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The anti-corporate protests in America have spread, and so now have the arrests, and the accusations of police heavy handedness. Dozens more activists have been taken into custody across several cities. One New Yorker was pushed face-down into the pavement, after apparently being run over by a police motorcycle. By the thousands of demonstrators camping out in a park near Wall Street for a month, have claimed a victory over the mayor. Michael Bloomberg's orders to evict them under the pretext of a clean-up, were overturned when the park's owners said the protesters can stay - for now. The movement against corporate influence has gone global, with demonstrations planned in dozens of cities worldwide. But the American members of "Occupy together" claim they're still being ignored by the mainstream media. RT's Marina Portnaya met an activist who's breaking the information blockade.
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What was initially planned as a peaceful "Occupy Rome" protest turned into a violent demonstration in the Italian capital. Police reportedly used tear gas and water cannons to disperse crowds of angry Italians. Protesters wearing masks and helmets threw rocks, bottles and other objects at police in riot gear. Some wielded clubs, while others were armed with hammers. The demonstration against the government's economic policy, with a crowd estimated at 200,000, descended into violent chaos when groups of angry protesters set cars on fire, smashed windows and attacked shops. Protesters also attacked the Defense Ministry and set a wing of the building on fire. At least one person was injured and taken to a hospital, the Al Jazeera television network reported. The protests in the Italian capital were modeled on the "Occupy Wall Street" demonstration against capitalism and austerity measures, which went global Saturday with dozens of marches and protests worldwide. The website for the international movement said 951 cities in 87 countries were ready to "Unite for Global Change" -- the official slogan of the rally. Sizable protests were held in Spain, the UK and New York.
Manifestation de 15-O dans le monde
Les manifestants d'enlever leurs chaussures en face de l'ambassade américaine à Jakarta en signe de protestation
Manifestation de 15-O dans le monde
Outré» suisses sont dans le quartier des affaires de Zurich (Suisse), duante la protestation dans laquelle des groupes mondiaux "scandalisé" par 160 villes dans le monde entier va se manifester sous le thème «Unis pour un changement global".
Manifestation de 15-O dans le monde
Protestation indignée de Rome, en Italie.
Manifestation de 15-O dans le monde
Aussi, à Sarajevo ont été rues du centre ville occupée pour protester contre le ...
Manifestation de 15-O dans le monde
Les protestations à la mairie de Paris, en réponse à l'appel du 15-O.
_________________ 'Come and see the violence inherent in the system.
Help, help, I'm being repressed!'
“The more you tighten your grip, the more Star Systems will slip through your fingers.”
Occupy Wall Street Protesters Reportedly Arrested For Closing Their Accounts- Call The CEO
Update: 2:46 Pacific Time Video below:
Update: 2:08 Pacific Time
MoveOn.org posted pictures of the arrests
Security locked Citibank customers inside as they arrested 23 #OccupyWallStreet protesters for attempting to close their bank accounts during a mass public action this afternoon. Watch the live stream as protesters march on Times Square at 3:00pm on Saturday.
As the police load protesters into the wagons, the crowd gathered around chanting, “Let them go!” Reports estimate about 1,000 protesters marched to Citibank during the public demonstration.Update 1:57 Pacific Time
The Wall Street Journal has confirmed the arrests. According to their report, 24 people were arrested. The protesters who tried to close their accounts were asked to leave by CitiBank and when they refused, they were arrested for trespassing. Some were arrested outside the bank for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
Update: 1:05 Pacific Time
New York Daily News Reports -
12:17 PMMeena HartensteinTo those of you hearing reports of a standoff and arrests at Chase Bank at Astor Place, our photographer on the scene says about 40 protesters talked about getting arrested and had a brief sit-in before getting up at the last second and avoiding arrest.
A lot of fantastic media has been created about the "Occupy" movement. I was watching one video in particular and commented to a friend, "Wow, seeing all those super smart hot chicks at the protest makes me want to be there." He replied, "Hmmm... Yeah, let's go with that."
