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Friday, December 2, 2011

OccupyWallStreet The revolution continues worldwide!

The revolution continues worldwide!
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Occupy Broadway

Posted 20 hours ago on Dec. 1, 2011, 3:01 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

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This Saturday, creative artists, performers occupy Broadway and commence an all-night performance in an undisclosed bonus plaza.

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EVENT: Occupy Broadway (theatre/shopping district) with a 24-hour performance.
WHEN: From December 2nd starting at 6pm until December 3rd at 6pm
WHERE: Times Square by the red stairs, between 46th and 47th streets, along 7th Ave, NY, NY
SHHH!: location released at 6pm day of: @OccupyWallStNYC #OccupyBroadway

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Moving Forward Together: An Open Space for Discussion

Posted 1 day ago on Dec. 1, 2011, 1:36 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

When: Saturday, Dec 3 from 11am-6pm @ 311 W 43rd St.

Since losing our encampment, different spaces have been used for continued discussion and creative reflection together. This Saturday, a process called Open Space will be piloted to look at what we value, what we've accomplished, and where we are going. Please join us as an individual or with your work group. Invite friends, family or any others who you want in this conversation with you. Open Space is based in decentralized small conversations that are documented and shared with the whole group. It is more resilient to disruption and less centered on facilitators. There will be opportunities to be trained in hosting Open Space gatherings in the coming weeks if people are interested.

You can learn about Open Space here and here.
 Contact OpenSpaceOWS@gmail.com with any questions.

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Occupy to Celebrate: The Resilience of OWS

Posted 1 day 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 1 day ago on Dec. 1, 2011, 1:09 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Walmart Phillip Glass will join OWS for an action at the Lincoln Center tonight, outside the final performance of his opera Satyagraha, on the life of Gandhi and the history of non-violent civil disobedience.

Lincoln Center is sponsored by the Koch Brothers and Bloomberg. At the same time that they celebrate this story of a historic social movement, they are working to shut down the contemporary Occupy movement.

In protest, Phillip Glass will lead a mic check / people's mic outside, reciting the libretto (chorus of Gandhi quotes).

When: Thursday December 1, 2011 at 10:30PM.
What: A General Assembly at 10:30 PM at Lincoln Center. Join us in an open conversation about the effects of increased privatization and corporatization of all aspects of society, and the use of nonviolent civil disobedience around the world to reclaim the commons. Composer Philip Glass will join the general assembly and mic-check a statement.

It is no doubt timely that Philip Glass' opera 'Satyagraha'--which depicts Gandhi's early struggle against colonial oppression in India --should be revived by the Metropolitan Opera in 2011, a year which has seen popular revolutions in North Africa, mass uprisings in Europe, and the emergence of Occupy Wall Street protests in the United States.

Yet we see a glaring contradiction in 'Satyagraha' being performed at the Lincoln Center where in recent weeks protestors from Occupy Wall Street have been arrested and forcibly removed for exercising their First Amendment rights to peaceful public assembly. Read More...

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March for Jobs and Economic Fairness

Posted 1 day ago on Dec. 1, 2011, 12:33 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

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The NYC Central Labor Council has called a march on Dec 1st for Jobs and Economic Fairness that's "not just for the labor movement, but for everyone who is frustrated and worried about the growing economic disparity in this country. It's for anyone who has ever agonized about finding a job, paying for college, meeting a mortgage payment, or how to buy enough food for dinner. " #OWS will be there. More info here. Image Info

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Police Reattempting Raid On Occupy Los Angeles

Posted 2 days ago on Nov. 30, 2011, 12:54 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Police are once again attacking Occupy Los Angeles after occupiers successfully defended Solidarity Park a few nights ago. Read More...

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

Posted 2 days ago on Nov. 29, 2011, 12:46 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

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Tomorrow, the Aviation Week and Credit Suisse will be holding their 17th annual Aerospace & Defense Finance Conference in NYC. These war profiteers export death in the name of defense. They have obscene influence over our democracy with politicians in their pockets and hundreds of lobbyists working congress. They sell arms to to the 1% so that war can be waged against the 99% in efficient and technologically advanced ways. #OWS will not stand silent as these dangerous parasites take our tax dollars and turn them into arms and profit.

