Sunday, December 11, 2011

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Occupy Boston: "We might have been evicted, but we shall not be moved."

Posted 12 hours ago on Dec. 10, 2011, 2:43 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

occupy boston post-raid

Occupy Boston will hold a post-eviction General Assembly tonight at 7 pm at the Band Stand on Boston Common. Supporters are currently holding a silent protest in front of the Boston Police Department while waiting for arrestees to be released. Follow on Twitter: @Occupy_Boston or please join them if you are in Boston!

Two days ago, in a reversal of prior claims to support OWS, the Mayor of Boston threatened to evict Occupy Boston. In response, supporters from across Massachusetts and the country gathered at Occupied Dewey Square:

They came by bus from New York and DC. They carpooled from Providence and flew in from Chicago. They drove from Worcester, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. Last night, demonstrating how clearly Occupy Boston's message has been heard and understood, two thousand people traveled from near and far to defend Dewey Square. They painted signs and spoke in General Assembly. They chanted and sang, "Which Side Are You On?" six times, at least, as a brass brand blew steam into the frozen December night. They rallied at midnight, making circles two deep around tents, as the Veterans for Peace stood guard, white flags snapping in the wind. They dressed as bankers so that bankers might be arrested for once. And when the news came that no raid was coming, no eviction imminent, they danced in the streets to celebrate.

The police did eventually come. They waited days, hoping people would stop paying attention. Like previous raids in other cities, they made their move like cowards in the pre-dawn shadows at 5AM this morning. The city used bulldozers to destroy what had been home to hundreds. At least 45 peaceful protesters were arrested while linking arms to nonviolently protect their homes and their right to free speech. When one female police officer began to cry, her male superiors yelled and berated her. Read More...

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#Mockupy: OWS Occupies "Law & Order" Zuccotti Set in Foley Square!

Posted 2 days ago on Dec. 8, 2011, 11:50 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Live Updates:

  • 1:36: Cops breaking down mockupied Wall Street. NBC's speech rights clearly infringed.
  • 1:25: NYPD occupying fake Liberty Square, fake demands unclear.
  • 1:03: GA in progress. More mockupiers needed at Foley Square!
  • 12:52: cops moving in
  • 12:47: unconfirmed reports that "Law & Order's" permit has been revoked. What's a permit?
  • 12:40: police threaten to arrest mockupiers after 1AM: "if you do not leave, you will be arrested."
  • 12:19: GA in 20 minutes

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Occupy Boston Facing Midnight Eviction

Posted 2 days ago on Dec. 8, 2011, 5:52 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Boston

Live Updates:

  • 10:30:Occupy Boston camp still standing
  • 1:57: police dragging tents from streets
  • 1:40: tents in the streets
  • 1:31: police superintendent: "no intention of evicting tonight."
  • 1:14: reports that police will not raid Boston tonight, occupiers skeptical, dancing
  • 1:08: Atlantic Avenue blocked by peaceful protestors, police stymied by dance party
  • 12:36: report that cops are due in 15 minutes
  • 12:10: deadline passes, tension mounts. Live aerial view
  • 11:45: 7,000-10,000+ occupying Dewey Square
  • 11:25: "arrestable" occupiers to link arms to protect park, "unarrestables" to rally in solidarity across street
  • 11:08: occupiers have erected defensive barricades in anticipation of imminent police raid.

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From New Amsterdam to Old Amsterdam: Solidarity!

Posted 2 days ago on Dec. 8, 2011, 5:02 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Amsterdam Raided

from Occupy Netherlands:

Occupy Amsterdam Police Raid on 8 December 2011

Somewhere around 13:00 NL time Occupy Amsterdam was raided by the local Police and Military Police. Tents and even medical supplies like for example an arm crutch have been confiscated and removed.

Cleaning vans of the city have been deployed just after the removal of the tents to clean up the pavement.

Occupy Amsterdam has only the big army tent, media tent and the kitchen still standing on beursplein 5.

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Homeless Family Occupies Family-less Home

Posted 2 days ago on Dec. 8, 2011, 2:14 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Eviction Defense Updates

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Ninjas On Wall Street

Posted 3 days ago on Dec. 7, 2011, 2:55 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Coming soon to a bank near you....

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Occupy San Francisco Raided, Re-Occupied

Posted 3 days ago on Dec. 7, 2011, 2:43 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

OccupySF

UPDATE: 

12:13AM (EST) - Occupy SF GA is currently underway. 
12:04AM (EST) - SFPD leaves the plaza! Occupy SF has re-occupied! 
9:40PM (EST) - Riot police surrounding occupiers in Justin Herman Plaza, reading dispersal order. Read More...

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Occupy DC - Thousands Shut Down K St., March On White House and Supreme Court

Posted 3 days ago on Dec. 7, 2011, 2:16 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

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Americans Re-Occupy Their Homes

Posted 4 days ago on Dec. 6, 2011, 9:38 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Today, Americans stood up and said, "We have a right to shelter. No one can take that right from us." Today we re-occupied our homes.

In East New York, Brooklyn - a foreclosed home is being reclaimed today by a local homeless family. #OWS, along with local neighbors and community groups, has pledged to stay with the family and defend them from eviction. Kendall Jacklman from Picture The Homeless spoke to the housing crisis ongoing in New York City, saying, "There is enough housing in this city to shut down the Department of Homeless Services and offer everyone decent, affordable housing based on our real wages."

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Day of Action Against Home Foreclosures: Live Broadcast.

Posted 4 days ago on Dec. 6, 2011, 1:57 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Note: the link titled "Official OWS Website" is a link to New York City's general assembly. NYCGA represents New York City, not the global movement as a whole. 

Breaking News

for immediate release
Tuesday, Dec 6, 2011 — 3:07pm

99% Movement Occupies Homes Nationwide
Brooklyn Community & Occupy Wall Street Stand with Homeless Family, Help Them Reclaim Vacant House Foreclosed by Bank of America

Online updates & multimedia: http://occupyourhomes.org

Twitter hashtags: #OccupyHomes #D6

Location: East New York — 702 Vermont Street, Brooklyn (3 train to Pennsylvania, L train to Livonia)

Brooklyn, NY — In a bold new phase for the 99% movement, a vacant home in the center of New York City's foreclosure crisis is presently being reclaimed today for a local homeless family. Occupy Wall Street, along with local neighbors and community groups, has pledged to stay with the family and defend them from eviction.

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#OccuParty Benefit Concert: Dangerous Muse & Eva and Her Virgins on Dec 11th

Posted 5 days ago on Dec. 6, 2011, 2:26 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

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Shut Down Wall Street on the Water Front

Posted Dec. 5, 2011, 12:10 a.m. EST (6 days ago) by OccupyWallSt

Building and Defending New Structures on K Street

Posted Dec. 4, 2011, 11:23 a.m. EST (6 days ago) by OccupyWallSt

UPDATES: Portland Holds New Home

Posted Dec. 4, 2011, 9:11 a.m. EST (6 days ago) by OccupyWallSt

Portland Re-Occupies

Posted Dec. 3, 2011, 8:54 p.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupiers Launch Hunger Strike to Liberate Outdoor Space

Posted Dec. 3, 2011, 8:52 p.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Seattle Joins Wave of Building Occupations

Posted Dec. 3, 2011, 10:43 a.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

Farmers Join Occupy Wall Street, Calling for Food Justice

Posted Dec. 2, 2011, 6:21 p.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Wall Street Goes Home

Posted Dec. 1, 2011, 3:04 p.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Broadway

Posted Dec. 1, 2011, 3:01 p.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

Moving Forward Together: An Open Space for Discussion

Posted Dec. 1, 2011, 1:36 a.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy to Celebrate: The Resilience of OWS

Posted 1 week ago on Dec. 1, 2011, 1:18 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

On Saturday December 3rd, 2011, at 10:00 am, Occupy Wall Street and members of the New York faith community invite the Occupy Movement to join in a celebration of our occupation at Liberty Square. We are calling on all occupiers to reenergize our movement, keep Liberty Square active, and share ideas about the importance of outdoor spaces for our future. Bishop George Packard, Pulitzer prize-winning author and journalist Chris Hedges, and OccupyFaith will rally around Occupy Wall Street's immediate need for spaces to continue organizing for social and economic justice. Read More...

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Phillip Glass Joins OWS in Protest at Lincoln Center

Posted Dec. 1, 2011, 1:09 a.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

March for Jobs and Economic Fairness

Posted Dec. 1, 2011, 12:33 a.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

Police Reattempting Raid On Occupy Los Angeles

Posted Nov. 30, 2011, 12:54 a.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

War Profiteers Meet Tomorrow In NYC. They Won't Be Alone.

Posted Nov. 29, 2011, 12:46 p.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Oklahoma City Now Facing Eviction

Posted Nov. 28, 2011, 11:17 p.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

Washington State Capitol Building OCCUPIED

Posted 1 week ago on Nov. 28, 2011, 9:14 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Today in Olympia, Washington, the Washington State Capitol was occupied. Several occupiers were arrested and forcibly removed by Washington State Troopers. In yet another display of excessive force, three people were reportedly tased by police. Last Updated, 12:28 EST

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CUNY Protests Happening Now

Posted Nov. 28, 2011, 5 p.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

Eviction Deadline Passes, Occupy LA Holding Ground

Posted Nov. 28, 2011, 1:58 p.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Philly Still Standing Strong

Posted Nov. 28, 2011, 12:06 p.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

#OccupyLA Refuses To Leave, Police Attempting To Evict Now

Posted Nov. 28, 2011, 4:50 a.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Philly Facing Eviction TODAY

Posted Nov. 27, 2011, 12:04 p.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

URGENT: Occupy LA Prepares for Eviction

Posted 1 week ago on Nov. 27, 2011, 10:40 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

The mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, has ordered Occupy LA to pack up and leave Solidarity Park (formerly City Hall Park) by 12:01AM tonight or face arrest. Villaraigosa – who initially claimed to support the Occupation and has lauded OWS for "awakening the country's conscience" – is now citing "public health and safety" as justification to evict the encampment, even as LA police chief Charlie Beck refused to reject the use of tear gas and rubber bullets against nonviolent protestors.

As Villaraigosa held a press conference announcing the park would be closed indefinitely after eviction, Occupy LA held a counter press conference outside City Hall. Meanwhile inside, Occupy LA delivered part of its General Assembly's response, including their so-far unmet grievances:

As a collective, Occupy Los Angeles would like to express their rejection of the City of Los Angeles' alleged proposal that we leave City Hall by November 28th, 2011, in exchange for an apparently now rescinded offer of a 10,000 square foot building, farmland and 100 SRO beds for the homeless. . . .

