may be today. On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Doug Singsen <dougsingsen@gmail.com> wrote: I'd love to. When and where is the group that is working on demands and points of solidarity meeting?
On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Winter Siroco <wintersiroco@gmail.com> wrote: Doug, We should be able to modify our documents, and it would be wise to do so at this early stage. Indeed
the points that you are raising are very important. I urge you to team with those interested and elaborate a modification that addresses the issues raised. Cesar
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Doug Singsen <dougsingsen@gmail.com> wrote: I'm very glad that we have this, and overall it's very good, but it's missing one big thing: there is no mention of how Wall Street created the economic crisis that destroyed millions of jobs, and how Wall Street was bailed out of its crisis by cutting vital public services! Any chance we can get that added? I realize that this list is not meant to include every grievance, but this is incredibly important and central to the damage done by Wall Street specifically, as opposed to capitalism as a whole. Frankly, we would not be occupying Liberty Park now if it weren't for the economic crisis - that's what set all this in motion. To not include it here seems like a major omission, and may make it harder to do outreach to the public sector unions that have started supporting us. Doug
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:15 AM, gail zawacki <witsendnj@gmail.com> wrote: Love it!
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Cesar <wintersiroco@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Drew, perhaps a link to the live stream take of the GA discussion could be posted in the Web page together with the declaration. I am very glad about finally starting to have some definition. It was a great work, and we should continue to improve the process of elaborating our documents. Cesar Sent from phone
On Sep 30, 2011, at 5:30 AM, Drew <dhornbein@gmail.com> wrote: http://nycga.cc/2011/09/30/declarationof-the-occupation-of-newyork-city/

spread this far and wide! Short code: http://nycga.cc/?p=780 print for saturday
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of shaista husain september17@googlegroups.com Re: Re: Re: [september17discuss] Principles of Solidarity. Friday, October 07, 2011 6:09:02 PM
We need an official media team to address the press (diverse team multicultural not all white men thanks!! ). I am sure there is one, but we need the articulate speakers to express the GA official stance on all things passed by our collective body. THis is not happening. Get more discussion in the media about what has been passed, what is being discussed....what is on the floor. Also, people can speculate all they want but most of the progressive media who have sought out people of color to interview, are not part of this media team, and these people have been voicing their concerns openly about the lack of inclusiveness. This is a serious flaw that undermines everything on happening on the ground. i have collected all those articles, the people they have interviewed (who are not part of any working group in the GA) and this is needs to be remedied immediately. There lies the problem of vision and strategy. Why we need one. Can we get a more sophisticated media team who can re-iterate the Declaration of Occupation, the Principles of Solidarity and the structure of our democratic process more clearly to the media. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 5:33 PM, <jemcgloin@verizon.net> wrote: > Most of the press hasn't even figured out that we have a Declaration of the > Occupation yet. And most of the policies being discussed are leaking right > off of our protest signs if they actually tried to read them. So I > agree. This should be a transparent process with as much input from the GA > as possible. > > > On 10/07/11, Winter Siroco<wintersiroco@gmail.com> wrote: > John, I am told that the reason why the documents are not posted in the > group discussion is that it could leak to the press prematurely. It is true, > but I think that such policy should be revised. We should practice open > source despite the problems that it entails. > Cesar > On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 7:51 PM, <jemcgloin@verizon.net> wrote: >> >> Could you possibly post it on the website, or at least on here, so that >> people can read it? Is it an updated version of the "principles of >> solidarity" that was on line? We have at least five groups working on >> messages and it is almost impossible to find them or what they are working >> on. There is a demands list on occupywallst.com but when I tried to comment >> it wouldn't take my comment. >> We passed a list of grievances on Thursday, and I happened to be there, >> but it was the first I had heard of the document. The open source group is >> working on something, but I can't find them since Thursday night. Shouldn't >> the open source group be available on line? >> I'm glad to have almost any message to the world, but the whole point of >> waiting to have a message was so that everyone could have input, and even >> though I am on line 4 hours a day, and there two nights a week, I feel like >> I have very little input (not that I should have any more than anyone >> else). >> Is one of the principles "transparency?" >> I'm not as upset as this email might make me sound. I love our process
>> and I know these issues will be worked out, but talking about the issues is >> part of the process. So I am just aksing that all of you messaging groups >> try a little harder to communicate with the rest of us and each other. >> Thanks, John McG >> >> On 10/02/11, Amin Husain<amin.husain@gmail.com> wrote: >> No >> >> On Oct 2, 2011, at 6:35 PM, jemcgloin@verizon.net wrote: >> >> Is it on the website? >> >> >> On 10/02/11, Amin Husain<amin.husain@gmail.com> wrote: >> Finalized the third iteration. On agenda tomorrow night. >> >> On Oct 2, 2011, at 4:30 PM, jemcgloin@verizon.net wrote: >> >> Ok thats good. What happened? >> >> >> On 10/02/11, Amin Husain<amin.husain@gmail.com> wrote: >> There was no demands meeting. >> There was a principles of solidarity meeting. >> >> On Oct 2, 2011, at 9:19 AM, jemcgloin@verizon.net wrote: >> >> I am wondering if you guys ever met on the demands thing, and if you did >> what you talked about. >> John >> >> >> On 10/01/11, Doug Singsen<dougsingsen@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Where is the meeting? >> >> Sent from my phone >> >> On Oct 1, 2011 9:25 AM, "Amin Husain" <amin.husain@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Sounds good. 1:30 >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Doug Singsen <dougsingsen@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> that would be great. can we make the meeting at 1:30? >>>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Amin Husain <amin.husain@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I am not sure. We can meet today in the afternoon before the march >>>>> after 12, if you and others are free. I could also explain how this fits >>>>> into the demands discussion that is on-going and how it's evolving. >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Doug Singsen <dougsingsen@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> when is the group's next meeting? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Amin Husain <amin.husain@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The working group on principles of solidarity has the document >>>>>>> printed to be put before the GA to discuss and reach consensus. If time >>>>>>> permits, that may be today. >>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Doug Singsen <dougsingsen@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'd love to. When and where is the group that is working on demands >>>>>>>> and points of solidarity meeting? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Winter Siroco >>>>>>>> <wintersiroco@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Doug, >>>>>>>>> We should be able to modify our documents, and it would be wise to >>>>>>>>> do so at this early stage. Indeed the points that you are raising are very >>>>>>>>> important. I urge you to team with those interested and elaborate a >>>>>>>>> modification that addresses the issues raised. >>>>>>>>> Cesar >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Doug Singsen >>>>>>>>> <dougsingsen@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I'm very glad that we have this, and overall it's very good, but >>>>>>>>>> it's missing one big thing: there is no mention of how Wall Street created >>>>>>>>>> the economic crisis that destroyed millions of jobs, and how Wall Street was >>>>>>>>>> bailed out of its crisis by cutting vital public services! Any chance we can >>>>>>>>>> get that added? I realize that this list is not meant to include every >>>>>>>>>> grievance, but this is incredibly important and central to the damage done >>>>>>>>>> by Wall Street specifically, as opposed to capitalism as a whole. Frankly, >>>>>>>>>> we would not be occupying Liberty Park now if it weren't for the economic >>>>>>>>>> crisis - that's what set all this in motion. To not include it here seems >>>>>>>>>> like a major omission, and may make it harder to do outreach to the public >>>>>>>>>> sector unions that have started supporting us. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Doug >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:15 AM, gail zawacki >>>>>>>>>> <witsendnj@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Love it! >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Cesar <wintersiroco@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Drew, perhaps a link to the live stream take of the GA >>>>>>>>>>>> discussion could be posted in the Web page together with the declaration. I >>>>>>>>>>>> am very glad about finally starting to have some definition. It was a great >>>>>>>>>>>> work, and we should continue to improve the process of elaborating our >>>>>>>>>>>> documents. >>>>>>>>>>>> Cesar >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Sent from phone >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Sep 30, 2011, at 5:30 AM, Drew <dhornbein@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> http://nycga.cc/2011/09/30/declaration-of-the-occupation-of-new-york-city/
>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> spread this far and wide! Short code: http://nycga.cc/?p=780 >>>>>>>>>>>> print for saturday >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> > >
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of jemcgloin@verizon.net september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-LOW: [september17discuss] Credo"s petition supporting OWS against police oppression Saturday, October 08, 2011 8:43:32 PM
Credo always sends me petitions to sign, 99% of which I agree with. Here's the latest: Dear Friend, Not a single banker has gone to jail for crimes that led to the financial meltdown. But now over 1,000 protesters have been arrested in the inspiring Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City. The occupation of Wall Street has inspired a nationwide movement in the spirit of Wisconsin. But there has been a powerful backlash against peaceful protesters who are using both their right to public assembly and tactics of nonviolent civil disobedience to call attention to the fact that our government has bailed out the wealthiest Americans but has done little to help middle and working class Americans who have lost their jobs and had their homes foreclosed on. The protest is building momentum with solidarity marches that CREDO members, progressive organizations and labor have joined. However the very existence of Occupy Wall Street could be endangered by strongarm NYPD tactics aimed at intimidating protesters and ending their three week stand against the big Wall Street banks. I told Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly to respect the Occupy Wall Street protesters' constitutional right to peaceful assembly. You can, too, at the link below. http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/occupy_ws/?r_by=28488-4170597-kNfasrx&rc=mailto1
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Justin Wedes september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-LOW: [september17discuss] Fwd: We are the 99% Friday, October 07, 2011 4:58:40 PM
Please join me and other members of CBID tomorrow morning at 10:00am as we do our part to Occupy Wall Street. We will meet at the corner of Chambers Street and Church Street - right off the Chambers Street stop on the A/C. Let me know if you can make it! or give me a call directly at (646) 508-5066
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Justin-Why am I occupying Wall Street tomorrow? Many of you know me as a member of CBID's Executive Committee. I also happen to be a law student, studying tax law. Finance intrigues me. I want to be rich. I want to be powerful. I will probably end up working on Wall Street. None of this means I can't see that our country has been heading in the wrong direction for decades. Systemic greed and corruption has allowed the top 1% to take more wealth from the rest of us than at any point since before the 1929 depression. Why should I have to choose between success and morality? Please join me and other members of CBID tomorrow morning at 10:00am as we do our part to Occupy Wall Street. We will meet at the corner of Chambers Street and Church Street - right off the Chambers Street stop on the A/C. Let me know if you can make it! or give me a call directly at (646) 508-5066 Best, Kevin Executive Committee, CBID P.S. If you can't understand why they are out there, click here. The protest didn't hit home to me until I visited it.
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september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Justin Wedes september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-LOW: Re: [september17discuss] Fwd: We are the 99% Saturday, October 08, 2011 12:19:28 AM
I just forward 'em when I see 'em, so we see where our message is going... -justin On Oct 7, 2011, at 5:06 PM, shaista husain wrote: Oh get real!!!! On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Justin Wedes <jwedes@gmail.com> wrote: Please join me and other members of CBID tomorrow morning at 10:00am as we do our part to Occupy Wall Street. We will meet at the corner of Chambers Street and Church Street - right off the Chambers Street stop on the A/C. Let me know if you can make it! or give me a call directly at (646) 508-5066
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september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of shaista husain september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-LOW: Re: [september17discuss] Fwd: We are the 99% Friday, October 07, 2011 5:06:40 PM
Oh get real!!!! On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Justin Wedes <jwedes@gmail.com> wrote: Please join me and other members of CBID tomorrow morning at 10:00am as we do our part to Occupy Wall Street. We will meet at the corner of Chambers Street and Church Street - right off the Chambers Street stop on the A/C. Let me know if you can make it! or give me a call directly at (646) 508-5066
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september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Gabriel Johnson september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-LOW: Re: [september17discuss] Fwd: We are the 99% Saturday, October 08, 2011 12:25:34 AM
I, for one, am a fan. Also shows just how effective the 99 percent blog is. Thanks to Chris G and everyone who donated their stories! --glj On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Justin Wedes <jwedes@gmail.com> wrote: I just forward 'em when I see 'em, so we see where our message is going... -justin On Oct 7, 2011, at 5:06 PM, shaista husain wrote: Oh get real!!!! On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Justin Wedes <jwedes@gmail.com> wrote: Please join me and other members of CBID tomorrow morning at 10:00am as we do our part to Occupy Wall Street. We will meet at the corner of Chambers Street and Church Street - right off the Chambers Street stop on the A/C. Let me know if you can make it! or give me a call directly at (646) 508-5066
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september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of jemcgloin@verizon.net september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-LOW: Re: [september17discuss] I don"t know the original source Friday, October 07, 2011 6:55:39 PM
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On 10/07/11, Robert Christ<rjc53@cornell.edu> wrote: Check this out http://i.imgur.com/A9OxP.jpg
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Justin Wedes september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-MED: [september17discuss] Article about OWS finances Friday, October 07, 2011 1:07:53 PM
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/occupy_wall_street_money/id_40932 Hats off to finance for attempting, and widely succeeding, in being financially transparent. If the banks were half this open in their books...
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september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Justin Wedes september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-MED: [september17discuss] Fwd: Occupy Yom Kippur Friday, October 07, 2011 12:41:55 PM Screen shot 2011-01-26 at 12.02.14 AM.png Screen shot 2011-01-26 at 12.01.44 AM.png
Tonight's Tom kippur service at OWS in heeb mag. Prolly will be at least 200 present Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: naomi less <naomiless@gmail.com> Date: October 7, 2011 10:39:27 AM EDT To: Justin Wedes <jwedes@gmail.com> Cc: Daniel Sieradski <daniel@werepair.org> Subject: Fwd: Occupy Yom Kippur Justin, Look at HEEB's emailer today!! OMG there are going to be hundreds of NY jews descending on OWS tonight!!! Hopefully right now you and Dan are at the occupier's organizers' meeting discussing where to PUT all these folk... Just wanted to share this with you! Exciting. I'm packing up from SAJ and coming right down after services! N Naomi Less Jewish Chicks Rock Booking: CLICK HERE Music: CLICK HERE Video: CLICK HERE
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Do something truly revolutionary this Yom Kippur. Fast like Isaiah and join one of the Yom Kippur prayer services at the local occupation in your community! Free Kol Nidre services tonight, Friday October 7 in four cities!
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september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Joshua van Praag september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-MED: [september17discuss] List admin Friday, October 07, 2011 2:39:32 PM
Can someone direct me to the person or persons that are administrating this listserve. There are a number of people involved in the occupation who would also like to be a part of the electronic convo :-) Solidarity J. Joshua van Praag jvanpraag@me.com +1.347.445.8315 +44.(0)7787.896952
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Doug Singsen no-budget-cuts-ny-discussion; september17 SPAM-MED: [september17discuss] Partial round-up of occupations in other cities Friday, October 07, 2011 10:38:02 AM
http://socialistworker.org/2011/10/07/occupy-to-comes-your-town
Occupy comes to your town

Activists from around the U.S. report on local organizing inspired by Occupy Wall Street. October 7, 2011 Participants in Occupy Chicago on the march (Ryan Williams) IT DIDN'T take long for the spirit of Occupy Wall Street to spread to the streets of cities across the country, with the statement "We are the 99 percent" repeated in demonstrations large and small. The protest movement that began in Manhattan's financial district has inspired people in bigger cities not unfamiliar to protests, like San Francisco and Seattle, to organize their own actions and encampments, but also smaller cities and towns. The same mix of people from all walks of life--the unemployed, the underemployed, students facing mountains of debt, and union members enduring an assault on their living standards--are participating around the country and putting the blame for the economic crisis where it belongs: on the corporations and bankers who continue to profit as the rest of us face cuts. In New York on October 5, several unions threw their support behind the Occupy Wall Street movement--and that experience has been repeated at the smaller Occupy protests in other cities. Also like in New York City, but to varying degrees, the police have made their presence be felt. In several places this week, including San Francisco, Seattle and Chicago, police attempted to contain--and in some cases, quash--the peaceful gatherings. In San Francisco on October 5, for instance, dozens of cops confronted Occupy SF members, saying they could no longer block the sidewalk with their tents. Police cleared the sidewalks in the middle of the night, but protesters vowed to stay--and increase their numbers. ----------------- In San Francisco, Occupy SF began on September 17--the same day as Occupy Wall Street in New York--with a rally in front of the Bank of America. Starting with a little more then a dozen people, the encampment in front of the Federal Reserve building downtown grew to about 30 people and continues to grow.
In conjunction with the occupation, Occupy SF has organized and participated in marches and rallies in collaboration with other coalitions. On September 29, the group joined Refund CA, a coalition of unions and community groups, in a march of 1,000 people on the financial firms responsible for the economic crisis--including Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Charles Schwab. The march also highlighted the foreclosure crisis in California. "Chase cannot have my home!" protester Brenda Reed told marchers. On October 5, Occupy SF organized a march through the financial district. Hundreds of people marched and dozens more joined in as the protest continued onto Market Street. Many demonstrators said that they'd never seen so many spectators join a protest march, and this added to the energy. "I'm here to support Occupy SF because this is the beginning of a global movement," said Evelyn, an immigrant rights activist. "This is becoming a movement that's too big to fail." Later that night, officials posted a notice to take down the encampment, stating that it is a violation of the law. Five Department of Public Works (DPW) trucks, five police vans, numerous police cars and some 75 police in riot gear showed up at around 11 p.m. to execute the order. Around 150 people also showed up to demonstrate their support for the encampment. Cab drivers, cars and buses honked in support. At 1 a.m., police and the DPW moved in to remove the occupiers' belongings. Four police officers arrested one protester--witnesses saw the protester forced to the ground and beaten with batons. Protesters chanted, "The whole world is watching!" and "Arrest the CEO, let us go!" as police moved in. But activists remain determined to carry on the occupation. Ally, who attended Occupy SF for the first time that night, said, "I think it's about time people are coming together, and I'm here to give any support to Occupy SF to continue this unity." Danny, another first-time occupier, added, "We need to be pushing and fighting because there is power in numbers." Other Bay Area occupations include Occupy Sacramento and Occupy Santa Cruz-Occupy Oakland, where about 100 people turned out for the first general assembly, kicks off next week. -- In Seattle, the occupation began on October 1, with a general assembly and the beginning of a tent city in Westlake Plaza in the heart of downtown. Activists are regrouping after several protesters were arrested on the night of October 5 when police and Parks and Recreation employees moved in with orders to remove the tents. In the days after Occupy Wall Street began, dozens of people turned out at the Federal Building to show their solidarity, but things really got going over the October 1 weekend, when 300 people of all ages and backgrounds turned out to chart a course for the movement in Seattle. During the general assembly, the megaphone was passed around so that people could explain why they were there. Several people talked about their struggles with unemployment and foreclosure. As one participant said, "Someone is finally giving my voice a megaphone!" Many people heard about the general assembly only the day before on Facebook and had never been to a protest before.
People broke into smaller "affinity groups" in order to better get to know each other and talk about what they wanted to see come out of Occupy Seattle, including ideas for various work groups to organize actual activities. Work groups taking on everything from medical, sanitation, and peace and safety to media, demands, and strategy and tactics. The city and SPD initially offered protesters the grounds of the Seattle Center, home to the Space Needle, but protesters felt this would isolate and contain the movement away from the downtown business area. The general assembly decided to begin an occupation of Westlake Plaza, with 45 people spending Saturday night there. On Sunday, despite pouring rain, 150 people gathered for another general assembly, focusing on how to spread the word and build broader support for the occupation, provide regular updates about what's happening, and organize events that people who have jobs and family responsibilities can plug into. After the weekend, the encampment grew steadily while general assemblies continued to meet daily. Protesters have also led impromptu marches through downtown, chanting, "We are the 99 percent" and "Banks got bailed out. We got sold out!" to cheers from onlookers. Significantly, Occupy Seattle has received endorsements and messages of support from organized labor and community groups, including the Washington State Labor Council and the Seattle Building and Construction Trades Council. Still, it has been difficult for larger numbers of working people to get involved with the movement, since the daily general assemblies start at 4 p.m., before most people are off work, and then tend to go on in some form for up to four or five hours. This represents a challenge that many of the Occupy struggles need to confront. Signs that Seattle authorities are readying to try to evict protesters are clear. On October 4, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn announced that the occupation would have to be cleared out by 10 p.m. when the park closes. Still, on Tuesday night, as several hundred people came out in solidarity. "In 2008, Obama said that he would bring change if he was elected," said Jocelyn, a senior at Garfield High School who attended the weekend general assemblies. "Once he was elected, he said we needed to be patient and wait for change. Well, I'm tired of waiting for change. It's time for us to get organized and do it ourselves." -- Los Angeles was among several cities whose occupations began last weekend on October 1, with hundreds of people camped out on the front lawn of City Hall. The United Teachers Los Angeles union offered its solidarity with protesters early on. Occupiers planned to join the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment and the Service Employees International Union for a "Make the Banks Pay" protest in the financial district on October 6. -- In Chicago, protesters have kept a constant presence for almost three weeks outside of the local branch of the Federal Reserve at Jackson and La Salle downtown. During the day, numbers of protesters vary from a couple of dozen to almost 100, but the daily marches and general assemblies have often involved several hundred people. Activists at Occupy Chicago have attempted to link up their struggle with other
movements in the city, sending a contingent to join a large rally of postal workers at the end of last month and co-hosting a rally to commemorate Troy Davis, who was recently executed in Georgia after widespread activism in his defense. During this week, Chicago police attempted to close down the occupation, demanding protesters remove their belongings from the sidewalk in front of the Fed and denying them the right to sleep there. This has sparked a debate, with protesters discussing whether or not cops are part of "the 99 percent" and whose side they're really on. -- In Austin, Texas, activists have been holding daily general assemblies since last September 29 in preparation for an occupation on October 6. More than 150 people have turned out each night, and the meetings have lasted deep into the night as they discuss the general message and procedures, and forming working groups for specific aspects of the occupation. The atmosphere is cooperative, and there is a focus on democracy and making sure that each person has a voice. Inspired by the Transport Workers Union Local 100's endorsement of the march in New York City, Occupy Austin has reached out to labor organizations, drafting a letter to union members asking them to pass resolutions in support of Occupy Austin, encourage members to attend and make any contributions they can. Education Austin and the Texas State Employees Union have endorsed the protest. As a statement issued by Education Austin stated: Just as our 200,000-member sister local in New York City, the United Federation of Teachers, is supporting Occupy Wall Street, labor unions are joining local versions of the demonstration across the country to insist that WE ARE THE 99 percent. The financiers who caused the current deep recession are reaping record profits and bonuses while thousands of teachers and school employees have been laid off statewide due to the financiers' greed and the consequences it has caused. -- In Washington, D.C., the Occupy DC movement began at McPherson Square in the heart of downtown on October 1, and since then has been holding general assemblies and actions two times per day, with 30 to 70 people attending. A protester named Eric explained why he was there. "We are tired of corporate greed and want instead corporate accountability," he said. "It has become clear to a lot of people that it's necessary for us to demand corporations to give back to us what they have been hording for a long time now." Bear, a homeless advocate and activist, asked the general assembly to reach out to the homeless community, saying, "We want a country we can live in, just like you." -- In Baltimore, where the 2010 census revealed that one out of every four city residents lives below the federal poverty line, "We are the 99 percent" means something. More than 300 people gathered in the chill of the night on October 4 at the Inner Harbor for the first general assembly of the occupation. Some 125 people marched to protest plans for new youth jail. "There's a common sense that something's really wrong," said Jessica Lewis. "This is a really diverse group of people who have never really worked together before to organize something this big."
-- In Asheville, N.C., activists estimate that some 250 people have so far participated in marches and councils since the movement began on October 1. Some 30 people have camped out overnight, and when police shut down their encampment on Wall Street--Wall Street in Asheville, that is--they moved it to Pritchard Park, about a block away. -- In Sacramento, Calif., as many as 150 people, from many different backgrounds turned out for the first Occupy Sacramento meeting in a local park on October 1. As participants discussed plans for a protest on October 6, a wide range of demands were on the table, with some attendees arguing against taking up issues like abortion, immigration or LGBT rights because it would "offend Tea Party supporters" and others who had more radical demands, such as an end to capital punishment, an end to U.S. wars, forgiveness of student loan debt and single-payer health care. Community members were already showing their support for the occupation before it began. Local businesses were planning sending food and support to the occupiers. Organizers also issued solidarity statements made by National Nurses United and the Sacramento State Social Work Association and Bachelor of Social Work Association on their website. Occupy Sacramento released their own statement about the meaning of the movement: We are preparing to change the world. We are becoming another head on the beast of change. We will stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in over 200 cities around the world...This is global revolution. Civil rights, human rights, freedom, dreams, have all been trampled by those with the money and the power. We demand change. We demand equality! The time has come for us to govern ourselves! We are the 99 percent!" Sam Bernstein, Brian Coalson, Ben Dalbey, Sam Goldberg, James Illingworth, Zavi Katzvik, Trey Kindlinger, Diana Macasa and Elizabeth Schulte contributed to this article.