We instantly went to Tumblr and made hotchicksofoccupywallstreet.tumblr.com. Our original ideas were admittedly sophomoric: Pics of hot chicks being all protesty, videos of hot chicks beating drums in slow-mo, etc. But when we arrived at Zuccotti Park in New York City, it evolved into something more.
There was a vibrant energy in the air, a warmth of community and family, and the voices we heard were so hopeful and passionate. Pretty faces were making signs, giving speeches, organizing crowds, handing out food, singing, dancing, debating, hugging and marching.
It made me want to pack my bags and pitch a tent on Wall Street. And it's in the light that we created this video.
And we hope it makes you want to be there too.
EDIT: Apparently a lot of controversy has erupted online from people passionately opining (among many things) that this is sexist, offensive, and dangerously objectifies women. It was not my intent to do that and I think the spirit of the video, and the voices within, are honorable and inspiring.
However, if you disagree with me, I encourage you to use that as an excuse to create constructive discussions about the issues you have. Because, to be honest, any excuse is a good excuse to bring up the topic of women’s rights.
CAMERA: Two Canon 7Ds.
LENS: 17-55mm, 70-200mm, 18-135mm
AUDIO: Rode Video Mic Pro
Shot in 60 fps
Music: Theme from "Fast, Cheap and Out of Control" by Caleb Sampson
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brandonbloch.com
_________________ 'Come and see the violence inherent in the system.
Help, help, I'm being repressed!'
“The more you tighten your grip, the more Star Systems will slip through your fingers.”
Occupy Wall Street: List and map of over 200 U.S. solidarity events and Facebook pages
Below, you will find a comprehensive list of links to local Occupy Wall Street solidarity groups in the United States and Canada. Please, find a group near you and sign up.
Unless otherwise noted, all of these links take you to Facebook pages, so you must be logged into Facebook in order to join them. If you would rather not use Facebook, you can also connect to local Occupy Wall Street events through Meetup.com. http://www.meetup.com/occupytogether/
If you know of a local Occupy group with a Facebook page or website that is not listed, either check Meetup.com or send the URL in an email to chris@dailykos.com. Use the subject line "new Occupy group." Please keep in mind that links to groups are far preferable to links to events. Please do not send links to Meetup.com pages, or emails without links.
If you wish to tell others about this page, just say "go to OccupyWallStreetEvents.com." That URL redirects to this page.
United States
Alabama
Occupy Auburn
Occupy Birmingham
Occupy Huntsville
Occupy Mobile
Occupy Tuscaloosa
Occupy Alaska
Occupy Alaska
Occupy Anchorage
Arizona
Occupy Arizona
Occupy Flagstaff
Occupy Phoenix
Occupy Prescott
Occupy Sedona
Occupy Tempe
Occupy Tucson
Occupy Yuma
Arkansas
Occupy Arkansas
Occupy Fayetteville
Occupy Little Rock
Occupy Little Rock
California
Occupy Arcata
Occupy Bakersfield
Occupy Berkeley
Occupy Central Valley
Occupy Chico
Occupy Coachella Valley
Occupy Costa Mesa
Occupy Davis
Occupy Encintas (North County)
Occupy Eureka
Occupy Fresno
Occupy Humboldt (website)
Occupy Irvine
Occupy Lompoc
Occupy Long Beach
Occupy Los Angeles and website
Occupy Marin (San Rafael)
Occupy Mendocino
Occupy Merced
Occupy Modesto