We the people have peaceably assembled in public space seeking at minimum a full of redress of grievance for the government's criminal mistreatment of the people and fraudulent application of judiciary responsibilities, in large part for the interest of exploitative corporations and weaponized banks.

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Answering Egypt's Call for Solidarity

Posted Nov. 26, 2011, 9:56 a.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Boycott "Black Friday!" Solidarity with Striking Chinese Workers!

Posted Nov. 25, 2011, 1:36 p.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

After Feeding Thousands, OWS Sits Down in Liberty Square

Posted Nov. 24, 2011, 6:09 p.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Movement for Justice in El Barrio

Posted Nov. 24, 2011, 12:34 a.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Seattle Occupies Wal-Mart

Posted Nov. 23, 2011, 1:46 p.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

December 6: Occupy Wall Street "Goes Home"

Posted Nov. 23, 2011, 11:17 a.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Wall Street Thanksgiving

Posted Nov. 23, 2011, 10:51 a.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

#OCCUPYXMAS Kicks Off with Buy Nothing Day, Nov 25/26

Posted Nov. 23, 2011, 10:32 a.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Wall Street Librarians Address Bloomberg for Destroying Books

Posted Nov. 23, 2011, 7:59 a.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy UC Davis Calls Nov. 28 General Strike to Shut Down CA Campuses, Block Regents' Austerity Vote

Posted Nov. 22, 2011, 4:03 p.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

March from Occupy Wall Street Arrives in Washington DC Today

Posted 2 weeks ago on Nov. 22, 2011, 12:18 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Exposes Failure of Undemocratic Super-Committee Attempt to Squeeze the 99%

Super Committee Fail = Occupy Wall Street Win

Today an Occupy Wall Street initiative called 'Occupy the Highway' arrives in Washington DC, having marched from New York City. Two weeks ago, Occupy Wall Street participants in Manhattan embarked on the epic journey. Their goals were to make the new movement visible in more communities, to connect with other occupations along the way, and to further a national dialogue about how to reclaim our democracy.
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Occupy Bat Signal for the 99%

Posted 2 weeks ago on Nov. 22, 2011, 12:18 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

On November 17th, tens of thousands of people peacefully gathered in Foley Square in solidarity with #OWS. It was a powerful night of music, chant, and protest. We marched across the Brooklyn Bridge finding strength in our numbers and inspiration in our shared resolve to challenge the neoliberal economic system that controls our government and destroys our communities. As we marched a beautiful light appeared in downtown Manhattan.......

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CUNY Attacks Tuition Hike Protest

Posted 2 weeks ago on Nov. 21, 2011, 10:42 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Occupy CUNY and allied protestors who gathered Monday at Baruch College to express opposition to CUNY tuition hikes, unfair labor practices, and privatization were met with an increasingly familiar response: violent suppression of their basic right to dissent. Protestors were barred from attending a so-called "public" meeting of the school's trustees and ordered to disperse. CUNY security and NYPD moved in with nightsticks drawn, turning a nonviolent protest into a chaotic melee. Read More...

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Actions in Solidarity with Egypt

Posted 2 weeks ago on Nov. 21, 2011, 3:17 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

As the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces escalates the use of force on protesters at Tahrir, we call for support and solidarity for our brothers and sisters of Tahrir Square. We also call for support and solidarity with our egyptian american brothers and sisters. There will be actions planned so long as the crackdowns continue, starting with a protest today at 5pm in NYC at the Egyptian Consulate (corner of 2nd ave and 58th st) organized by the EAC. There will also be protests tomorrow at 5:30 pm, at Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco CA. Read More...

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Egypt Rising Against Military Rule. Security Forces Descend on Tahrir Square

Posted 2 weeks ago on Nov. 20, 2011, 12:04 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

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Occupy Oakland Calls for TOTAL WEST COAST PORT SHUTDOWN ON 12/12

Posted 3 weeks ago on Nov. 19, 2011, 8:35 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

West Coast Port Shutdown

Proposal for a Coordinated West Coast Port Shutdown, Passed With Unanimous Consensus by vote of the Occupy Oakland General Assembly 11/18/2012:

In response to coordinated attacks on the occupations and attacks on workers across the nation:

Occupy Oakland calls for the blockade and disruption of the economic apparatus of the 1% with a coordinated shutdown of ports on the entire West Coast on December 12th. The 1% has disrupted the lives of longshoremen and port truckers and the workers who create their wealth, just as coordinated nationwide police attacks have turned our cities into battlegrounds in an effort to disrupt our Occupy movement. Read More...

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Drum Circle headed to Bloomberg's Mansion. Liberty Square to be Occupied with Voices of Immigrant Women and Elders from the Civil Rights Movement

Posted 3 weeks ago on Nov. 19, 2011, 7:03 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Sunday, November 20th:

12:00pm: Liberty Square -"We, Spanish-speaking immigrant women of New York City, call on all women to join us ... to stand up, speak out, assemble and make our diverse voices heard with dignity and strength as we demonstrate in solidarity with the Occupy movement for democracy, dignity and equality for all people." Details Here

2:00pm: 24 hour "Occupy Bloomberg's Mansion Drum Circle Protest And Love-In Art Show " in front of Billionaire Bloomberg's massive mansion on 17 East 79th Street. Details Here

3:30pm: Liberty Square - "Elders from the Civil Right's Movement will be sharing the torch of social justice and equality with our movement, a symbolic act by which they recognize OWS as the transformative movement of the 21st Century." Details Here

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DC, Other Cities Liberate Unoccupied Buildings for the 99%

Posted 3 weeks ago on Nov. 19, 2011, 6:38 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Occupied Franklin School

Today, Occupy K St./DC liberated the empty, city-owned Franklin School. The school was closed several years ago and initially reopened as a homeless shelter. Despite widespread public opposition, the city government later closed the shelter. Next -- in blatant disregard of social safety net programs that are necessary for the very survival of the people who are most directly impacted by economic injustice -- announced plans to turn the building either into luxury condos or a hotel for the 1% lobbyists on K St.

In a move similar to other recent building occupations in Oakland, Chapel Hill, New York, and London, dozens of occupiers entered the building with sleeping bags and food and declared their intent to stay indefinitely. Occupy DC announced plans for an open forum to be held at a church next Monday to discuss uses of the building with the public. Inside, they began cleaning the building to make it usable for the community. From the roof, occupiers chanted "We are the 99%!" as others dropped a banner reading "Public Property under Community Control" over the school. Meanwhile, hundreds rallied in support outside.

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Spotted at New School Occupation: Mili-tents

Posted 3 weeks ago on Nov. 19, 2011, 5:39 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

At the New School Occupation in NYC.

 



Congrats and solidarity to our brothers and sisters at the newly established New School Occupation! In the wake of the raid on Liberty Square, they established a 24/7 occupation in the student study center here in NYC. Statement below and more information here.

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Police: Whom Do You Serve?

Posted 3 weeks ago on Nov. 19, 2011, 12:23 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident

This incident took place at UC Davis. See below for video of this incident, as well as more examples of state repression against the 99% movement across the U.S.
*TRIGGER WARNING: Graphic images. Read More...

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November 17: Historic Day of Action for the 99%

Posted 3 weeks ago on Nov. 18, 2011, 1:11 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

November 17 Day of Action:

  • Over 30,000 People Rally in New York City (NYPD estimated 32,500), including organized contingents of workers, students, and other members of "the 99%"
  • Actions in at least 30 cities across the country and around the world
  • Commemoration of 2-Months Since Birth of the 99% Movement, Festival of Lights on Brooklyn Bridge
  • Blockade of all Entry-Points to NYSE; hundreds participate in nonviolence civil disobedience
  • Sense that a powerful and diverse civic movement for social justice is on the ascent

Tens of thousands took action Thursday, November 17 to demand that our political system serve all of us — not just the wealthy and powerful. The NYPD estimated tonight's crowd at 32,500 people, at the culmination of the day of action. Thousands more also mobilized in at least 30 cities across the United States. Demonstrations were also held in cities around the world.

"Our political system should serve all of us — not just the very rich and powerful. Right now Wall Street owns Washington," said participant Beka Economopoulos. "We are the 99% and we are here to reclaim our democracy."

New York led the charge in this energizing day for the emerging movement. In the wake of billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg's predawn raid of Occupy Wall Street at Liberty Square, 1:00am Tuesday morning, thousands of people throughout the five boroughs and the greater region converged to take peaceful action. Following Bloomberg's action, the slogan "You can't evict an idea whose time has come" became the new meme of the 99% movement overnight. The mobilization today proved that the movement is on the ascent and is capable of navigating obstacles.

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The World Is With Us—Occupy Lives On!

Posted 3 weeks ago on Nov. 17, 2011, 10:29 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Athens Action
Athens, Greece

Today, November 17th, over 30,000 New Yorkers took to the streets to resist austerity, rebuild our economy, and reclaim our democracy. It was our largest action to date.

Our will was only emboldened by Mayor Bloomberg's heavy-handed attempt to eradicate Occupy Wall Street; our brutal eviction from our homes at Liberty Square has strengthened both our resolve and our legitimacy. Together, we raised our voices to declare: "No to evictions! No to the 1% that profits from our collective impoverishment." We showed the world we are not a fringe group of naive idealists—we are truly a people's uprising embodying the revolutionary spirit of economic justice, mutual aid, and participatory, consensus-based democracy. We are the 99%.

And the world responded. 

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Over 30,000 take Foley Square, Brooklyn Bridge.

Posted 3 weeks ago on Nov. 17, 2011, 4:41 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Foley Square

At 3PM, thousands of students, workers, and other supporters gathered in Union Square chanting "Shut the city down!" and using the People's Mic to share stories of how banks and corporate greed have impacted the 99%. Simultaneously, Occupiers took to multiple subway stations in all five boroughs. The day of action culminated when the student strike, labor unions, and various OWS groups took over a number of streets in Lower Manhattan on their way to Foley Square before marching across the Brooklyn Bridge. Read More...

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Inspiring Words from Redditor Aniadrift

Posted 3 weeks ago on Nov. 17, 2011, 4:29 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Sorry for gushing, but I feel the need to right now. When the mass evictions started happening, I was filled with a sense of despair. Now that I see this, that despair has been replaced with inspiration. My heart bursts with it. I want you people to know, all of you who have been in the streets fighting, that you have given me hope for the country that I never thought I would have before. Read More...