WHEN: Wednesday, 11/30, two rallies/marches--6:30am meet up and rally to non-violently interrupt business as usual as delegates enter the conference, and 4:30pm to rally against militarism.
WHERE: Both rallies are In Madison Sq. Park near the intersection of 24th and Madison. The Conference is being held at One Madison Avenue 12th Floor (Park Ave South between 24th & 23rd streets).

Some background info
Where your tax dollars go pie chart
Aerospace & Defense Finance Conference Site

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Occupy Oklahoma City Now Facing Eviction

Posted 3 days ago on Nov. 28, 2011, 11:17 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Call Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett (405-297-2424 - email mayor@okc.gov) and voice your opposition to the eviction of this peaceful expression of free speech!

The coordinated crackdown on free speech continues. While Occupations in Los Angeles and Philadelphia are still holding strong (as of 11pm EST) and Washingtonians are occupying their State Capitol, the encampment at Occupy Oklahoma City is now under threat of eviction. Read More...

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Washington State Capitol Building OCCUPIED

Posted Nov. 28, 2011, 9:14 p.m. EST (3 days ago) by OccupyWallSt

CUNY Protests Happening Now

Posted Nov. 28, 2011, 5 p.m. EST (3 days ago) by OccupyWallSt

Eviction Deadline Passes, Occupy LA Holding Ground

Posted Nov. 28, 2011, 1:58 p.m. EST (3 days ago) by OccupyWallSt

LIVE: Occupy Philly Still Standing Strong

Posted Nov. 28, 2011, 12:06 p.m. EST (3 days ago) by OccupyWallSt

#OccupyLA Refuses To Leave, Police Attempting To Evict Now

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

Occupy Philly Facing Eviction TODAY

Posted Nov. 27, 2011, 12:04 p.m. EST (4 days ago) by OccupyWallSt

URGENT: Occupy LA Prepares for Eviction

Posted Nov. 27, 2011, 10:40 a.m. EST (5 days ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

Posted Nov. 26, 2011, 4:30 p.m. EST (5 days ago) by OccupyWallSt

Answering Egypt's Call for Solidarity

Posted Nov. 26, 2011, 9:56 a.m. EST (6 days ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

Posted Nov. 25, 2011, 1:36 p.m. EST (6 days ago) by OccupyWallSt

After Feeding Thousands, OWS Sits Down in Liberty Square

Posted Nov. 24, 2011, 6:09 p.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

Movement for Justice in El Barrio

Posted 1 week ago on Nov. 24, 2011, 12:34 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

An Invitation from Movement for Justice in El Barrio:

To members and families of organizations, community members, and people of good heart, who are resisting in their communities,
To Occupy Wall Street and their supporters,
To those who fight for humanity,

NYC Encuentro for Humanity and Against Neoliberalism
An Encuentro is a space for people to come together; it is a gathering. An Encuentro is not a meeting, a panel or a conference, it is a way of sharing developed by the Zapatistas as another form of doing politics: from below and to the left. It is a place where we can all speak, we will all listen, and we can all learn. It is a place where we can share the many different struggles that make us one.

El Barrio, NYC
Sunday, December 4th, 3:00 p.m. Read More...

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Occupy Seattle Occupies Wal-Mart

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

December 6: Occupy Wall Street "Goes Home"

Posted Nov. 23, 2011, 11:17 a.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Wall Street Thanksgiving

Posted Nov. 23, 2011, 10:51 a.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

Posted Nov. 23, 2011, 10:32 a.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Wall Street Librarians Address Bloomberg for Destroying Books

Posted Nov. 23, 2011, 7:59 a.m. EST (1 week 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 (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

March from Occupy Wall Street Arrives in Washington DC Today

Posted Nov. 22, 2011, 12:18 p.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Bat Signal for the 99%

Posted Nov. 22, 2011, 12:18 a.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

CUNY Attacks Tuition Hike Protest

Posted Nov. 21, 2011, 10:42 p.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

Actions in Solidarity with Egypt

Posted Nov. 21, 2011, 3:17 p.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

Posted Nov. 20, 2011, 12:04 p.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

Posted Nov. 19, 2011, 8:35 p.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

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 Nov. 19, 2011, 7:03 p.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

DC, Other Cities Liberate Unoccupied Buildings for the 99%

Posted 1 week 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 Nov. 19, 2011, 5:39 p.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

Whom Do You Serve?