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Sarah Quinter september17 SPAM-MED: [september17discuss] Re: #OccupyMyHome Campaign Saturday, October 08, 2011 8:04:35 PM
I love this idea! I think Organize For Occupation and Picture the Homeless would both be good allies -http://www.o4onyc.org/ http://picturethehomeless.org/ I won't be in Zuccotti Park much for the next few days, but if some folks wanna pull together a working group, I can try contacting these orgs and begin coordinating. I'm slightly acquainted with a few folks from these groups. Also, I know a talented coder who may be willing to lend some help, though he's got a lot on his plate these days... --Sarah On Oct 8, 5:36 pm, jemcgl...@verizon.net wrote: > People can't occupy their homes against the sheriff by themselves. There is an organization that helps people do that kind of thing that was on this listserve for a while. Does anyone know who they were and how we can support them? > > > > > > > > On 10/07/11,grimwomyn<grimwomyn@gmail.com>wrote:I think a simple twitter handle #OccupyHomes coupled with > #occupytogether ought to do it.... and what do you think about this?http://occupyhomes.tumblr.com/#me > On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Alexandre Machado De Sant'Anna > Carvalho <ac3018@nyu.edu> wrote: > > Dear Friends: >> > > Just read at the enemy's newspaper (Wall Street Journal, ha) that over > > 600,000- 1 million Americans face foreclosure threats due to the mortgage > > scam and mass unemployment. Can we launch a campaign called "OccupyMyHome", > > where we invite people - alongside neighboors and friends in solidarity - to > > refuse to leave their homes when evicting officers come. To hold their > > ground, in civil disobedience against a obvious injustice perpetrated by > > political economic forces that work against the people? >> > > This campaign, alongside the "move your money from big banks to credit > > unions" would deliver a blow to financial institutions and make the powerful > > listen. >> > > On a practical note, it would be awesome if we had programmers who could > > code a web platform where people at risk of eviction add in their home to a > > georeferenced map, and through it call on neighboors and friends to hold > > their ground, camping at their place, and of course, documenting > > everything. Each day people upload that information, alongside any videos > > of resistance, to that platform so the world could be in support. >> > > Anyone willing to help spread this idea forth, and actualize it? I am > > computer-coding ignorant, unfortunately! >>
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september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Lycophidion september17 SPAM-MED: [september17discuss] Re: Occupy Wall Street Analytics Saturday, October 08, 2011 3:13:33 AM
I'd like to thank sister Shaista for her comments and suggest two things. First, that the term "non-white people" might be offensive to folks: imagine defining people as the negative of the privileged group. Second, as implied by Shaista, the work of the PoC Working Group is crucial, but not enough. Their goals and efforts should infuse every working group, every committee, and OWS, as a whole. It is imperative that this young movement begin to reflect the demographics of NYC. It is imperative that the base and leadership of this struggle actively incorporate those who have most at stake in its outcome. That is the only way the Occupy movement is going to go forward and weather the storms that lie ahead. On Oct 8, 1:58 am, shaista husain <shaistahus...@gmail.com> wrote: > THis is REALLY SAD empirical evidence of how estranged people of color > feel from this movement. Its heartbreaking and devastating. > > "The sample of non-white people in this sample is so small that I doubt > I'll get any worth while insight from it but I'll be sure to let > everyone know if I find anything. Several respondents self-responded > with specific nationalities, which could be better way to think about > diversifying this movement. In the mean time we absolutely should > make Micha's suggestion of a non-white media day(s) happen." > > Thanks for putting this at the end of your survey, just like > "colonization" is the last sentence of the declaration. Perhaps it is > because this is our main challenge, as a movement. > Mica's suggestion for non-white dominated media day is bogus--we > should make everyday non-white dominated media day, every day. > That means white people should actively speak about people of color > and minorities==should promote their cause in multicultural > inclusiveness in an actively conscious way. > > Today once again, sitting in the Education and Empowerment working > group--if it isn't white men dominating the meeting, then its men of > color, while the women of color bicker amongst themselves suspiciously > of each other for no reason except that we feel so alienated we just > try to learn the "process" > Its getting tiresome and ridiculous. > > Comrades, our outreach into labor and community of color has been > amazing, our diversity is a fact on the ground, but we must actively > decolonize our movement without tokenism, can white people speak about > communities of color directly and speak about diversity and > multiculturalism? Why does it have to be brown folks doing all the > work? Can you please allow women and women of color to speak up, > encourage them to speak, and take it one step further and make these > issues your own--i am speaking to the people who are NOT doing this > already consciously actively. This is what this occupation has to be > about. Not just polls and media hype, but real transformation. Here is > a quote by Robin Kelley from Freedom Dreams: > > "Without new visions, we dont know what to build, only what to knock > down. We not only end up confused, rudderless, and cynical, but we
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On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:11 AM, Justine <just...@occupywallst.org> wrote: > Great work, ty :) > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Harrison Schultz <schuh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Traffic to occupywallst.org continues to surge, our new high is just over/under 400,000 visits in the last few days. 350,346 people visited occupywallst.org that day, 1,890 of them answered a survey that we put up on the site within the span of a few short hours. I can't post charts into the body of this message for some reason, but as we would expect the overwhelming majority of the respondents are white educated, earning little but employed full-time, left-leaning straight guys who live in cities and describe themselves as independents rather than democratic or republican...only 37 republicans filled out this survey unfortunately. These respondents overwhelmingly use the internet more than the T.V. 74% are regularly using Youtube 67% are on regularly using Facebook 74% are not regularly using Reddit 61% are not regularly using Twitter
>> 85% are not watching Fox. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 81% strongly support the Occupy Wall Street Protests. 74% believe that the Occupy Wall Street Protests will create positive and lasting social change. 73% strongly believe that the protests will grow. Yet, a combined total of only 24% of these respondents have participated in these protests, which suggests that in spite of the homogeneity of the movement as it currently stands, there is much opportunity to further increase our numbers on the ground from within our current base of support. I've heard reports from Flux of campers from who watched the livestream for so long that they wound up coming to Liberty. Definitely the next best thing to being hear. I also noticed that the livestream.com/globalrevolution website showed up 4th on the 2nd page of a search for "occupy wall street" Fortunately optimization is our Comrade Zach Notes specialty and he should be able and willing to help us if someone from the media team can hook him up with access to the site. I've also added a question to the survey asking if they regularly follow the protests on the livestream so we can track this with subsequent surveys. More cameras and streams couldn't hurt at all either. The sample of non-white people in this sample is so small that I doubt I'll get any worth while insight from it but I'll be sure to let everyone know if I find anything. Several respondents self-responded with specific nationalities, which could be better way to think about diversifying this movement. In the mean time we absolutely should make Micha's suggestion of a non-white media day(s) happen.
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Response patterns for female respondents were so nearly identical to the male respondents that I won't bother to indicate them - however I did notice that 52% of the female respondents listen to the radio as opposed to 40% of male respondents, which could be a good way to start trying to reach more women. The numbers on the ground from this week look excellent as well. It does look like there's a real hardcore group of roughly 200-300 holding it down. There was 115% increase in the average number of people counted in the camp each morning between Monday and Friday. Let's see if the same trend happens next week or if it was just due to nicer weather at the end of the week. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 10/3/2011 10/4/2011 10/5/2011 10/6/2011 10/7/2011 - 163 - 240 - 261 - 307 - 351
>> I'm done for the night comrades, >> -Harrison
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Lycophidion september17 SPAM-MED: [september17discuss] Re: Occupy Wall Street Analytics Saturday, October 08, 2011 1:27:59 PM
I don't think the issue can be addressed technologically. There are several reasons for this. Mobile technology, in particular, tends to atomize and depersonalize individuals and individual communication. In a way, it pretends there is an even playing field, which socially doesn't exist. Moreover, if you are a white person, most of those with whom you engage will tend to be white, so in the aggregate, you won't really be increasing diversity. Having said that, yes, technology is an important tool and complement for building the movement, generally speaking. The conditions for overcoming this problem (the demographics of OWS) are created, in part, by the very growth of the movement, and its resonance with the aspirations and grievances of the most oppressed communities. But, only in part. As others have pointed out, the history of racism and white privilege in this country puts up enormous barriers to the diversification of the movement. There are real, deeply ingrained and socially institutionalized power relations viz white people and people of color, men and women, etc., in the most progressive of groups (even in personal relationships, friendships, marriages). Any approach that focuses simply on individual participation will not remedy this situation. People are empowered collectively. OWS itself is living testimony to that. So, I would argue that the only way we are going to diversify is through some sort of collective affirmative action, involving face-to-face community organizing and organizational outreach, led by People of Color. That, of course, is a crucial piece for the PoC Working Group. Let me be concrete and point to a good example. I teach intro biology at Medgar Evers College. My students are predominantly African American, Afro-Caribbean and South Asian, mostly women, mostly older working people. During my last two classes, I initiated discussion of OWS. A large number had never even heard of OWS... but, most students generally approved and identified with our goals. During break, a number of students returned to class with copies of the OWS Journal, which someone or ones had been distributing at the Franklin Ave. station. That led to further discussion. And, it turns out that a good number of these same students are DC 1707 and DC 37 members, which creates openings for outreach efforts by the Labor group. This is a piece of the puzzle. Another piece is proactive efforts by ALL working groups to actively recruit (rather than passively accepting) People of Color into their fold. At the same time, groups and OWS as a whole should proactively engage in what we used to call "leadership development," which involves creating comfort zones within each group, norms of operation that recognize existing power relations, purposefully promoting leadership skills and knowledge, standing back and encouraging initiatives, etc. All guided by the PoC committee.
To its great credit, OWS has taken a number of steps along these lines. Much more needs to be done. Much is at stake. On Oct 8, 12:08 pm, grimwomyn <grimwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > As long as the online media is mobile compatible we will be bringing in the > diverse community we want... just make sure that everything is mobile > compatible (which I think it is) > On Oct 8, 2011 11:37 AM, "Harrison Schultz" <schuh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Justine, can we please put this survey out every week? Can we? Can we??? > > > H. > > > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Harrison Schultz <schuh...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >> My pleasure crew, > > >> My suspicion is that there are many reasons for non-white participation in > >> this movement, The internet has been far and a way the number one means of > >> spreading news of this campaign, the first thing to determine will be > >> non-white rates of internet usage, if these communities are not on the > >> internet than they may have missed the message almost entirely. These > >> groups may not even consume as much overall media as caucasions. The trick > >> will be determining which channels they are already paying attention to. > >> Face to face outreach is may be most effective for the time being. > > >> I'll keep working on this, > > >> Harrison > > >> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Justin Wedes <jwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> Thanks Harrison for this. > > >>> Could someone from the PoC working group join our community relations > >>> group to help working with a diverse group of local residents/businesses? > >>> I'm thinking specifically of the many Hispanic, African-American, Asian etc > >>> residents and business-owners in the area. > > >>> -Justin > > >>> Sent from my iPad > > >>> On Oct 8, 2011, at 7:38 AM, grimwomyn <grimwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> > I am a nonwhite person (Puerto Rican) who never fills out surveys that > >>> > ask me to specify my ethnicity. There are people in the world who > >>> > could give a crap abt reporting their race/ethnicity, or who deem it > >>> > something to pay attention to. > > >>> > I am here to make a change for everyone. > > >>> > As Michael Jackson sang in "Man in the Mirror" >
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>>> > (ducking now from the many stones about to be thrown) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Lycophidion <lycophid...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'd like to thank sister Shaista for her comments and suggest two >> things. First, that the term "non-white people" might be offensive to >> folks: imagine defining people as the negative of the privileged >> group. Second, as implied by Shaista, the work of the PoC Working >> Group is crucial, but not enough. Their goals and efforts should >> infuse every working group, every committee, and OWS, as a whole. It >> is imperative that this young movement begin to reflect the >> demographics of NYC. It is imperative that the base and leadership of >> this struggle actively incorporate those who have most at stake in its >> outcome. That is the only way the Occupy movement is going to go >> forward and weather the storms that lie ahead. >> On Oct 8, 1:58 am, shaista husain <shaistahus...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> THis is REALLY SAD empirical evidence of how estranged people of color >>> feel from this movement. Its heartbreaking and devastating. >>> "The sample of non-white people in this sample is so small that I doubt >>> I'll get any worth while insight from it but I'll be sure to let >>> everyone know if I find anything. Several respondents self-responded >>> with specific nationalities, which could be better way to think about >>> diversifying this movement. In the mean time we absolutely should >>> make Micha's suggestion of a non-white media day(s) happen." >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks for putting this at the end of your survey, just like "colonization" is the last sentence of the declaration. Perhaps it is because this is our main challenge, as a movement. Mica's suggestion for non-white dominated media day is bogus--we should make everyday non-white dominated media day, every day. That means white people should actively speak about people of color and minorities==should promote their cause in multicultural inclusiveness in an actively conscious way.
>>> Today once again, sitting in the Education and Empowerment working >>> group--if it isn't white men dominating the meeting, then its men of >>> color, while the women of color bicker amongst themselves suspiciously >>> of each other for no reason except that we feel so alienated we just >>> try to learn the "process" >>> Its getting tiresome and ridiculous. >>> Comrades, our outreach into labor and community of color has been >>> amazing, our diversity is a fact on the ground, but we must actively >>> decolonize our movement without tokenism, can white people speak about >>> communities of color directly and speak about diversity and >>> multiculturalism? Why does it have to be brown folks doing all the >>> work? Can you please allow women and women of color to speak up, >>> encourage them to speak, and take it one step further and make these >>> issues your own--i am speaking to the people who are NOT doing this >>> already consciously actively. This is what this occupation has to be >>> about. Not just polls and media hype, but real transformation. Here is >>> a quote by Robin Kelley from Freedom Dreams:
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"Without new visions, we dont know what to build, only what to knock down. We not only end up confused, rudderless, and cynical, but we forget that making a revolution is not a series of clever maneuvers and tactics, but a process that can and must transform us" Robin D.G. Kelley (Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination)
>>> >>> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:11 AM, Justine <just...@occupywallst.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Great work, ty :) >>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Harrison Schultz < >>> schuh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>> just >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> but >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> T.V. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Traffic to occupywallst.org continues to surge, our new high is over/under 400,000 visits in the last few days. 350,346 people visited occupywallst.org that day, 1,890 of them answered a survey that we put up on the site within the span of a few short hours. I can't post charts into the body of this message for some reason, as we would expect the overwhelming majority of the respondents are white educated, earning little but employed full-time, left-leaning straight guys who live in cities and describe themselves as independents rather than democratic or republican...only 37 republicans filled out this survey unfortunately. These respondents overwhelmingly use the internet more than the 74% 67% 74% 61% are are are are regularly using Youtube on regularly using Facebook not regularly using Reddit not regularly using Twitter
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september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Doug Singsen no-budget-cuts-ny-discussion; september17 SPAM-MED: [september17discuss] Re: Partial round-up of occupations in other cities Friday, October 07, 2011 12:28:51 PM
Another useful sources: http://ireport.cnn.com/open-story.jspa? openStoryID=682030#DOC-683102. Expand the map on the right side of the screen to see the cities where CNN has reports from. Does anyone else have other roundups of encampments and protests? On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Doug Singsen <dougsingsen@gmail.com> wrote:
http://socialistworker.org/2011/10/07/occupy-to-comes-your-town
Occupy comes to your town

Activists from around the U.S. report on local organizing inspired by Occupy Wall Street. October 7, 2011 Participants in Occupy Chicago on the march (Ryan Williams) IT DIDN'T take long for the spirit of Occupy Wall Street to spread to the streets of cities across the country, with the statement "We are the 99 percent" repeated in demonstrations large and small. The protest movement that began in Manhattan's financial district has inspired people in bigger cities not unfamiliar to protests, like San Francisco and Seattle, to organize their own actions and encampments, but also smaller cities and towns. The same mix of people from all walks of life--the unemployed, the underemployed, students facing mountains of debt, and union members enduring an assault on their living standards--are participating around the country and putting the blame for the economic crisis where it belongs: on the corporations and bankers who continue to profit as the rest of us face cuts. In New York on October 5, several unions threw their support behind the Occupy Wall Street movement--and that experience has been repeated at the smaller Occupy protests in other cities. Also like in New York City, but to varying degrees, the police have made their presence be felt. In several places this week, including San Francisco, Seattle and Chicago, police attempted to contain--and in some cases, quash--the peaceful gatherings. In San Francisco on October 5, for instance, dozens of cops confronted Occupy SF members, saying they could no longer block the sidewalk with their tents. Police cleared the sidewalks in the middle of the night, but protesters vowed to stay--and increase their numbers.
----------------- In San Francisco, Occupy SF began on September 17--the same day as Occupy Wall Street in New York--with a rally in front of the Bank of America. Starting with a little more then a dozen people, the encampment in front of the Federal Reserve building downtown grew to about 30 people and continues to grow. In conjunction with the occupation, Occupy SF has organized and participated in marches and rallies in collaboration with other coalitions. On September 29, the group joined Refund CA, a coalition of unions and community groups, in a march of 1,000 people on the financial firms responsible for the economic crisis--including Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Charles Schwab. The march also highlighted the foreclosure crisis in California. "Chase cannot have my home!" protester Brenda Reed told marchers. On October 5, Occupy SF organized a march through the financial district. Hundreds of people marched and dozens more joined in as the protest continued onto Market Street. Many demonstrators said that they'd never seen so many spectators join a protest march, and this added to the energy. "I'm here to support Occupy SF because this is the beginning of a global movement," said Evelyn, an immigrant rights activist. "This is becoming a movement that's too big to fail." Later that night, officials posted a notice to take down the encampment, stating that it is a violation of the law. Five Department of Public Works (DPW) trucks, five police vans, numerous police cars and some 75 police in riot gear showed up at around 11 p.m. to execute the order. Around 150 people also showed up to demonstrate their support for the encampment. Cab drivers, cars and buses honked in support. At 1 a.m., police and the DPW moved in to remove the occupiers' belongings. Four police officers arrested one protester--witnesses saw the protester forced to the ground and beaten with batons. Protesters chanted, "The whole world is watching!" and "Arrest the CEO, let us go!" as police moved in. But activists remain determined to carry on the occupation. Ally, who attended Occupy SF for the first time that night, said, "I think it's about time people are coming together, and I'm here to give any support to Occupy SF to continue this unity." Danny, another first-time occupier, added, "We need to be pushing and fighting because there is power in numbers." Other Bay Area occupations include Occupy Sacramento and Occupy Santa Cruz-Occupy Oakland, where about 100 people turned out for the first general assembly, kicks off next week. -- In Seattle, the occupation began on October 1, with a general assembly and the beginning of a tent city in Westlake Plaza in the heart of downtown. Activists are regrouping after several protesters were arrested on the night of October 5 when police and Parks and Recreation employees moved in with orders to remove the tents. In the days after Occupy Wall Street began, dozens of people turned out at the
Federal Building to show their solidarity, but things really got going over the October 1 weekend, when 300 people of all ages and backgrounds turned out to chart a course for the movement in Seattle. During the general assembly, the megaphone was passed around so that people could explain why they were there. Several people talked about their struggles with unemployment and foreclosure. As one participant said, "Someone is finally giving my voice a megaphone!" Many people heard about the general assembly only the day before on Facebook and had never been to a protest before. People broke into smaller "affinity groups" in order to better get to know each other and talk about what they wanted to see come out of Occupy Seattle, including ideas for various work groups to organize actual activities. Work groups taking on everything from medical, sanitation, and peace and safety to media, demands, and strategy and tactics. The city and SPD initially offered protesters the grounds of the Seattle Center, home to the Space Needle, but protesters felt this would isolate and contain the movement away from the downtown business area. The general assembly decided to begin an occupation of Westlake Plaza, with 45 people spending Saturday night there. On Sunday, despite pouring rain, 150 people gathered for another general assembly, focusing on how to spread the word and build broader support for the occupation, provide regular updates about what's happening, and organize events that people who have jobs and family responsibilities can plug into. After the weekend, the encampment grew steadily while general assemblies continued to meet daily. Protesters have also led impromptu marches through downtown, chanting, "We are the 99 percent" and "Banks got bailed out. We got sold out!" to cheers from onlookers. Significantly, Occupy Seattle has received endorsements and messages of support from organized labor and community groups, including the Washington State Labor Council and the Seattle Building and Construction Trades Council. Still, it has been difficult for larger numbers of working people to get involved with the movement, since the daily general assemblies start at 4 p.m., before most people are off work, and then tend to go on in some form for up to four or five hours. This represents a challenge that many of the Occupy struggles need to confront. Signs that Seattle authorities are readying to try to evict protesters are clear. On October 4, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn announced that the occupation would have to be cleared out by 10 p.m. when the park closes. Still, on Tuesday night, as several hundred people came out in solidarity. "In 2008, Obama said that he would bring change if he was elected," said Jocelyn, a senior at Garfield High School who attended the weekend general assemblies. "Once he was elected, he said we needed to be patient and wait for change. Well, I'm tired of waiting for change. It's time for us to get organized and do it ourselves." -- Los Angeles was among several cities whose occupations began last weekend on October 1, with hundreds of people camped out on the front lawn of City Hall. The United Teachers Los Angeles union offered its solidarity with protesters early
on. Occupiers planned to join the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment and the Service Employees International Union for a "Make the Banks Pay" protest in the financial district on October 6. -- In Chicago, protesters have kept a constant presence for almost three weeks outside of the local branch of the Federal Reserve at Jackson and La Salle downtown. During the day, numbers of protesters vary from a couple of dozen to almost 100, but the daily marches and general assemblies have often involved several hundred people. Activists at Occupy Chicago have attempted to link up their struggle with other movements in the city, sending a contingent to join a large rally of postal workers at the end of last month and co-hosting a rally to commemorate Troy Davis, who was recently executed in Georgia after widespread activism in his defense. During this week, Chicago police attempted to close down the occupation, demanding protesters remove their belongings from the sidewalk in front of the Fed and denying them the right to sleep there. This has sparked a debate, with protesters discussing whether or not cops are part of "the 99 percent" and whose side they're really on. -- In Austin, Texas, activists have been holding daily general assemblies since last September 29 in preparation for an occupation on October 6. More than 150 people have turned out each night, and the meetings have lasted deep into the night as they discuss the general message and procedures, and forming working groups for specific aspects of the occupation. The atmosphere is cooperative, and there is a focus on democracy and making sure that each person has a voice. Inspired by the Transport Workers Union Local 100's endorsement of the march in New York City, Occupy Austin has reached out to labor organizations, drafting a letter to union members asking them to pass resolutions in support of Occupy Austin, encourage members to attend and make any contributions they can. Education Austin and the Texas State Employees Union have endorsed the protest. As a statement issued by Education Austin stated: Just as our 200,000-member sister local in New York City, the United Federation of Teachers, is supporting Occupy Wall Street, labor unions are joining local versions of the demonstration across the country to insist that WE ARE THE 99 percent. The financiers who caused the current deep recession are reaping record profits and bonuses while thousands of teachers and school employees have been laid off statewide due to the financiers' greed and the consequences it has caused. -- In Washington, D.C., the Occupy DC movement began at McPherson Square in the heart of downtown on October 1, and since then has been holding general assemblies and actions two times per day, with 30 to 70 people attending. A protester named Eric explained why he was there. "We are tired of corporate greed and want instead corporate accountability," he said. "It has become clear to a lot of people that it's necessary for us to demand corporations to give back to us what they have been hording for a long time now."
Bear, a homeless advocate and activist, asked the general assembly to reach out to the homeless community, saying, "We want a country we can live in, just like you." -- In Baltimore, where the 2010 census revealed that one out of every four city residents lives below the federal poverty line, "We are the 99 percent" means something. More than 300 people gathered in the chill of the night on October 4 at the Inner Harbor for the first general assembly of the occupation. Some 125 people marched to protest plans for new youth jail. "There's a common sense that something's really wrong," said Jessica Lewis. "This is a really diverse group of people who have never really worked together before to organize something this big." -- In Asheville, N.C., activists estimate that some 250 people have so far participated in marches and councils since the movement began on October 1. Some 30 people have camped out overnight, and when police shut down their encampment on Wall Street--Wall Street in Asheville, that is--they moved it to Pritchard Park, about a block away. -- In Sacramento, Calif., as many as 150 people, from many different backgrounds turned out for the first Occupy Sacramento meeting in a local park on October 1. As participants discussed plans for a protest on October 6, a wide range of demands were on the table, with some attendees arguing against taking up issues like abortion, immigration or LGBT rights because it would "offend Tea Party supporters" and others who had more radical demands, such as an end to capital punishment, an end to U.S. wars, forgiveness of student loan debt and singlepayer health care. Community members were already showing their support for the occupation before it began. Local businesses were planning sending food and support to the occupiers. Organizers also issued solidarity statements made by National Nurses United and the Sacramento State Social Work Association and Bachelor of Social Work Association on their website. Occupy Sacramento released their own statement about the meaning of the movement: We are preparing to change the world. We are becoming another head on the beast of change. We will stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in over 200 cities around the world...This is global revolution. Civil rights, human rights, freedom, dreams, have all been trampled by those with the money and the power. We demand change. We demand equality! The time has come for us to govern ourselves! We are the 99 percent!" Sam Bernstein, Brian Coalson, Ben Dalbey, Sam Goldberg, James Illingworth, Zavi Katzvik, Trey Kindlinger, Diana Macasa and Elizabeth Schulte contributed to this article.
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Lycophidion september17 SPAM-MED: [september17discuss] Thoughts on increasing participation of People of Color Saturday, October 08, 2011 1:38:38 PM
This came out of a discussion under the heading "OWS Analytics": I don't think the issue can be addressed technologically. There are several reasons for this. Mobile technology, in particular, tends to atomize and depersonalize individuals and individual communication. In a way, it pretends there is an even playing field, which socially doesn't exist. Moreover, if you are a white person, most of those with whom you engage will tend to be white, so in the aggregate, you won't really be increasing diversity. Having said that, yes, technology is an important tool and complement for building the movement, generally speaking. The conditions for overcoming this problem (the demographics of OWS) are created, in part, by the very growth of the movement, and its resonance with the aspirations and grievances of the most oppressed communities. But, only in part. As others have pointed out, the history of racism and white privilege in this country puts up enormous barriers to the diversification of the movement. There are real, deeply ingrained and socially institutionalized power relations viz white people and people of color, men and women, etc., in the most progressive of groups (even in personal relationships, friendships, marriages). Any approach that focuses simply on individual participation will not remedy this situation. People are empowered collectively. OWS itself is living testimony to that. So, I would argue that the only way we are going to diversify is through some sort of collective affirmative action, involving face-to-face community organizing and organizational outreach, led by People of Color. That, of course, is a crucial piece for the PoC Working Group. Let me be concrete and point to a good example. I teach intro biology at Medgar Evers College. My students are predominantly African American, Afro-Caribbean and South Asian, mostly women, mostly older working people. During my last two classes, I initiated discussion of OWS. A large number had never even heard of OWS... but, most students generally approved and identified with our goals. During break, a number of students returned to class with copies of the OWS Journal, which someone or ones had been distributing at the Franklin Ave. station. That led to further discussion. And, it turns out that a good number of these same students are DC 1707 and DC 37 members, which creates openings for outreach efforts by the Labor group. This is a piece of the puzzle. Another piece is proactive efforts by ALL working groups to actively recruit (rather than passively accepting) People of Color into their fold. At the same time, groups and OWS as a whole should proactively engage in what we used to call "leadership development," which involves creating comfort zones within each group, norms of operation that recognize existing power relations, purposefully promoting leadership skills and knowledge, standing back and encouraging initiatives, etc. All guided by the PoC
committee. To its great credit, OWS has taken a number of steps along these lines. Much more needs to be done. Much is at stake.
globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com on behalf of Katie Davison globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com; globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com SPAM-MED: re: [GlobalRevolutionMedia] katies phone Thursday, October 06, 2011 9:20:04 PM
hey Nikky - its 310.702.9700
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can someone give me katies phone? thanks nikky
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Peter Harris has one. I'll text him now.