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URGENT: to the 72% of NYC Residents who Support Occupy Wall Street: WE NEED YOU NOW!

Posted 3 weeks ago on Nov. 17, 2011, 2:50 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

We are gathering at 3PM today at subway stations across the five burroughs. We will occupy the subway, and convene at Foley Square tonight at 5PM. Read More...

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NYPD Swarming Liberty Square in Bloody Assault.

Posted 3 weeks ago on Nov. 17, 2011, 2:05 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Live Updates

  • 3:26 pm: video of bloodied protestor *warning: graphic content
  • 3:12 pm: thousands marching down both sides of Broadways toward Union Square; others taking subways throughout the five boroughs Read More...

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Thousands Occupy Wall Street: All Entry Points to New York Stock Exchange Blockaded

Posted Nov. 17, 2011, 12:35 p.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Watch Wall Street Shut Down. Live.

Posted Nov. 17, 2011, 7:32 a.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Wall Street Against the Mafia

Posted Nov. 17, 2011, 2:50 a.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

#OWS calls for nonviolent solidarity on November 17th

Posted 3 weeks ago on Nov. 16, 2011, 7:14 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

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From Those Inside Of Central Booking

Posted 3 weeks ago on Nov. 16, 2011, 5:24 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

While we've been imprisoned here we've held Assemblies and Mic Checked corrections officers to attend to urgent medical conditions, some of which were the result of police brutality during the raids. There is no food except for bread, no cleanliness, no hygene, no waters, no showers. There are non-occupiers who are suffering here as well.

We do not know what we have been charged with.

We want freedom!

This message was consensed upon by a group of occupiers imprisoned by Billionare Michael Bloomberg and his private army, and relayed to members of the Legal Working Group of #ows.

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#N17 Global Day Of Action!

Posted 3 weeks ago on Nov. 16, 2011, 4:40 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Sixty days into the struggle #OccupyWallStreet was violently evicted by the NYPD, who leveled our homes at Liberty Square to the ground. Our movement, however, is stronger than it has ever been. In these sixty days we have brought about a massive awakening, perhaps the largest one in the country since the Civil Rights Movement fifty years ago, and certainly the first global one in modern history. People around the world, from Spain to Australia, from Chile to the U.S. have opened their eyes together to the decadence and injustice of the common system that exploits us. This is what we mean when we say with the deepest significance: you cannot stop an idea whose time has come. Read More...

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Mass Day of Action on 2-Month Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street

Posted 3 weeks ago on Nov. 16, 2011, 3:27 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Tomorrow, Thursday November 17th, marks two months since the start of Occupy Wall Street as well as International Students Day. To commemorate this two month anniversary, Occupy Wall Street will take to the streets in celebration and in solidarity with people around the world participating in a massive global day of action in hundreds of cities.

In the wake of Bloomberg's predawn raid of Occupy Wall Street on Tuesday morning, thousands of people throughout the five boroughs and the greater region will join together to take nonviolent action tomorrow. We will gather to resist austerity, rebuild the economy, and reclaim our democracy. We will no longer tolerate a system that only serves the very rich and powerful. Right now Wall Street owns Washington. We are the 99% and we are here to reclaim our democracy.

Schedule for New York #N17 Actions below. Read More...

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#OWS holds Action Council and Spokes Council Tonight!

Posted 3 weeks ago on Nov. 16, 2011, 3:19 p.m. EST by carbonogram

There are two councils happening tonight: Read More...

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Billionaire Michael Bloomberg's New York

Posted Nov. 16, 2011, 3 p.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

100 March on NYPD 1st Precinct to Demand Dignity;
 Women in Custody Being Harassed, Police Protocols In Question

Posted Nov. 16, 2011, 12:54 a.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

This Is What Democracy Looks Like: Huge General Assembly in Progress at Liberty Square

Posted Nov. 15, 2011, 8:40 p.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

NYPD Occupying Liberty Square; Demands Unclear

Posted Nov. 15, 2011, 6:51 p.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

URGENT: EVERYONE TO LIBERTY SQUARE! NOW! WE ARE RE-OCCUPYING!

Posted Nov. 15, 2011, 5:59 p.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Judge REJECTS Temporary Restraining Order to Allow Liberty Square Reoccupation

Posted 3 weeks ago on Nov. 15, 2011, 4:56 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

from the ruling:

The movants have not demonstrated that they have a First Amendment right to remain in Zuccotti Park, along with their tents, structures, generators, and other installations to the exclusion of the owner's reasonable rights and duties to maintain Zuccotti Park, or to the rights to public access of others who might wish to use the space safely. Neither have the applicants shown a right to a temporary restraining order that would restrict the City's enforcement of law so as to promote public health and safety.

Therefore, petitioners application for a temporary restraining order is denied.

click here for full text of ruling

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Help Occupy Wall Street, Liberty Square, From New York and Afar

Posted Nov. 15, 2011, 4:02 p.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

OWS Awaits Ruling to Reoccupy

Posted Nov. 15, 2011, 3:49 p.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

A Call to Occupy

Posted Nov. 15, 2011, 8:23 a.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

9AM Post-Raid Rally and General Assembly

Posted Nov. 15, 2011, 6:57 a.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

You can't evict an idea whose time has come.

Posted Nov. 15, 2011, 1:36 a.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

NYPD IS RAIDING OCCUPY WALL STREET

Posted Nov. 15, 2011, 1:20 a.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Poster for N17 Mass Direct Action: Print and Post Freely!

Posted Nov. 14, 2011, 10:53 a.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Thousands Rally to Resist Occupy Portland Evictions

Posted Nov. 13, 2011, 2:04 p.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Denver Under Attack: Occupiers Take Streets Facing Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets

Posted Nov. 12, 2011, 7:41 p.m. EST (4 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Direct Action Training

Posted Nov. 11, 2011, 4:17 p.m. EST (4 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

11.11.11 Veterans Day Concert and Rally for the 99%. Foley Square 1pm.

Posted Nov. 10, 2011, 2:16 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

A victory for the 99% in Ohio

Posted Nov. 9, 2011, 2:56 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Wall Street and Teamsters to Occupy Sotheby's Tonight

Posted Nov. 9, 2011, 2:41 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Federal Reserve Global Phonecast

Posted Nov. 9, 2011, 2:19 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Join the "Occupy Your Block" Sidewalk Chalk Campaign

Posted Nov. 8, 2011, 10:22 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Urgent Help: Occupy Edmonton In Need Of Winter Equipment

Posted 1 month ago on Nov. 8, 2011, 6:28 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Edmonton has a strong and growing community of supporters. Over the past 21 days we have been able to set-up and serve the needs, not only of our community, but many others as well. We have been giving clothing donations to many members disenfranchised by our society and have provided an active food service. We also provide a base of resistance in Alberta, generally referred to as the "Texas of the north" and less than 200 km from the tar sands the largest and one of the most destructive energy developments on the planet.

Donation Link

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Everyone has the Right to Occupy Space, Safely

Posted Nov. 8, 2011, 4:07 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Planting Change: Guerrilla Gardening and the Occupy Movement

Posted Nov. 8, 2011, 1:35 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Tonight: A Dialogue with Occupy El Bario & OWS

Posted Nov. 7, 2011, 9:02 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy The Highway: The 99% March to Washington

Posted Nov. 7, 2011, 5:30 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Spokes Council Meeting Tonight

Posted Nov. 7, 2011, 5:14 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Dallas Calls for General Strike: Nov. 30th

Posted Nov. 7, 2011, 2:07 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

OWS Teams Up with the Street Vendor Project

Posted Nov. 7, 2011, 9:23 a.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

"End to End for 99%" — 11-mile Neighborhood March of the 99%

Posted Nov. 7, 2011, 9:17 a.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Too Small to Fail: Occupy Mosier

Posted Nov. 6, 2011, 5:27 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Guest Post from an Arrestee of the 99%

Posted Nov. 6, 2011, 1:29 a.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Sunday: Global Uprisings--Egypt, Tunisia, Iran & Activists @ OWS

Posted Nov. 6, 2011, 12:35 a.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

The 99% visit Governor Walker

Posted Nov. 4, 2011, 10:16 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Transforming Harm & Building Safety: Confronting Sexual Violence At Occupy Wall Street & Beyond

Posted Nov. 4, 2011, 7:22 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Wall Street: Improving Quality of Life for the 99%

Posted 1 month ago on Nov. 4, 2011, 2:53 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

The participants of Occupy Wall Street are working for a better quality of life for the 99%. We are everyday Americans who want our voices and every voice to count in the political process. We want policy that looks out for all of our health and economic well-being — not a system that's rigged to look out for only the interests of the very wealthy and powerful.

While we work for these goals, we also occupy a physical space in lower Manhattan, and we work hard to create a safe, secure, and positive environment for everyone who comes to Liberty Square (Zuccotti Park). We have been working diligently to be good neighbors to area residents and businesses. Here are some of the ways we have been making measurable progress on quality of life issues:

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Don't Be Big Banks' Puppet; No Immunity Deal for Crooks

Posted Nov. 4, 2011, 11:28 a.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Wall Street to Mayor Bloomberg: Get Your Facts Straight; Stop the Fear Mongering

Posted Nov. 4, 2011, 12:42 a.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Eviction Defense!

Posted Nov. 3, 2011, 7:25 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Stephen Colbert's Plot to Co-opt Occupy Wall Street Foiled by Ketchup and Justin

Posted Nov. 3, 2011, 12:55 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Liberty Square Adopts a Spokes Council

Posted Nov. 3, 2011, 10:21 a.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

The People vs. Goldman Sachs - Trial and March!

Posted Nov. 3, 2011, 12:08 a.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Rule of Law vs. the Forces of Order

Posted Nov. 2, 2011, 7:52 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

General Strike Shuts Down Oakland. Watch Live!

