and i just had to laugh

As OWS seeps further into pop culture, these are ever-pressing questions. Here's why we're feeling optimistic about it.MTV's Occupy Wall Street Shows: Horrifying Co-Option or Great Publicity?

Occupy Updates: NYPD Takes Generators as Temps Drop, Threatens to Sue OWS; Oakland Mayor Says No Camping Overnight

URGENT - Police just forceably removed all our generators! Shame! #OWS

We need replacement generators. #NYPD took all, even bio-diesel! #needsoftheoccupiers #ows

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. John F. Kennedy, In a speech at the White House, 1962

The violent police assault on Occupy protesters in Oakland left Iraq War Veteran Scott Olsen in critical condition with a cracked skull and hundred of others injured and sick. This is unacceptable. It’s time for Oakland Mayor Jean Quan to do the right thing.


Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
John F. Kennedy, In a speech at the White House, 1962
35th president of US 1961-1963 (1917 - 1963)

Oakland Police Violence Raises the Stakes for the OWS Movement

“rampant excessive force.” According to the observer, one protester suffered a head injury in the melee, and two more ended up with broken hands.

panic on the streets of Oakland

oink

From the Middle East to midtown Manhattan, the humble cellphone camera is changing the way we view dissent.

Civil rights leaders brought energy and activists from Liberty Plaza to Harlem in an attempt to fight NYPD's racial profiling and brutality.

people should not be afraid of their government governments should be afraid of their people
“My first thoughts after seeing five white women get pepper-sprayed in the face was, what would they have done to a black man?" mused one man at the Harlem rally.

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“What Did We Actually Do Right?”

go hard hats

ABOUT TIME

SCREW YOU GUYS WERE GOING HOME !

They become the guards of the system, buffers between the upper and lower classes. If they stop obeying, the system falls.”

How Can We Rouse Police and Other Protectors of the Corporatocracy -- "Guards" of the Status Quo -- to Join the OWS Rebellion ?
Police, teachers, the corporate press, mental health professionals -- the guards of the system -- are given small rewards to pacify and control the population.

comparisons? is this fair?

what do you think?

what good does it do?

the issue is to make a market economy work for the people

the argument over socialism is decades too late the issue is making markets work for the people

the pepper spray just seems totally unnecessary, the only conclusion i can come to is they enjoy watching helpless people scream

Why Danes Are So Much Happier Than Americans

So, we're not these 'holy people' who can manage everything, we just have different ethics. We don't subsidize corn like you do, and also, there is a 25% VAT. And it's socially acceptable to leave work at around 4 or 5 o'clock and pick up your kids from school, go home, share a family meal. From a management point of view, if people have a nice family life, they'll be more productive.

5 New Rules for an Economy That Works

As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies.

“NYPD! NYPD! JP Morgan doesn’t give a f*ck about you!”

“NYPD! NYPD! JP Morgan doesn’t give a f*ck about you!”

Sex Work to Pay Off College Loans? How the College Debt Racket Sucks Young People Dry -- And Led Many to Occupy Wall St.

Student loan debtor: "Kids are told to get this expensive degree and you’ll get a job. You end up owing too much and owning nothing."

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But now Americans are fighting back and there's no telling where Occupy Wall Street can lead.

October 6, 2011 |



When you climb out of the subway at Wall Street, you might wonder why there are no protestors in the cavernous alley by the stock exchange. That’s because since 9/11, Wall Street has been barricaded shut to prevent possible attacks. But up the block at Zuccotti Park between Liberty and Cedar streets, west of Broadway, the party’s on

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If Top 1% Hadn't Ripped Off Trillions, You'd Likely Be Making Thousands of Dollars More Right Now

October 5, 2011

The corporate media appear to be obsessed with the idea that the Occupy Wall Street movement doesn't have a cohesive message. Of course, that misses the point: as Nathan Schneider wrote in Yes! magazine, “More than demanding any particular policy proposal, the occupation is reminding Wall Street what real democracy looks like: a discussion among people, not a contest of money.”

This Is Only Getting Bigger: 20,000 Rally in New York to Support Occupy Wall Street
Despite another clash with police, the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to gain support as unions and community groups march in solidarity.

panic on the streets of cleveland

The Real Reason Why Police Cage Peaceful Protestors

panic on the streets of london

As Professor Elizabeth Warren has explained, “There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody…Part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along.”

More and more often, that is not occurring, giving the protesters ample reason to take to the streets.

be there or be reactionary

just how do THEY do it???

and they get paid for doing this

Labor Movement Rolls Into Wall Street Occupation
Occupy Wall Street seems to be following the trajectory of grassroots organizing: a spark of protest led by younger activists, followed by the support of labor organizations.