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Hi everyone! I've been looking through flicker, but nothing has really caught my eye. We need an overhead crowd shot of the rally yesterday for the front page of The Occupied Wall Street Journal. Please send pics. In solidarity, Marisa
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of aaron gemmill september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-MED: Re: [september17discuss] #OccupyMyHome Campaign Saturday, October 08, 2011 10:47:23 AM
I am a programmer. I would be happy to coordinate the technology side of this effort. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 8, 2011, at 1:01 AM, "J.A. Myerson" <jesse.myerson@gmail.com> wrote: I love this idea. I'm going to put some weight into trying to help it take off. I'll be in touch as organizing efforts develop from my end. JAM On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Lucas Vazquez <lucasbostero20@gmail.com> wrote: If you're interested in anti-eviction campaigns you should look at the organization called O4O (organize for occupation) who recently blocked the eviction of an woman called Mary Ward from her home in BedStudy, Brooklyn On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:41 PM, grimwomyn <grimwomyn@gmail.com> wrote: then send on at will-- lets do it! Here is a tweet to promote it: Not in NYC 2 #occupywallstreet ? #ows How abt #occupyhomes ? Find a house that needs a bit 'o love: http://occupyhomes.tumblr.com/ #occupytogether On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:25 PM, acpollack2@juno.com <acpollack2@juno.com> wrote: > this is a BRILLIANT idea! It builds on recent anti-eviction actions (one in > Brooklyn led by Black community groups a couple months ago, sorry I forget > the elderly woman's name, another more recent one I believe in CA, and > others). > And the social media overlay proposed is a great organizing tool! > ps I forget which list I saw it on but there are three antiforeclosure > auctions organized by a community group I believe next week. > > > ---------- Original Message ---------> From: David DeGraw <David@AmpedStatus.com> > To: september17@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [september17discuss] #OccupyMyHome Campaign > Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:07:38 -0400 > > There's a guy i know, Rob Somerton - BofA is about to foreclose on his home, > he is threatening to either not leave or bulldoze the house, he's been > organizing around this issue for awhile, may be good contact: > > https://www.facebook.com/RobAnaVsBofA > > also, biggest foreclosure action network based on LI - forget the guys name, > cell is: 516-263-9715 > > > On 10/7/2011 10:23 PM, J.A. Myerson wrote: > > This is one of the best ideas I've ever heard. How do we get started? > > JAM > > On Oct 7, 2011 10:00 PM, "Alexandre Machado De Sant'Anna Carvalho" > <ac3018@nyu.edu> wrote: >> >> Dear Friends: >> >> Just read at the enemy's newspaper (Wall Street Journal, ha) that over >> 600,000- 1 million Americans face foreclosure threats due to the mortgage >> scam and mass unemployment. Can we launch a campaign called "OccupyMyHome", >> where we invite people - alongside neighboors and friends in solidarity - to >> refuse to leave their homes when evicting officers come. To hold their >> ground, in civil disobedience against a obvious injustice perpetrated by >> political economic forces that work against the people? >> >> This campaign, alongside the "move your money from big banks to credit >> unions" would deliver a blow to financial institutions and make the powerful >> listen. >> >> On a practical note, it would be awesome if we had programmers who could >> code a web platform where people at risk of eviction add in their home to a
>> georeferenced map, and through it call on neighboors and friends to hold >> their ground, camping at their place, and of course, documenting >> everything. Each day people upload that information, alongside any videos >> of resistance, to that platform so the world could be in support. >> >> Anyone willing to help spread this idea forth, and actualize it? I am >> computer-coding ignorant, unfortunately! >> >> ->> Alexandre M.S. Carvalho, M.D., MPH >> 2009 Reynolds Fellow >> mobile +1 914 563 4209 >> home +1 914 633 0415 >> www.nyu.edu/reynolds > >
-J.A. Myerson http://www.jamyerson.com 347.688.0241
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of grimwomyn september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-MED: Re: [september17discuss] #OccupyMyHome Campaign Friday, October 07, 2011 11:41:59 PM
then send on at will-- lets do it! Here is a tweet to promote it: Not in NYC 2 #occupywallstreet ? #ows How abt #occupyhomes ? Find a house that needs a bit 'o love: http://occupyhomes.tumblr.com/ #occupytogether On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:25 PM, acpollack2@juno.com <acpollack2@juno.com> wrote: > this is a BRILLIANT idea! It builds on recent anti-eviction actions (one in > Brooklyn led by Black community groups a couple months ago, sorry I forget > the elderly woman's name, another more recent one I believe in CA, and > others). > And the social media overlay proposed is a great organizing tool! > ps I forget which list I saw it on but there are three antiforeclosure > auctions organized by a community group I believe next week. > > > ---------- Original Message ---------> From: David DeGraw <David@AmpedStatus.com> > To: september17@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [september17discuss] #OccupyMyHome Campaign > Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:07:38 -0400 > > There's a guy i know, Rob Somerton - BofA is about to foreclose on his home, > he is threatening to either not leave or bulldoze the house, he's been > organizing around this issue for awhile, may be good contact: > > https://www.facebook.com/RobAnaVsBofA > > also, biggest foreclosure action network based on LI - forget the guys name, > cell is: 516-263-9715 > > > On 10/7/2011 10:23 PM, J.A. Myerson wrote: > > This is one of the best ideas I've ever heard. How do we get started? > > JAM > > On Oct 7, 2011 10:00 PM, "Alexandre Machado De Sant'Anna Carvalho" > <ac3018@nyu.edu> wrote: >> >> Dear Friends: >> >> Just read at the enemy's newspaper (Wall Street Journal, ha) that over >> 600,000- 1 million Americans face foreclosure threats due to the mortgage >> scam and mass unemployment. Can we launch a campaign called "OccupyMyHome", >> where we invite people - alongside neighboors and friends in solidarity - to >> refuse to leave their homes when evicting officers come. To hold their >> ground, in civil disobedience against a obvious injustice perpetrated by >> political economic forces that work against the people? >>
>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >
This campaign, alongside the "move your money from big banks to credit unions" would deliver a blow to financial institutions and make the powerful listen. On a practical note, it would be awesome if we had programmers who could code a web platform where people at risk of eviction add in their home to a georeferenced map, and through it call on neighboors and friends to hold their ground, camping at their place, and of course, documenting everything. Each day people upload that information, alongside any videos of resistance, to that platform so the world could be in support. Anyone willing to help spread this idea forth, and actualize it? I am computer-coding ignorant, unfortunately! -Alexandre M.S. Carvalho, M.D., MPH 2009 Reynolds Fellow mobile +1 914 563 4209 home +1 914 633 0415 www.nyu.edu/reynolds
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of David DeGraw september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-MED: Re: [september17discuss] #OccupyMyHome Campaign Friday, October 07, 2011 11:07:50 PM
There's a guy i know, Rob Somerton - BofA is about to foreclose on his home, he is threatening to either not leave or bulldoze the house, he's been organizing around this issue for awhile, may be good contact: https://www.facebook.com/RobAnaVsBofA also, biggest foreclosure action network based on LI - forget the guys name, cell is: 516-263-9715 On 10/7/2011 10:23 PM, J.A. Myerson wrote: This is one of the best ideas I've ever heard. How do we get started? JAM On Oct 7, 2011 10:00 PM, "Alexandre Machado De Sant'Anna Carvalho" <ac3018@nyu.edu> wrote: Dear Friends: Just read at the enemy's newspaper (Wall Street Journal, ha) that over 600,000- 1 million Americans face foreclosure threats due to the mortgage scam and mass unemployment. Can we launch a campaign called "OccupyMyHome", where we invite people - alongside neighboors and friends in solidarity - to refuse to leave their homes when evicting officers come. To hold their ground, in civil disobedience against a obvious injustice perpetrated by political economic forces that work against the people? This campaign, alongside the "move your money from big banks to credit unions" would deliver a blow to financial institutions and make the powerful listen. On a practical note, it would be awesome if we had programmers who could code a web platform where people at risk of eviction add in their home to a georeferenced map, and through it call on neighboors and friends to hold their ground, camping at their place, and of course, documenting everything. Each day people upload that information, alongside any videos of resistance, to that platform so the world could be in support. Anyone willing to help spread this idea forth, and actualize it? I am computer-coding ignorant, unfortunately! -Alexandre M.S. Carvalho, M.D., MPH 2009 Reynolds Fellow mobile +1 914 563 4209
home +1 914 633 0415 www.nyu.edu/reynolds
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Marisa Holmes september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-MED: Re: [september17discuss] #OccupyMyHome Campaign Saturday, October 08, 2011 10:52:44 AM
This is a fantastic idea. Many folks have been talking about foreclosure actions. Marisa On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 5:44 PM, aaron gemmill <gemmill@gmail.com> wrote: > I am a programmer. I would be happy to coordinate the technology side of > this effort. > > Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 8, 2011, at 1:01 AM, "J.A. Myerson" <jesse.myerson@gmail.com> wrote: > > I love this idea. I'm going to put some weight into trying to help it take > off. I'll be in touch as organizing efforts develop from my end. > JAM > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Lucas Vazquez <lucasbostero20@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> If you're interested in anti-eviction campaigns you should look at the >> organization called O4O (organize for occupation) who recently blocked the >> eviction of an woman called Mary Ward from her home in Bed-Study, Brooklyn >> >> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:41 PM, grimwomyn <grimwomyn@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> then send on at will-- lets do it! >>> >>> Here is a tweet to promote it: >>> Not in NYC 2 #occupywallstreet ? #ows How abt #occupyhomes ? Find a >>> house that needs a bit 'o love: http://occupyhomes.tumblr.com/ >>> #occupytogether >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:25 PM, acpollack2@juno.com >>> <acpollack2@juno.com> wrote: >>> > this is a BRILLIANT idea! It builds on recent anti-eviction actions >>> > (one in >>> > Brooklyn led by Black community groups a couple months ago, sorry I >>> > forget >>> > the elderly woman's name, another more recent one I believe in CA, and >>> > others). >>> > And the social media overlay proposed is a great organizing tool! >>> > ps I forget which list I saw it on but there are three antiforeclosure >>> > auctions organized by a community group I believe next week. >>> > >>> > >>> > ---------- Original Message --------->>> > From: David DeGraw <David@AmpedStatus.com> >>> > To: september17@googlegroups.com >>> > Subject: Re: [september17discuss] #OccupyMyHome Campaign >>> > Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:07:38 -0400 >>> > >>> > There's a guy i know, Rob Somerton - BofA is about to foreclose on his >>> > home,
>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>
> he is threatening to either not leave or bulldoze the house, he's been > organizing around this issue for awhile, may be good contact: > > https://www.facebook.com/RobAnaVsBofA > > also, biggest foreclosure action network based on LI - forget the guys > name, > cell is: 516-263-9715 > > > On 10/7/2011 10:23 PM, J.A. Myerson wrote: > > This is one of the best ideas I've ever heard. How do we get started? > > JAM > > On Oct 7, 2011 10:00 PM, "Alexandre Machado De Sant'Anna Carvalho" > <ac3018@nyu.edu> wrote: >> >> Dear Friends: >> >> Just read at the enemy's newspaper (Wall Street Journal, ha) that over >> 600,000- 1 million Americans face foreclosure threats due to the >> mortgage >> scam and mass unemployment. Can we launch a campaign called >> "OccupyMyHome", >> where we invite people - alongside neighboors and friends in >> solidarity - to >> refuse to leave their homes when evicting officers come. To hold their >> ground, in civil disobedience against a obvious injustice perpetrated >> by >> political economic forces that work against the people? >> >> This campaign, alongside the "move your money from big banks to credit >> unions" would deliver a blow to financial institutions and make the >> powerful >> listen. >> >> On a practical note, it would be awesome if we had programmers who >> could >> code a web platform where people at risk of eviction add in their home >> to a >> georeferenced map, and through it call on neighboors and friends to >> hold >> their ground, camping at their place, and of course, documenting >> everything. Each day people upload that information, alongside any >> videos >> of resistance, to that platform so the world could be in support. >> >> Anyone willing to help spread this idea forth, and actualize it? I am >> computer-coding ignorant, unfortunately! >> >> ->> Alexandre M.S. Carvalho, M.D., MPH >> 2009 Reynolds Fellow >> mobile +1 914 563 4209 >> home +1 914 633 0415 >> www.nyu.edu/reynolds > >
>> > > > > -> J.A. Myerson > http://www.jamyerson.com > 347.688.0241 >
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of sylver pondolfino september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-MED: Re: [september17discuss] Big Soros Money Linked to Occupy Wall Street Thursday, October 06, 2011 8:23:46 AM
soros has for a long time been the number one bete-noire of the libertarian conspiracy-mongers. don't pay them any attention. it's also sad to see the right-wing smear campaign against acorn continuing. acorn was the most effective organization around in getting poor, mostly black, people registered to vote. so of course it had to be destroyed. sylver pondolfino --- On Thu, 10/6/11, jerome <nbwproject@gmail.com> wrote: From: jerome <nbwproject@gmail.com> Subject: [september17discuss] Big Soros Money Linked to Occupy Wall Street To: september17@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, October 6, 2011, 3:20 AM http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/9269-big-soros-moneylinked-to-occupy-wall-street Another conspirator said to be pulling the strings, disgraced ACORN founder and union boss Wade Rathke, was advocating massive Day of Rage protests targeting bankers earlier this year. And he is also closely tied to Obama, who actually used to work for Rathkes community organizing outfit. ACORN, of course, was recently exposed engaging in widespread criminal activity while receiving millions of federal tax dollars. But after the organization filed for bankruptcy, its tentacles are taking over under new names and still receiving government handouts. Rathke is also a founding board member of the Soros-funded Tides Foundation, a key source of money for AdBusters magazine (which first called for the Wall Street occupation) and countless other anti-business groups. And he is directly tied to more than a few unions including the SEIU.
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Justin Wedes september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-MED: Re: [september17discuss] Community Relationships Committee Friday, October 07, 2011 1:05:29 PM
I am personally opposed to that idea, as my perception from the cb meeting was that it was one very vocal man's request that was then co opted by many residents who just want blanket quiet and are using the holiday as a rationale for that. Perhaps we can ask for no drumming tonight and tomorrow night after 7pm out of respect for the holday. We are hosting a yom kippur service at 7pm tonight, In parallel w ga, as fR as I understand. I've also heard there is ga in Washington sq park tomorrow, is that true? Sent from my iPad On Oct 7, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Matthew Bralow <mbralow@gmail.com> wrote: > We should do a temp check or take a vote from people at OWS BEFORE > tonight to see if we can come to agreement to postpone GA and any > people's mic activities until tomorrow night... Out of respect for the > resident's request. Should start polling people there asap! Before > sundown! > > On 10/6/11, J Wedes <jwedes@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> We, the Community Relations Committee, wants to be super-transparent with >> the GA as a whole, especially as our conversations deepen with Community >> Board 1. We now know that they are in close communication with NYPD, >> Brookfield and Mayor's Office, at the highest levels. That makes the work of >> this committee very relevant to media, legal and more committees. >> >> Here's a link to the notes taken by my friend Naomi who joined me at >> yesterday's CB1 Finance District Committee mtg: >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U8OGcb9iSqaaoSuFDUrjz-sM5UOSVuEUPI-uqOIdWbY/edit? hl=en_US >> >> I'd like to speak with someone from legal tonight after the GA when I give >> my report-back from this meeting. >> >> Again, want to make sure that I'm not becoming a bottle-neck for this >> process, nor that I'm becoming an official liason with NYPD/Brookfield/Mayor >> thru this committee's dialogue w/ CB1. >> >> In solidarity, >> >> Justin >> > > -> Sent from my mobile device
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of shaista husain september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-MED: Re: [september17discuss] Occupy Wall Street Analytics Saturday, October 08, 2011 1:58:58 AM
THis is REALLY SAD empirical evidence of how estranged people of color feel from this movement. Its heartbreaking and devastating. "The sample of non-white people in this sample is so small that I doubt I'll get any worth while insight from it but I'll be sure to let everyone know if I find anything. Several respondents self-responded with specific nationalities, which could be better way to think about diversifying this movement. In the mean time we absolutely should make Micha's suggestion of a non-white media day(s) happen." Thanks for putting this at the end of your survey, just like "colonization" is the last sentence of the declaration. Perhaps it is because this is our main challenge, as a movement. Mica's suggestion for non-white dominated media day is bogus--we should make everyday non-white dominated media day, every day. That means white people should actively speak about people of color and minorities==should promote their cause in multicultural inclusiveness in an actively conscious way. Today once again, sitting in the Education and Empowerment working group--if it isn't white men dominating the meeting, then its men of color, while the women of color bicker amongst themselves suspiciously of each other for no reason except that we feel so alienated we just try to learn the "process" Its getting tiresome and ridiculous. Comrades, our outreach into labor and community of color has been amazing, our diversity is a fact on the ground, but we must actively decolonize our movement without tokenism, can white people speak about communities of color directly and speak about diversity and multiculturalism? Why does it have to be brown folks doing all the work? Can you please allow women and women of color to speak up, encourage them to speak, and take it one step further and make these issues your own--i am speaking to the people who are NOT doing this already consciously actively. This is what this occupation has to be about. Not just polls and media hype, but real transformation. Here is a quote by Robin Kelley from Freedom Dreams: "Without new visions, we dont know what to build, only what to knock down. We not only end up confused, rudderless, and cynical, but we forget that making a revolution is not a series of clever maneuvers and tactics, but a process that can and must transform us" Robin D.G. Kelley (Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination)
On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:11 AM, Justine <justine@occupywallst.org> wrote: > Great work, ty :) > > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Harrison Schultz <schuh072@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Traffic to occupywallst.org continues to surge, our new high is just >> over/under 400,000 visits in the last few days. 350,346 people
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visited occupywallst.org that day, 1,890 of them answered a survey that we put up on the site within the span of a few short hours. I can't post charts into the body of this message for some reason, but as we would expect the overwhelming majority of the respondents are white educated, earning little but employed full-time, left-leaning straight guys who live in cities and describe themselves as independents rather than democratic or republican...only 37 republicans filled out this survey unfortunately. These respondents overwhelmingly use the internet more than the T.V. 74% are regularly using Youtube 67% are on regularly using Facebook 74% are not regularly using Reddit 61% are not regularly using Twitter 85% are not watching Fox. 81% strongly support the Occupy Wall Street Protests. 74% believe that the Occupy Wall Street Protests will create positive and lasting social change. 73% strongly believe that the protests will grow. Yet, a combined total of only 24% of these respondents have participated in these protests, which suggests that in spite of the homogeneity of the movement as it currently stands, there is much opportunity to further increase our numbers on the ground from within our current base of support. I've heard reports from Flux of campers from who watched the livestream for so long that they wound up coming to Liberty. Definitely the next best thing to being hear. I also noticed that the livestream.com/globalrevolution website showed up 4th on the 2nd page of a search for "occupy wall street" Fortunately optimization is our Comrade Zach Notes specialty and he should be able and willing to help us if someone from the media team can hook him up with access to the site. I've also added a question to the survey asking if they regularly follow the protests on the livestream so we can track this with subsequent surveys. More cameras and streams couldn't hurt at all either. The sample of non-white people in this sample is so small that I doubt I'll get any worth while insight from it but I'll be sure to let everyone know if I find anything. Several respondents self-responded with specific nationalities, which could be better way to think about diversifying this movement. In the mean time we absolutely should make Micha's suggestion of a non-white media day(s) happen. Response patterns for female respondents were so nearly identical to the male respondents that I won't bother to indicate them - however I did notice that 52% of the female respondents listen to the radio as opposed to 40% of male respondents, which could be a good way to start trying to reach more women. The numbers on the ground from this week look excellent as well. It does look like there's a real hardcore group of roughly 200-300 holding it down. There was 115% increase in the average number of people counted in the camp each morning between Monday and Friday. Let's see if the same trend happens next week or if it was just due to nicer weather at the end of the week.
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september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Justin Wedes september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-MED: Re: [september17discuss] Re: American Jobs Act Friday, October 07, 2011 1:09:22 PM
Is it all possible to try to limit this Listserv to logistics and planning for the camp at liberty plaza? I so want to not turn on daily digest for this important communication tool... Maybe we could create another Listserv for policy and longer-term ideological considerations -Justin On Oct 7, 2011, at 1:06 PM, Shoq <shoqvalue@gmail.com> wrote: > And hitting your head against the same 3rd party fantasy would have a different result? > > I am all for a 3rd party.. if you can bring 20 million people to it in time to keep the Republicans from taking the Senate (likely) and the White House (increasingly plausible). > > Right now, most analysts predict the GOP will have a filibuster-proof majority in the senate, if we don't stop them. You think things suck now? Just imagine that world. Then add a President Romney giving conservatives a 6-3 or 7-2 majority for the next 50 yearson the Supreme Court. At the rate they are going, their voting suppression tactics will be institutionalized in all 50 states, Tom Delay will have his permanent majority, and even the barest glimpses of a democracy will be done. Permanently. > > We're not in a position where long-term outcome-scenario games can be debated endlessly. These people are on the verge of controlling everything but the people in the streets, and they will use this movement to try to further deconstruct whatever unity remains on the left. And history teaches us that when they decide to do that, things get very ugly, fast. They won't discuss OWS "frustrations" as Obama did yesterday. They will simply roll the tanks. They've been wanting to since the 1940s anyway. They just didn't have the control, or the need. The existing facade of democracy was adequate. Now that the rest of the world is competitive, and all the jobs are gone, that's a hard facade to maintain any longer. But that still doesn't get us closer to "what replaces the mess they have made." A nice start would be some serious and immediate restorations of regulations that had mitigated their reckless natures in the past. Most people do NOT want revolution, as they feel it just kills the entire body and puts too many at risk. But toothless band-aids are also not worth the effort to apply. We need to find a middle ground. > > Democrats have hardly been blameless in this fiasco. We all know that. But since either they or the republicans will control the next government, we'd better decide whether we want to try and force their compliance with #OWS "catalysts" (better word than demands?), and then elect them to enact them. Otherwise, I fear, the whole world is in for an even bigger world of hurt. > >
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Justin Wedes september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-MED: Re: [september17discuss] Re: I need a list of email addresses for each committee Friday, October 07, 2011 12:39:29 PM
Is this list Asembled yet? U can add me for community relations Jwedes@gmail.com 6463926163 Sent from my iPad On Oct 1, 2011, at 1:18 PM, Justine <justine@occupywallst.org> wrote: Oh wait it seems this is a google group. Would someone mind getting in touch with the 9.17occupywallstreet@gmail.com people? I'm not in the square right
now but I would like it if you guys could all get on board with the same google group for answering information for the general public.
On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Lauren <laurendapfraiz@gmail.com> wrote: The Information Front Desk do not consider themselves a committee but want their info to be posted on webpage as well. - owsinform ation@goog legroups.c om - meeting times: Tuesdays and Fridays at 6pm. On Sep 30, 3:32 pm, Justine <just...@occupywallst.org> wrote: > Could anyone please email me a list of point people for each committee? I'm > getting a lot of inquires from all sorts of people and I need to know how to > properly delegate their requests. > > Thank you!