Posted Nov. 2, 2011, 1:22 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Call To Action - Join The Month Of Global Uprising

Posted Nov. 1, 2011, 7:28 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

A New World

Posted Nov. 1, 2011, 5:30 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Military Veterans Join the 99% on Wall Street

Posted Nov. 1, 2011, 2:27 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Oakland Calls For City-Wide General Strike, Nov 2

Posted Oct. 30, 2011, 9 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Urgent: Winter Donation Needs

Posted Oct. 29, 2011, 10:54 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Enacting the Impossible (On Consensus Decision Making)

Posted Oct. 29, 2011, 9:55 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by David-Graeber

#ows and #occupythehood March In Solidarity With Those Foreclosed On By Criminal Banks

Posted 1 month ago on Oct. 28, 2011, 5:39 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Jamaica Queens, NY—On Saturday, October 29th Occupy Wall Street, in solidarity with Occupy the Hood, will take action against the homelessness forced upon innocent Americans through criminal foreclosure practices. At 10:00am we will gather at Liberty Square and march to the J train, which we will take to Jamaica, Queens, the foreclosure capital of New York. Metro fare will be provided for those who need it. On the subway we will hold democratic forums on the intolerable hardships Americans have been suffering because of bank foreclosures. Read More...

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Occupy Wall St. And Allies Rally & March United for Civil Rights

Posted Oct. 27, 2011, 8:46 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

#ows Takes The Streets In Solidarity With #occupyoakland

Posted Oct. 27, 2011, 2:53 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy The DOE

Posted Oct. 27, 2011, 12:53 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Tonight: Vigils Across America for Scott Olsen, Marine Veteran Critically Injured by Police Projectile at #OccupyOakland

Posted Oct. 27, 2011, 12:13 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Deliver Your Message To The 1%

Posted Oct. 27, 2011, 12:08 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

We are all Scott Olsen: Occupy Oakland #OWS

Posted Oct. 26, 2011, 8:53 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

#ows Response To Government Violence At #occupyoakland | Solidarity March At 9PM From Liberty Square

Posted Oct. 26, 2011, 3:47 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Solidarity with Oakland | Exposing Police Lies

Posted Oct. 26, 2011, 3:14 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Wall Street Takes On Health Insurance Industry

Posted Oct. 26, 2011, 1:28 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

The 1% have Addresses. The 99% have Messages.

Posted 1 month ago on Oct. 25, 2011, 6:43 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Occupy the Boardroom!

Life gets awfully lonely for those at the top. What can we do to let them know someone's thinking of them? Maybe they need some new friends! We've thought of two ways we can help them with that: Read More...

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Solidarity Statement From Cairo

Posted Oct. 25, 2011, 2:39 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Protect Occupy Baltimore

Posted Oct. 25, 2011, 2:10 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupied Wall Street Journal's New Site

Posted Oct. 25, 2011, 4:13 a.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Drumming and the Occupation

Posted Oct. 24, 2011, 6:57 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

"Where Do We Go From Here?"

Posted Oct. 23, 2011, 9:32 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Chicago Being Dispersed / Arrested By Police Presently

Posted Oct. 23, 2011, 2:31 a.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

STOP & FRISK HAS GOT TO GO! Solidarity with #occupyharlem.

Posted Oct. 22, 2011, 6:35 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Columbus Circle

Posted Oct. 21, 2011, 5:18 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Demands Working Group

Posted Oct. 21, 2011, 3:01 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

As We Gather Together

Posted Oct. 21, 2011, 12:55 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Wall Street Survey

Posted Oct. 21, 2011, 9:48 a.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Stop The Spectra Pipeline | Meet-Up at Liberty Square at 5 P.M. For Die-In at P.S. 41

Posted 1 month ago on Oct. 20, 2011, 2:15 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

OWS is fighting to strengthen democracy, and to end the domination of big money interests.Fracking is a clear example of how the power of money trumps common sense and controls our democracy. Fracking is incredibly destructive to the environment and human health.

On Thursday, October 20th at five in the afternoon the residents of Liberty Square will march to the FERC hearing on the Spectra Pipeline at P.S. 41, located at 116 West 11th Street (between 6th and 7th avenues).

Shortly before the hearings begin at seven in the evening we will stage a die-in to illustrate the likely results of this disasterous proposal by a disreputable corporation intent on infecting our drinking water with by-products from fracking. After the die-in members of #ows will enter the hearing and respectfully engage in participatory direct action against this catastrophic project.

Do not let the destruction and death that occured due to corporate negligence in San Bruno, California last year happen in the West Village.

Come and speak for #ows, come and speak for yourself. We will see you there.

Submit comments to FERC online or by mail prior to Oct. 31st if you cannot attend the hearing

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Parents for Occupy Wall Street Family Sleepover

Posted Oct. 20, 2011, 12:13 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

America Supports #OWS

Posted Oct. 20, 2011, 11:06 a.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

10 a.m. All Hands on Deck for Square Reorganizing!

Posted Oct. 20, 2011, 12:31 a.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

OWS Snapshot

Posted Oct. 19, 2011, 3:30 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

70% of #OWS Supporters are Politically Independent

Posted Oct. 19, 2011, 2:11 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Wall Street Marks One Month

Posted Oct. 17, 2011, 8:20 a.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

From Tahrir Square to Times Square: Protests Erupt in Over 1,500 Cities Worldwide

Posted Oct. 16, 2011, 1:08 a.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

October 15th - Global Day Of Action

Posted 1 month ago on Oct. 15, 2011, 6:12 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

NYC Live Updates

  • 12:40 a.m. Police are barricading Washington Square Park from the public. Property not people.

  • 12:12 a.m. Police are advancing on bystanders standing outside the South side of Washington Square Park.

  • 12:09 a.m. Police have sealed the North and South side of Washington Square Park.

  • 11:54 p.m. Police in riot gear are advancing on peaceful occupiers in Washington Square Park.

  • 11:34 p.m. Police are massing at Washington Square Park. Police are moving on #occupychicago

  • 9:48 p.m. 3,000 at Washington Square now, about to have a General Assembly, 70 arrests total for today.

  • 9:02 p.m. 42 arrests on 47th.

  • 8:50 p.m. 700 reported in Washington Square Park. Music and food there.

  • 8:30 p.m. Scanner says riot cops in full gear, nets out, headed to the crowd, 47th and 6th.

  • 8:11 p.m. White shirt just ordered #NYPD line AWAY from barricades. Crowd ROARS

  • 8:08 p.m. Tension escalating, police ordering protesters to step away from barricades.

  • 8:02 p.m. Mario: 4 paddy wagons and arrests at 46 and 6th ave.

  • 8:00 p.m. Police are arresting occupiers at 46th and 6th.

  • 7:30 p.m. Unconfirmed estimates ranging as high as 50,000 people in Times Square.

  • 6:45 p.m. Police have trapped people in times square with barricades.

  • 6:35 p.m. A horse just went down. Crowd is going wild. NYPD says anyone near barricade is going to jail. This is is inexcusable. (Source)

  • 6:22 p.m. Police on horseback arrive. Police pulling people out of crowd and attacking them. Protesters are rushing barricades.

  • 6:10 p.m. Police in riot gear retreat.

  • 6:05 p.m. Police are in riot gear.

  • 6:00 p.m. Backup has arrived. Estimated 15,000 in Times Square

  • 5:49 p.m. Orange nets along Broadway.

  • 5:45 p.m. Five thousand more on their way from Liberty Square and other locations.

  • 5:30 p.m. Thousands arrive in Time Square. Now livestreaming:http://www.livestream.com/occupywallstnyc

  • 5:13 p.m. March now 7 blocks from Times Square.

  • 4:18 p.m. March from Washington Square Park is at 20th St and 6th Ave.

  • 3:40 p.m. March from Washington Square Park is at 11th St and 6th Ave. At least five thousand strong.

  • 3:36 p.m. It appears that Twitter is censoring our updates.

  • 3:26 p.m. General Assembly of Washington Square Park marches on Times Square. 8th st and 6th ave.

  • 3:19 p.m. Zombie group arriving in Washington Square Park. Hundreds march from Liberty Square to Citibank at 555 La Guardia Place in solidarity with arrested occupiers.

  • 2:43 p.m. Around four thousand in Washington Square Park. Around three thousand in Liberty Square.

  • 2:28 p.m. Police at 555 La Guardia Place are arresting occupiers in Citibank who are attempting to close their accounts.

  • 2:23 p.m. At least 22 arrested in Citibank.

  • 2:19 p.m. Citibank action 555 La Guardia Place. Occupiers are inside and currently being arrested.

  • 1:57 p.m. March from Liberty Square reaches Washington Square Park. Thousands in the General Assembly meet them chanting, "Wall Street, no thanks - we don't need your greedy banks."

  • 1:49 p.m. March from Liberty Square passes Waverly Place, nears Washington Square Park.

  • 1:29 p.m.. Two thousand are gathered for General Assembly in Washington Square Park. Thousands more are marching to meet them.

  • 1:23 p.m. At least twenty NYPD vehicles heading to Washington Square Park.

  • 1:16 p.m. March from Liberty Square to Washington Square Park passes 6th and Broome.

  • 1:05 p.m. Poetry cipher broke out during the Bronx General Assembly on the 4 train.

  • 12:54 p.m. Bronx Police hold entrance to subway open for Bronx General Assembly - march heads downtown for free, filling two entire cars.

  • 12:35 p.m. March from Liberty Square to Washington Square Park passes Church and Chambers - numbers more than a thousand.

Schedule

11AM - MARCH ON THE BANKS
From Liberty Square to Chase
We will then march to student meet up at Wash. Sq. Park
Facebook
moveyourmoneyproject.org

11AM - OCCUPY THE BRONX MEET-UP
Facebook

12PM - ANTI-WAR MARCH AND TEACH-IN
Wall Street And Broadway 
Facebook

12PM - MASS STUDENT GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Washington Square Park -
Student meet up and student loan lender bank action
Facebook

1PM - #SankofaDay
Sponsered by the Malcolm X Grass Roots Movement
Liberty Plaza/Zuccotti Park
Facebook

3:30PM - ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION AGAINST MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVAL
New York Public Library Main Entrance
42 and 5th avenue

4PM - OCCU-PIE TIMES SQUARE RECRUITMENT CENTER
Facebook

5PM - TAKE TIME SQUARE CONVERGENCE/ OCCUPATION PARTY
The Occupation Party & Facebook

Media

Washington Square Park, NYC

Times Square, NYC

Bronx, NYC

Madrid

Hong Kong

London

Rome

Berlin

Tel Aviv

Amsterdam

Los Angeles

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The 1% Have Addresses. The 99% Have Messages

Posted 1 month ago on Oct. 15, 2011, 11:43 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Life sure is tough for those at the top and it must get awfully lonely. Working day and night to ravage the global economy through neoliberal policy is a thankless job. The following website lists the names of many powerful financial executives and it's time we all sent them a warm thank youfor the hard work they've been doing ;)

http://www.occupytheboardroom.org/

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October 15th Call to Action

Posted 1 month ago on Oct. 14, 2011, 11:08 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Over the last 30 years, the 1% have created a global economic system - neoliberalism - that attacks our human rights and destroys our environment. Neoliberalism is worldwide - it is the reason you no longer have a job, it is the reason you cannot afford healthcare, education, food, your mortgage.
Neoliberalism is your future stolen.

