Canadian Dr.David Suzuki the outspoken scientist and environmentalist spoke to Occupy Vancouver and voice his support.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Outspoken Canadian Dr. David Suzuki Voices His Support For #OccupyVancouver #OWS Movement
Canadian Dr.David Suzuki the outspoken scientist and environmentalist spoke to Occupy Vancouver and voice his support.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
#OccupyWallStreet - Incompetent - Corrupt Politicians And Bankers At Root Of The Financial Crisis
Something you won't see any coverage on by corporate controlled media. Excellent video sheds light on the major culprits behind collapse of the US economy.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
One Suggestion to #OccupySeattle's General Assembly
Occupy DENNY PARK!
Publicly Owned Park in Central Seattle. Why? Operated by City of Seattle with whom you can probably negotiate successfully. This all depends on whether you can get over the tendency of your central message being dominated by anti-cop or anti Mayor McGinn themes, instead of the more appealing out reaching public message of economic injustice. Or if you continue to be fixated on Westlake Park by letting dogmatic, tedious, chaotic and buzz killing ideological anarchists influence you, whether they have a big A or small a.
Denny Park has a lot of vehicle traffic passing by, it's near downtown, the financial district and Capitol Hill, public transit and is more vehicle traffic accessible. It has more parking, has trees to shade occupiers from elements, has toilets, it's near MSM outlets, it's in the center of Paul Allenville and it's not Seattle Central Community College. It also has the possibility of better complying with the OWS good neighbor policy. SCCC does not want you and you will be forcing other users of SCCC, like the small community farms that vend there on Sunday as well as other worthwhile community activities, out. Plus SCCC has a daycare facility that would be more or less in the middle of the occupation. That's not outreach or good. In fact it will most likely be considered by the 99% you need to reach as inconsiderate and selfish.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
#OWS Co-founder Warns Against ‘Totalitarian Nightmare’ Unless Citizens Take Action
Alexa O'Brien co-founder of the Occupy Wall Street movement is interviewed by RT News.
"It’s not right to say that these are ‘activists’ who are part of the OWS movement – mostly these people are just normal citizens who are concerned about the level of corruption in the government,”
Video: Oakland Policeman Throws Flash Grenade Into Crowd Trying To Help Injured Protester
In spite of claims by Oakland Police that they were attacked by protesters I have yet to see any video or photos that substantiates that. The action by the authorities is a complete overreaction and on its face a police riot not a riot by protesters who are attempting to simply exercise their constitutional right to assemble.
Update: Iraq war veteran Scott Olsen has been identified as the protester injured. He condition is being described as critical with a fractured skull and brain swelling after being hit by a police projectile.
#OccupyOakland Protesters Injured In Brutal Overnight Police Crackdown
Occupy Oakland Wall Street protesters were again assaulted with rubber bullets, beanbags and tear gas by Oakland police last night. Several protesters were injured by the rubber bullets or other projectiles fired by the police. The video shows the chaos at the height of the police riot. Photos of the police action also give a dramatic account of the crackdown.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Michael Moore - Dr Cornell West On #OWS Iraq - Progressive Discontent
"Because what Martin (Luther King) was talking about was revolution. And that’s what I’m talking about, but it’s a Kingian revolution. It’s a love-based revolution that says we’ve got warped priorities, that says we need a trans-valuation of our values and a fundamental transformation of our public life and a transfer of power from oligarchs and plutocrats. It is not a matter of hating. It’s a matter of hating injustice. We don’t hate any persons; you hate injustice. And when you have that kind of righteous indignation and holy anger and moral outrage, that I have, that Brother Michael (Moore) has, that the people, part of Occupation movements all around the world, that’s the makings of the kind of change we want." Dr. Cornell West
Via: Nation Of Change
Monday, October 24, 2011
#OccupyWallStreet Pope Says Jesus Would Be Protesting Too With The Carpenters Union
I was raised in an Irish Catholic family. My father MacAllister O'Brien was an union organizer and Machinist Union Vice President who played a major role in the organizing of Machinists at the Boeing Company in the late forties. My grandfather "Telephone" Jack O'Brien was also an union organizer who participated in the creation of the Communication Workers Of America. I later became an union organizer an business agent myself.