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Harrison Schultz september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-MED: Re: [september17discuss] Re: Occupy Wall Street Analytics Saturday, October 08, 2011 11:37:55 AM
Justine, can we please put this survey out every week? Can we? Can we??? H. On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Harrison Schultz <schuh072@gmail.com> wrote: My pleasure crew, My suspicion is that there are many reasons for non-white participation in this movement, The internet has been far and a way the number one means of spreading news of this campaign, the first thing to determine will be non-white rates of internet usage, if these communities are not on the internet than they may have missed the message almost entirely. These groups may not even consume as much overall media as caucasions. The trick will be determining which channels they are already paying attention to. Face to face outreach is may be most effective for the time being. I'll keep working on this, Harrison
On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Justin Wedes <jwedes@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks Harrison for this. Could someone from the PoC working group join our community relations group to help working with a diverse group of local residents/businesses? I'm thinking specifically of the many Hispanic, African-American, Asian etc residents and business-owners in the area. -Justin Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2011, at 7:38 AM, grimwomyn <grimwomyn@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I am a nonwhite person (Puerto Rican) who never fills out surveys that ask me to specify my ethnicity. There are people in the world who could give a crap abt reporting their race/ethnicity, or who deem it something to pay attention to. I am here to make a change for everyone. As Michael Jackson sang in "Man in the Mirror" (ducking now from the many stones about to be thrown) On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Lycophidion <lycophidion@gmail.com>
wrote: >> I'd like to thank sister Shaista for her comments and suggest two >> things. First, that the term "non-white people" might be offensive to >> folks: imagine defining people as the negative of the privileged >> group. Second, as implied by Shaista, the work of the PoC Working >> Group is crucial, but not enough. Their goals and efforts should >> infuse every working group, every committee, and OWS, as a whole. It >> is imperative that this young movement begin to reflect the >> demographics of NYC. It is imperative that the base and leadership of >> this struggle actively incorporate those who have most at stake in its >> outcome. That is the only way the Occupy movement is going to go >> forward and weather the storms that lie ahead. >> >> On Oct 8, 1:58 am, shaista husain <shaistahus...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> THis is REALLY SAD empirical evidence of how estranged people of color >>> feel from this movement. Its heartbreaking and devastating. >>> >>> "The sample of non-white people in this sample is so small that I doubt >>> I'll get any worth while insight from it but I'll be sure to let >>> everyone know if I find anything. Several respondents self-responded >>> with specific nationalities, which could be better way to think about >>> diversifying this movement. In the mean time we absolutely should >>> make Micha's suggestion of a non-white media day(s) happen." >>> >>> Thanks for putting this at the end of your survey, just like >>> "colonization" is the last sentence of the declaration. Perhaps it is >>> because this is our main challenge, as a movement. >>> Mica's suggestion for non-white dominated media day is bogus--we >>> should make everyday non-white dominated media day, every day. >>> That means white people should actively speak about people of color >>> and minorities==should promote their cause in multicultural >>> inclusiveness in an actively conscious way. >>> >>> Today once again, sitting in the Education and Empowerment working >>> group--if it isn't white men dominating the meeting, then its men of >>> color, while the women of color bicker amongst themselves suspiciously >>> of each other for no reason except that we feel so alienated we just >>> try to learn the "process" >>> Its getting tiresome and ridiculous. >>> >>> Comrades, our outreach into labor and community of color has been >>> amazing, our diversity is a fact on the ground, but we must actively >>> decolonize our movement without tokenism, can white people speak about >>> communities of color directly and speak about diversity and >>> multiculturalism? Why does it have to be brown folks doing all the >>> work? Can you please allow women and women of color to speak up, >>> encourage them to speak, and take it one step further and make these >>> issues your own--i am speaking to the people who are NOT doing this >>> already consciously actively. This is what this occupation has to be >>> about. Not just polls and media hype, but real transformation. Here is >>> a quote by Robin Kelley from Freedom Dreams: >>> >>> "Without new visions, we dont know what to build, only what to knock
>>> down. We not only end up confused, rudderless, and cynical, but we >>> forget that making a revolution is not a series of clever maneuvers >>> and tactics, but a process that can and must transform us" >>> Robin D.G. Kelley (Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination) >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:11 AM, Justine <just...@occupywallst.org> wrote: >>>> Great work, ty :) >>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Harrison Schultz <schuh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>>> Traffic to occupywallst.org continues to surge, our new high is just >>>>> over/under 400,000 visits in the last few days. 350,346 people >>>>> visited occupywallst.org that day, 1,890 of them answered a survey >>>>> that we put up on the site within the span of a few short hours. >>> >>>>> I can't post charts into the body of this message for some reason, but >>>>> as we would expect the overwhelming majority of the respondents are >>>>> white educated, earning little but employed full-time, left-leaning >>>>> straight guys who live in cities and describe themselves as >>>>> independents rather than democratic or republican...only 37 >>>>> republicans filled out this survey unfortunately. >>> >>>>> These respondents overwhelmingly use the internet more than the T.V. >>>>> 74% are regularly using Youtube >>>>> 67% are on regularly using Facebook >>>>> 74% are not regularly using Reddit >>>>> 61% are not regularly using Twitter >>> >>>>> 85% are not watching Fox. >>> >>>>> 81% strongly support the Occupy Wall Street Protests. >>>>> 74% believe that the Occupy Wall Street Protests will create positive >>>>> and lasting social change. >>>>> 73% strongly believe that the protests will grow. >>> >>>>> Yet, a combined total of only 24% of these respondents have >>>>> participated in these protests, which suggests that in spite of the >>>>> homogeneity of the movement as it currently stands, there is much >>>>> opportunity to further increase our numbers on the ground from within >>>>> our current base of support. >>> >>>>> I've heard reports from Flux of campers from who watched the >>>>> livestream for so long that they wound up coming to Liberty. >>>>> Definitely the next best thing to being hear. I also noticed that the >>>>> livestream.com/globalrevolution website showed up 4th on the 2nd page >>>>> of a search for "occupy wall street" Fortunately optimization is our >>>>> Comrade Zach Notes specialty and he should be able and willing to help >>>>> us if someone from the media team can hook him up with access to the
>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> start >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>>
site. I've also added a question to the survey asking if they regularly follow the protests on the livestream so we can track this with subsequent surveys. More cameras and streams couldn't hurt at all either. The sample of non-white people in this sample is so small that I doubt I'll get any worth while insight from it but I'll be sure to let everyone know if I find anything. Several respondents self-responded with specific nationalities, which could be better way to think about diversifying this movement. In the mean time we absolutely should make Micha's suggestion of a non-white media day(s) happen. Response patterns for female respondents were so nearly identical to the male respondents that I won't bother to indicate them - however I did notice that 52% of the female respondents listen to the radio as opposed to 40% of male respondents, which could be a good way to trying to reach more women. The numbers on the ground from this week look excellent as well. It does look like there's a real hardcore group of roughly 200-300 holding it down. There was 115% increase in the average number of people counted in the camp each morning between Monday and Friday. Let's see if the same trend happens next week or if it was just due to nicer weather at the end of the week. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 10/3/2011 10/4/2011 10/5/2011 10/6/2011 10/7/2011 - 163 - 240 - 261 - 307 - 351
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Justin Wedes september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-MED: Re: [september17discuss] Re: Occupy Wall Street Analytics Saturday, October 08, 2011 8:31:36 AM
Thanks Harrison for this. Could someone from the PoC working group join our community relations group to help working with a diverse group of local residents/businesses? I'm thinking specifically of the many Hispanic, AfricanAmerican, Asian etc residents and business-owners in the area. -Justin Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2011, at 7:38 AM, grimwomyn <grimwomyn@gmail.com> wrote: > I am a nonwhite person (Puerto Rican) who never fills out surveys that > ask me to specify my ethnicity. There are people in the world who > could give a crap abt reporting their race/ethnicity, or who deem it > something to pay attention to. > > I am here to make a change for everyone. > > As Michael Jackson sang in "Man in the Mirror" > > (ducking now from the many stones about to be thrown) > > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Lycophidion <lycophidion@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'd like to thank sister Shaista for her comments and suggest two >> things. First, that the term "non-white people" might be offensive to >> folks: imagine defining people as the negative of the privileged >> group. Second, as implied by Shaista, the work of the PoC Working >> Group is crucial, but not enough. Their goals and efforts should >> infuse every working group, every committee, and OWS, as a whole. It >> is imperative that this young movement begin to reflect the >> demographics of NYC. It is imperative that the base and leadership of >> this struggle actively incorporate those who have most at stake in its >> outcome. That is the only way the Occupy movement is going to go >> forward and weather the storms that lie ahead. >> >> On Oct 8, 1:58 am, shaista husain <shaistahus...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> THis is REALLY SAD empirical evidence of how estranged people of color >>> feel from this movement. Its heartbreaking and devastating. >>> >>> "The sample of non-white people in this sample is so small that I doubt >>> I'll get any worth while insight from it but I'll be sure to let >>> everyone know if I find anything. Several respondents self-responded >>> with specific nationalities, which could be better way to think about >>> diversifying this movement. In the mean time we absolutely should >>> make Micha's suggestion of a non-white media day(s) happen." >>> >>> Thanks for putting this at the end of your survey, just like >>> "colonization" is the last sentence of the declaration. Perhaps it is >>> because this is our main challenge, as a movement. >>> Mica's suggestion for non-white dominated media day is bogus--we >>> should make everyday non-white dominated media day, every day. >>> That means white people should actively speak about people of color
>>> and minorities==should promote their cause in multicultural >>> inclusiveness in an actively conscious way. >>> >>> Today once again, sitting in the Education and Empowerment working >>> group--if it isn't white men dominating the meeting, then its men of >>> color, while the women of color bicker amongst themselves suspiciously >>> of each other for no reason except that we feel so alienated we just >>> try to learn the "process" >>> Its getting tiresome and ridiculous. >>> >>> Comrades, our outreach into labor and community of color has been >>> amazing, our diversity is a fact on the ground, but we must actively >>> decolonize our movement without tokenism, can white people speak about >>> communities of color directly and speak about diversity and >>> multiculturalism? Why does it have to be brown folks doing all the >>> work? Can you please allow women and women of color to speak up, >>> encourage them to speak, and take it one step further and make these >>> issues your own--i am speaking to the people who are NOT doing this >>> already consciously actively. This is what this occupation has to be >>> about. Not just polls and media hype, but real transformation. Here is >>> a quote by Robin Kelley from Freedom Dreams: >>> >>> "Without new visions, we dont know what to build, only what to knock >>> down. We not only end up confused, rudderless, and cynical, but we >>> forget that making a revolution is not a series of clever maneuvers >>> and tactics, but a process that can and must transform us" >>> Robin D.G. Kelley (Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination) >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:11 AM, Justine <just...@occupywallst.org> wrote: >>>> Great work, ty :) >>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Harrison Schultz <schuh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>>> Traffic to occupywallst.org continues to surge, our new high is just >>>>> over/under 400,000 visits in the last few days. 350,346 people >>>>> visited occupywallst.org that day, 1,890 of them answered a survey >>>>> that we put up on the site within the span of a few short hours. >>> >>>>> I can't post charts into the body of this message for some reason, but >>>>> as we would expect the overwhelming majority of the respondents are >>>>> white educated, earning little but employed full-time, left-leaning >>>>> straight guys who live in cities and describe themselves as >>>>> independents rather than democratic or republican...only 37 >>>>> republicans filled out this survey unfortunately. >>> >>>>> These respondents overwhelmingly use the internet more than the T.V. >>>>> 74% are regularly using Youtube >>>>> 67% are on regularly using Facebook >>>>> 74% are not regularly using Reddit >>>>> 61% are not regularly using Twitter >>> >>>>> 85% are not watching Fox. >>> >>>>> 81% strongly support the Occupy Wall Street Protests. >>>>> 74% believe that the Occupy Wall Street Protests will create positive >>>>> and lasting social change. >>>>> 73% strongly believe that the protests will grow. >>>
>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>>
Yet, a combined total of only 24% of these respondents have participated in these protests, which suggests that in spite of the homogeneity of the movement as it currently stands, there is much opportunity to further increase our numbers on the ground from within our current base of support. I've heard reports from Flux of campers from who watched the livestream for so long that they wound up coming to Liberty. Definitely the next best thing to being hear. I also noticed that the livestream.com/globalrevolution website showed up 4th on the 2nd page of a search for "occupy wall street" Fortunately optimization is our Comrade Zach Notes specialty and he should be able and willing to help us if someone from the media team can hook him up with access to the site. I've also added a question to the survey asking if they regularly follow the protests on the livestream so we can track this with subsequent surveys. More cameras and streams couldn't hurt at all either. The sample of non-white people in this sample is so small that I doubt I'll get any worth while insight from it but I'll be sure to let everyone know if I find anything. Several respondents self-responded with specific nationalities, which could be better way to think about diversifying this movement. In the mean time we absolutely should make Micha's suggestion of a non-white media day(s) happen. Response patterns for female respondents were so nearly identical to the male respondents that I won't bother to indicate them - however I did notice that 52% of the female respondents listen to the radio as opposed to 40% of male respondents, which could be a good way to start trying to reach more women. The numbers on the ground from this week look excellent as well. It does look like there's a real hardcore group of roughly 200-300 holding it down. There was 115% increase in the average number of people counted in the camp each morning between Monday and Friday. Let's see if the same trend happens next week or if it was just due to nicer weather at the end of the week. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 10/3/2011 10/4/2011 10/5/2011 10/6/2011 10/7/2011 - 163 - 240 - 261 - 307 - 351
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of grimwomyn september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-MED: Re: [september17discuss] Re: Occupy Wall Street Analytics Saturday, October 08, 2011 7:38:40 AM
I am a nonwhite person (Puerto Rican) who never fills out surveys that ask me to specify my ethnicity. There are people in the world who could give a crap abt reporting their race/ethnicity, or who deem it something to pay attention to. I am here to make a change for everyone. As Michael Jackson sang in "Man in the Mirror" (ducking now from the many stones about to be thrown) On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Lycophidion <lycophidion@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd like to thank sister Shaista for her comments and suggest two > things. First, that the term "non-white people" might be offensive to > folks: imagine defining people as the negative of the privileged > group. Second, as implied by Shaista, the work of the PoC Working > Group is crucial, but not enough. Their goals and efforts should > infuse every working group, every committee, and OWS, as a whole. It > is imperative that this young movement begin to reflect the > demographics of NYC. It is imperative that the base and leadership of > this struggle actively incorporate those who have most at stake in its > outcome. That is the only way the Occupy movement is going to go > forward and weather the storms that lie ahead. > > On Oct 8, 1:58 am, shaista husain <shaistahus...@gmail.com> wrote: >> THis is REALLY SAD empirical evidence of how estranged people of color >> feel from this movement. Its heartbreaking and devastating. >> >> "The sample of non-white people in this sample is so small that I doubt >> I'll get any worth while insight from it but I'll be sure to let >> everyone know if I find anything. Several respondents self-responded >> with specific nationalities, which could be better way to think about >> diversifying this movement. In the mean time we absolutely should >> make Micha's suggestion of a non-white media day(s) happen." >> >> Thanks for putting this at the end of your survey, just like >> "colonization" is the last sentence of the declaration. Perhaps it is >> because this is our main challenge, as a movement. >> Mica's suggestion for non-white dominated media day is bogus--we >> should make everyday non-white dominated media day, every day. >> That means white people should actively speak about people of color >> and minorities==should promote their cause in multicultural >> inclusiveness in an actively conscious way. >> >> Today once again, sitting in the Education and Empowerment working >> group--if it isn't white men dominating the meeting, then its men of >> color, while the women of color bicker amongst themselves suspiciously >> of each other for no reason except that we feel so alienated we just >> try to learn the "process" >> Its getting tiresome and ridiculous. >> >> Comrades, our outreach into labor and community of color has been >> amazing, our diversity is a fact on the ground, but we must actively
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decolonize our movement without tokenism, can white people speak about communities of color directly and speak about diversity and multiculturalism? Why does it have to be brown folks doing all the work? Can you please allow women and women of color to speak up, encourage them to speak, and take it one step further and make these issues your own--i am speaking to the people who are NOT doing this already consciously actively. This is what this occupation has to be about. Not just polls and media hype, but real transformation. Here is a quote by Robin Kelley from Freedom Dreams: "Without new visions, we dont know what to build, only what to knock down. We not only end up confused, rudderless, and cynical, but we forget that making a revolution is not a series of clever maneuvers and tactics, but a process that can and must transform us" Robin D.G. Kelley (Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination)
On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:11 AM, Justine <just...@occupywallst.org> wrote: > Great work, ty :) > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Harrison Schultz <schuh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Traffic to occupywallst.org continues to surge, our new high is just over/under 400,000 visits in the last few days. 350,346 people visited occupywallst.org that day, 1,890 of them answered a survey that we put up on the site within the span of a few short hours. I can't post charts into the body of this message for some reason, but as we would expect the overwhelming majority of the respondents are white educated, earning little but employed full-time, left-leaning straight guys who live in cities and describe themselves as independents rather than democratic or republican...only 37 republicans filled out this survey unfortunately. These respondents overwhelmingly use the internet more than the T.V. 74% are regularly using Youtube 67% are on regularly using Facebook 74% are not regularly using Reddit 61% are not regularly using Twitter
>> 85% are not watching Fox. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 81% strongly support the Occupy Wall Street Protests. 74% believe that the Occupy Wall Street Protests will create positive and lasting social change. 73% strongly believe that the protests will grow. Yet, a combined total of only 24% of these respondents have participated in these protests, which suggests that in spite of the homogeneity of the movement as it currently stands, there is much opportunity to further increase our numbers on the ground from within our current base of support. I've heard reports from Flux of campers from who watched the livestream for so long that they wound up coming to Liberty. Definitely the next best thing to being hear. I also noticed that the livestream.com/globalrevolution website showed up 4th on the 2nd page of a search for "occupy wall street" Fortunately optimization is our Comrade Zach Notes specialty and he should be able and willing to help
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us if someone from the media team can hook him up with access to the site. I've also added a question to the survey asking if they regularly follow the protests on the livestream so we can track this with subsequent surveys. More cameras and streams couldn't hurt at all either. The sample of non-white people in this sample is so small that I doubt I'll get any worth while insight from it but I'll be sure to let everyone know if I find anything. Several respondents self-responded with specific nationalities, which could be better way to think about diversifying this movement. In the mean time we absolutely should make Micha's suggestion of a non-white media day(s) happen. Response patterns for female respondents were so nearly identical to the male respondents that I won't bother to indicate them - however I did notice that 52% of the female respondents listen to the radio as opposed to 40% of male respondents, which could be a good way to start trying to reach more women. The numbers on the ground from this week look excellent as well. It does look like there's a real hardcore group of roughly 200-300 holding it down. There was 115% increase in the average number of people counted in the camp each morning between Monday and Friday. Let's see if the same trend happens next week or if it was just due to nicer weather at the end of the week. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 10/3/2011 10/4/2011 10/5/2011 10/6/2011 10/7/2011 - 163 - 240 - 261 - 307 - 351
>> I'm done for the night comrades, >> -Harrison
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of grimwomyn september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-MED: Re: [september17discuss] Re: Occupy Wall Street Analytics Saturday, October 08, 2011 12:08:15 PM
As long as the online media is mobile compatible we will be bringing in the diverse community we want... just make sure that everything is mobile compatible (which I think it is) On Oct 8, 2011 11:37 AM, "Harrison Schultz" <schuh072@gmail.com> wrote: Justine, can we please put this survey out every week? Can we? Can we??? H. On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Harrison Schultz <schuh072@gmail.com> wrote: My pleasure crew, My suspicion is that there are many reasons for non-white participation in this movement, The internet has been far and a way the number one means of spreading news of this campaign, the first thing to determine will be non-white rates of internet usage, if these communities are not on the internet than they may have missed the message almost entirely. These groups may not even consume as much overall media as caucasions. The trick will be determining which channels they are already paying attention to. Face to face outreach is may be most effective for the time being. I'll keep working on this, Harrison
On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Justin Wedes <jwedes@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks Harrison for this. Could someone from the PoC working group join our community relations group to help working with a diverse group of local residents/businesses? I'm thinking specifically of the many Hispanic, African-American, Asian etc residents and business-owners in the area. -Justin Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2011, at 7:38 AM, grimwomyn <grimwomyn@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I am a nonwhite person (Puerto Rican) who never fills out surveys that ask me to specify my ethnicity. There are people in the world who could give a crap abt reporting their race/ethnicity, or who deem it something to pay attention to.
> I am here to make a change for everyone. > > As Michael Jackson sang in "Man in the Mirror" > > (ducking now from the many stones about to be thrown) > > On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Lycophidion <lycophidion@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'd like to thank sister Shaista for her comments and suggest two >> things. First, that the term "non-white people" might be offensive to >> folks: imagine defining people as the negative of the privileged >> group. Second, as implied by Shaista, the work of the PoC Working >> Group is crucial, but not enough. Their goals and efforts should >> infuse every working group, every committee, and OWS, as a whole. It >> is imperative that this young movement begin to reflect the >> demographics of NYC. It is imperative that the base and leadership of >> this struggle actively incorporate those who have most at stake in its >> outcome. That is the only way the Occupy movement is going to go >> forward and weather the storms that lie ahead. >> >> On Oct 8, 1:58 am, shaista husain <shaistahus...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> THis is REALLY SAD empirical evidence of how estranged people of color >>> feel from this movement. Its heartbreaking and devastating. >>> >>> "The sample of non-white people in this sample is so small that I doubt >>> I'll get any worth while insight from it but I'll be sure to let >>> everyone know if I find anything. Several respondents self-responded >>> with specific nationalities, which could be better way to think about >>> diversifying this movement. In the mean time we absolutely should >>> make Micha's suggestion of a non-white media day(s) happen." >>> >>> Thanks for putting this at the end of your survey, just like >>> "colonization" is the last sentence of the declaration. Perhaps it is >>> because this is our main challenge, as a movement. >>> Mica's suggestion for non-white dominated media day is bogus--we >>> should make everyday non-white dominated media day, every day. >>> That means white people should actively speak about people of color >>> and minorities==should promote their cause in multicultural >>> inclusiveness in an actively conscious way. >>> >>> Today once again, sitting in the Education and Empowerment working >>> group--if it isn't white men dominating the meeting, then its men of >>> color, while the women of color bicker amongst themselves suspiciously >>> of each other for no reason except that we feel so alienated we just >>> try to learn the "process" >>> Its getting tiresome and ridiculous. >>> >>> Comrades, our outreach into labor and community of color has been >>> amazing, our diversity is a fact on the ground, but we must actively >>> decolonize our movement without tokenism, can white people speak about >>> communities of color directly and speak about diversity and >>> multiculturalism? Why does it have to be brown folks doing all the
>>> work? Can you please allow women and women of color to speak up, >>> encourage them to speak, and take it one step further and make these >>> issues your own--i am speaking to the people who are NOT doing this >>> already consciously actively. This is what this occupation has to be >>> about. Not just polls and media hype, but real transformation. Here is >>> a quote by Robin Kelley from Freedom Dreams: >>> >>> "Without new visions, we dont know what to build, only what to knock >>> down. We not only end up confused, rudderless, and cynical, but we >>> forget that making a revolution is not a series of clever maneuvers >>> and tactics, but a process that can and must transform us" >>> Robin D.G. Kelley (Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination) >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:11 AM, Justine <just...@occupywallst.org> wrote: >>>> Great work, ty :) >>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Harrison Schultz <schuh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>>> Traffic to occupywallst.org continues to surge, our new high is just >>>>> over/under 400,000 visits in the last few days. 350,346 people >>>>> visited occupywallst.org that day, 1,890 of them answered a survey >>>>> that we put up on the site within the span of a few short hours. >>> >>>>> I can't post charts into the body of this message for some reason, but >>>>> as we would expect the overwhelming majority of the respondents are >>>>> white educated, earning little but employed full-time, left-leaning >>>>> straight guys who live in cities and describe themselves as >>>>> independents rather than democratic or republican...only 37 >>>>> republicans filled out this survey unfortunately. >>> >>>>> These respondents overwhelmingly use the internet more than the T.V. >>>>> 74% are regularly using Youtube >>>>> 67% are on regularly using Facebook >>>>> 74% are not regularly using Reddit >>>>> 61% are not regularly using Twitter >>> >>>>> 85% are not watching Fox. >>> >>>>> 81% strongly support the Occupy Wall Street Protests. >>>>> 74% believe that the Occupy Wall Street Protests will create positive >>>>> and lasting social change. >>>>> 73% strongly believe that the protests will grow. >>> >>>>> Yet, a combined total of only 24% of these respondents have >>>>> participated in these protests, which suggests that in spite of the >>>>> homogeneity of the movement as it currently stands, there is much >>>>> opportunity to further increase our numbers on the ground from
within >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> page >>>>> >>>>> help >>>>> the >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> doubt >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>>>> I >>>>> >>>>> start >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Friday. >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> >>>>>
our current base of support. I've heard reports from Flux of campers from who watched the livestream for so long that they wound up coming to Liberty. Definitely the next best thing to being hear. I also noticed that the livestream.com/globalrevolution website showed up 4th on the 2nd of a search for "occupy wall street" Fortunately optimization is our Comrade Zach Notes specialty and he should be able and willing to us if someone from the media team can hook him up with access to site. I've also added a question to the survey asking if they regularly follow the protests on the livestream so we can track this with subsequent surveys. More cameras and streams couldn't hurt at all either. The sample of non-white people in this sample is so small that I I'll get any worth while insight from it but I'll be sure to let everyone know if I find anything. Several respondents self-responded with specific nationalities, which could be better way to think about diversifying this movement. In the mean time we absolutely should make Micha's suggestion of a non-white media day(s) happen. Response patterns for female respondents were so nearly identical to the male respondents that I won't bother to indicate them - however did notice that 52% of the female respondents listen to the radio as opposed to 40% of male respondents, which could be a good way to trying to reach more women. The numbers on the ground from this week look excellent as well. It does look like there's a real hardcore group of roughly 200-300 holding it down. There was 115% increase in the average number of people counted in the camp each morning between Monday and Let's see if the same trend happens next week or if it was just due to nicer weather at the end of the week. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 10/3/2011 10/4/2011 10/5/2011 10/6/2011 10/7/2011 - 163 - 240 - 261 - 307 - 351
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of jemcgloin@verizon.net september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-MED: Re: Re: [september17discuss] Group Claims to represent Occupy Wall Street Demands Friday, October 07, 2011 5:43:00 PM
+10000000000 We need to put out a big press release putting out the Declaration and disowning anything that has not been directly accepted by the GA.
On 10/07/11, Winter Siroco<wintersiroco@gmail.com> wrote: In the absence of more definition we should emphasize what we already have. We should publicize more the Declaration. There should be a stack of photocopies in the Information/recruitment booth and we should reply constantly to the lack of definition by the media with the Declaration, which is substantial. Cesar On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Jackie DiSalvo <jdisalvo@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
This group purports to speak for us; Im afraid thats the danger when we dont officially approve our own demands
Occupy Wall Street - Official Demands
Written by Anonymous The Sovereign People's Movement, represented nationally through the people occupying the various Liberty Square locations across this great country, have laid out and democratically submitted and are currently voting on the list of following Demands to then be distilled into one Unified Common demand of the people.
Participate in Democracy and Vote Here to Have Your Voice Heard

LIST OF PROPOSED "DEMANDS FOR CONGRESS" 1. CONGRESS PASS HR 1489 ("RETURN TO PRUDENT BANKING ACT" http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h1121489 ). THIS REINSTATES MANY PROVISIONS OF THE GLASSSTEAGALL ACT. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlassSteagall_Act --Wiki entry summary: The repeal of provisions of the GlassSteagall Act of 1933 by the GrammLeachBliley Act in 1999 effectively removed the separation that previously existed between investment
banking which issued securities and commercial banks which accepted deposits. The deregulation also removed conflict of interest prohibitions between investment bankers serving as officers of commercial banks. Most economists believe this repeal directly contributed to the severity of the Financial crisis of 20072011 by allowing Wall Street investment banking firms to gamble with their depositors' money that was held in commercial banks owned or created by the investment firms. Here's detail on repeal in 1999 and how it happened: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass Steagall_Act#Repeal .
Vote Here #1
2. USE CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY AND OVERSIGHT TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE FEDERAL AGENCIES FULLY INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE THE WALL STREET CRIMINALS who clearly broke the law and helped cause the 2008 financial crisis in the following notable cases: (insert list of the most clear cut criminal actions). There is a pretty broad consensus that there is a clear group of people who got away with millions / billions illegally and haven't been brought to justice. Boy would this be long overdue and cathartic for millions of Americans. It would also be a shot across the bow for the financial industry. If you watch the solidly researched and awared winning documentary film "Inside Job" that was narrated by Matt Damon (pretty brave Matt!) and do other research, it wouldn't take long to develop the list.
Vote Here #2
3. CONGRESS ENACT LEGISLATION TO PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY BY REVERSING THE EFFECTS OF THE CITIZENS UNITED SUPREME COURT DECISION which essentially said corporations can spend as much as they want on elections. The result is that corporations can pretty much buy elections. Corporations should be highly limited in ability to contribute to political campaigns no matter what the election and no matter what the form of media. This legislation should also RE-ESTABLISH THE PUBLIC AIRWAVES IN THE U.S. SO THAT POLITICAL CANDIDATES ARE GIVEN EQUAL TIME FOR FREE AT REASONABLE INTERVALS IN DAILY PROGRAMMING DURING CAMPAIGN SEASON. The same should extend to other media.
Vote Here #3
4. CONGRESS PASS THE BUFFETT RULE ON FAIR TAXATION SO THE RICH AND CORPORATIONS PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE &
CLOSE CORPORATE TAX LOOP HOLES AND ENACT A PROHIBITION ON HIDING FUNDS OFF SHORE. No more GE paying zero or negative taxes. Pass the Buffet Rule on fair taxation so the rich pay their fair share. (If we have a really had a good negotiating position and have the place surrounded, we could actually dial up taxes on millionaires, billionaires and corporations even higher...back to what they once were in the 50's and 60's.
Vote Here #4
5. CONGRESS COMPLETELY REVAMP THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION and staff it at all levels with proven professionals who get the job done protecting the integrity of the marketplace so citizens and investors are both protected. This agency needs a large staff and needs to be well-funded. It's currently has a joke of a budget and is run by Wall St. insiders who often leave for high ticket cushy jobs with the corporations they were just regulating. Hmmm.