Posted Nov. 19, 2011, 12:23 p.m. EST (1 week ago) by OccupyWallSt

November 17: Historic Day of Action for the 99%

Posted Nov. 18, 2011, 1:11 a.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

The World Is With Us—Occupy Lives On!

Posted Nov. 17, 2011, 10:29 p.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Over 30,000 take Foley Square, Brooklyn Bridge.

Posted Nov. 17, 2011, 4:41 p.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Inspiring Words from Redditor Aniadrift

Posted Nov. 17, 2011, 4:29 p.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

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

NYPD Swarming Liberty Square in Bloody Assault.

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

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

Posted Nov. 17, 2011, 12:35 p.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Watch Wall Street Shut Down. Live.

Posted Nov. 17, 2011, 7:32 a.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Wall Street Against the Mafia

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

#OWS calls for nonviolent solidarity on November 17th

Posted Nov. 16, 2011, 7:14 p.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

From Those Inside Of Central Booking

Posted Nov. 16, 2011, 5:24 p.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

#N17 Global Day Of Action!

Posted Nov. 16, 2011, 4:40 p.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

Posted Nov. 16, 2011, 3:27 p.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

#OWS holds Action Council and Spokes Council Tonight!

Posted Nov. 16, 2011, 3:19 p.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by carbonogram

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg's New York

Posted Nov. 16, 2011, 3 p.m. EST (2 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 (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

Posted 2 weeks ago on Nov. 15, 2011, 8:40 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Wall Street and the 99% Movement Persevere

The feeling here at Liberty Square tonight is the feeling of a movement that is rising, building, and making headway.

Following the 1am eviction of Liberty Square early this morning and a long day of legal wrangling, the park was reoccupied late this afternoon. This evening, just after 7pm, the first General Assembly at the reoccupied park began. Using our 'people's mic', we declared together:

"They showed us their power. And we're showing them ours."

We are here because we believe a better world is possible. We are willing to endure mistreatment, if by doing so we can help re-enfranchise the 99% and reclaim our democracy from the stranglehold of Wall Street and the top one percent.

We will push back against billionaire Michael Bloomberg and any politician who wantonly tramples on proud American freedoms: freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and the freedom of Americans to peaceably assemble and petition for change.

We will overcome the obstacles placed before us. We will not be deterred. We will persevere. Our message is resonating across America, and our cause is shared by millions around the world. We are the 99%, and we want to live in a world that is for all of us — not just for those who have amassed great wealth and power.

You cannot evict an idea whose time has come.

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NYPD Occupying Liberty Square; Demands Unclear

Posted Nov. 15, 2011, 6:51 p.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

Posted Nov. 15, 2011, 5:59 p.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Judge REJECTS Temporary Restraining Order to Allow Liberty Square Reoccupation

Posted Nov. 15, 2011, 4:56 p.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

Posted Nov. 15, 2011, 4:02 p.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

OWS Awaits Ruling to Reoccupy

Posted Nov. 15, 2011, 3:49 p.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

A Call to Occupy

Posted Nov. 15, 2011, 8:23 a.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

9AM Post-Raid Rally and General Assembly

Posted Nov. 15, 2011, 6:57 a.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

Posted Nov. 15, 2011, 1:36 a.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

NYPD IS RAIDING OCCUPY WALL STREET

Posted Nov. 15, 2011, 1:20 a.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

Posted Nov. 14, 2011, 10:53 a.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Thousands Rally to Resist Occupy Portland Evictions

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

Direct Action Training

Posted Nov. 11, 2011, 4:17 p.m. EST (2 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

Posted 3 weeks ago on Nov. 10, 2011, 2:16 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

"Honor the Dead, Fight Like Hell For the Living"

When: Friday, 11/11/11, 1 PM

Where: Foley Square, New York City

Who: Sergent Shamar Thomas, Joan Baez, Ryan Harvey, Joseph Arthur, Max Rameau from Take Back the Land, a speaker from OWS, and a speaker from the Iraq Veterans Against The War.

Other amazing artists and speakers to be announced soon. Stay Tuned.