Nowadays I'd say I'm agnostic rather than Catholic because I disagree with most of the church's policies and beliefs. Church policy has often worked at cross purpose, for example, opposing abortion, birth control, gay rights and even supporting war making while at the same time calling for fairness and equity in the area of wealth distribution and social justice. From a historic standpoint the church has been generally supportive of workers, the poor and middle class on strictly economic issues.
The motivation for many Catholics to become early leaders of the American labor movement stems in part from an encyclical issued by Pope Leo XIII in 1891. The encyclical known as Rerum Novarum was interpreted by many Catholics as a divinely guided infallible ruling of the church. With Rerum Novarum Leo XIII in effect became the first pope to speak out against the abuses of capitalism in the midst of the industrial revolution though the encyclical stopped short of supporting outright Socialism. Leo XIII encyclical indicated that workers should join together to address the abuses of their capitalist masters rather than controlling the means of production themselves. The encyclical became a clarion call for Catholic workers to take collective action against the capitalist system that was exploiting them. Pope Leo's encyclical has been reinforced and reinterpreted by a long line of Popes and continues to be an underlying nexus of church dogma related to social justice even today as the video points out.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Fake Fox News Guy Gets Interviewed By Sam Seder Of Majority Report
Chris Cobb is the fake Fox News guy at Occupy Wall Street's Zucotti Park in New York.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Artistdogboy's First Blog Post Called For And End To The Iraq War
Six years ago my first post on this blog called for a end to the Iraq War. In many ways this blog was created because of my opposition to the war. I realize that there is a question about the number of advisors, contractors and other security personnel who will remain in Iraq after combat troops are withdrawn. But I still see this as a significant milestone and victory for the anti-war movement and a fulfillment of a 2008 campaign promise made by Obama.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Audio Interview With Alexa O'Brien Co-Organizer Of Occupy Wall Street And Founder Of US Day Of Rage
Alexa O'Brien talks about co-organizing the Occupy Wall Street protests and what role US Day Of Rage and others played in the birth of the movement.
Via: IndyBay and Felipe Messina
Via: IndyBay and Felipe Messina
WTF - Old School Rap Video - Scrap The Cap On Social Security
"Right now, everyone pays Social Security taxes on the first $106,800 they earn, which means most people pay Social Security taxes on their whole paycheck. But since $106,800 is the cap (unless Congress acts to change it), a whole lot of wealthy people don’t pay a dime in Social Security taxes on most of what they make.Via: Scrapthecap.com a project of the WA based EOI (Economic Opportunity Institute)
Not to get all parental - it's your life - but this is important stuff. Because unless you tell Congress to "Just Scrap the Cap," they could cut Social Security benefits -- and we might be movin' in."
Twitter - YouTube - Hashtags #OccupyWallStreet Revolution - Weapons Of Mass Destruction
"Occupy Wall Street is also successful because of the marketing savvy of today's media generation. "Occupy" is in every way a 'cloud coalition'; that is, a loosely affiliated group aligned enough in values to inspire action irrespective of central leadership - and even perhaps opposed to it. I am a marketing and communications consultant and collegiate instructor. I recognized the power in this possibility back in 2008 when I coined the term ‘cloud coalition’ and put the concept to personal and international use. I outline its positive potential in my just-launched book "You And What Army? How to Neutralize Conflict and Negotiate Justice for the totally Outgunned, Inwardly Timid, Burnt Out or Socially Defunct"
"As in noted in a recent interview with Trending Sideways, and outlined in an article for the Negotiator Magazine, The Occupy Wall Street movement heralds the new model of social change in America. Whether it’s Occupy Wall Street, Madison or Main… because it robustly capitalizes on social media, those of us familiar with branding and communication strategies could learn much from its applicability across all channels to build affinity for brand... and cause." Commenter: Lisa Bracken - Corporate Management
Complete story here.
Via: Advertising Age
Will #OWS Be America's First Major Political Revolution Organized Through Social Media?
Tom Hartman visits The Dylan Radigan show and discusses the origins of Citizens United and the phenomenon of the Occupy Wall Street movement with a panel of guests.
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