Vote Here #5
6. CONGRESS PASS SPECIFIC AND EFFECTIVE LAWS LIMITING THE INFLUENCE OF LOBBYISTS AND ELIMINATING THE PRACTICE OF LOBBYISTS WRITING LEGISLATION THAT ENDS UP ON THE FLOOR OF CONGRESS.
Vote Here #6
7. CONGRESS PASSING "Revolving Door Legislation" LEGISLATION ELIMINATING THE ABILITY OF FORMER GOVERNMENT REGULATORS GOING TO WORK FOR CORPORATIONS THAT THEY ONCE REGULATED. So, you don't get to work at the FDA for five years playing softball with Pfizer and then go to work for Pfizer making $195,000 a year. While they're at it, Congress should pass specific and effective laws to enforce strict judicial standards of conduct in matters concerning conflicts of interest. So long as judges are culled from the ranks of corporate attorneys the 1% will retain control.
Vote Here #7
8. ELIMINATE "PERSONHOOD" LEGAL STATUS FOR CORPORATIONS. The film "The Corporation" has a great section on how corporations won "personhood status". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SuUzmqBewg . Fast-forward to 2:20. It'll blow your mind. The 14th amendment was supposed to give
equal rights to African Americans. It said you "can't deprive a person of life, liberty or property without due process of law". Corporation lawyers wanted corporations to have more power so they basically said "corporations are people." Amazingly, between 1890 and 1910 there were 307 cases brought before the court under the 14th amendment. 288 of these brought by corporations and only 19 by African Americans. 600,000 people were killed to get rights for people and then judges applied those rights to capital and property while stripping them from people. It's time to set this straight.
Vote Here #8
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september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Winter Siroco september17@googlegroups.com SPAM-MED: Re: Re: [september17discuss] Group Claims to represent Occupy Wall Street Demands Friday, October 07, 2011 7:00:03 PM
Go for it!! Cesar On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 5:42 PM, <jemcgloin@verizon.net> wrote:
+10000000000 We need to put out a big press release putting out the Declaration and disowning anything that has not been directly accepted by the GA.
On 10/07/11, Winter Siroco<wintersiroco@gmail.com> wrote: In the absence of more definition we should emphasize what we already have. We should publicize more the Declaration. There should be a stack of photocopies in the Information/recruitment booth and we should reply constantly to the lack of definition by the media with the Declaration, which is substantial. Cesar On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Jackie DiSalvo <jdisalvo@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
This group purports to speak for us; Im afraid thats the danger when we dont officially approve our own demands
Occupy Wall Street - Official Demands
Written by Anonymous The Sovereign People's Movement, represented nationally through the people occupying the various Liberty Square locations across this great country, have laid out and democratically submitted and are currently voting on the list of following Demands to then be distilled into one Unified Common demand of the people.

LIST OF PROPOSED "DEMANDS FOR CONGRESS" 1. CONGRESS PASS HR 1489 ("RETURN TO PRUDENT BANKING ACT" http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd? bill=h112-1489 ). THIS REINSTATES MANY PROVISIONS OF
THE GLASS-STEAGALL ACT. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass Steagall_Act --- Wiki entry summary: The repeal of provisions of the GlassSteagall Act of 1933 by the GrammLeachBliley Act in 1999 effectively removed the separation that previously existed between investment banking which issued securities and commercial banks which accepted deposits. The deregulation also removed conflict of interest prohibitions between investment bankers serving as officers of commercial banks. Most economists believe this repeal directly contributed to the severity of the Financial crisis of 20072011 by allowing Wall Street investment banking firms to gamble with their depositors' money that was held in commercial banks owned or created by the investment firms. Here's detail on repeal in 1999 and how it happened: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlassSteagall_Act#Repeal .
Vote Here #1
2. USE CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY AND OVERSIGHT TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE FEDERAL AGENCIES FULLY INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE THE WALL STREET CRIMINALS who clearly broke the law and helped cause the 2008 financial crisis in the following notable cases: (insert list of the most clear cut criminal actions). There is a pretty broad consensus that there is a clear group of people who got away with millions / billions illegally and haven't been brought to justice. Boy would this be long overdue and cathartic for millions of Americans. It would also be a shot across the bow for the financial industry. If you watch the solidly researched and awared winning documentary film "Inside Job" that was narrated by Matt Damon (pretty brave Matt!) and do other research, it wouldn't take long to develop the list.
Vote Here #2
3. CONGRESS ENACT LEGISLATION TO PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY BY REVERSING THE EFFECTS OF THE CITIZENS UNITED SUPREME COURT DECISION which essentially said corporations can spend as much as they want on elections. The result is that corporations can pretty much buy elections. Corporations should be highly limited in ability to contribute to political campaigns no matter what the election and no matter what the form of media. This legislation should also REESTABLISH THE PUBLIC AIRWAVES IN THE U.S. SO THAT POLITICAL CANDIDATES ARE GIVEN EQUAL TIME FOR FREE AT REASONABLE INTERVALS IN DAILY PROGRAMMING DURING CAMPAIGN SEASON. The same should extend to other media.
Vote Here #3
4. CONGRESS PASS THE BUFFETT RULE ON FAIR TAXATION SO THE RICH AND CORPORATIONS PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE & CLOSE CORPORATE TAX LOOP HOLES AND ENACT A PROHIBITION ON HIDING FUNDS OFF SHORE. No more GE paying zero or negative taxes. Pass the Buffet Rule on fair taxation so the rich pay their fair share. (If we have a really had a good negotiating position and have the place surrounded, we could actually dial up taxes on millionaires, billionaires and corporations even higher...back to what they once were in the 50's and 60's.
Vote Here #4
Vote Here #5
Vote Here #6
Vote Here #7
8. ELIMINATE "PERSONHOOD" LEGAL STATUS FOR CORPORATIONS. The film "The Corporation" has a great section on how corporations won "personhood status". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SuUzmqBewg . Fast-forward to 2:20. It'll blow your mind. The 14th amendment was supposed to give equal rights to African Americans. It said you "can't deprive a person of life, liberty or property without due process of law". Corporation lawyers wanted corporations to have more power so they basically said "corporations are people." Amazingly, between 1890 and 1910 there were 307 cases brought before the court under the 14th amendment. 288 of these brought by corporations and only 19 by African Americans. 600,000 people were killed to get rights for people and then judges applied those rights to capital and property while stripping them from people. It's time to set this straight.
Vote Here #8
globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com on behalf of Tim Schwartz globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com [GlobalRevolutionMedia] Add to Email list Wednesday, October 05, 2011 2:22:03 PM
Hi there, I was getting emails from the group but am not getting them any more. Can I once again be added to the list. Thanks a lot -Tim Schwartz (323) 363-4824 www.myhouseonfire.com www.smoochmysmackers.com
globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com on behalf of Maria C globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com [GlobalRevolutionMedia] almost raw, slightly cut footage of yesterday march on brooklyn bridge Sunday, October 02, 2011 10:22:30 AM
just to show the cops leading protesters to the road on the bridge before trapping them. don't have time to make something better for now feel free to cue in livestream or whatever. man, i had to climb up to the upper level of the bridge, that was freaking stressful. cheers to those who can afford getting arrested!once was enough for myself. i hope you all are out already and feel fine! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdIv5teKJB4 peace maria
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globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com on behalf of Alvaro Corzo global revolution [GlobalRevolutionMedia] High profile scholars join #OccupyWallStreet Sunday, October 02, 2011 2:24:26 PM
Hey guys, Ph.D Jeffrey Sachs Director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University joins #OccupyWallStreet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJE2VuKFSOY I was on the front but i didn't get footage of the police officer using his baton on this guy, does anyone got it? A.
globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com on behalf of katiedavison@rogueproduction.com globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com [GlobalRevolutionMedia] NY Media Team Meeting Monday, October 03, 2011 2:00:36 PM
Hey Everyone, Media meeting tomorrow at 2p. Is that ok with everyone? Thanks, Katie
Connected by a corporate tax dodger - aka Verizon Wireless. We pay-shouldn't they?
-----Original message----From: nikky schiller <nikkyschiller@gmail.com> To: globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com Sent: Mon, Oct 3, 2011 14:34:43 GMT+00:00 Subject: [GlobalRevolutionMedia] 15 oct campeing videos
Ey everyone i would appreciate you inform me if you have or you will make any promotion video for the 15oct for me to upload it to the globalrevolution channel here you go an examples: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y3X2VFruLM&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU7ryQAUDg&feature=player_embedded&noredirect=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyuUlCyv_-A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyziG5bUuBE&feature=related all the best Nikky
globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com on behalf of Vlad T globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com [GlobalRevolutionMedia] Occupy Media Project meeting @6pm Monday, October 03, 2011 1:35:12 PM
hey people we are meeting up with melissa who started a new nationwide project to confront mainstream media at 6pm she will talk about what they are doing and how we can collaborate as well as some strategies we might want to adapt. @camp. Vlad
globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com on behalf of Alvaro Corzo global revolution [GlobalRevolutionMedia] occupy wallstreet on Poder Usa Monday, October 03, 2011 6:44:56 PM
http://www.poder360.com/podertv_home_svideo.php?id_video=447
globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com on behalf of Josh Boss globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com [GlobalRevolutionMedia] Please add me Wednesday, October 05, 2011 2:22:00 PM
I'm a livestreamer in nyc. Please add me to list.
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globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com on behalf of Joshua van Praag september17@googlegroups.com globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com; globalrevolutiontv@googlegroups.com; Holmes Marisa [GlobalRevolutionMedia] Re: [september17discuss] [URGENT NEED] Facilitation guide! Wednesday, October 05, 2011 2:22:02 PM
Still down to help too -- I'll be in the square a little later and can meet to discuss and plan. We should shoot this tomorrow am if we can Solidarity Josh Joshua van Praag jvanpraag@mac.com +1 347 445 8315 +44 (0)7787 896952
On Sep 29, 2011, at 11:38 AM, vanessazet@gmail.com wrote: Hey! I can help with this video too! when can we shoot this?? Vanessa 2011/9/29 Drew Hornbein <dhornbein@gmail.com> I think Media is covering this, please everyone pressure them. We NEED facilitation guide up soon! http://occupytogether.org/ On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Drew Hornbein <dhornbein@gmail.com> wrote: sounds good, I will speak with facilitation today. On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Joshua van Praag <jvanpraag@me.com> wrote: Great, we're assembling a crew! Perhaps we can continue planning over email, meet Thursday and plan to shoot Friday?
Joshua van Praag

jvanpraag@me.com +1.347.445.8315 +44.(0)7787.896952 On Sep 27, 2011, at 10:50 AM, Marisa Holmes <marisaholmes@gmail.com> wrote: > I second the need for a video on facilitation, > and I'd be happy to help with it. > > Marisa > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Joshua van Praag <jvanpraag@me.com> wrote: >> Drew >> >> Am shooting on a job through Weds night but am planning to be back down in Zuccotti to shoot on Thursday. Would be happy to meet then otherwise I am reachable by phone or you can find me here :-) >> >> Joshua van Praag >> jvanpraag@me.com >> >> +1.347.445.8315 >> +44.(0)7787.896952 >> >> On Sep 27, 2011, at 2:00 AM, Drew <dhornbein@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> @joshua can you make it to Internet group meeting 5pm on tuesday? I would like to discuss this. I will also try and bring it up with facilitation. >>> >>> Thanks everyone >>
globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com on behalf of A. Lynn globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com jeannette@mnn.org [GlobalRevolutionMedia] Re: Occupation TV on MNN Public Access Tuesday, October 04, 2011 10:14:59 AM
hey media folks, I have received a note that MNN, manhattans public access staion is interested in supporting the media team, by facilitating live TV from their studios. this could be taking people up to be interviewed, airing preproduced video, and whatever else you imagine up. MNN goes into millions of homes in NYC!!!!!! this is big. I am no longer in NYC, but this is my former place of employment, and the workers there are in solidarity. I urge you to contact them. a solid contact is the program director, jeannette@mnn.org solidarity and keep up the great work folks! --andrew lynn 518-573-7947
--andrew lynn 518-573-7947
globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com on behalf of Joshua van Praag globalrevolutionmedia@googlegroups.com; globalrevolutiontv@googlegroups.com [GlobalRevolutionMedia] Sound / Livestream Wednesday, October 05, 2011 2:22:02 PM
Hey y'all It's Josh -Sent an email out on Monday re a plan to up our tech specs on the livestream transmissions, in particular the audio. Haven't head anything back from anyone on this list about it but I've continued to follow up on research. Josh Anderson, a friend and brilliant movie sound recordist has suggested a wireless set-up and we're getting a consultation and a quote on the gear from Peter at Gotham Sound - one of the best sound equipment houses in the city. Peter also told me that he has a good contact at Livestream, whose offices it turns out are only a few blocks from us. They've developed a backpack system which transmits high speed over several 4G cards simultaneously. I'll have a quote for all this stuff tomorrow. i suggest we arrange a meeting in the pm in the square -- to discuss the details. Solidarity Josh Joshua van Praag jvanpraag@me.com +1 347 445 8315 +44 (0)7787 896952
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Stephen Benavides september17@googlegroups.com [september17discuss] #OccupyDallas Stands in Solidarity with NYC Monday, October 03, 2011 4:21:20 PM
We are holding out first organizing meet tonight. Information is on our website: http://www.occupydallas.org/ We will have Civil Disobedience Training on Wednesday, and then start #OccupyDallas Thursday. Also, the United Steel Workers have endorsed #OccupyWallStreet http://usw.org/media_center/news_articles?id=0887 -Stephen Benavides United Steel Workers Local #9479 North Texas Association of Public Employees Employee Representative Office: 214-760-7422 Cell: 214-779-8991 Fax: 214-760-7423
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september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of gail zawacki september17@googlegroups.com [september17discuss] 350.org would like to become involved - and anyone help organize a talk/discussion? Tuesday, October 04, 2011 10:52:36 AM
Activists have offered to participate in information session and/or have climate scientists speak at OWS. I'm not sure who is scheduling such activities. Please contact me! witsendnj@yahoo.com or witsendnj@gmail.com. There is a critically important link between corporate control of the media and government regulatory agencies and the important facts most people AREN'T getting about the dangers of climate change. Plus, climate/environmental groups have large groups and dedicated supporters. It's a great connection. thanks, Gail
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Antonio Serna september17@googlegroups.com [september17discuss] Al Jazeera : The Stream : The Stream (2011) Ep 89 Monday, October 03, 2011 3:40:31 PM
I think they will be mentioning the movement(s) in US.. Live now :: NYC time 3:30-4:00pm The Stream : The Stream (2011) Ep 89 http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Babak K september17@googlegroups.com [september17discuss] All working groups setting up tables during the day Sunday, October 02, 2011 2:08:43 PM
Hey everyone, During the last 4-5 days, the crowd in the space has really swelled. Julien from outreach was able to get a table for that working group and get more people to sign up. Just as a suggestion...if as many working groups as possible had tables up with informational pamphlets, sign up sheets, schedules of meetings/events, we can mobilize a lot of passersby. A lot of my friends are walking through not sure of what exactly they can participate with since its hard to run into working groups. Also for ongoing ows activists, its a good place to touch base and get updated. The other benefit is that if the tables are lined around each other, we can also better coordinate events with one another during the day. If possible, replicate the media group by having a generator and computers to continue work at the space as well. This can really amplify our presence city-wide instead of just at the square. And when we get a group of new committed people in a working group, to start mobilizing and moving people from the square into communities (outreach, showing up in solidarity to various events, speaking events, publicizing...). For years nothing has happened, and in weeks we're making almost everything happen! Lets keep building on the momentum!!!!! thanks, babak On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Winter Siroco <wintersiroco@gmail.com> wrote: There is also this Daily News video " NYPD video: Occupy Wall Street protesters at Brooklyn Bridge
warned they could be arrested"
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/10/02/2011-1002_nypd_video_shows_cops_warning_occupy_wall_street_protesters_they_could_be_arrest.html#ixzz1ZeAnzo26 Cesar
On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 12:44 PM, hextic <willgauss@gmail.com> wrote: I have taken the Youtube video and downloaded it, and stored it in several secure locations. Let me know if you need it. On Oct 2, 10:11 am, "J.A. Myerson" <jesse.myer...@gmail.com> wrote: > ...footage of police complicity as protesters entered the roadway? This > looks like it will prove critical. > > JAM > > -> J.A. Myersonhttp://www.jamyerson.com > 347.688.0241
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of keegan september17 [september17discuss] Amalgamated Transit Union Support LONG TERM RESOURCE Wednesday, October 05, 2011 12:21:50 AM
Lawrence Hanley, International President of the Amalgamated Transit Union, contacted me about supporting us. They have released a public statement of support for OWS and are mobilizing people for tomorrow. He wanted to know if we have any specific needs for tomorrow's action that he may be able to help with, and he wants me to keep him abreast of specific needs we have for other actions and supplies in general. Direct Action, is there anything you would like me to ask of him for tomorrow? Comfort, Food, everyone else is there anything specific you would like me to ask him for? He will be a great resource for supplies and funding. Amalgamated Transit Union is by far the most radical union around, and Lawrence sits on the executive council of the AFL, as well, so his support could be very helpful at important moments. Just let me know if you want to contact him. Cheers. Keegan Time's Up!
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Doug Singsen september17; labor-outreach-committee; no-budget-cuts-ny-discussion [september17discuss] Article on links between OWS and labor Wednesday, October 05, 2011 12:43:36 PM
Making common cause against Wall Street

Union support for Occupy Wall Street can give the movement new social power. October 5, 2011
Members of Transit Workers Union Local 100 address the crowd at the Occupy Wall Street encampment (Mat McDermott) ORGANIZED LABOR IS weighing in on the side of the Occupy Wall Street protests--and business is taking notice of the biggest labor-left alliance since the protests against the World Trade Organization in Seattle in 1999. The unions--"the city's most experienced agitators," as Crain's New York Business put it--are planning an October 5 rally at Foley Square near City Hall at 4:30 p.m., and then a march to Wall Street. The entry of major unions--from the big New York affiliates of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) to national unions such as the United Steelworkers (USW) and National Nurses United (NNU)--points to the potential for the Occupy movement to deepen its social roots. Ongoing struggles on a number of fronts-from fighting foreclosures to challenging anti-union employers to building a movement to demand jobs--can gain new energy from this mobilization. Union officials who made the decision to back the Wall Street protests aren't simply responding to calls for solidarity for the Occupy movement, important though that is. They're also reflecting the anger among their own members over job losses, wage cuts and reductions in social spending in a worsening economy, while Corporate America rakes in record profits and the already super-rich get even richer. That anger is what's driving Occupy Wall Street, which began less than three weeks ago with hundreds of mostly young activists rallying in Manhattan's financial district and establishing a 24-hour encampment in Zuccotti Park--renamed Liberty Plaza in honor of Egypt's Tahrir (Liberation) Square occupation--in the Lower Manhattan financial district. The action has captured the imagination and sympathies of much larger numbers of people fed up with all the different aspects of a system run by the super-rich 1 percent, symbolized by the Wall Streets bankers and financial speculators. In New York, the regular protests and round-the-clock political discussions in Liberty Plaza keep growing larger, and activists in other cities have organized their own Occupy actions. In short, Occupy Wall Street has become a lightning rod for all the accumulated discontent in the U.S. ---------------THE FIGHTING spirit on display in Lower Manhattan today didn't come from nowhwere. It was also behind the uprising in Wisconsin last winter against Republican Gov. Scott Walker's union-busting, and it could be seen in many struggles since. From the lively roving pickets of the Verizon strike in August to the blockades of scab cargo by West Coast longshore workers to the defiance of a judge's order by striking teachers in Tacoma, Wash., there's a new militancy in the air, including among organized workers. This rebellious atmosphere no doubt influenced the executive board of New York City's Transport Workers Local 100 to endorse Occupy Wall Street--it was the first major union to do so. Local 100, which represents some 30,000 bus and subway workers, has a fighting history, and endured stiff legal penalties and fines for waging an illegal three-day strike in December 2005. Today, Local 100 leaders talk about Occupy Wall Street as a sister struggle, as union President John Samuelson explained in an interview on the TV show Countdown: I believe to a large extent, the protesters on Wall Street are singing the same song, and fighting the same battle, that our union has fought for the last 18 months... There's a sense of desperation, I believe, among working people and working families in this country that the folks in government just don't get. There's a lot of millionaires in Congress that
have no idea--a lot of millionaires in the state legislature, for that matter--that have no idea what it's like...to have to feed kids or pay tuition or pay a mortgage. There's a lot of folks in government that are out of touch. These protests, for one thing, have brought attention to the disparity of wealth in the United States that's developed over the past few decades. I think one of the great benefits that organized labor entering into this fight will bring is an ability to articulate that message...on behalf of working families, whether they are in unions or not in unions. Labor's involvement in the Occupy movement isn't confined to New York City. Members of United Teachers Los Angeles joined with a community organization and the Occupy Los Angeles group to protest a local bank. In the Bay Area, SEIU Local 1021 members reached out to Occupy San Francisco early in the organizing effort. In the Midwest, members of the reform leadership of the Chicago Teachers Union showed their support for Occupy Chicago, and the Occupy activists in turn voted to endorse a previously planned October 10 protest initiated by teachers and the SEIU. All these initiatives are highly significant for U.S. unions, which, with a few notable exceptions, have for more than a 50 years shunned almost all the activism of the radical left. From the start of the Cold War in the late 1940s until after the collapse of the USSR in the 1990s, anticommunism at home and abroad was central to U.S. labor politics. That approach had faded by the late 1990s, and hard-pressed unions tentatively looked to allies on the left, such as environmental activists, in the struggle against corporate globalization. It was this "Teamsters and Turtles" alliance that came together in the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle, which brought out tens of thousands of union members for demonstrations that ended in a police riot. Unfortunately, that newly born labor-left coalition collapsed under the conservative tide after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Almost every major union lined up in support of the U.S. war on Afghanistan, and some union leaders called for reviving Cold War-era labor-management "partnership" to help in the so-called "war on terror." But backing the war effort got labor worse than nothing. Business kept hammering away at unions, wiping out manufacturing jobs and squeezing wages even during the years of economic growth in the 2000s--which left the U.S. working class even more vulnerable when the recession began in late 2007. The union's response at this point was to pour money and resources into electing Barack Obama in 2008, in the hopes that he would champion pro-labor legislation and pursue economic policies that created jobs. But Obama, of course, made bankers his priority instead. Certainly union leaders will again pressure their members to organize for Obama in the 2012 election--if not on the basis of hope, than because of fear of the Republican alternative. But labor's support for the Occupy movement opens the way for a broader political life--and activism--within the labor movement. The statement by USW President Leo Gerard can be used in unions across the U.S. as the basis for a resolution of support for the Occupy movement: The United Steelworkers union stands in solidarity with and strongly supports Occupy Wall Street. The brave men and women, many of them young people without jobs, who have been demonstrating around-the-clock for nearly two weeks in New York City are speaking out for the many in our world. We are fed up with the corporate greed, corruption and arrogance that have inflicted pain on far too many for far too long. Labor can also help the movement focus on winning concrete gains. For example, nurses in the NNU have been organizing a "Main Street" campaign that calls for a tax on financial transactions--the union has devoted resources to the October 5 labor march at Occupy Wall Street. ---------------LABOR'S SUPPPORT for the Occupy movement means more than additional resources or big numbers at marches and rallies, however. The involvement of unions in the struggle creates the potential to use workers' social power in the struggle to win important immediate fights, as well as a longer-term battle for a different kind of society. Consider the experience of the labor protests at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. It was a mass sickout by schoolteachers in Madison--and then across the state--that transformed what had been a mostly student sit-in into a round-the-clock Capitol occupation organized by workers and students alike. Union leaders ultimately shied away from using workers' economic power to win that fight, focusing instead on an effort to recall Republican legislators. But the potential for widening the struggle was there--with a general strike the topic of serious discussion among union activists.
The Occupy movement provides a similar opportunity to revive and build critical links between labor and the left--in order to take action. There's the potential to mobilize for important fights like the battle to save the jobs of 716 teachers aides in heavily Black and Latino schools in poor New York City neighborhoods. The movement can provide a focal point for individual union militants who may have felt isolated in their own unions and workplaces, and it can help revive rank-and-file networks within and between unions. For the nearly 90 percent of workers who are not in unions, the Occupy movement can provide the impetus to organize their own workplaces. And all movement activists--whether union members or not--can play a crucial role in building support for labor in the contract showdowns that loom ahead, from teachers in Chicago and Los Angeles to the bus and subway workers in New York City. At a time when the economic crisis once again has top business figures and politicians on the verge of panic, it's important for the movement to project its own vision of a society based on human need rather than profits. Activists need to discuss and debate their priorities and strategies at a local level. But they should also focus on the big picture--reviving a working-class movement that is capable of defending the interests of all the have-nots in the struggle against the 1 percent.
http://socialistworker.org/2011/10/05/against-wall-street
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Doug Singsen september17; NYC ISO [september17discuss] Awesome statement of support for OWS from National Nurses United Sunday, October 02, 2011 3:55:33 PM
September 29, 2011 National Nurses United Statement in Support of the OccupyWallStreet.org actions in New York National Nurses United (NNU), the nations largest registered nurse labor union, representing 170,000 direct care RNs, stands in support of, and in solidarity with, the ongoing OcuppyWallStreet.org street protests and rallies. We applaud the commitment, savvy and sacrifice exhibited by the multitude of students, union members, clergy, and many others from all walks of life who have come together to loudly and clearly place the blame for the nations pain where it belongs. Wall Street caused the financial crisis and we share your demand that Wall Street pay us back. NNU nurses are leading the fight for a Main Street Contract for the American People. The Contract calls for meeting the basic needs of a civilized society and ensuring that all pay their fair share. Currently the wealthiest individuals and corporations do not pay that fair share. NNU is campaigning for a Financial Transaction Tax on Wall Street to help remedy that inequity. As nurses, our motto in this fight is simple. Heal America. Make Wall Street Pay!
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of J Wedes september17 [september17discuss] Brooklyn Church coming to #OccupyWallStreet Wednesday, October 05, 2011 11:59:47 AM
The Reverend Elizabeth Butler, of the Church of New Beginnings in Brownsville, will be leading a multi-denominational service at 1pm, Sunday Oct. 10 in #LibertyPlaza -justin
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of J Wedes september17 [september17discuss] CB1 mtg tonight Wednesday, October 05, 2011 3:28:08 PM
A few of us from Community Relations will be there. You are welcome to join, it's an open mtg. But please meet us at 5:45 at media to come as a contingent.