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A victory for the 99% in Ohio

Posted Nov. 9, 2011, 2:56 p.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy Wall Street and Teamsters to Occupy Sotheby's Tonight

Posted 3 weeks ago on Nov. 9, 2011, 2:41 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Biggest Art Auction of the Year Draws Protest in Support of the 99%

Union Art Auction Handlers Have Been Locked in a 3-Month Battle Against Wage Cuts while Sotheby's CEO Takes Home $60K a day

About 100 protesters from Occupy Wall Street will join a Teamsters picket line at the Sotheby's auction house in Manhattan tonight (Wed, Nov. 9) to back the union in an important battle to fight wage cuts. The action, called OCCUPY SOTHEBY'S, will picket the 1% in support of locked-out Teamsters art handlers at one of the biggest art auctions of the year.

WHEN: TODAY, Wednesday, November 9th, 6:00pm

WHERE: 1334 York Avenue (between 71st and 72nd St.) *A contingent of NYU students, faculty and alumni will meet at 5pm, by the fountain in Washington Square Park

VIDEO: Occupy Wall St. Protesters Crash Sotheby's Auction:

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Federal Reserve Global Phonecast

Posted Nov. 9, 2011, 2:19 p.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Join the "Occupy Your Block" Sidewalk Chalk Campaign

Posted Nov. 8, 2011, 10:22 p.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Urgent Help: Occupy Edmonton In Need Of Winter Equipment

Posted Nov. 8, 2011, 6:28 p.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Everyone has the Right to Occupy Space, Safely

Posted Nov. 8, 2011, 4:07 p.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Planting Change: Guerrilla Gardening and the Occupy Movement

Posted Nov. 8, 2011, 1:35 p.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Tonight: A Dialogue with Occupy El Bario & OWS

Posted Nov. 7, 2011, 9:02 p.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupy The Highway: The 99% March to Washington

Posted Nov. 7, 2011, 5:30 p.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Spokes Council Meeting Tonight

Posted Nov. 7, 2011, 5:14 p.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Dallas Calls for General Strike: Nov. 30th

Posted Nov. 7, 2011, 2:07 p.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

OWS Teams Up with the Street Vendor Project

Posted Nov. 7, 2011, 9:23 a.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

Posted Nov. 7, 2011, 9:17 a.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Too Small to Fail: Occupy Mosier

Posted Nov. 6, 2011, 5:27 p.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Guest Post from an Arrestee of the 99%

Posted Nov. 6, 2011, 1:29 a.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

Posted Nov. 6, 2011, 12:35 a.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

The 99% visit Governor Walker

Posted Nov. 4, 2011, 10:16 p.m. EST (3 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

Posted 3 weeks ago on Nov. 4, 2011, 7:22 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Statement by members of sexual assault survivor's team at OWS

New York, November 4, 2011: We are writing this statement to inform our fellow occupiers about an incident of sexual assault at Occupy Wall Street (OWS) and the response to it. We are also writing this statement to respond to media accounts that blame the survivor, and that attempt to use this horrific incident to attack OWS. We write this statement as supporters of OWS, as fellow survivors, and as allies. Read More...

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

Posted 3 weeks 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 4 weeks ago on Nov. 4, 2011, 11:28 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

To help expose the looming cash-for-immunity deal between the Obama administration and big banks, there will be a march from Liberty Square to the U.S. Court House Building at Foley Square on November 5th.

The march will gather at 2:00pm on the east side steps at Liberty Square (Zuccotti Park), and will arrive at Foley Square at 3:00pm. Join the Facebook event page

President Obama is on the brink of cutting a backroom deal that would give bankers broad immunity for illegally throwing tens of thousands of Americans out of their homes. The Administration is pressuring state attorneys general to abandon an ongoing investigation into the massive "robo-signing" fraud, in exchange for a relatively small payoff by the banks.

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

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

Eviction Defense!

Posted Nov. 3, 2011, 7:25 p.m. EST (4 weeks 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 (4 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Liberty Square Adopts a Spokes Council

Posted Nov. 3, 2011, 10:21 a.m. EST (4 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

The People vs. Goldman Sachs - Trial and March!

Posted Nov. 3, 2011, 12:08 a.m. EST (4 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

Rule of Law vs. the Forces of Order

Posted Nov. 2, 2011, 7:52 p.m. EST (4 weeks ago) by OccupyWallSt

General Strike Shuts Down Oakland. Watch Live!