Neoliberalism is everywhere, gutting labor standards, living wages, social contracts, and environmental protections. It is "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money." It is a system that ravages the global south and creates global financial crisis - crisis in Spain, in Greece, in the United States. It is a system built on greed and thrives on destablizing shocks.
It allows the 1% to enrich themselves by impoverishing humanity.

This has to stop!
We must usher in an era of democratic and economic justice.
We must change, we must evolve.

On October 15th the world will rise up as one and say, "We have had enough! We are a new beginning, a global fight on on all fronts that will usher in an era of shared prosperity, respect, mutual aid, and dignity."

Actions in NYC

October 15th: Occupy Banks from Mary Matthews on Vimeo.

Actions worldwide

Take The Square

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#OWS VICTORY: The people have prevailed, gear up for global day of action

Posted 1 month ago on Oct. 14, 2011, 8:51 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

People power triumphs over Wall Street's bid to end the protests mayor bloomberg and Brookfield Inc. back down on eviction world prepares for day of action Saturday October 15 in 950+ cities in 82 countries. We Are Winning!

NEW YORK, NY – Over 3,000 people gathered at Liberty Plaza in the pre-dawn hours this morning to defend the peaceful Occupation near Wall Street. The crowd cheered at the news that multinational real estate firm Brookfield Properties will postpone its so-called "cleanup" of the park and that Mayor Bloomberg has told the NYPD to stand down on orders to remove protesters. On the eve of the October 15 global day of action against Wall Street greed, this development has emboldened the movement and sent a clear message that the power of the people has prevailed against Wall Street.

"We are winning and Wall Street is afraid," said Kira Moyer-Sims, a protester from Portland, Oregon. "This movement is gaining momentum and is too big to fail."

"Brookfield Properties is the 1%. They have invested $24 billion in mortgage-backed securities, so as millions face foreclosure and eviction due to predatory lending and the burst of the housing bubble that Wall Street created, its not surprising they threatened to evict Occupy Wall Street," said Patrick Bruner, an organizer with Occupy Wall Street from the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn. "But Brookfield and Bloomberg have backed down and our movement is only growing as the 99% take to the streets world wide to call for economic justice."

The early morning announcement from the Mayor's office in New York came after 300,000+ Americans signed petitions to stop the eviction, and flooded the 311 phone network in solidarity with those in Liberty Square. At 6 AM this morning, 3,000+ New Yorkers, unions, students, and others joined the occupiers in the square to send a clear message to the 1% who want to silence this peaceful assembly of the 99%. Donations poured into the protesters from Italy, England, Mexico and many other countries by everyday people hoping to help the movement grow.

"For too long the 99% have been ignored as our economic system has collapsed. The banks got bailouts and we've been sold out, " said Harrison Schultz, business analyst from Brooklyn . "Wall Street's greed has corrupted our country and is killing our planet. But today we celebrate victory and vow to keep fighting for justice and change on Wall Street, and in over 100 cities in the US and over 950 cities globally."

On October 15th, Occupy Wall Street will demonstrate in concert over 951 cities in 82 countries and counting as people around the globe protest in an international day of solidarity against the greed and corruption of the 1%.

Occupy Wall Street is a people powered movement that began on September 17, 2011 in Liberty Square in Manhattan's Financial District, and has spread to over 100 cities in the United States and actions in over 1,500 cities globally. #OWS is fighting back against the corrosive power of major banks and multinational corporations on the democratic process, and the role of Wall Street in creating an economic collapse that caused the greatest recession in generations. The movement is inspired by uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia, Spain, Greece, Italy and the UK, and aims to expose how the richest 1% of people who are writing the rules of the global economy and are imposing an agenda of neoliberalism and economic inequality.

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Parents bring Children to #ows tonight

Posted 1 month ago on Oct. 14, 2011, 6:29 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Families are joining the movement to reclaim our future from Wall Street tonight by joining a child-friendly camp out at Liberty Square. The presence of children and youth in the occupation highlights the threat Wall Street's greed poses to future generations. Parents are bringing their sons and daughters to Occupy Wall Street to educate them about our broken economic system, and alternatives that could help save the planet and provide a future for the next generation.

Family Sleep Over @ Occupy Wall Street Press Conference When: Friday, Oct. 14, 8 p.m. Where: 60 Wall Street (public atrium)

Who should come? Families who are ready to join the 99% conversation Bloomberg's plans to remove protestors against their will from Zuccotti Park/Liberty Plaza for cleaning, have forced Parents for Occupy Wall Street to cancel our Friday night Family Sleep Out, but we will not be silenced.

We invite parents to come to 60 Wall Street, Friday night at 8 p.m. with their children to share the message that families are a central part of the Occupy Wall Street conversation. We welcome you to join the assembly, and bring your issues to light. There is nothing less attractive to the Bloomberg administration and other pols than to see parents and their children so invested in Occupy Wall Street that they would spend the night in a public park with their children.

The presence of parents and children at Occupy Wall Street is a direct challenge to the misconception that this is a movement that only represents the young, the radical and the broke. It does, in fact, represent all of those parties – but it's also made up of families and children who are ready to join the conversation with a list of issues, including home foreclosures, slashed public school budgets, lack of jobs, insufficient health care insurance and more. Show your kids – and our city – what democracry REALLY looks like. What is the 99% School?

The 99% School is here to represent the children and families whose voices are too often disregarded. We will contribute to sustained efforts at Occupy Wall Street with weekly teach-ins for children about the issues facing the 99%. We also seek to build alliances with other families groups supporting Occupy Wall Street. We will not be moved, and our children will be heard!

http://www.parentsforoccupywallst.com/

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EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION: Keep Bloomberg and Kelly From Evicting #OWS

Posted 1 month ago on Oct. 13, 2011, 2:14 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

EMERGENCY #OWS EVICTION DEFENSE:
Prevent the forcible closure of Occupy Wall Street

Tell Bloomberg: Don't Foreclose the Occupation.

NEED MASS TURN-OUT, SHOW UP NO LATER THAN 6 A.M.

This is an emergency situation. Please take a minute to read this, and please take action and spread the word far and wide.

Occupy Wall Street is gaining momentum, with occupation actions now happening in cities across the world.

But last night Mayor Bloomberg and the NYPD notified Occupy Wall Street participants about plans to "clean the park"—the site of the Wall Street protests—tomorrow starting at 7am. "Cleaning" was used as a pretext to shut down "Bloombergville" a few months back, and to shut down peaceful occupations elsewhere.

Bloomberg says that the park will be open for public usage following the cleaning, but with a notable caveat: Occupy Wall Street participants must follow the "rules".

NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has said that they will move in to clear us and we will not be allowed to take sleeping bags, tarps, personal items or gear back into the park.

This is it—this is their attempt to shut down #OWS for good.

PLEASE TAKE ACTION

1) Call 311 (or +1 (212) NEW-YORK if you're out of town) and tell Bloomberg to support our right to assemble and to not interfere with #OWS.

2) Come to #OWS TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT to defend the occupation from eviction.

For those of you who plan to help us hold our ground—which we hope will be all of you—make sure you understand the possible consequences. Be prepared to not get much sleep. Be prepared for possible arrest. Make sure your items are together and ready to go (or already out of the park.) We are pursuing all possible strategies; this is a message of solidarity.

Click here to learn nonviolent tactics for holding ground.


Occupy Wall Street is committed to keeping the park clean and safe—we even have a Sanitation Working Group whose purpose this is. We are organizing major cleaning operations today and will do so regularly.

If Bloomberg truly cares about sanitation here he should support the installation of portopans and dumpsters. #OWS allies have been working to secure these things to support our efforts.

We know where the real dirt is: on Wall Street. Billionaire Bloomberg is beholden to bankers.

We won't allow Bloomberg and the NYPD to foreclose our occupation. This is an occupation, not a permitted picnic.

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How To Hold Your Ground

Posted 1 month ago on Oct. 13, 2011, 2:12 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Delia Smith's Basic Blockading

Starting at midnight through tomorrow morning, we will hold our ground against police aggression and assert the right of the people to peaceful assembly. The following are links to resources on using nonviolent tactics to defend Liberty Plaza.

Basic Strategy: Sit down, link arms and do not let go! If the police drag you away, you can comply or go limp (both calmly and silently) which is arguably not resisting arrest. Please also respect a diversity of tactics.

For those of you who plan to stick around PAST MIDNIGHT—which we hope will be all of you—make sure you understand the possible consequences. Be prepared to not get much sleep. Be prepared for possible arrest. Make sure your items are together and ready to go (or already out of the park.) We are pursuing all possible strategies; this is a message of solidarity.

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GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY

Posted 1 month ago on Oct. 13, 2011, 2:10 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Following respectful and good-faith dialogue with members of the local community which has been rebuilding since the trauma of 9/11, Occupy Wall Street hereby announces the following Good Neighbor Policy:

OWS has zero tolerance for drugs or alcohol anywhere in Liberty Plaza;

Zero tolerance for violence or verbal abuse towards anyone;

Zero tolerance for abuse of personal or public property.

OWS will limit drumming on the site to 2 hours per day, between the hours of 11am and 5pm only.

OWS encourages all participants to respect health and sanitary regulations, and will direct all participants to respectfully utilize appropriate off-site sanitary facilities.

OWS will display signage and have community relations and security monitors in Liberty Plaza, in order to ensure awareness of and respect for our guidelines and Good Neighbor Policy.

OWS will at all times have a community relations representative on-site, to monitor and respond to community concerns and complaints.

Occupy Wall Street October 13, 2011

Note: In conjunction with local community members and their representatives, OWS is also working to establish off-site sanitary facilities such as port-a-potties.

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Mr. Auctioneer! New Yorkers Call for Moratorium on Foreclosures. Organizing for Occupation and Occupy Wall Street visit the courts!

Posted 1 month ago on Oct. 13, 2011, 2:13 a.m. EST by anonymous

New Yorkers will gather outside the Kings County Supreme Court on Thursday, October 13 at 3 pm to raise awareness of the foreclosure auctions that take place there each week.