10/5 Financial District Committee 6:00 PM Location: Community Board #1 Office 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709 1) 97 Trinity Place, application for a restaurant wine and beer license for 97 Trinity Place Corp., d/b/a Sabor de Mexico Resolution 2) Discussion regarding anti-Wall Street protests -justin
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of grimwomyn september17 [september17discuss] contacts in occupyphilly? Wednesday, October 05, 2011 10:06:51 PM
Please email ryan.joseph.wood@gmail.com with contact information so he can reach out.... Thanks!
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of J Wedes september17 [september17discuss] Crowd-sourcing advice 4 living 2gether better Monday, October 03, 2011 5:43:40 PM
Hi guys, I've noticed, as many of us have, that negativity can easily infect our community here, so I'm going to try to do my part to help spread some love and good ideas. Here's one idea I came up with: OccupyWallStNYC #OCCUPYWALLSTREET ANNOUNCEMENT - Have advice 4 how 2 live better at #LibertyPlaza? Tweet it to campers, especially #NewOccupier's, using #OccupyAdvice My first piece of #OccupyAdvice: OccupyWallStNYC #OCCUPYWALLSTREET I'll try 2 start off #OccupyAdvice: If things get tense w/ some1, try 2 find them later & talk. #LibertyPlaza is open & u'll see 'em again.
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Harrison Schultz september17 schuh072@newschool.edu [september17discuss] daily morning head count Wednesday, October 05, 2011 1:37:20 PM
Comrades, I've been "sneaking" in to camp each morning and taking a daily headcount using three hand clickers. I've been recording all three scores and averaging them out to get a more "accurate" number. Once I've collected enough of this data I'm going to overlay it with what we have on occupywallst.org in an attempt to start creating the "virtual flux reports" Ale and I were talking about. I was wondering if there's a good place I can post the spreadsheet like google docs, for anyone else who might find this data useful. See you all on the march! Harrison
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Babak K september17@googlegroups.com; ows_outreach@googlegroups.com [september17discuss] Empowerment and Education Working Group Updates Wednesday, October 05, 2011 12:35:03 PM Occupy_Wall_Street_email_snip.JPG
Don't Occupy Haiti, Occupy Wall Street March Friday October 7th at 5pm. Haitian activists and supporters will walk across the bk bridge and end their march at OWS by 6 or 7pm. They need publicity and numbers to march with them!! They will have a brief speak-out when they get to OWS. To contact their organizer, his name is Ray laforestray@yahoo.com Egyptian activists will hold a rally and speak-out this saturday at OWS to protest the lack of voting rights for Egyptian expatriates and more democratic rights in Egypt. Details to follow. The Education and Empowerment group at OWS has been organizing Open Forum Teach-Ins at the square everyday at 6. Open Forum is a discussion series on the issues of the occupation. This is a space for open discussion, collaboration, support, and solidarity. We are inviting communities, organizations and individuals struggling against current injustices in society to make their voices heard and join the Occupy Wall Street movement. Community organizers, unions, minorities, immigrants, workers, students and academics are invited to speak and lead discussions. Individual and organizations of all background have a chance to share their vision and shape our movement. Feel free to share their vision and shape our movement. The Open Forum is also open to presentations on movements throughout the world. Last Sunday, the focus turned to Spain and the May 15 Movement. Participants discussed its main characteristics, focusing especially in its broad character and the novelty of its organizational forms. The need for a redefinition of politics and the importance of empowerment learning and building together an open process besides previous political identities. It was a rainy but warm evening, in which people's mic amplified ideas and words such as "Create a city / within the city / to show the city / how the city should be". Come join us for our upcoming speakers by the red beams at the square. 10/6 10/7 10/8 10/9 Naomi Klein Updates on the Greek Uprising Brian Holmes : The financial mind and transformation of global class structure. 4-5 Biju Updates from the Taxi Workers Alliance Movement 5-6 David Jaramillo : Photo essay on the Oaxaca uprising. 6pm Updates from Movement for justice in El Barrio 10/10 Betty Yu & Seven Renderos: Media Justice Organizing 10/13 Ali: Organizing Effectively without Hierarchy 10/14 Behzad Yaghmaian : The war on the public sector, A new global strategy for labor market restructuring.
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of guindave@aol.com september17@googlegroups.com [september17discuss] Expanding our movment Oct 8th Action Monday, October 03, 2011 1:21:26 AM
I am putting toghther a Protest at BMW Guggenheim space on saturday we will march up from Zuccotti Park at 5pm October 8th at 7pm - 11pm First Park in the LOWER EAST SIDE Houston and 2nd Manhattan, NY Occupy BMW GUGGENHEIM SPACE ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE Note: by occupy we mean for 4 hours so as not to take away from the larger Zuccotti Park Occupy Wall Street movement Demand that BMW stops selling a product that will end humanity electric cars ? labor rights ? We are going to have a sign making party next week which is TBA As of now bring signs that say Anti BMW Global Climate change slogans/ or art related to BMW and Global Climate Change. LOWER EAST SIDE First Park Second Ave off the F train Houston and 2nd I am of the belief that Art is essential to a healthy society and somebody needs to fund it (the people?). The interesting thing about this space is its molded after all of our collective DIY projects that we make as artists and activists except, this time, with a corporate sponsor. Now we all have to face the question of how to get our ART out to as many people as possible and that's a fair concern. However since this space directly reaches out to the LEFT here is our opportunity to take this sponsorship and turn it on its head, dissect it and question it. To make the corporate sponsorship backfire and turn it into negative press instead of a positive PR Boast for the BMW corporation. This is a NEO LIBERALISM moving in on our territory and this is the push back. Change is coming as part of "American Fall" (the Occupy Wall Street Movement) This is a 4 hour event and please return to the Wall Street Occupation(Liberty Park) or home after that :) http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=274051842615950
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Jackie DiSalvo september17@googlegroups.com [september17discuss] Finance Wednesday, October 05, 2011 12:32:34 PM
Sara, Ive lost your contact info; can you send it to me? Jackie DiSalvo Labor Working Group
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Lisa Fithian september17@googlegroups.com; "ufpj-activist"; "Living River"; campcaseyalumni@yahoogroups.com [september17discuss] FW: Boston Bank actions media coverage Sunday, October 02, 2011 12:55:47 PM
Viva Occupy Wall St. As you are getting people out of jail, just sharing more media that is being generated by the weeks of action we are doing against banks more and more international media happening too. Clips from Boston Below Occupy LA had an assembly of 800+ last night, LA Make Banks Pay Week of Action starts kicks off tomorrow! Peace, Lisa
Here's what we have so far. It includes coverage in other countries (including Ireland!). The French story is quite goodl Here are more clips, including from Europe. We also got mention in the NY Times story about the Brookly Bridge (last paragraph): http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/police-arresting-protesters-on-brooklyn-bridge/ INTERNATIONAL Agence-France Press Wire Story - VERY GOOD Boston police arrest 24 in US bank Protest http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iHhlXOqrYokey_WrIkJuEM5SiQ5g? docId=CNG.744d16200e5347083eda023b63ff4507.01 Right to the City, the coalition of advocacy groups that organized the demonstration, said the event was held to protest corporate greed and to stop bank foreclosures. According to organizers, some 3,000 people marched outside the bank. Police did not provide a crowd estimate. "While the CEOs rake in millions in salary and bonuses, major corporations are laying off thousands of workers each month," Right to the City said on its website. "Enough is enough." The bank's stock has tumbled in recent months amid doubts about the strength of its capital base and mounting legal costs from its disastrous involvement with subprime mortgages before the 2008 financial crisis. The Boston protest appeared to dovetail with demonstrations in New York city, where more than 1,000 mainly young activists have been protesting for the past two weeks over the Wall Street bailout and corporate influence in US politics.
International Business Times Bank of America: 24 People Arrested in Boston Protest http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/223216/20111001/bank-of-america-protest-boston-foreclosure-mortgage.htm A group called TakeBackBoston (TBB), which was involved in the demonstration, stated before the rally that it signals a growing popular outrage at the big banks, as the peaceful occupation of Wall Street in New York enters its thirteenth day. Presley Obasohan, a homeowner in Dorchester who is fighting foreclosure, told TBB: Im sitting-in at Bank of America so that my neighbors, and me, can stay in our homes. So many people have been thrown out of their homes or lost their jobs needlessly because of mistakes made by Wall Street Banks. Yet its the banks who are now rewarded with billions in tax refunds. TakeBackBoston claims that as of March 2011, Bank of America had more homes in foreclosure than any other bank in Boston, with two-thirds of these in minority neighborhoods. Sixty-one percent of Bank of Americas subprime mortgages were concentrated in these same neighborhoods, revealing a pattern of pushing bad loans on people of color and the poor, the group stated. Rachel LaForest, executive director of the Right to the City Alliance, who participated in the Boston rally, told TBB: Across the country, we are seeing the same story: The mortgage bubble created by Wall Street pushed predatory lending on urban communities, and since the bubble burst the fallout has been catastrophic. Unemployment and foreclosures have hit communities of color first and worst. But it is urban communities who are at the forefront of the movement to fight back. We are taking direct action today to demand payback from Bank of America. Only Kent (UK)
Backlash Demo Against Bank of America in Boston: Protestors Arrested http://www.onlykent.com/20111001/backlash-demo-against-bank-of-america-in-boston-protestors-arrested/ IRELAND Dozens detained in Bank of America rally
Dozens of demonstrators have been arrested during a protest against Bank of America's foreclosure practices in downtown Boston, Press TV reports. Spanish Wire Service Las protestas contra Wall Street se extienden en EE.UU. http://www.google.com/hostednews/epa/article/ALeqM5g89t8QiHhMg6AMp9kOiLZOotiLJQ?docId=1620339 Ayer la polica en Massachusetts arrest a dos docenas de personas entre unos 3.000 manifestantes que ocuparon brevemente las oficinas en Boston de Bank of America, el mayor banco del pas. Los protestantes declararon su solidaridad con los cientos de personas que desde hace semanas ocupan un parque en Manhattan con quejas diversas contra los bancos y el sistema poltico que los ha socorrido tras sus malas inversiones. BRAZIL http://noticias.terra.com.br/noticias/0,,OI5388235-EI188,00Protestos+contra+Wall+Street+chegam+a+Washington+e+se+espalham+pelos+EUA.html A diretora de uma organizao civil em Boston, Rachel LaForest, disse que as manifestaes so contra "a avareza e os emprstimos usurrios dos bancos eo ... NATIONAL FOX NEWS (HAVEN'T SEEN BROADCAST) Thousands Protest at Bank of America Offices in Boston http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/01/dozens-arrested-at-bank-america-headquarters-in-boston/ Organizers say about 3,000 people joined the protest. We had to set a stand to let Bank of America know they cannot foreclose on families and put them out on the street, Carolyn Grant one of the protesters said as her cohorts in the holding unit cheered in the background. Bank of America spokesman T.J. Crawford dismissed the demonstration as a publicity stunt. Washington Post (AP STORY) Dozens arrested during anti-foreclosure protest at Bank of America offices in Boston http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/dozens-arrested-during-anti-foreclosure-protest-at-bank-of-americaheadquarters-in-boston/2011/10/01/gIQAHgv0BL_story.html Bloomberg Wire BofA's Boston Building Draws Protesters; 21 Arrests Are Made http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1376-LSCSPC1A74E90177LATUDR7TFMSFL1C30PKC2U86 The rally was organized by Right to the City Alliance ABC NEWS (NATIONAL) Haven't seen broadcast - but blog story is great - WITH LINKS! http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-protests-spread-across-the-country-bloombergcalls-them-misguided/ A march and rally was held in Boston Friday called Take Back Boston run by the Right to the City alliance, a national organization that seeks to create regional and national impacts in the fields of housing, human rights, urban land, community development, civic engagement, criminal justice, environmental justice, and more, according to its website. Police estimated about 3,000 people attended the events Friday. We are targeting Wall Street, in particular the big banks and corporations, Rachel Laforest, the executive director of the Right to the City Alliance told ABC News. The goal is to create a national narrative and have it be known how the states are taking state revenues that are being funneled to banks and corporations and t hen you layer on top of that the fact that theyre not obligated to pay their fair share of taxes, and so thats billions and billions of dollars that could be put toward job creation and creating solutions to the housing crisis. Todays events in Boston will continue with a Take Back the Block festival. At least 1,500 have registered for the festival.
THE DAILY BEAST/NEWSWEEK 24 BoA Protesters Arrested http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2011/10/01/24-boa-protesters-arrested.html Two dozen protesters were arrested in Boston Friday night for trespassing in Bank of America's downtown offices as a demonstration against what they say are the bank's unfair foreclosure practices. A crowd of peaceful protesters that started at rush hour grew to 3,000 by nightfall. Boston police said that none of the 24 resisted being hauled off. "They wanted to be arrested, and we obliged," said Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis. One of the protesters told the Boston Herald, "We had to set a stand to let Bank of America know they cannot foreclose on families and put them out on the street." A bank spokesman brushed off the event as a public-relations ploy, arguing that the protesters "choose to ignore the facts" and that "Bank of America has a lot to be proud of in Massachusetts." MY PREDICTION - In newsweek's column on what's up and what's down, BofA will be DOWN! CNN - covers growing national protest movement
Elsewhere Friday, 11 people were arrested in Boston during a similar demonstration. Boston police say those protestors -- who call themselves "Take back Boston" -- gathered in front of a Bank of America building after marching through a downtown section of the city. The group's website says, "The banks took billions of our tax dollars, yet we're the ones being forced out of our homes." Huffington Post Bank Of America Protests: Dozens Arrested At Company's Boston Offices [WATCH] ran our video http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/01/bank-of-america-protests_n_990100.html BLOGS FINANCE PRESS/BLOGS Housing Predictor.com Thousands Protest Against Bank of America http://www.housingpredictor.com/2011/protest-against-bank-of-america.html Ran with our release Banker & Tradesman Foreclosed Families March On Boston Bank Of America http://www.bankerandtradesman.com/news146733.html Ran our release Bostonians protesting against BofA http://blog.hsh.com/index.php/2011/09/bostonians-protesting-against-bofa/ Recent groups of protestors that have sprouted up across the city of Boston havent been voicing their displeasure with their baseball teams September collapse, theyre protesting against Bank of America. Today, over 1,000 people are expected to march in downtown Boston to protest against the bank, and rally against Wall Street greed, predatory lending, and skyrocketing foreclosures in urban communities, according to a press release.Take Back Boston, one of the websites that has the latest information on anti- BofA protests and ralliess across the city, says although these protests are happening in Boston, this is a national concern. BOSTON BLOGS Open Media Boston 1000+ Activists March on Bank of America in Protest of Predatory Lending Practices; 24 Arrested http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/2020 Occupy Boston: Taking Back the City completely conflates the two groups - what is this site? http://www.examiner.com/day-trips-in-boston/occupy-boston-taking-back-the-city Nice Photo Essay - http://yusukesuzuki.wordpress.com/2011/10/01/take-back-boston-march-to-bank-of-americaand-occupy-boston-at-night/ POLITICAL BLOGS THINK PROGRESS As Movement Grows, Thousands In Boston Protest Against Bank Of Americas Greed http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/10/01/333721/movement-boston-bank-of-america/ THE DAILY CALLER (DC POLITICS BLOG) NICE photo of BWA http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/01/dozens-arrested-at-bank-of-america-headquarters/ BLACK BOOK http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/more/27176 An estimated 3,000 gathered for Take Back Boston, BOSTON MARKET BOSTON HERALD Herald story is widely cited - quoted in WaPo & elsewhere - with great photos that got picked up by AP Hub police arrest 24 in protest vs. Bank of America By John Zaremba Saturday, October 1, 2011 http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2011_1001hub_police_arrest_24in_protest_vs_b_of_a/srvc=home&position=0 BOSTON GLOBE Nice photos, pretty good story. Jason of Mass Uniting gets the quote
24 arrests at Bank of America protest Demonstrators support those facing foreclosure http://www.boston.com/business/personalfinance/articles/2011/10/01/24_arrests_at_bank_of_america_protest/ The protest was led by a coalition of activist groups called Right to the City Alliance, which wants Bank of America and other lenders to modify loans to more affordable payments by reducing the size of mortgage balances. MASS LIVE Hub police arrest anti-foreclosure protesters outside Bank of America's Boston offices http://www.masslive.com/business-news/index.ssf/2011/10/boston_arrests_made_in_anti-foreclosure.html The group that led the protest -- Right to the City Alliance -- issued a statement claiming it stands for economic justice, noting that the Charlotte, N.C.-based banking giant will next year begin charging a monthly $5 user fee for debit cardholders. Boston.com Boston arrests made in anti-foreclosure protest October 1, 2011 http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/10/01/boston_arrests_made_in_anti_foreclosure_protest/ A group called Right to the City Alliance led the campaign. In a news release, the alliance said it stands for economic justice and noted that the protest came as Bank of America announced it would charge debit cardholders $5 a month for the use of their cards, beginning next year. NECN - 11 pm news 9/30 Rally held outside Bank of America in Boston's financial district http://www.necn.com/09/30/11/Rally-held-outside-Bank-of-America-in-Bo/landing_business.html? blockID=570264&feedID=4209 (NECN) - Protestors marched through downtown a short time ago and converged around the Bank of headquarters on Federal Street, blocking the entrances. Our reporter on scene tells us it looked like a couple of thousand protestors were there. Protestors included foreclosed families who are blaming banks for putting them out on the streets. CHANNEL 5 http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/29354287/detail.html#ixzz1ZZyoJO5Oetribune.com/news/national/article_22bd9b5caeda-5b45-b640-5bc82a66f2d0.html A few blocks away a group called Take Back Boston lead hundreds of people marching from Boston the Financial District. Common to America
At 100 Federal Street the protesters gathered at both entrances to the Bank of America building shouting "We got sold out." The crowd included dozens of families facing foreclosure. "The bank took over my property. Tried to evict everybody," said Mallerrie McCoy of Dorchester. "They up my windows. They changed our locks. Im here to say im not going anywhere." Antonio Ennis is facing foreclosure on his Dorchester home. "All were asking for is reduce the principal. Its whats right," Ennis said. "They got bailed out by us. We need help now. " Some 24 protesters were arrested taken from the building in plastic handcuffs as the crowd cheered them on. MORE GREAT COVERAGE FROM 5 http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/29354287/detail.html#ixzz1ZZzHuR1j http://www.thebostonchannel.com/mostpopular/29354287/detail.html AWESOME_ Coalition Takes Back Foreclosed Home Group Has Block Party To Educate Residents On Foreclosures Read more: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/money/29361498/detail.html#ixzz1Za2NEHOV http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/29361498/detail.html CHANNEL 7 - ALSO GOOD http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/boston/12005511224472/crowds-gather-in-boston-to-protest-bank-ofamerica/ NEIGHBORHOOD boarded
Back Bay Patch ran with our video http://backbay.patch.com/articles/video-3000-protest-at-bank-of-america-headquarters-in-financialdistrict#youtube_video-7971089 Lynn Item Foreclosure protesters want loan modifications to reflect current home values http://www.itemlive.com/articles/2011/10/01/news/news03.txt "The protest organizers would have you believe they speak for all groups, that is not the case," Crawford said, adding that Bank of America mortgage representatives have negotiated 18,000 loan modifications in Massachusetts since 2008. "The goal for us is to provide a more affordable payment so the borrower can stay in their home. That's the same as a principal reduction," Crawford said. MORE AP PICK UP LACROSSE TRIBUNE - AP STORY 24 Arrested As Protesters Pack Financial District Foreclosed Families, Supporters March To Bank Of America LONG ISLAND PRESS AP STORY Dozens arrested at Bank of America headquarters By Associated Press on October 1st, 2011 http://www.longislandpress.com/2011/10/01/dozens-arrested-at-bank-of-america-headquarters/ 9 & 10 News Dozens arrested at Bank of America offices BOSTON (AP) Organizers say about 3,000 people joined a protest against Bank of America headquarters in Boston. Police say they arrested two dozen protesters for trespassing. A published report says the trespass was an act of civil disobedience to protest the lender's foreclosure practices. No mention was made of new bank card fees. http://www.9and10news.com/Category/Story/?id=304692&cID=3
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Southern California protests gain momentum with union support

Protesters spent their fourth night camping outside Los Angeles City Hall, disrupted a bankers conference at a Newport Beach yacht club and demonstrated outside a financial executive's Bel Air home.
Groups protest Tuesday outside the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach as the California
Bankers Assn. gathers for an annual meeting inside. (Christina House, For The Times / October 4, 2011)
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By E. Scott Reckard, Los Angeles Times October 4, 2011, 8:20 p.m. The groundswell of populist anger against banks and politicians picked up momentum in Southern California as powerful labor union support helped galvanize protests nationwide. Rallies extended to the 18th day in New York, where Occupy Wall Street planned a massive solidarity march with unions Wednesday. Protesters spent their fourth night camping outside Los Angeles City Hall, disrupted a bankers conference at a Newport Beach yacht club and demonstrated outside a financial executive's Bel Air home. The movement has spread nationwide, from Boston to Kona, Hawaii, taking inspiration from the social-media-driven Arab Spring revolts in the Middle East. The anti-corporate push even got a nod from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, who said of protesters: "On some level, I can't blame them." Protests on the West Coast have drawn an assortment of activists, from college students to anarchists to ordinary Americans worried about the economy. They have no single organizer, and instead are made up of individual groups focused on what they see as the banking industry's role in the growing divide between America's rich and poor. "The banks engineered the country's financial collapse and then profited from it," said Joe Briones, 29, a film major at L.A. City College who is helping to run the Occupy LA social media feed from the City Hall protests. "They did the same thing in the Depression." With this same attitude, protesters disrupted a meeting of the California Bankers Assn. at the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach. About 40 members of ReFund California, a coalition of advocacy groups and union members, burst into the club's ballroom, chanting, "Make banks pay!" The bankers association president, Rodney K. Brown, said protesters "muscled their way" past hotel security and wanted only to "chant and rant" instead of engage in a constructive dialogue. The bankers listened as protesters accused them of causing the economic meltdown by peddling bad loans, accepting government bailouts and then doing little to compensate for the damage inflicted. Police stood by as protesters were ushered back to West Coast Highway, where members of the Service Employees International Union and the liberal group MoveOn.org chanted,
"Shame, shame, shame!" "You've made your point. Now get out," Balboa Bay Club security chief Drew Witthuhn said as the group shuffled out into the rain. ReFund California also protested at the Bel Air home of Steven T. Mnuchin, chairman of OneWest Bank of Pasadena. The group demanded help for borrower Rose Gudiel of La Puente, saying OneWest callously foreclosed on her family home after her brother's death caused delinquencies on her home loan. A Mnuchin spokesman said OneWest was only doing what Fannie Mae, the owner of the loan, required. The group said it planned a similar confrontation outside the home of another bank executive Wednesday. Activists are expecting big turnouts for marches held on both coasts Wednesday. In New York, several unions and advocacy groups plan to march from City Hall to Zuccotti Park, just days after a more impromptu march led to the arrest of 700 protesters. The 700,000-member Communications Workers of America said it supports "nonviolent efforts to seek a more equitable and democratic society based on citizenship, not corporate greed." Occupy LA was expecting a big turnout for its own march, though its numbers in about a dozen tents had fallen in recent days. The plan was to take trash collected in a South Los Angeles neighborhood blighted by foreclosures and dump it at a bank that protesters blame for causing the urban decay. Participants, acknowledging they were promoting widely varied causes, also discussed the need to agree on a clear, focused message. "People are going to say stupid things," said Vincent Vibbert, a shaved-headed, work-booted organizer who offered advice from time he had spent at the Wall Street camp-in. "You've got to make sure that people who are well-spoken jump in front of the TV cameras." In an only-in-L.A. twist, the protesters have been walking a block to the county criminal courts building to attract attention from news media covering the trial of the doctor who was attending to pop star Michael Jackson when he died. scott.reckard@latimes.com Times staff writer Nathaniel Popper in New York contributed to this report. MARKET WATCH Wall Street Journal David Weidner's Writing on the Wall
Oct. 4, 2011, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Occupy Wall Street is a tea party with brains

Commentary: Protesters seek political process that doesn t exclude them
By David Weidner, MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) The revolution just might be televised, after all. More than two weeks after a band of young people began camping out in the shadow of the New York Stock Exchange, the movement to remake Americas inequitable financial system is growing Its been called the Woodstock of Wall Street, but thats hardly an apt comparison. The gathering at Max Yasgurs farm 42 years ago was built on a generation looking for peace, love, some drugs and acid rock. The kids today are looking for real, tangible change of the capitalist sort. Theyre organized, lucid and motivated.
Reuters Demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street campaign hold signs aloft as a protest march enters the courtyard near the New York Police Department. Actually, they have more in common with the tea-party movement than the hippie dream, with one key difference: Theyre smart enough to recognize the nations problems arent simply about taxes and the deficit. They want jobs. They want the generation in power to acknowledge them. They want political change. They want responsibility in a culture that abdicates it. They want a decent future of opportunity. If that isnt American, then what is? Another key difference between todays kids and their hippie forefathers: Theyre willing to gut it out. Not only is Occupy Wall Street showing no signs of dying out, but its getting stronger.
On Sunday, a night of rain dampened the crowd at Zuccotti Park, but then the sun broke through, and they were back at it: challenging police, marching and drawing attention to their cause. Theyre wired and ready. Theyre using YouTube and blogs. A newspaper, the Occupied Wall Street Journal, began publishing last week. They meet in the evenings in a general assembly to discuss tactics. Moreover, there are signs the Left Coast wants to get into the action. On Sunday a group called Refund California announced a series of protests throughout Los Angeles. On Monday, a teach-in took place aimed at bringing awareness to how Wall Street has worsened Californias budget problems. On Tuesday, Refund California is going to Orange County for a protest. On Wednesday, the group will target the home of a bank executive. And on Thursday a big bank in L.A. will be the next target. Protests in Chicago this weekend showed the message isnt lost in flyover country.
Click to Play Protest spreads to Chicago Inspired by the "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrations in New York, some 100 people gathered Sunday outside the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago to protest inequities in the nation's financial system. This isnt just some anarchist or lefty agitating. Many of the protesters are furious with the Obama administrations kow-towing to Big Finance. Theyre critical of Federal Reserve policies. Refund California is aligned with 1,000 faith-based groups. Protesters are admonished for displaying the U.S. flag incorrectly. These protests have been overwhelmingly peaceful. And, despite what you hear, theres been a lot of goodwill between the police and protesters. Theyre sharing coffee and doughnuts in the morning. Meanwhile, another group, Occupy Los Angeles, is organizing its own protests. This movement, though small compared with the New York effort, is slowly gathering steam. Back East, Occupy Boston is gaining momentum. Protests in the financial center of Dewey Square took place Monday. The persistence is paying off. The media are beginning to pay attention. Local papers in New York have been running more Occupy Wall Street stories. All of the major networks are covering the protests now.