Posted Nov. 2, 2011, 1:22 p.m. EST (4 weeks 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 Oct. 28, 2011, 5:39 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

The occupation of Liberty Square is a symbol of the growing international movement fighting against neoliberal economic practices, the crimes of Wall Street and the resulting income inequality, unemployment, and oppression of people at the front lines of the economic crisis. More than a week ago we successfully rallied to defend our occupation from eviction. Knowing that the neighborhood we built was important to our movement, occupiers reorganized the space and prepared for eviction defense, community board and local elects pressured Brookfield Properties, and local organizations and unions mobilized their members in defense of Liberty Square. Brookfield and Bloomberg backed down in the face of this joint effort. #ows has international support, and is part of a global movement for economic and social justice that is only just starting to take form. It is within this context that we must drill down, look inward and converse with each other about our actions in this space. Read More...

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"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 Oct. 20, 2011, 2:15 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

The 1% Have Addresses. The 99% Have Messages

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

October 15th Call to Action

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

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

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

Parents bring Children to #ows tonight

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

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

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

How To Hold Your Ground

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

GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY

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

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

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

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 material http://15october.net/spread-it/ and the videos http://15october.net/category/video/. And please send us your videos, banners, posters to contact.takethesquare@gmail.com so that we can compile them and put them in common. Send all of this through your mailing lists, to all your contacts, but also to all your friends.

Explain 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 in http://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 in http://mumble.sourceforge.net/ Host:tomalaplaza.net Port:64738, see the tutorial in http://takethesquare.net/2011/10/04/mumble-setup-walkthrough/) and a collaborative document pad http://titanpad.com/15october open to everybody, so during 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 Oct. 11, 2011, 11:52 a.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Sign Language

Posted Oct. 9, 2011, 10:38 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Today Liberty Plaza had a visit from Slavoj Zizek

Posted Oct. 9, 2011, 6:04 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

Posted 1 month 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 Oct. 6, 2011, 4:48 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

This Site Has Nothing To Do With Us

Posted Oct. 6, 2011, 11:48 a.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

#ows Takes Foley Square With Union Brothers And Sisters

Posted Oct. 6, 2011, 4:03 a.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Right Here All Over

Posted Oct. 5, 2011, 10:29 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

Posted Oct. 5, 2011, 9:24 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Αλληλεγγύης

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

#OccupyWallStreet Union March From Foley Square on Wall Street

Posted Oct. 4, 2011, 8:36 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

Occupation Blues

Posted Oct. 4, 2011, 3:19 p.m. EST (1 month ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

Posted Oct. 4, 2011, 2:37 p.m. EST (1 month 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 Sept. 24, 2011, 6:09 p.m. EST (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

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

You have fought all the wars. You have worked for all the capitalists. You have wandered over all the countries. Have you harvested the fruits of your labors, the price of your victories? Does the past comfort you? Does the present smile on you? Does the future promise you anything? Have you found a piece of land where you can live like a human being and die like a human being? On these questions, on this argument, and on this theme, the struggle for existence, the people will speak.

Come take the square with us at Liberty Plaza.

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

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

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 (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

99 Percent Project Now Live!

Posted Sept. 8, 2011, 9:24 p.m. EST (2 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 (2 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

Ten days until #OCCUPYWALLSTREET

Posted 2 months ago on Sept. 7, 2011, 10:53 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

http://www.adbusters.org/blogs/adbusters-blog/occupywallstreet-less-two-weeks-away.html

Hey you jammers, dreamers, patriots and revolutionaries out there,

Our occupation of Wall Street is less than two weeks away … do we have it together?

The perpetrators of the massive financial fraud have been allowed to slip quietly from the scene and continue business as usual. Our elected representatives in Washington have become so tightly intertwined with the financiers and bankers that public accountability has all but vanished.

#OCCUPYWALLSTREET is all about breaking up that cosy relationship between money and politics and bringing the perpetrators of the financial crash of 2008 to justice.

On September 17, 20,000 of us will descend on Wall Street, the iconic financial center of America, set up a peaceful encampment, hold a people's assembly to decide what our one demand will be, and carry out an agenda of full-spectrum, absolutely nonviolent civil disobedience the likes of which the country has not seen since the freedom marches of the 1960s.