Every week in New York City, in all five boroughs, homes are put up for auction and sale. Speculators purchase homes at discounted rates and flip them. Banks buy back homes to balance their books, evicting the homeowners and letting the homes lie vacant.

Wall Street is the cause of this systematic displacement of New Yorkers. Wall Street bankers turned mortgages into "securitized instruments" and sold them for profit. Their greed demanded the creation of more and more mortgage-backed securities. Without blinking, they used predatory loans to lure homeowners into mortgages with impossible—and unseen—interest rates.

Occupy Wall Street and Organizing for Occupation (the group that led the eviction blockade at Mary Lee Ward's Bed-Stuy home on August 19, 2011) have teamed up to raise awareness about the weekly auctions and to hold Wall Street accountable for the foreclosure crisis!

OCCUPY WALL STREET and ORGANIZING FOR OCCUPATION calls for an IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM ON ALL FORECLOSURES IN NEW YORK STATE until loans are made fair and sustainable!

Thursday, October 13, 2011, at 2:30 pm Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn Rally in Columbus Park (next to Borough Hall) 2/3 and 4/5 to Borough Hall, N/R to Court Street, A/C/F to Jay Street

Organizing for Occupation web site: http://www.o4onyc.org

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October 15th Global Day Of Action

Posted 1 month ago on Oct. 12, 2011, 3:57 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

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:

Please spread the web page of the call http://15october.net/, the graphic materialhttp://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 to everybody that this is not just one mobilization. It's more of "we are reinventing ourselves". Tell the occupiers how the movement is popping all over the world that extend from the streets of the Middle East to Wall Street. Also tell the occupiers that over 650 cities have already confirmed they will do an event on October 15th . You can check inhttp://map.15october.net/ and if a city plans to do an event invite; tell them to add it to the map.http://map.15october.net/reports/submit Explain to them that 15O is the moment to wake up all of us together and especially tell them that it is in their hands to make it a success. It's not any more about parties, organizations or unions. The call should come from all of the organizations and 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 would 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.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 to plan the details and discuss the preparation of the events for the 15th. There will also be a chat http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=15october&prompt=1 , an audio-chat (mumble: Download inhttp://mumble.sourceforge.net/ Host:tomalaplaza.net Port:64738, see the tutorial inhttp://takethesquare.net/2011/10/04/mumble-setup-walkthrough/) and a collaborative document pad http://titanpad.com/15october open to everybody, so during the 48 hours people from all the world will be able of talking about the ideas and activities decided in their squares with every other occupation in the world! All the channels will be open for everybody...just participate!

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#OWS Stands In Solidarity With 100 Arrested At Occupy Boston

Posted 2 months ago on Oct. 11, 2011, 11:52 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Wall Street would like to express our support and solidarity with both the people of Boston and the 100+ arrested at Occupy Boston last night. We commend them for their bravery in standing their ground at great personal cost to assert the right of the people to peaceful assembly in public spaces.

http://occupyboston.com/2011/10/11/boston-police-brutally-assault-occupy-boston/

We condemn the Boston Police Department for their brutality in ordering their officers to descend upon the Occupy Boston tent city in full riot gear to assault, mass arrest, and destroy the possessions of these peaceful women and men. We condemn them for ordering this attack in the middle of the night. These people were not simply protesters holding a rally, it was their home, it was their community and it was violated in the worst possible way by the brutal actions of the BPD. Furthermore:

The Boston Police Department made no distinction between protesters, medics, or legal observers, arresting legal observer Urszula Masny-Latos, who serves as the Executive Director for the National Lawyers Guild, as well as four medics attempting to care for the injured. [emphasis mine]

These actions go beyond unconscionable, they're unthinkable. If this was war, the BPD could be found guilty of war crimes:

Chapter IV, Article 25 of the Geneva Convention states that "Members of the armed forces specially trained for employment, should the need arise, as hospital orderlies, nurses or auxiliary stretcher-bearers, in the search for or the collection, transport or treatment of the wounded and sick shall likewise be respected and protected if they are carrying out these duties at the time when they come into contact with the enemy or fall into his hands.

Every day the actions of the BPD, NYPD, etc. continue to remind us that the police no longer fight to "protect and serve" the American people, but rather the wealth and power of the 1%. With each passing day, as the violence of the state continues to escalate, the myth of American "democracy" becomes further shattered.

THIS IS WHAT A POLICE STATE LOOKS LIKE

And we are what democracy looks like. We do not fear your power and we will continue to fight for a better world. We will never stop growing and each day we'll continue to expand, block by block and city by city. We call upon others to join us, to take a stand against these ever encroaching threats to our liberty. We commend the brave actions of our sisters and brothers in Boston and condemn the BPD leadership. We call upon the rank-and-file police officers of this country to disobey such orders and remember that they protect and serve the people. You are one of us, the 99% and we're too big to fail.

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Sign Language

Posted 2 months ago on Oct. 9, 2011, 10:38 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

713 Comments

Today Liberty Plaza had a visit from Slavoj Zizek

Posted 2 months ago on Oct. 9, 2011, 6:04 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

 

Transcripts

Part One

…2008 financial crash more hard earned private property was destroyed than if all of us here were to be destroying it night and day for weeks. They tell you we are dreamers. The true dreamers are those who think things can go on indefinitely the way they are. We are not dreamers. We are awakening from a dream which is tuning into a nightmare. We are not destroying anything. We are only witnessing how the system is destroying itself. We all know the classic scenes from cartoons. The cart reaches a precipice. But it goes on walking. Ignoring the fact that there is nothing beneath. Only when it looks down and notices it, it falls down. This is what we are doing here. We are telling the guys there on Wall Street – Hey, look down! (cheering).

In April 2011, the Chinese government prohibited on TV and films and in novels all stories that contain alternate reality or time travel. This is a good sign for China. It means that people still dream about alternatives, so you have to prohibit this dream. Here we don't think of prohibition. Because the ruling system has even suppressed our capacity to dream. Look at the movies that we see all the time. It's easy to imagine the end of the world. An asteroid destroying all life and so on. But you cannot imagine the end of capitalism. So what are we doing here? Let me tell you a wonderful old joke from communist times.

A guy was sent from East Germany to work in Siberia. He knew his mail would be read by censors. So he told his friends: Let's establish a code. If the letter you get from me is written in blue ink ,it is true what I said. If it is written in red ink, it is false. After a month his friends get a first letter. Everything is in blue. It says, this letter: everything is wonderful here. Stores are full of good food. Movie theaters show good films from the West. Apartments are large and luxurious. The only thing you cannot buy is red ink.

This is how we live. We have all the freedoms we want. But what we are missing is red ink. The language to articulate our non-freedom. The way we are taught to speak about freedom war and terrorism and so on falsifies freedom. And this is what you are doing here: You are giving all of us red ink.

There is a danger. Don't fall in love with yourselves. We have a nice time here. But remember: carnivals come cheap. What matters is the day after. When we will have to return to normal life. Will there be any changes then. I don't want you to remember these days, you know, like - oh, we were young, it was beautiful. Remember that our basic message is: We are allowed to think about alternatives. The rule is broken. We do not live in the best possible world. But there is a long road ahead. There are truly difficult questions that confront us. We know what we do not want. But what do we want? What social organization can replace capitalism? What type of new leaders do we want?

Remember: the problem is not corruption or greed. The problem is the system that pushes you to give up. Beware not only of the enemies. But also of false friends who are already working to dilute this process. In the same way you get coffee without caffeine, beer without alcohol, ice cream without fat. They will try to make this into a harmless moral protest. They think (??? unintelligible). But the reason we are here is that we have enough of the world where to recycle coke cans…

Part Two

….Starbucks cappuccino. Where 1% goes to the world's starving children. It is enough to make us feel good. After outsourcing work and torture. After the marriage agencies are now outsourcing even our love life, daily.

Mic check

We can see that for a long time we allowed our political engagement also to be outsourced. We want it back. We are not communists. If communism means the system which collapsed in 1990, remember that today those communists are the most efficient ruthless capitalists. In China today we have capitalism which is even more dynamic than your American capitalism but doesn't need democracy. Which means when you criticize capitalism, don't allow yourselves to be blackmailed that you are against democracy. The marriage between democracy and capitalism is over.

The change is possible. So, what do we consider today possible? Just follow the media. On the one hand in technology and sexuality everything seems to be possible. You can travel to the moon. You can become immortal by biogenetics. You can have sex with animals or whatever. But look at the fields of society and economy. There almost everything is considered impossible. You want to raise taxes a little bit for the rich, they tell you it's impossible, we lose competitivitiy. You want more money for healthcare: they tell you impossible, this means a totalitarian state. There is something wrong in the world where you are promised to be immortal but cannot spend a little bit more for health care. Maybe that ??? set our priorities straight here. We don't want higher standards of living. We want better standards of living. The only sense in which we are communists is that we care for the commons. The commons of nature. The commons of what is privatized by intellectual property. The commons of biogenetics. For this and only for this we should fight.

Communism failed absolutely. But the problems of the commons are here. They are telling you we are not Americans here. But the conservative fundamentalists who claim they are really American have to be reminded of something. What is Christianity? It's the Holy Spirit. What's the Holy Spirit? It's an egalitarian community of believers who are linked by love for each other. And who only have their own freedom and responsibility to do it. In this sense the Holy Spirit is here now. And down there on Wall Street there are pagans who are worshipping blasphemous idols. So all we need is patience. The only thing I'm afraid of is that we will someday just go home and then we will meet once a year, drinking beer, and nostalgically remembering what a nice time we had here. Promise ourselves that this will not be the case.

We know that people often desire something but do not really want it. Don't be afraid to really want what you desire. Thank you very much!

Last Note

This is only a part of the entire speech he gave today, and if it was recorded in its entirety we'd be very glad to have a copy for transcription purposes.

(Thank you to everyone who offered transcripts, we had multiple offers)

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#ows Second General Assembly Of Manhattan Meets At 3PM In Washington Square Park - Anti-Flag To Play Set In Solidarity at Liberty Square

Posted 2 months ago on Oct. 8, 2011, 1:30 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

#ows is growing. We will be in a thousand cities in this country by the end of the month - hundreds of cities in other countries. We will see General Assemblies on six continents.

Liberty Square has grown exponentially over the last three weeks. It is time to form a second General Assembly in Manhattan. We expect more to follow.