Click to Play House is gone, but debt lives on Forty-one states and the District of Columbia permit lenders to sue borrowers for mortgage debt still left after a foreclosure sale. There are many more reporters on the scene, and the coverage has moved from the police confrontations to what these thousands of protesters want. The press seems confused. There were signs about Afghanistan, taxes, Wall Street greed, corporate responsibility and just about every pet cause out there. But what some decry as a lack of focus is really about them not getting it: This movement is about money. Its about wasting money. Its about greed for money guiding those in power. Its about the inequitable distribution of money. Most of all, its about process. In a general assembly meeting Saturday, Occupy Wall Street came up with its first official document. It is a powerful summation of grievances, not just of the young, but of many Americans: home foreclosures, workers rights, Internet privacy, health care and bailouts. Read the declaration of Occupy Wall Street . No true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power, the declaration states. We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known. The protesters urge others to join them in public spaces everywhere. Occupy Wall Street is a bigger and more important movement than it was two weeks ago. As the country faces a year in which many of its major political offices could potentially shift hands, there finally seems to be a movement that reflects frustration with a system beholden to big financial interests. Still, theres much work to do. The movement needs to sharpen its message. It needs visible and well-spoken leadership and people to become active politically. Some have argued that the protesters need more concrete ideas, such as financial-transaction taxes or Wall Street reforms. Blanket anti-corporate statements arent actionable. But for a generation accused of being lazy, unwilling to work and living under their parents roofs for far too long, these kids have shown a hell of a lot of mettle so far. The odds are still long, but theyve succeeded in the first step. Theyve gotten our attention.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/rescuing-america-from-wallstreet/2011/10/04/gIQAJGezLL_story.html
Rescuing America from Wall Street

By Harold Meyerson, Published: October 4 Better late than never, the movement to take America back from Wall Street has arrived. On Wednesday, the ranks of the Occupy Wall Street encampment will swell as MoveOn.org members, union activists and ordinary disgruntled citizens join the demonstration against our financial sectors misrule of the American economy. Whats more, long-planned anti-bank demonstrations in major cities this week are growing beyond their organizers fondest hopes as the Wall Street protest movement catches fire. The anti-bank campaign has in fact been incubating for years a seed beneath the snow, as the Italian novelist Ignazio Silone once termed the slow-to-arrive left. The sit-ins, teachins and street demonstrations popping up in Boston, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles are formally the handiwork of a coalition of community groups that recently gathered together as the New Bottom Line. Many of these groups have focused on immediate goals such as stopping particular banks from foreclosing on more homes. They, along with unions, have demonstrated on Wall Street many times since the 2008 financial crisis. But only now, as Occupy Wall Street an organization that they didnt create has grabbed the public imagination the past few weeks, are the myriad mobilizations commanding the medias attention. Its a confluence of planned and unplanned demonstrations, says Stephen Lerner, a longtime organizer for the Service Employees International Union who once spearheaded the unions successful campaign to organize big-city janitors and today helps guide the groups in New Bottom Line. We build on each other. We go ping-ponging back and forth. Planned and unplanned, the groups are coming together. The imminent mixing of largely young and countercultural Wall Street occupiers with more seasoned and hard-nosed unionists and middle-class liberals may produce some clashes of style, but their shared anger at what banks have done to them to all of us should be sufficient to cement this nascent coalition. It had better be. At the moment, this fledgling movement is awash in a range of demands. Occupy Wall Street has tended toward the amorphous, expressing a generalized rage at economic inequality and financial hegemony. The New Bottom Line groups, and the wonks of the anti-bank left, have more concrete demands, including modifications and cancellations to student and housing debt, a financial-transaction tax, and the reinstitution of the 1932 Glass-Steagall Act (which
would make garden-variety banking safer and less speculative by rebuilding the wall between commercial and investment banking). That the proposed reforms are all over the map is understandable given the enormity of the problem. As finance has become a larger and larger part of the U.S. economy in recent decades, the U.S. economy has grown more and more dysfunctional. At Wall Streets prompting, the New Deals constraints on finance were loosened in the 1980s and 90s, enabling banks to grow huge by speculating with other peoples money and by restructuring the economy so that it ran on credit and debt. From 1973 through 1985, as Simon Johnson, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, documented in 2009, American banks never earned more than 16 percent of domestic corporate profits. By the mid-2000s, that figure rose to 41 percent. As with profits, so with pay: For more than three decades, from 1948 to 1982, pay levels in finance ranged from 99 to 108 percent of the average of private-sector pay. By 2007 they had reached 181 percent. Once the servant of industry, banking became our dominant industry. It has ceased to serve us. We serve it. And when it went all but belly up in the panic of 2008, the federal government bailed it out, on the assumption of those authoring the Troubled Assets Relief Program legislation that the banks would use those funds to bail out our larger society. Instead, they took the money and sat on it. Lending to small business in particular has not bounced back. Not all of the problems with the current American model of capitalism originate with banking. But Wall Streets growth has long come at the expense of productive enterprise, diverting dollars and talent from the business of making goods. Merely occupying Wall Street doesnt go remotely far enough. We need to diminish finance with regulations that would make our economy both more secure and more productive. Heres hoping the disparate groups of protesters come together, grow and stay in the streets. It will take a massive, vibrant protest movement to bring Americas subservience to Wall Street to its overdue end. meyersonh@washpost.com
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Southern California protests gain momentum with union support

Protesters spent their fourth night camping outside Los Angeles City Hall, disrupted a bankers conference at a Newport Beach yacht club and demonstrated outside a financial executive's Bel Air home.
Protesters outside Balboa Bay Club
Groups protest Tuesday outside the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach as the California Bankers Assn. gathers for an annual meeting inside. (Christina House, For The Times / October 4, 2011)
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By E. Scott Reckard, Los Angeles Times October 4, 2011, 8:20 p.m. The groundswell of populist anger against banks and politicians picked up momentum in Southern California as powerful labor union support helped galvanize protests nationwide. Rallies extended to the 18th day in New York, where Occupy Wall Street planned a massive solidarity march with unions Wednesday. Protesters spent their fourth night camping outside Los Angeles City Hall, disrupted a bankers conference at a Newport Beach yacht club and demonstrated outside a financial executive's Bel Air home.
The movement has spread nationwide, from Boston to Kona, Hawaii, taking inspiration from the social-media-driven Arab Spring revolts in the Middle East. The anti-corporate push even got a nod from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, who said of protesters: "On some level, I can't blame them." Protests on the West Coast have drawn an assortment of activists, from college students to anarchists to ordinary Americans worried about the economy. They have no single organizer, and instead are made up of individual groups focused on what they see as the banking industry's role in the growing divide between America's rich and poor. "The banks engineered the country's financial collapse and then profited from it," said Joe Briones, 29, a film major at L.A. City College who is helping to run the Occupy LA social media feed from the City Hall protests. "They did the same thing in the Depression." With this same attitude, protesters disrupted a meeting of the California Bankers Assn. at the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach. About 40 members of ReFund California, a coalition of advocacy groups and union members, burst into the club's ballroom, chanting, "Make banks pay!" The bankers association president, Rodney K. Brown, said protesters "muscled their way" past hotel security and wanted only to "chant and rant" instead of engage in a constructive dialogue. The bankers listened as protesters accused them of causing the economic meltdown by peddling bad loans, accepting government bailouts and then doing little to compensate for the damage inflicted. Police stood by as protesters were ushered back to West Coast Highway, where members of the Service Employees International Union and the liberal group MoveOn.org chanted, "Shame, shame, shame!" "You've made your point. Now get out," Balboa Bay Club security chief Drew Witthuhn said as the group shuffled out into the rain. ReFund California also protested at the Bel Air home of Steven T. Mnuchin, chairman of OneWest Bank of Pasadena. The group demanded help for borrower Rose Gudiel of La Puente, saying OneWest callously foreclosed on her family home after her brother's death caused delinquencies on her home loan. A Mnuchin spokesman said OneWest was only doing what Fannie Mae, the owner of the loan, required. The group said it planned a similar confrontation outside the home of another bank executive Wednesday. Activists are expecting big turnouts for marches held on both coasts Wednesday. In New York, several unions and advocacy groups plan to march from City Hall to Zuccotti Park, just days after a more impromptu march led to the arrest of 700 protesters. The 700,000-member Communications Workers of America said it supports "nonviolent efforts to seek a more equitable and democratic society based on citizenship, not corporate greed." Occupy LA was expecting a big turnout for its own march, though its numbers in about a dozen tents had fallen in recent days. The plan was to take trash collected in a South Los Angeles neighborhood blighted by foreclosures and dump it at a bank that protesters blame
for causing the urban decay. Participants, acknowledging they were promoting widely varied causes, also discussed the need to agree on a clear, focused message. "People are going to say stupid things," said Vincent Vibbert, a shaved-headed, work-booted organizer who offered advice from time he had spent at the Wall Street camp-in. "You've got to make sure that people who are well-spoken jump in front of the TV cameras." In an only-in-L.A. twist, the protesters have been walking a block to the county criminal courts building to attract attention from news media covering the trial of the doctor who was attending to pop star Michael Jackson when he died. scott.reckard@latimes.com Times staff writer Nathaniel Popper in New York contributed to this report.
-Bahar Tolou SEIU 323.899.3399
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Matthew Bralow september17@googlegroups.com [september17discuss] Fwd: [BudgetCutsAnnounce] Call for action at Columbia and NYU Monday, October 03, 2011 1:11:00 AM
fyi... ---------- Forwarded message ---------Date: Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 6:18 PM Subject: [BudgetCutsAnnounce] Call for action at Columbia and NYU To: no-budget-cuts-ny-announcements@googlegroups.com Call for action at Columbia and NYU NYU: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=168561836560896 Columbia: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=158200034270766 Marcos Wasem Ph. D. Candidate The Graduate Center The City College of New York CUNY mwasem@gc.cuny.edu http://www.marcoswasem.net On 10/02/2011 01:49 PM, wrote: > > I am intrigued by the proposition but a word of caution; brooklyn is trickier and the immediate rationale is not as clear. I have been away from new york alot recently and am currently in georgia for the troy davis funeral, which was yesterday but the make up of the occupation would need to be different. We also admit the world as it is, this society as it is, not as we would desIre it. And, we have to acknowledge the great disparities in necessities Based on race and nationalities, and the greatly disproportionate levels of oppressed peoples who are in dire circumstances. Brooklyn is a borough mainly of people of color, so there is the need to be in solidarity with the most oppressed n mOst dispossessed and we must reflect that in the march and not be insensitive and not run the risk of angering communities we need to take pains to include. Writing from a phone, sorry for capitalizations and duplications. Will return monnday and will see you alll downtown. > -----Original Message----> Date: Sunday, October 02, 2011 12:48:36 pm > To: "no-budget-cuts-ny-discussion@googlegroups.com"<no-budget-cuts-nydiscussion@googlegroups.com> > Cc: "no-budget-cuts-ny-discussion@googlegroups.com"<no-budget-cuts-nydiscussion@googlegroups.com>, NYAgainstBudget-Cuts Coalition<no-budget-cuts-nyannouncements@googlegroups.com>, Palestine Club BC<tpc-members@googlegroups.com>, "hunterstudentsunited-announcements@googlegroups.com"<hunterstudentsunitedannouncements@googlegroups.com> > From: "> > Subject: Re: [BudgetCutsDiscuss] EMERGENCY SUPPORT PROTEST ASAP @ BROOKLYN BRIDGE > > I put my full support behind this, a march across the bridge again next Saturday in order to establish
the occupation of Brooklyn > > > > > > On Oct 2, 2011, at 11:03 AM, <> wrote: > >> Be cool next March we have more numbers and actually the take Brooklyn Bridge, cross into BK have the first GA for #Occupythehood, #OcccupyBrooklyn, or whatever. >> >> On Oct 1, 2011 6:21 PM, ""<> wrote: >>> >>> Occupiers of Wall St. holding a peaceful political march across the Brooklyn >>> Bridge today that started at 4pm - are being penned in and trapped on the >>> bridge by NYPD. They've begun arbitrarily arresting people at closest reach >>> (ends of the march) which was planned to start from Brooklyn and end in >>> Manhattan at the encampment - Zucotti/Liberty Plaza. The NYPD have closed >>> off both ends of the bridge, and arrests have begun. It is still unclear >>> what the cops have in store for the roughly 250 people -You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "No Budget Cuts NY--Announcements" group. To post to this group, send email to no-budget-cuts-ny-announcements@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to no-budget-cuts-ny-announcements+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/no-budget-cuts-ny-announcements?hl=en.
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Doug Singsen september17; NYC ISO [september17discuss] Fwd: [Labor OWS] New York Metro Area Postal Union Endorses "Occupy Wall Street" Wednesday, October 05, 2011 9:00:21 AM
---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Chuck Zlatkin <chuckzlatkin@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 7:38 AM Subject: [Labor OWS] New York Metro Area Postal Union Endorses "Occupy Wall Street" To: Jackie DiSalvo <jdisalvo@nyc.rr.com>, "gbasta@nycommunities.org" <gbasta@nycommunities.org>, labor-outreach-committee@googlegroups.com Cc: Jesse Alexander Myerson <jesse.myerson@gmail.com>, Marisa Holmes <marisaholmes@gmail.com>, Matt Renner <matthew43@gmail.com>, Justin Wedes <jwedes@gmail.com>, Duncan Meisel <duncan.meisel@gmail.com>
New York Metro Area Postal Union, APWU Endorses "Occupy Wall Street" and Will Participate in Today's Labor and Community March Official statement to follow. Yours in solidarity, Chuck -Chuck Zlatkin Legislative and Political Director New York Metro Area Postal Union, APWU, AFL-CIO 350 West 31st Street, 3rd floor New York, NY 10001 917-693-9427
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Doug Singsen september17 [september17discuss] Fwd: [Labor OWS] TWU Blasts City for NYPD commandeering MTA buses, drivers, for Bridge arrests Monday, October 03, 2011 10:02:13 AM
---------- Forwarded message ---------From: acpollack2@juno.com <acpollack2@juno.com> Date: Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:45 AM Subject: [Labor OWS] TWU Blasts City for NYPD commandeering MTA buses, drivers, for Bridge arrests To: labor-outreach-committee@googlegroups.com This is huge. TWU's response to this outrage is great. Notice the cops got MTA bosses to order drivers to drive the commandeered buses. ---------- Original Message ---------From: Dan DiMaggio To: acpollack2@gmail.com Subject:TWU Blasts City for Putting Occupy Wall St. Arrestees on Buses Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 09:36:47 -0400 "The Transport Workers Union will go to court Monday to try to stop the city from forcing bus drivers to transport Wall Street protesters arrested by the NYPD, the Daily News has learned... "TWU Local 100 supports the protesters on Wall Street and takes great offense that the mayor and NYPD have ordered operators to transport citizens who were exercising their constitutional right to protest - and shouldn't have been arrested in the first place," Samuelsen said Sunday night. Full: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/10/03/2011-10-03_twu_blasts_city.html ________________________________________________
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Drew Hornbein september17 [september17discuss] Fwd: [NYCGA Internet] Important Info!!! *PLEASE LOOK@LINK* Tuesday, October 04, 2011 10:16:56 AM
An examination of the police radio from the BK bridge march. ---------- Forwarded message ---------Date: Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 4:18 AM Subject: [NYCGA Internet] Important Info!!! *PLEASE LOOK@LINK* To: internet_working_group@googlegroups.com http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1662412/pg1 I found this on glp about 10/1/2011! Thank's
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Luis Moreno-Caballud september17@googlegroups.com; no-budget-cuts-ny-discussion [september17discuss] Fwd: 15O. What is the plan? Wednesday, October 05, 2011 8:17:51 AM ATT01126.htm 15october-plan.pdf
Please read the attached message from Take the Square, about October 15th global mobilization, a great opportunity for taking the movement a step forward!
Hi, we write you from the International Commission of Sol, in Madrid (Spain). We know that you have a lot to do in the USA, as we have here in Spain, but the 15O is coming and we need you to make a milestone in history out of it. It's the great chance we expected to start a real global revolution! This is what we are doing, and could be wonderful if you join us: Spread the webpage of the call http://15october.net/ , the graphic material http://15october.net/spread-it/ and the videos http://15october.net/category/video/ . And please send us your videos, banners, posters to contact.takethesquare@gmail.com so that we can compile them and put them in common. Send all of this through your mailing lists, to all your contacts, but also to all your friends. Explain everybody that this is not just one mobilization more, that we are reinventing ourselves. Tell them how the movement is popping all over the world, from the streets of Tel-Aviv to Wall Street. Tell them that over 270 cities have already confirmed they will do an event on October 15th as you can check in http://map.15october.net and if they do plan to do an event invite them to add it to the map http://map.15october.net/reports/submit Explain them that 15O is the moment to wake up all of us together. And specially tell them that it is in their hands the potential of making a success of it. It's not anymore about parties, organizations or trade unions, the call should come from all of them, from the people of the world like you. There is a text that could be very useful to send this last message: "who are you?" http://map.15october.net/page/index/1 It could be great to tell your friends abroad to spread it through their countries. We need one revolution in each single city of the world. For a further explanation about the mobilization and a more specific plan, there is a document written by the international network takethesquare, between people from many countries, that you could send and post in your webpage. It comes attached with this e-mail. But you can find it also in http://takethesquare.net/2011/09/24/15th-october-whats-the-plan-15oct/
In order to promote and discuss the activities for October 15th, everyone is encouraged to participate and to organize local meetings the days 8th and 9th, to fix the details and discuss the preparation of the events for the 15th. Simultaneously, there will be a chat http://webchat.freenode.net/? randomnick=1&channels=15october&prompt=1 , an audio-chat (mumble: Download in http://mumble.sourceforge.net/ Host:tomalaplaza.net Port:64738, see the tutorial in http://takethesquare.net/2011/10/04/mumble-setup-walkthrough/) and a collaborative document pad http://titanpad.com/15october open to everybody, so during 48 hours people from all the world will be able of talking about the ideas and activities decided in their squares with every other single person in the world! All the channels will be open for everybody...just participate! Best from Spain. Your success is ours too!.
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Keegan september17@googlegroups.com [september17discuss] Fwd: ATU press release on Occupy Wall Street Wednesday, October 05, 2011 11:08:00 AM Occupy Wall St release.docx
---------- Forwarded message ---------From: "Roscow, David" <droscow@atu.org> Date: Oct 5, 2011 10:58 AM Subject: ATU press release on Occupy Wall Street To: "alaskak@gmail.com" <alaskak@gmail.com>
Keegan, Larry asked I send you our press release on the endorsement of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Thanks, David
Amalgamated Transit Union Pledges Support for Occupy Wall Street Movement
Union to Assist Activists, Spread Word to Stop Corporate Greed
Media Contacts: David Roscow, 202-537-1645
WASHINGTON, DC - Calling for big banks and stockbrokers to be held responsible for their greed and corruption as the economic crisis continues, the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) pledged support for the Occupy Wall Street Movement as it enters its third week of protests.
The ATU applauds the Occupy Wall Street activists for their courage and strength to expose the greed and corruption on Wall Street as the rest of America struggles to survive, said Larry Hanley, ATU international president. These young people are speaking for the vast majority of Americans who are frustrated by the bankers and brokers who have profited on the backs of hard working people.
While we battle it out day after day, month after month, the millionaires and billionaires on Wall Street sit idly by untouched and lecture us on the level of our sacrifice, Hanley continued.
Working Americans have sacrificed too much already. Transit riders have paid with record fare increases and service cuts. How dare they demand that we coddle the rich while poor people are losing their benefits and millions are becoming poor?
ATU locals in the New York area as well as the International Union will be providing support to the movement through donations of food and other supplies, physically engaging in protests, and getting the message out to the public. ATU locals around the country plan to ramp up support by participating in similar Occupy events across the country.
Hanley pointed out even Ronald Reagan acknowledged the wealthy must pay their fair share of taxes. In a 1985 speech the former president said tax loopholes allowing a millionaire to pay lower taxes than a bus driver were crazy. http://www.atu.org/media/multimedia/video/reagan-no-loopholes-formillionaires
About the ATU The Amalgamated Transit Union is the largest labor organization representing transit workers in the United States and Canada. Founded in 1892, the ATU today is comprised of over 190,000 members in 264 local unions spread across 44 states and nine provinces, including 3,000 workers at Greyhound Lines, Inc. Composed of bus drivers, light rail operators, maintenance and clerical personnel and other transit and municipal employees, the ATU works to promote transit issues and fights for the interests of itshard-working members.
David Roscow Amalgamated Transit Union, AFL-CIO W. 202-537-1645 x254 C. 202-487-4990 www.atu.org
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Marina Sitrin september17@googlegroups.com [september17discuss] Fwd: Bridge Lawsuit Press release Tuesday, October 04, 2011 10:54:48 PM
Class Action Lawsuit Filed in Brooklyn Bridge Mass Arrest Partnership for Civil Justice Fund Files Federal Constitutional Rights Class Action Attorneys from the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) filed this afternoon a class action lawsuit against Mayor Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Kelly and the City of New York, charging mass violations of constitutional rights in the trap and detain mass arrest of demonstrators on the Brooklyn Bridge this past Saturday October 1, 2011. The lawsuit charges that "the NYPD engaged in a premeditated, planned, scripted, and calculated effort to sweep the streets of protestors and disrupt a growing protest movement in New York." The class action lawsuit, Garcia v. Bloomberg, was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Case No: 11 CIV 6957. The PCJF's attorneys were the lead counsel in the groundbreaking mass arrest lawsuits against the Washington, D.C. police when they engaged in similar trap and detain actions, mass arresting over 1,000 persons during demonstrations in 2000 and 2002. Those cases resulted in sweeping changes in police practices in the nation's capital including a ban on the trap and detain tactics that are now challenged in the Brooklyn Bridge lawsuit, and also resulted in what is believed to be the largest financial settlement of protest litigation in U.S. history. The PCJF brought the successful litigation challenging the City of New York's efforts to ban mass assembly on the Great Lawn of Central Park during the 2004 Republican National Convention. "Police commanders led and escorted demonstrators onto the roadway of the Brooklyn Bridge in an intentional entrapment," stated Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Executive Director of the PCJF and counsel on the litigation. "The police conducted a charade - and duly videotaped it of speaking inaudibly into a bullhorn that could not be heard mere feet away from the officer. The NYPD knew no audible communication was given. The NYPD also knew that the Constitution requires that any ostensible command must be heard by those who are expected to be bound by it. Instead, the NYPD engaged in a performance, videotaped it, and sprang their trap. They then set their PR machine into motion, widely distributing their edited videos of events to spin a false narrative to the public and the media," she continued. "This lawsuit is brought on behalf of all New Yorkers," stated Carl Messineo, Legal Director of the PCJF and counsel on the suit. "People from all walks of life came down to the Wall Street area on Saturday to participate in a peaceful demonstration and many others joined the spirited march along the way. They had no intention of being arrested nor could they have had knowledge that the NYPD was preparing to entrap hundreds of them on the Brooklyn Bridge in an effort to stifle dissent." "This lawsuit is being filed now to send a clear message to the NYPD that this movement had the right to march on October 1 and has the
right to march on any day without fear," continued Carl Messineo. "People have the right to speak out against Wall Street greed and growing poverty without fear that the NYPD would seek to illegally arrest them and suppress their mass assembly protest." To read the complaint, click here. ________________________________ The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) is a not-for-profit legal and educational organization which, among other things, seeks to ensure constitutional accountability within police practices and government transparency in operations. It is counsel on the Barham and Becker class action cases in which more than 1,000 persons were falsely arrested during protests in Washington, D.C., resulting in settlements totaling $22 million and major changes in police practices. The PCJF previously brought the successful litigation in New York challenging the 2004 ban on protests in the Great Lawn of Central Park. It won a unanimous ruling at the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals finding the MPDs unprecedented military-style police checkpoint program unconstitutional. The PCJF previously uncovered and disclosed that the D.C. police employed an unlawful domestic spying and agent provocateur program in which officers were sent on long-term assignments posing as political activists and infiltrated lawful and peaceful groups. For more information go to: www.JusticeOnline.org. On 10/4/2011 6:12 PM, Heidi Boghosian wrote: I've copied Marina on this email, but she's at the park now and was hoping I could print something and bring it to her. Heidi Boghosian Executive Director National Lawyers Guild 132 Nassau Street #922 New York, NY 10038 212-679-5100, ext. 11 www.nlg.org
-Seamos realistas, hagamos lo imposible ~ che
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Matthew Bralow september17@googlegroups.com [september17discuss] Fwd: CALL CUOMO MONDAYS CONTINUES Monday, October 03, 2011 8:02:17 AM
---------- Forwarded message ---------From: The United for Action Team <Contact@unitedforaction.org> Date: Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 7:01 AM Subject: CALL CUOMO MONDAYS CONTINUES To: Matt Bralow <mbralow@gmail.com>
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Call or write Governor Andrew Cuomo today! NYC #: 212-681-4580 Albany: 518-474-8390 Fax: 518-474-1513 Email the Governor Here Thanks for taking action! David, Amanda, Owen, Ling, Dave, and the rest of the team
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september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of J Wedes september17 [september17discuss] Fwd: Confirming our agreement to meet today, 2:30 pm Monday, October 03, 2011 11:28:18 AM
Hey all, Who is able to join me for this meeting? The important discussions will be about local resident concerns of sound level, public use of space, etc. Ro is from Community Board 1, and is considering even supporting our cause after presenting a resolution AGAINST it that was voted down at a meeting last week. /justin ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Ro Sheffe <ro.mcb1@att.net> Date: Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 7:31 AM Subject: Confirming our agreement to meet today, 2:30 pm To: Justin Wedes <occupywallstreet.food@gmail.com> Justin, To confirm our phone conversation, we'll meet with you later today, at 2:30 pm, as we agreed: Monday, 3 Oct., 2:30 pm Meade's Restaurant 22 Peck Slip, at Water Street Map: http://g.co/maps/ywh5s I look forward to seeing you there. I can be contacted by cell phone if necessary at the number below. Thanks, -ro 917-592-5284
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of gail zawacki september17 [september17discuss] Fwd: Declaration of the Occupation of New York City Wednesday, October 05, 2011 11:09:09 AM
Just curious...is this legit? ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: NationofChange <info@nationofchange.org> Date: Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 9:06 AM Subject: Declaration of the Occupation of New York City To: witsendnj@gmail.com
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Dear Readers, What follows is the first official, collective statement of the protesters in Zuccotti Park: As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies. As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights, and those of their neighbors; that a democratic government derives its just power from the people, but corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people and the Earth; and that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power. We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known. They have taken our houses through an illegal foreclosure process, despite not having the original mortgage. They have taken bailouts from taxpayers with impunity, and continue to give Executives exorbitant bonuses. They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the workplace based on age, the color of one's skin, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation. They have poisoned the food supply through negligence, and undermined the farming system through monopolization. They have profited off of the torture, confinement, and cruel treatment of countless animals, and actively hide these practices. They have continuously sought to strip employees of the right to negotiate for better pay and safer working conditions. They have held students hostage with tens of thousands of dollars of debt on education, which is itself a human right. They have consistently outsourced labor and used that outsourcing as leverage to cut
workers healthcare and pay. They have influenced the courts to achieve the same rights as people, with none of the culpability or responsibility. They have spent millions of dollars on legal teams that look for ways to get them out of contracts in regards to health insurance. They have sold our privacy as a commodity. They have used the military and police force to prevent freedom of the press. They have deliberately declined to recall faulty products endangering lives in pursuit of profit. They determine economic policy, despite the catastrophic failures their policies have produced and continue to produce. They have donated large sums of money to politicians, who are responsible for regulating them. They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil. They continue to block generic forms of medicine that could save peoples lives or provide relief in order to protect investments that have already turned a substantial profit. They have purposely covered up oil spills, accidents, faulty bookkeeping, and inactive ingredients in pursuit of profit. They purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the media. They have accepted private contracts to murder prisoners even when presented with serious doubts about their guilt. They have perpetuated colonialism at home and abroad. They have participated in the torture and murder of innocent civilians overseas. They continue to create weapons of mass destruction in order to receive government ontracts.* To the people of the world, We, the New York City General Assembly occupying Wall Street in Liberty Square, urge you to assert your power. Exercise your right to peaceably assemble; occupy public space; create a process to address the problems we face, and generate solutions accessible to everyone. To all communities that take action and form groups in the spirit of direct democracy, we offer support, documentation, and all of the resources at our disposal. Join us and make your voices heard! NationofChange has been an unfiltered media resource for the Occupy Wall Street movement even while the mainstream media has ignored, censored, and undermined the progress of the people. Rather than delivering consumers to advertisers NationofChange works tirelessly to deliver people to one another. Make a secure, tax-deductible donation to NationofChange today, and help sustain this vital service to the community. Please click the button below to make a secure tax-deductible donation or call in your donation at 1-800-803-6045. You can also mail a check to: 6319 Dante Ln NW, Albuquerque, NM 87114
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september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of jason ahmadi september17@googlegroups.com [september17discuss] Fwd: Facilitation 10/03/11 Meeting Notes Wednesday, October 05, 2011 9:33:04 AM October 03, 2011.rtf
Check out our goals for the structure and come out to our meetings at 4 if you want to work with the facilitation working group ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: <proverbialstarr@aol.com> Date: Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 1:29 AM Subject: Facilitation 10/03/11 Meeting Notes To: neverprosaic@gmail.com, jordanromeo@gmail.com, bioregionaltracy@gmail.com, sdcheung@gmail.com, coffey529@gmail.com, jason.ahmadi@gmail.com, libertyfreesquarecircle@hushmail.com, hmmpoeddp@gmail.com, brooke@igc.org, margeland@gmail.com Please see attachment for meeting notes. If there are errors, please concisely let me know so that I can make the necessary corrections. -In the spirit of moving... *Nysheva-Starr
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Babak K september17@googlegroups.com; ows_outreach@googlegroups.com [september17discuss] Fwd: Friday, Oct. 7, 5 pm - Haitians Cross Brooklyn Bridge to Join Occupy Wall Street Wednesday, October 05, 2011 1:48:18 PM Occupy Wall Street email snip.JPG
---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Ray Laforest <laforestray@yahoo.com> Date: Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:17 PM Subject: Friday, Oct. 7, 5 pm - Haitians Cross Brooklyn Bridge to Join Occupy Wall Street To: Babak Karimi <bkarimi17@gmail.com>
PLEASE CIRCULATE DONT 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 dtats, 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 Clintons 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)
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of J Wedes september17 [september17discuss] Fwd: Fw: Occupied Wall Street Sunday, October 02, 2011 7:21:41 PM
---------- Forwarded message ---------From: naomi less <naomiless@gmail.com> Date: Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 6:03 PM Subject: Fw: Occupied Wall Street To: jwedes@gmail.com
www.naomiless.com pls excuse typos (from blackberry) From: "Justin Ruben, MoveOn.org Civic Action" <moveon-help@list.moveon.org> Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:55:28 -0700 To: naomi less<naomiless@gmail.com> Subject: Occupied Wall Street
Dear MoveOn member, Over the last two weeks, an amazing wave of protest against Wall Street and the big banks has erupted across the country. people rallied),1 grassroots groups have shut down banks and held sit-ins to demand that giant banks pay their fair share of taxes, end the foreclosure crisis, and create jobs. In financial centers like Chicago and Atlanta, hundreds of people have set up encampments in front of major financial institutions for round-the-clock demonstrations. In Seattle, San Francisco, Ohio, and Boston (where 3,000 We're going to stage a massive "Virtual March on Wall Street" online to show our support for the Occupy Wall Street protests this Wednesday. Sign up to join hundreds of thousands of voices of solidarity and help show just how widespread the outrage Wall Street really is.