From our encampment we will launch daily smart mob forays all over lower Manhattan … peaceful, creative happenings in front of Goldman Sachs; the SEC; the Federal Reserve; the New York Stock Exchange … and maybe even, if we can figure out where they're being held, at the sites of Obama's private $38,500 per person fundraising events happening somewhere in Manhattan on Sept. 19 and 20.

Our strategy will be that of the master strategist Sun Tzu: "appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend; march swiftly to places where you are not expected."

With a bit of luck, and if fate is on our side, we may be able to turn all of lower Manhattan into a site of passionate democratic contestation – an American Tahrir Square.

We will do all this with peace in our hearts. Our unshakable commitment to nonviolence will give us the spiritual strength we need to inspire the nation and to ultimately triumph in the weeks and maybe months of struggle that will unfold after September 17.

for the wild, Culture Jammers HQ

occupywallstreet.org / occupywallst.org / Reddit / Facebook

PS. Last week Anonymous endorsed #OCCUPYWALLSTREET with a video that attracted over 70,000 views. The Department of Homeland Security has warned the nation's bankers to be prepared. Corporate owned media is taking notice. Yesterday, a columnist for MarketWatch.com posted a rousing portrait of what may now unfold:

"Listen closely. This is not another internecine political squabble. These revolutionaries are pushing America back to its roots. You sense they're drafting a new Declaration of Independence, driven by the same powerful motivations as the 57 original signers who wrote: 'Whenever any form of government becomes destructive … it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government.' Back in 1776 King George III was the destructive force far away. Today greed is the corruptor, from within."

S17 occupations of financial districts are also being planned in Milan, Madrid, Valencia, London, Lisbon, Athens, San Francisco and hopefully many other cities still to be announced. S17 could well be the catalyst that ushers in a new global economic order.

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

Hi there,

One thing we were thinking of going as part of the buildup to Sept. 17 is the 99 Percent Project. It's a promotion that we're hoping will pick up some more steam as we get closer to the occupation date that will highlight the various ways that a society which prioritizes the upper 1 percent is having a deleterious impact on, well, everyone else. It's a way to focus the message and really bring the human side to the fore by calling attention to the real human costs of our current economic setup. Here's how we're hoping it will work:

1) People will take a picture of themselves with a sign. The sign will describe a problem that the person is going through, such as:

"I am a student with $25,000 in debt."

"I am a homeowner who just got foreclosed upon."

"I am someone with thousands in medical bills and no insurance."

After below that, a single line:

"I am the 99 percent."

And, below that:

"Occupy Wall Street -- Sept. 17."

They can then submit this photo through the link on the left ("Get Known") and have it appear on the tumblr located at http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/. As you can see, we're still looking for submissions, so if any of you have a camera and a piece of cardboard and want to let people know why it is YOU'RE frustrated with the 99 Percent world we seem to be living in, make a submission and let your voice be heard.

Once again, it's at http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/

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

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

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

#OCCUPYWALLSTREET update from Adbusters

Posted Aug. 12, 2011, 11:52 a.m. EST (3 months ago) by LupeFiascoConcert

August 13th General Assembly at Tompkins Square Park

Posted Aug. 11, 2011, 11:14 a.m. EST (3 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

August 9th General Assembly at the Irish Potato Famine Memorial

Posted Aug. 4, 2011, 9:51 p.m. EST (3 months ago) by OccupyWallSt

August 2nd General Assembly on Wall Street

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

Who We Are

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

General Inquiries: general@occupywallst.org
Press Inquiries: press@occupywallst.org
Press Phone: +1 (347) 292-1444
Help & Directions: +1 (516) 708-4777
Watch: The world we're building
Read: This call to action
Liberty Square Eviction Defense: Text "@occupyalert" to 23559 to receive alerts in the event of imminent emergency.


Occupy Wall Street is leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%. We are using the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic to achieve our ends and encourage the use of nonviolence to maximize the safety of all participants.

This #ows movement empowers real people to create real change from the bottom up. We want to see a general assembly in every backyard, on every street corner because we don't need Wall Street and we don't need politicians to build a better society.

the only solution is WorldRevolution

Click here for NYCGA committee meeting times.


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