On October eighth at three in the afternoon a General Assembly will convene in Washington Square Park. At the same time Anti-Flag will play an acoustic set in Liberty Square in solidarity with our movement's expansion.

We are growing. Block by block – city by city. We will see change in this country, in this world. It will happen sooner than you can imagine.

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AFT fully endorses Occupy Wall Street

Posted 2 months ago on Oct. 6, 2011, 4:48 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

The American Federation of Teachers Local 1839 fully endorses Occupy Wall Street.

In solidarity on behalf of our Local,

Ivan S. Steinberg, President AFT Local 1839

William Calathes, Executive Vice President AFT Local 1839

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This Site Has Nothing To Do With Us

Posted 2 months ago on Oct. 6, 2011, 11:48 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

occupyparty.org

We are not a political institution.

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#ows Takes Foley Square With Union Brothers And Sisters

Posted 2 months ago on Oct. 6, 2011, 4:03 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

The American Dream has been stolen from the world. Workers are told that they aren't allowed health care, shelter, food. Students are told that they aren't allowed jobs, and that they will be in debt for the rest of their lives, unable to declare bankruptcy. The 1% has destroyed this nation and its values through their greed. The 1% has stolen this world. We will not allow this to occur.

Supporters of #ows filled Foley Square past capacity and expressed their grievances with the economic and social injustice pervasive in our world. The 99% are growing louder and larger every day.

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Right Here All Over

Posted 2 months ago on Oct. 5, 2011, 10:29 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Directed by Alex Mallis + Lily Henderson
Cinematography by Ed David
Edited by Lily Henderson + Alex Mallis
Assistant Camera: Andrew McMullen + Diana Eliavoz
Assistant Producers: Dana Salvatore + Jillian Mason
Titles by Jason Drakeford.

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Police Use Pepper Spray And Batons On Protesters - At Least Twenty Arrested

Posted Oct. 5, 2011, 9:24 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Αλληλεγγύης

Posted Oct. 5, 2011, 5:14 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

#OccupyWallStreet Union March From Foley Square on Wall Street

Posted Oct. 4, 2011, 8:36 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupation Blues

Posted Oct. 4, 2011, 3:19 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

No Comment: Art Exhibit Inspired By Occupy Wall Street Oct 8th

Posted Oct. 4, 2011, 2:37 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

On Our Way To Brooklyn

Posted Oct. 3, 2011, 12:37 a.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Brooklyn Bridge Occupied

Posted Oct. 1, 2011, 4:56 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

"We are the 99%" Solidarity March with #OccupyWallStreet at 3 PM

Posted Oct. 1, 2011, 9:09 a.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Radiohead will NOT be playing

Posted Sept. 30, 2011, 4:30 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Take Back Boston!

Posted Sept. 30, 2011, 12:20 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Greetings from Occupied Wall Street,

Posted Sept. 30, 2011, 5:06 a.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Day 12

Posted Sept. 29, 2011, 10:26 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

A Message From Occupied Wall Street (Day Eleven)

Posted Sept. 28, 2011, 9:53 a.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Cornel West, Philosopher and Activist, to Speak at Occupy Wall Street Tonight At Seven

Posted Sept. 27, 2011, 5:28 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

A Message From Occupied Wall Street (Day Ten)

Posted Sept. 27, 2011, 2:31 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Immortal Technique

Posted Sept. 27, 2011, 4:20 a.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Noam Chomsky Announces Solidarity With #occupywallstreet

Posted Sept. 26, 2011, 6:57 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Officer Bologna

Posted Sept. 26, 2011, 3:53 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

A Message from Occupied Wall Street (Day Nine)

Posted Sept. 26, 2011, 4:03 a.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Block By Block, City By City

Posted Sept. 25, 2011, 5:56 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

March Guidelines

Posted Sept. 25, 2011, 12:23 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

A Message From Occupied Wall Street (Day Eight)

Posted Sept. 25, 2011, 5:09 a.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

At least four arrested, one for shooting photos UPDATE: at least eighty arrested, five maced | RETRACTION: no tear gas used

Posted Sept. 24, 2011, 8:11 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Call of Solidarity for Comrades Held in Van Outside 1st Precinct

Posted 2 months ago on Sept. 24, 2011, 6:09 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

This report just came in a half hour ago from the chair of the NYC IWW chapter:

Protesters arrested today (including the NYC IWW chair) are being locked inside a police van outside the:

1st Precinct Police Station
16 Ericsson Pl.
New York, NY 10013
+1 (212) 334-0611

They've been there for over an hour. One has a very bad concussion, possibly life threatening.

Right now the NYC IWW chair he is calling on us to send people NOW for help out and to demand medical care for our comrades.

If you can't make it in person then please call these numbers:

1st Precinct - (212) 334-0611 - 16 Ericsson Place
6th Precinct - (212) 741-4811 - 233 West 10 Street
NYPD Switchboard: 1-646-610-5000 Central booking: +1 (212) 374-3921
Deputy Commissioner of Public Information: +1 (646) 610-6700

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A Message From Occupied Wall Street (Day Seven)

Posted Sept. 24, 2011, 12:02 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Food fund will be used as a general fund

Posted Sept. 23, 2011, 8:03 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

At Sotheby's, Finally, the 99 Percent Were the Highest Bidder

Posted Sept. 23, 2011, 4:11 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

A Message From Occupied Wall Street (Day Six)

Posted Sept. 23, 2011, 3:30 a.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

At Least Six Arrested In Solidarity March For Troy Davis

Posted Sept. 22, 2011, 8:50 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Life at Liberty Plaza

Posted Sept. 22, 2011, 2:20 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

A Message From Occupied Wall Street (Day Five)

Posted Sept. 22, 2011, 3:51 a.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Retractions

Posted Sept. 22, 2011, 1:45 a.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Four arrests on Wednesday

Posted Sept. 21, 2011, 1:42 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

A Message From Occupied Wall Street (Day Four)

Posted Sept. 21, 2011, 11:08 a.m. EST (2 months ago) by easilydistr

An Invitation for the Weekend

Posted Sept. 21, 2011, 10:27 a.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Taking a moment to invite people in Northern California

Posted Sept. 20, 2011, 8:44 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by anonymous

Day 4: At least five arrested, one may be in critical condition

Posted Sept. 20, 2011, 1:01 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Third Communiqué: A Message From Occupied Wall Street

Posted Sept. 20, 2011, 8:50 a.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Second Communiqué: A Message From Occupied Wall Street

Posted Sept. 19, 2011, 8:50 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

First Communiqué: We Occupy Wall Street

Posted Sept. 19, 2011, 8:48 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Monday

Posted 2 months ago on Sept. 19, 2011, 4:09 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Occupation currently at Zuccotti Park now re-named Liberty Plaza.

Corner of Liberty st. and Broadway. Food and Democracy are free.

Come there Monday. Use #libertyPlaza to report from the ground.

General Assembly news and minutes at nycga.net

DONATE TO THE PEOPLE IN LIBERTY PLAZA

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Day 2 coverage

Posted Sept. 19, 2011, 3:51 a.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

A Modest Call to Action on this September 17th

Posted Sept. 17, 2011, 9:46 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

LiveStream of Wall St. Occupation

Posted Sept. 17, 2011, 1:27 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Call (516) 708-4777 for Help & Directions

Posted Sept. 16, 2011, 1:30 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Schedule information for the New York FUN Exchange

Posted Sept. 16, 2011, 8:32 a.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Orientation Guide

Posted Sept. 15, 2011, 3:41 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Wall Street Flyer

Posted Sept. 15, 2011, 2:31 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Print and online media

Posted Sept. 14, 2011, 5:22 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by drew

Sign Up Sheet for Brothers and Sisters Who Need a Place To Rest

Posted Sept. 13, 2011, 10:41 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Lead up to occupation

Posted Sept. 13, 2011, 5:18 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

#OCCUPYWALLSTREET will begin @12pm at Bowling Green Park, NYC

Posted Sept. 13, 2011, 9:53 a.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Where to Order Food to Help the Occupation

Posted 2 months ago on Sept. 12, 2011, 11:27 p.m. EST by chris

Several people have asked: if I can't make it to New York City for the occupation, but still want to help, what can I do?

One of many answers is to support those who are at the occupation on Wall Street by calling various delivery places in the area and having food sent to the site. Not only will you be providing food to hungry people, you will also be supporting local establishments as opposed to corporate chains. A list has been compiled of several pizzerias, health food places, and delis around the occupation area from which you can call and order food. The list can be found at here.

Finally, for those who ARE able to make it to the occupation, there will be food available that we will have bought through your generous donations. However, we'd also like to ask that people bring a little bit of food themselves, enough that can theoretically be shared with at least three people. Not only will it help us hold out for longer, it will go a long way in helping you get to know each other a little better as well.

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Why?

Posted Sept. 12, 2011, 10:58 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by chris

US Day of Rage's Tactical Plan for Sept 17th

Posted Sept. 8, 2011, 9:41 p.m. EST (3 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

99 Percent Project Now Live!

Posted Sept. 8, 2011, 9:24 p.m. EST (3 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Nine Arrested & Released Without Charge in Occupy Wall Street Test Run (Video)

Posted Sept. 8, 2011, 12:30 p.m. EST (3 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Ten days until #OCCUPYWALLSTREET

Posted Sept. 7, 2011, 10:53 p.m. EST (3 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

September 3rd General Assembly at Tompkins Square Park

Posted Sept. 1, 2011, 10:13 p.m. EST (3 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

The 99 Percent Project

Posted Aug. 29, 2011, 5:01 p.m. EST (3 months ago) by chris

Organizers' Weather Report: Hurricane can't stop the organizing!

Posted 3 months ago on Aug. 27, 2011, 10:17 p.m. EST by debordwalk

The hurricane approached and preparations were completed, activity of the residents of New York City began to dissipate. Traffic was slow and sparse and there was a lack of pedestrians, even for a rainy day in New York City. Downtown Manhattan had been entirely evacuated by 5 pm, the subway system closed at noon; even the parks closed due to hurricane conditions, forcing the postponement of the New York General Assembly scheduled at 5pm in Tompkins Square.

And yet, even as the residents' activities curtailed and slowed, the activity of the organizers increased in direct proportion to the shut down. Each one of us, sheltered in our individual apartments, focused our efforts and solidified our plans. Hurricane or not, the occupation of Wall Street will not be stopped.

From People who Plan to Occupy Wall Street! (aka PPOWS!)