Sign up
Outside Los Angeles, community members have been running a 24-hour vigil around the home of Rose Gudiel, who faces eviction after getting foreclosed on for being two weeks late on a mortgage payment after her younger brother was murdered. 2 But the biggest protests are on Wall Street itself. "Occupy Wall Street," which began with a brave group of young people, has swelled to thousands of students, unemployed folks, union members, and others who have persevered through intense police harassment and mass arrests to sustain a rolling 24-hour-a-day protest against the bankers who've wrecked our economy and undermined our democracy. 3 On Wednesday, MoveOn members will join labor and community groups in New York City for a huge march down to the protest sitethe biggest yet. And because we can't all be in New York, we're going to stage a massive "Virtual March on Wall Street" online with our friends at Rebuild the Dream. Together, we'll add hundreds of thousands of voices of solidarity from the American Dream Movement for the protests across the country and show just how widespread outrage at the Wall Street banks really is.
Click here to sign up to join the Virtual March on Wall Street this Wednesday The protests on Wall Street have been running for two weeks straight and are only getting bigger every day. The signs, placards, and chants focus on standing up for what the protesters are calling "the 99%" of us who are suffering while Wall Street bankers grow richer by the day. In a telling moment last week, a group of bankers even went so far as to mock the protests while sipping champagne from balconies overlooking thousands of people marching down Wall Street. 4 But adding mockery to the callous disregard for our country that we've seen from the big banks isn't slowing down the Occupy Wall Street movement one bit. The protests on Wall Street are set to grow even more this week and solidarity actions are already planned in dozens more cities. You can see what's planned in your area by visiting the solidarity site Occupy Together: http://www.moveon.org/r?r=264645&id=31654-8720705-eWQvaWx&t=3 And you can sign up to add your voice to the national "Virtual March on Wall Street" online here: http://www.civic.moveon.org/joinvirtualwallstreet/?id=31654-8720705-eWQvaWx&t=4 Thanks for all you do. Justin, Robin, Peter, Elena, and the rest of the team Sources: 1. "BofA's Boston Building Draws Protesters; 21 Arrests Are Made," bloomberg.com, September 30, 2011 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=264642&id=31654-8720705-eWQvaWx&t=5 2. "La Puente Family Fights Eviction from Foreclosed Home," KTLA.com, September 29, 2011 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=264643&id=31654-8720705-eWQvaWx&t=6 3. "Anti-Wall Street Protestors Vow to Keep Up Fight," Reuters, October 2, 2011 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=264644&id=31654-8720705-eWQvaWx&t=7 4. "Occupy Wall Street Protestors Meet Champagne Sippers," abcnews.com, September 30, 2011 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=264649&id=31654-8720705-eWQvaWx&t=8
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september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Doug Singsen september17; no-budget-cuts-ny-discussion [september17discuss] Fwd: Good video of how Brooklyn Bridge arrests unfolded Sunday, October 02, 2011 1:58:33 PM
This video is fantastic. ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: <Dunleamark@aol.com> Date: Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 12:24 PM Subject: Good video of how Brooklyn Bridge arrests unfolded To: unac-nyc@googlegroups.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fockzr7rXys
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september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of J Wedes september17 [september17discuss] Fwd: Heading Over to Wall Street Wednesday, October 05, 2011 4:03:59 PM
---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Olivia Leirer, NYCC <oleirer@nycommunties.org> Date: Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:30 PM Subject: Heading Over to Wall Street To: jwedes@gmail.com
Heading Over to Wall Street Dear Justin, I'm on my way out the door headed to Foley Square for our Community and Labor Solidarity March to #OccupyWallStreet. I hope you are too! When you get down there be sure to snap some picture or video to post on Facebook and Twitter (we're using the hashtag #99problems) if you can. If you can't make it, you can follow along with the live stream here: http://www.nycommunities.org/#occupywallstreet. See you soon! Best, Olivia Leirer Outreach Coordinator New York Communities for Change Your support makes our work possible. Click here to become a sustaining member of New York Communities for Change. To remove yourself from our email list: Click here to unsubscribe
On May 12, almost 20,000 New Yorkers flooded Wall Street to protest Bloomberg's Budget and Stand Up to the Big Banks. On Wednesday, we return to support the #OccupyWallStreet protesters.
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of grimwomyn september17 [september17discuss] Fwd: Need on-the-ground contacts Boston Wednesday, October 05, 2011 10:01:13 PM
One of the writers for the paper is traveling to boston next week.... we would like for someone to connect with him for next week-- can someone connect him to the organizers? gracias! _____________________ Heading to Boston on Thursday and want to parlay with the coordinators, thanks...Eric ERIC ANDREW MARX marxman325@mac.com Office: (+49) 30 4701 4841 Cell: (+49) 173 912 9448 www.worldtravelnotes.de
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of jason ahmadi september17@googlegroups.com [september17discuss] Fwd: Occupied Wall Street Monday, October 03, 2011 4:02:23 AM
---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Justin Ruben, MoveOn.org Civic Action <moveon-help@list.moveon.org> Date: Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 7:25 PM Subject: Occupied Wall Street To: Jason Ahmadi <jason.ahmadi@gmail.com>
Dear MoveOn member, Over the last two weeks, an amazing wave of protest against Wall Street and the big banks has erupted across the country. people rallied),1 grassroots groups have shut down banks and held sit-ins to demand that giant banks pay their fair share of taxes, end the foreclosure crisis, and create jobs. In financial centers like Chicago and Atlanta, hundreds of people have set up encampments in front of major financial institutions for round-the-clock demonstrations. In Seattle, San Francisco, Ohio, and Boston (where 3,000
We're going to stage a massive "Virtual March on Wall Street" online to show our support for the Occupy Wall Street protests this Wednesday. Sign up to join hundreds of thousands of voices of solidarity and help show just how widespread the outrage Wall Street really is.
Sign up
Outside Los Angeles, community members have been running a 24-hour vigil around the home of Rose Gudiel, who faces eviction after getting foreclosed on for being two weeks late on a mortgage payment after her younger brother was murdered. 2 But the biggest protests are on Wall Street itself. "Occupy Wall Street," which began with a brave group of young people, has swelled to thousands of students, unemployed folks, union members, and others who have persevered through intense police harassment and mass arrests to sustain a rolling 24-hour-a-day protest against the bankers who've wrecked our economy and undermined our democracy. 3 On Wednesday, MoveOn members will join labor and community groups in New York City for a huge march down to the protest sitethe biggest yet. And because we can't all be in New York, we're going to stage a massive "Virtual March on Wall Street" online with our friends at Rebuild the Dream. Together, we'll add hundreds of thousands of voices of solidarity from the American Dream Movement for the protests across the country and show just how widespread outrage at the Wall Street banks really is. Click here to sign up to join the Virtual March on Wall Street this Wednesday The protests on Wall Street have been running for two weeks straight and are only getting bigger every day. The signs, placards, and chants focus on standing up for what the protesters are calling "the 99%" of us who are suffering while Wall Street bankers grow richer by the day. In a telling moment last week, a group of bankers even went so far as to mock the protests while sipping champagne from balconies overlooking thousands of people marching down Wall Street. 4
But adding mockery to the callous disregard for our country that we've seen from the big banks isn't slowing down the Occupy Wall Street movement one bit. The protests on Wall Street are set to grow even more this week and solidarity actions are already planned in dozens more cities. You can see what's planned in your area by visiting the solidarity site Occupy Together: http://www.moveon.org/r?r=264645&id=31654-11529717-5_tQrYx&t=3 And you can sign up to add your voice to the national "Virtual March on Wall Street" online here: http://www.civic.moveon.org/joinvirtualwallstreet/?id=31654-11529717-5_tQrYx&t=4 Thanks for all you do. Justin, Robin, Peter, Elena, and the rest of the team Sources: 1. "BofA's Boston Building Draws Protesters; 21 Arrests Are Made," bloomberg.com, September 30, 2011 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=264642&id=31654-11529717-5_tQrYx&t=5 2. "La Puente Family Fights Eviction from Foreclosed Home," KTLA.com, September 29, 2011 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=264643&id=31654-11529717-5_tQrYx&t=6 3. "Anti-Wall Street Protestors Vow to Keep Up Fight," Reuters, October 2, 2011 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=264644&id=31654-11529717-5_tQrYx&t=7 4. "Occupy Wall Street Protestors Meet Champagne Sippers," abcnews.com, September 30, 2011 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=264649&id=31654-11529717-5_tQrYx&t=8
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september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of J Wedes september17 [september17discuss] Fwd: Occupy Wall Street Wednesday, October 05, 2011 3:25:49 PM
---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Gregg Ross, Democracy for America <info@democracyforamerica.com> Date: Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:00 PM Subject: Occupy Wall Street To: Justin Wedes <jwedes@gmail.com>
Justin The Occupy Wall Street protest is a watershed moment. For weeks, protesters have been camped out in Liberty Square near Wall Street. They are marching during the day and sleeping on the street at night, facing arrest and police violence. They are gaining media attention, inspiring thousands more to join them every day in New York and in cities across the country -- and they are giving a voice to the American working class that has been attacked by big corporations and their allies in Congress. The Occupy Wall Street protesters are standing up for us -- because of that, thousands of people across the country have joined together to send them food to keep them going. These donations have worked. They've kept the occupation strong. But it's October in New York City and getting colder each day. Protesters are now in immediate need of 200 sleeping bags to keep warm and keep the occupation going. Donate $20 here to buy a sleeping bag to keep the occupation going in the cold. Working together, we can build a movement to take back our country from corporate greed. In solidarity, - Gregg Gregg Ross, Political Campaign Manager Democracy for America
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september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of J Wedes september17 [september17discuss] Fwd: Occupy Wall Street: Support the Movement Monday, October 03, 2011 4:17:18 PM
---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Karen Scharff, Citizen Action of New York <alerts@citizenactionny.org> Date: Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 1:10 PM Subject: Occupy Wall Street: Support the Movement To: jwedes@gmail.com
JustinRight now, thousands of people are gathered in Zucotti Park in New York City to protest the corruption and greed at the root of our nations economic crisis. For several weeks now, protesters have been fighting against the economic system that rewards the greed of Wall Street with tax loopholes, sweetheart deals, and billion dollar bailouts. On October 5, at 4:30 pm, were meeting with unemployed workers, students, union members, and other activists at the southwest corner of Broadway and Worth Street in Midtown Manhattan. Well be marching down to Zucotti Park to join the ranks of demonstrators already there. Its time to show big banks and corporations the faces of those hardest hit by corporate greed. Can we count on you to join us? Click here to RSVP now! For too long, Wall Street banks and giant corporations have enjoyed skyrocketing profits on the backs of hard working people. When these same banks were on the verge of collapse, it was us who bailed them out. They control a staggering majority of our nations wealth. Now, theyre fighting to make even more profit - without any intention of paying their fair share. Click here to let us know that youll march with us to Wall Street!
Cant make it? Dont worry. There are other ways to get involved. Click here to sign our petition to show your support for those who are on the street, fighting for justice. Once you sign, well keep you up to date with other occupy events in your area. Show your solidarity on Facebook and Twitter (use the tag #occupywallstreet), and be sure to tell your friends, too. Thanks for all you do,
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september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of J Wedes september17 [september17discuss] Fwd: The PR company I told you was "representing" OWS Fwd: Workhouse PR Tuesday, October 04, 2011 2:21:05 AM
Has anyone else from this list been in discussion with Workhouse PR? Just trying to understand if we are outsourcing "PR" work. -justin ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: R M <rebeccaction@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 2:14 AM Subject: Re: The PR company I told you was "representing" OWS Fwd: Workhouse PR To: J Wedes <jwedes@gmail.com> Certainly and of course! Please be sure to keep me in the loop going forward, thanks. -Rebecca On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 1:50 AM, J Wedes <jwedes@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Rebecca, Can I forward this info about Workhouse PR onto the september 17 listserv? I just want to make sure that everyone is aware of the conversations going on about PR. -justin On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 1:45 AM, R M <rebeccaction@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Justin, Nice to meet you briefly today. Here's a FW from my roommate, who runs the occupyinfo twitter account. He was contacted by Workhouse PR, which does work for big clients like Saks Fifth Avenue. He said they seemed well-intentioned and were volunteering their time. Here's a link to an article or two about this release to the media they did about Saturday's protests: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2011/10/03/2011-1003_occupy_wall_street_protesters_picked_up_by_public_relations_firm_workhouse_probo.html http://gawker.com/5846154/occupy-wall-street-gets-much+needed-help-from-pr-firm We should both be in touch with these folks, right? Would you do me a favor and cc: me on your correspondence? And I will do the same. Be well, -Rebecca ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Rebecca Manski <rebaleh@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:55 PM Subject: Fwd: Workhouse PR
To: rebeccaction@gmail.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: William Schwartz <will.js1@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 6:49 PM Subject: Re: Workhouse PR To: Rebecca Manski <rebaleh@gmail.com> Well they are volunteering their help. I just chatted them up on twitter. There was an article in the New York Post about it too. William Schwartz 917.385.5047 Connect! http://twitter.com/2William On 3 October 2011 18:47, Rebecca Manski <rebaleh@gmail.com> wrote: Are you joking! On Oct 3, 2011 4:20 PM, "William Schwartz" <will.js1@gmail.com> wrote: > They are now occupy wall street's PR firm. They just wrote me on twitter > incase you want to get in touch with them? > > http://www.workhousepr.com/home.php > > > William Schwartz > 917.385.5047
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of J.A. Myerson september17@googlegroups.com [september17discuss] Fwd: Volunteer coordination Sunday, October 02, 2011 6:03:12 PM
Great ideas. Anyone want to liaise with her about implementation or whether some of these are already being done? I'm too out of the loop. JAM ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Amy Offner <amy.c.offner@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 9:17 AM Subject: Volunteer coordination To: jesse.myerson@gmail.com Cc: Austin Guest <guest.austin@gmail.com>, Matthew Skomarovsky <matthew@verypolite.com>, Yesenia Barragan <yb2221@columbia.edu> Hi Jesse, I'm following up on our conversation a few nights ago about creating a system for integrating short-term volunteers -- people who drop by for an hour or two and want to help out. You asked for a proposal that you could take to the general assembly. My friends Senia, Matthew, Austin, and I (all on this email) came up with the idea below and are happy to help implement it. All of us work and can't be at the occupation all the time, but can contribute some time to getting this up and running. The basic idea has two parts: I. On the website, prominently list things that people can bring as donations, including: - Materials to make noisemakers (empty laundry detergent bottles with pennies inside, etc.) - Food, utensils, napkins - Money - A ream of paper to make leaflets - Art supplies - Hand sanitizer - Umbrellas, ponchos - If they have any credit card offers they received in the mail, bring the postage-paid return envelope. People at the occupation can write a letter to the bank and drop it in the mail. II. Expand the welcome booth on Broadway, and create a second one on the other side of the park. Add a big sign overhead reading "Want to help out, but only have an hour? Be a short-term volunteer." Have a 1-page handout ready with a list of things people can do. The handout can also include a list of nearby public bathrooms and the name and contact information for one person from each working group. At the table, there should also be supplementary materials needed for different tasks (materials listed below). Tasks could include:
1. Phonebanking to enlist support from organizations and public figures. Give volunteers a list to call, and a list of actions they can ask supporters to take -- for instance, add their name to a public list of supporters, speak or perform at an event, turn out members to an event, write a blog post or letter to the editor, make a donation, etc. Groups to call: labor, immigrant, civil rights, civil liberties, LGBT, feminist, environmental, housing, and politically active religious and arts groups. 2. Phonebanking to solicit food donations from restaurants, supermarkets. 3. Leafleting at Zuccotti Park and bank offices in Lower Manhattan. 4. Photocopying leaflets 5. Cleaning 6. Calling public officials (local, state, and national) to express support for the protest and complain about police brutality. Give people a list of numbers and suggested talking points. 7. Calling media to ask why they aren't covering the occupation. Give people a list of numbers and suggested talking points. 8. Outreach to businesses around Zuccotti Park that might not understand what's going on but could become allies. 9. Making public art to spread the occupation's presence throughout the city. For instance, if the table had a simple stencil design for posters reading "#OccupyWallStreet," short-term volunteers could make copies to take home, hang in their windows, and give to their neighbors to do the same. Or provide templates to write acrostics about banks. 10. Holding umbrellas over people and equipment to allow work to continue in the rain 11. Calling high-level bank officials to express support for the occupation. Give people numbers and suggested talking points. 12. Make T-shirts reading "I want this bank to pay its taxes. #OccupyWallStreet." Volunteers can put on a T-shirt, walk into a bank in the neighborhood, and do a variety of things (ask to speak to the CEO, ask to see the bank's financial statements, ask to open a checking account, whatever) until they get thrown out. 13. Buying food, umbrellas, ponchos ---Thanks for everything you're doing. Let us know what you think and how we can help. Amy, Austin, Matthew, and Senia
-J.A. Myerson http://www.jamyerson.com 347.688.0241
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of Jackie DiSalvo september17@googlegroups.com labor-outreach-committee@googlegroups.com [september17discuss] Group Claims to represent Occupy Wall Street Demands Wednesday, October 05, 2011 12:49:49 PM
This group purports to speak for us; Im afraid thats the danger when we dont officially approve our own demands Occupy Wall Street - Official Demands Written by Anonymous The Sovereign People's Movement, represented nationally through the people occupying the various Liberty Square locations across this great country, have laid out and democratically submitted and are currently voting on the list of following Demands to then be distilled into one Unified Common demand of the people.

LIST OF PROPOSED "DEMANDS FOR CONGRESS" 1. CONGRESS PASS HR 1489 ("RETURN TO PRUDENT BANKING ACT" http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-1489 ). THIS REINSTATES MANY PROVISIONS OF THE GLASS-STEAGALL ACT. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlassSteagall_Act --- Wiki entry summary: The repeal of provisions of the GlassSteagall Act of 1933 by the Gramm LeachBliley Act in 1999 effectively removed the separation that previously existed between investment banking which issued securities and commercial banks which accepted deposits. The deregulation also removed conflict of interest prohibitions between investment bankers serving as officers of commercial banks. Most economists believe this repeal directly contributed to the severity of the Financial crisis of 20072011 by allowing Wall Street investment banking firms to gamble with their depositors' money that was held in commercial banks owned or created by the investment firms. Here's detail on repeal in 1999 and how it happened: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlassSteagall_Act#Repeal .
Vote Here #1
2. USE CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY AND OVERSIGHT TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE FEDERAL AGENCIES FULLY INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE THE WALL STREET CRIMINALS who clearly broke the law and helped cause the 2008 financial crisis in the following notable cases: (insert list of the most clear cut criminal actions). There is a pretty broad consensus that there is a clear group of people who got away with millions /
billions illegally and haven't been brought to justice. Boy would this be long overdue and cathartic for millions of Americans. It would also be a shot across the bow for the financial industry. If you watch the solidly researched and awared winning documentary film "Inside Job" that was narrated by Matt Damon (pretty brave Matt!) and do other research, it wouldn't take long to develop the list.
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3. CONGRESS ENACT LEGISLATION TO PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY BY REVERSING THE EFFECTS OF THE CITIZENS UNITED SUPREME COURT DECISION which essentially said corporations can spend as much as they want on elections. The result is that corporations can pretty much buy elections. Corporations should be highly limited in ability to contribute to political campaigns no matter what the election and no matter what the form of media. This legislation should also RE-ESTABLISH THE PUBLIC AIRWAVES IN THE U.S. SO THAT POLITICAL CANDIDATES ARE GIVEN EQUAL TIME FOR FREE AT REASONABLE INTERVALS IN DAILY PROGRAMMING DURING CAMPAIGN SEASON. The same should extend to other media.
Vote Here #3
4. CONGRESS PASS THE BUFFETT RULE ON FAIR TAXATION SO THE RICH AND CORPORATIONS PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE & CLOSE CORPORATE TAX LOOP HOLES AND ENACT A PROHIBITION ON HIDING FUNDS OFF SHORE. No more GE paying zero or negative taxes. Pass the Buffet Rule on fair taxation so the rich pay their fair share. (If we have a really had a good negotiating position and have the place surrounded, we could actually dial up taxes on millionaires, billionaires and corporations even higher...back to what they once were in the 50's and 60's.
Vote Here #4
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8. ELIMINATE "PERSONHOOD" LEGAL STATUS FOR CORPORATIONS. The film "The Corporation" has a great section on how corporations won "personhood status". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SuUzmqBewg . Fast-forward to 2:20. It'll blow your mind. The 14th amendment was supposed to give equal rights to African Americans. It said you "can't deprive a person of life, liberty or property without due process of law". Corporation lawyers wanted corporations to have more power so they basically said "corporations are people." Amazingly, between 1890 and 1910 there were 307 cases brought before the court under the 14th amendment. 288 of these brought by corporations and only 19 by African Americans. 600,000 people were killed to get rights for people and then judges applied those rights to capital and property while stripping them from people. It's time to set this straight.
Vote Here #8
september17@googlegroups.com on behalf of J Wedes september17 [september17discuss] hero"s email/phone Sunday, October 02, 2011 2:50:33 PM
anyone got it? -justin

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