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Aug 27 General Assembly Cancelled

Posted 3 months ago on Aug. 27, 2011, 5:16 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

The August 27th meeting of the NYC General Assembly has been cancelled.

Tompkins Square Park and the New York public transit system have been shut down due to hurricane conditions.

This meeting might be rescheduled early next week. We will post the time and date as soon as consensus has been reached on the mailing lists.

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Food Committee needs YOU!

Posted 3 months ago on Aug. 24, 2011, 11:12 p.m. EST by chris

Hi everyone,

My name is Chris and I am a member of the Food Committee. Last night I went over, in exhaustive detail, where we are as far as getting people fed. I won't recount everything here, frankly because I'm right about to go to bed, but you can read the post here:

https://occupywallst.org/forum/logistics-food/

I figured I'd make a new post, because I don't want this to get lost at the bottom, but the Food Committee has just set up a WePay account where we are currently accepting donations. Any support would be great.

https://www.wepay.com/donate/99275

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Anonymous joins #OCCUPYWALLSTREET

Posted 3 months ago on Aug. 24, 2011, 10:44 a.m. EST by LupeFiascoConcert

Source: Adbusters

Hey jammers, dreamers, patriots,

Anonymous has just released a video communique endorsing #OCCUPYWALLSTREET. Using language from our first Tactical Briefing, the video calls on protestors to adopt the nonviolent Tahrir-acampadas model. On the 17th of September, it says, "flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months … Once there, we shall incessantly repeat one simple demand in a plurality of voices."

See also signs of support for S17 on Anonymous's Twitter and websites.

Meanwhile S17 is surging ahead internationally. Simultaneous occupations of financial districts are now being planned in New York City, Madrid, Milan, London, Paris and San Francisco. With a bit of luck, this list of participating cities will grow.

If we can pull together just the right mix of nonviolence, tenacity and strategic smarts, S17 could be the beginning of the global revolution we've all been dreaming about for so long … wouldn't that be lovely.

for the wild,
Culture Jammers HQ
occupywallstreet.org

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FDR's 1944 State of the Union Address, better known as the Second or Economic Bill of Rights

Posted 3 months ago on Aug. 20, 2011, 8:36 a.m. EST by agnosticnixie

In 1944, for his state of the union address, president Franklin D. Roosevelt presented a social and economic program which would have expanded on the original bill of rights. Most of it was a radio address, as he had the flu, but part of it was filmed (the footage was found recently). Similar programs are found in modern constitutions, and part of it would inspire the universal bill of rights. Obviously, it didn't pass. FDR would die barely a year later, and this would die with him. Their inspiration can be found in the writings of enlightenment philosophers, already, but also in early socialist thought, up to the current day.

As an example, the language and the rights used could be found in the principles of the old french socialist party, who had formed the government before WW2, and whose principles would end up being part of the preambles of the 4th and 5th republics' constitutions, but also in the, admittedly symbolic, soviet constitution of 1936. These sentiments were repeated in the modern constitutions of Peru, Spain, Finland, Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria.

The speech

It is our duty now to begin to lay the plans and determine the strategy for the winning of a lasting peace and the establishment of an American standard of living higher than ever before known. We cannot be content, no matter how high that general standard of living may be, if some fraction of our people—whether it be one-third or one-fifth or one-tenth—is ill-fed, ill-clothed, ill-housed, and insecure.

This Republic had its beginning, and grew to its present strength, under the protection of certain inalienable political rights—among them the right of free speech, free press, free worship, trial by jury, freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. They were our rights to life and liberty.

As our nation has grown in size and stature, however—as our industrial economy expanded—these political rights proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness.

We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. "Necessitous men are not free men."[2] People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for all—regardless of station, race, or creed.

Among these are:

The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;

The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;

The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;

The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;

The right of every family to a decent home;

The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;

The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;

The right to a good education.

All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being.

America's own rightful place in the world depends in large part upon how fully these and similar rights have been carried into practice for all our citizens.

For unless there is security here at home there cannot be lasting peace in the world.

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#OCCUPYWALLSTREET update from Adbusters

Posted 4 months ago on Aug. 12, 2011, 11:52 a.m. EST by LupeFiascoConcert

http://www.occupywallstreet.org
http://www.adbusters.org/blogs/adbusters-blog/occupywallstreet-update.html

Hey you rebels, radicals and utopian dreamers out there,

We are living through a rare crisis and moment of opportunity. Western industrialized nations are now being masticated by the financial monster they themselves created. This is triggering a mood that alternates between angry denial and sudden panic. It looks like something is about to break, opening the space for a necessary transformation and a total rethink of global economic affairs. Events are playing perfectly into our September 17 occupation of Wall Street.

So … can we on the left learn some new tricks? Can we head off to lower Manhattan with a fresh mindset and a powerful new demand?

Strategically speaking, there is a very real danger that if we naively put our cards on the table and rally around the "overthrow of capitalism" or some equally outworn utopian slogan, then our Tahrir moment will quickly fizzle into another inconsequential ultra-lefty spectacle soon forgotten. But if we have the cunning to come up with a deceptively simple Trojan Horse demand … something profound, yet so specific and doable that it is impossible for President Obama to ignore … something that spotlights Wall Street's financial capture of the US political system and confronts it with a pragmatic solution … like the reinstatement of the Glass-Steagall Act … or a 1% tax on financial transactions … or an independent investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice into the corporate corruption of our representatives in Washington … or another equally creative but downright practical demand that will emerge from the people's assemblies held during the occupation … and if we then put our asses on the line, screw up our courage and hang in there day after day, week after week, until a large swath of Americans start rooting for us and President Obama is forced to respond … then we just might have a crack at creating a decisive moment of truth for America, a first concrete step towards achieving the radical changes we all dream about unencumbered by commitments to existing power structures.

So, let's learn the strategic lessons of Tahrir (nonviolence), Syntagma (tenacity), Puerta del Sol (people's assemblies) and lay aside adherence to political parties and worn-out lefty dogmas. On September 17, let's sow the seeds of a new culture of resistance in America that fires up a permanent democratic awakening.

See you on Wall St. Sept 17. Bring Tent.

for the wild, Culture Jammers HQ

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August 13th General Assembly at Tompkins Square Park

Posted 4 months ago on Aug. 11, 2011, 11:14 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

The next meeting of the General Assembly will be held:

Saturday, August 13 · 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Tompkins Square Park (map
7th St. and Avenue A
New York, NY
Facebook Event
PDF Flyer

Please check our calendar page for information about other events and sub-committee meetings.

For further details please contact: 9.17occupywallstreet@gmail.com

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August 9th General Assembly at the Irish Potato Famine Memorial

Posted 4 months ago on Aug. 4, 2011, 9:51 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Thank you everyone who took the time to show up at the general assembly last Tuesday. The next will be held:

Tuesday, August 9 · 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Irish Potato Famine Memorial
Vesey Street and North End Ave
New York, NY
Facebook Event

Please show up and let your voice be heard as we work together to plan the September 17th occupation of Wall Street. For those interested in attending, we recommend reading this quick guide on group dynamics in people's assemblies. For more information please contactisham@occupywallst.org or join our Google Discussion Group.

Event Flyer

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August 2nd General Assembly on Wall Street

Posted 4 months ago on July 26, 2011, 12:44 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

From: New Yorkers Against Budget Cuts
The people who brought you the Bloombergville Occupation.
isham.christie@gmail.com

In response to the Sept. 17th Occupy Wall St. call, we decided to incorporate the organizing for the event with a New Yorkers Against Budget Cuts General Assembly on Wall St. on Aug. 2nd. In order to build the Sept. 17th call, we will use this opportunity to have the first NYC meeting for the Sept. 17th event.

Here is the link to the facebook event: http://tinyurl.com/4y8qczk

Event Details

On Tuesday, August 2 (The Bankers' "Debt-Ceiling Deadline")

Come To A People's General Assembly On Wall Street
Oppose Cutbacks And Austerity Of Any Kind

Plan For The September 17 Occupation Of Wall Street

Gather at 4:30: Meet At The Bull, Just South Of Broadway And Morris Street, At The North End Of Bowling Green Park

As the two U.S. political parties unite to dismantle Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security, it's clear:

The bankers are looting decades-old peoples' programs and the Democrats can't help us. Obama can't help us. Elected officials can't help us.

It's time for the people to meet and take the bull by the horns!

The students, union activists, and others who organized "Bloombergville" -- the three-week anti-austerity occupation on Wall Street's doorstep -- have called for an August 2 General Assembly/Speakout on Wall Street, at the bull, from 4:30 to 7, to protest the ongoing pro-bank, anti-people cutbacks and gather into working groups to plan for the September 17 occupation of Wall Street.

This is a call for every teacher, home health aid, parent, student, tenant, librarian, city/state employee, childcare provider, nurse, patient, employed or unemployed worker or recipient of Social Security or any type of public assistance: on August 2 come to Wall Street--the scene of the crimes now being perpetrated on the people -- and make your voice heard!

The current depression-level crisis is not due to lack of revenue. It's due to theft. The trillions that the banks are sitting on right now? That's our money. Whether through taxes; the looting of pension and social security contributions; or the wealth we created from our labor -- all of that belongs to us. Come to Wall Street August 2 and strategize -- on how to get that back!

Flyer

August 2nd Flyer

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Who We Are

Posted 5 months ago on June 14, 2011, 12:20 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

On July 13, 2011, "Culture Jammers HQ" at Adbusters issued a call to action: Occupy Wall Street! The goal stated is to gather 20,000 people to Wall Street, in New York, NY on September 17, 2011, beginning a popular occupation of that space for two months and more. Inspired by the popular assemblies of Egypt, Spain, Oaxaca and worldwide, those gathered will work to find a common voice in one clear, unified demand.

This is why we've created OccupyWallSt.org. Technology has made it easier than ever before for the people to stay in close contact and assist one another in acheiving a collective goal. Our aim is to make these tools available so our users--the true organizers of this event--can make an occuptation of Wall St. successful. We may not be able to teach a person to fish, or do it on their behalf, but we can build a damn good fishing pole.

But it isn't enough to simply make these tools freely available, they must also belong to the people. So we've taken the time to release our work as an open source project. This way others may use and build upon our work freely without any dependence on our leadership.

The sovereign people of any nation have the power, the right, and the duty, of guiding the destiny of their nation. Most just do not realize this. An organizer brings the process of realization.

Why occupy Wall Street? Because it belongs to us! Because we can!

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