Occupy Monterey
Occupy Napa
Occupy Oakland
Occupy Orange County
Occupy Redding
Occupy Riverside
Occupy Sacramento and Occupy Sacramento and website
Occupy Salinas
Occupy Santa Barbara
Occupy Santa Cruz and Occupy Santa Cruz
Occupy San Diego
Occupy San Francisco
Occupy San Jose
Occupy San Luis Obispo
Occupy Santa Rosa
Occupy Santa Rosa
Occupy Stockton
Occupy Temecula
Occupy Ukiah and website
Occupy Venice and website
Occupy Ventura
Occupy Victorville
Occupy Visalia
Occupy Yucca
Colorado
Occupy Alamosa
Occupy Aspen
Occupy Canon City
Occupy Boulder
Occupy Colorado Springs
Occupy Denver
Occupy Fort Collins
Occupy Grand Junction
Occupy Greeley and website
Occupy Pueblo and Occupy Pueblo (website)
Connecticut
Occupy Connecticut
Occupy Hartford and Occupy Hartford
Occupy New Haven
Occupy New London
DC
Occupy DC
Occupy K Street
Delaware
Occupy Delmarva
Florida
Occupy Bradenton
Occupy Cocoa
Occupy Daytona Beach
Occupy Florida
Occupy Ft. Lauderdale
Occupy Fort Myers
Occupy Gainsville
Occupy Jacksonville
Occupy Lake Worth
Occupy Miami
Occupy Naples
Occupy Ocala
Occupy Orlando
Occupy Palm Beach
Occupy Pensacola and website
Occupy St. Augustine
Occupy St. Petersburg and Occupy West Florida
Occupy Sarasota
Occupy South Florida
Occupy Tampa
Occupy Tallahassee
Georgia
Occupy Athens
Occupy Atlanta and Occupy Atlanta
Occupy Augusta and website
Occupy Columbus
Occupy Macon
Occupy North Georgia
Occupy Savannah
Occupy Valdosta
Hawaii
Occupy Hawaii
Occupy Hilo
Occupy Honolulu
Occupy Kona
Occupy Maui and website
Occupy Oahu
Occupy Waikiki
Idaho
Occupy Boise
Occupy Coeur d'Alene
Occupy Idaho Falls
Occupy Moscow
Occupy Pocatello
Occupy Salmon (website)
Occupy Sandpoint
Illinois
Occupy Carbondale
Occupy Champaign-Urbana and (website)
Occupy Charleston (EIU)
Occupy Chicago and website
Occupy Normal
Occupy Peoria (website)
Occupy Rockford and website
Occupy Springfield
Indiana
Occupy Bloomington
Occupy Columbus
Occupy Elkhart
Occupy Evansville
Occupy Fort Wayne
Occupy Indianapolis
Occupy Kokomo
Occupy LaFayette
Occupy Portage
Occupy Smalltown Indiana
Occupy South Bend
Occupy Valparaiso
Iowa
Occupy Ames
Occupy Cedar Rapids
Occupy Cedar Valley
Occupy Des Moines
Occupy Dubuque
Occupy Iowa
Occupy Iowa City
Occupy Mason City
Occupy Quad Cities and website
Kansas
Occupy Lawrence
Occupy Manhattan
Occupy Topeka
Occupy Witchita and Occupy Witchita
Kentucky
Occupy Ashland
Occupy Berea
Occupy Bowling Green
Occupy Kentucky
Occupy Lexington and website
Occupy Louisville
Louisiana
Occupy Baton Rouge
Lafayette
Occupy Lake Charles
Occupy New Orleans
Occupy Shreveport
Maine
Occupy Augusta
Occupy Bangor
Occupy Ellsworth
Occupy Maine
Occupy South Portland
Maryland
Occupy Baltimore
Occupy Hagerstown
Massachusetts
Occupy Amherst (website)
Occupy Berkshires
Occupy Boston
Occupy Northhampton
Occupy Springfield
Occupy Worcester
Michigan
Occupy Ann Arbor
Occupy Detroit
Occupy Flint (link to ongoing event)
Occupy Grand Rapids
Occupy Kalamazoo
Occupy Lansing
Occupy Michigan
Occupy Muskegon
Occupy Saginaw
Occupy Southeast Michigan
Occupy Traverse City
Occupy the UP and website (Marquette)
Minnesota
Occupy Duluth and Occupy Twin Ports
Occupy Bemidji
Occupy Marshall
Occupy Minneapolis
Occupy Minnesota and website
Occupy Rochester
Mississippi
Occupy Biloxi
Occupy Jackson
Missouri
Occupy Columbia
Occupy Joplin and website
Occupy Kansas City
Occupy St. Louis, also website
Occupy Springfield
Montana
Occupy Billings
Occupy Butte
Occupy Helena
Occupy Kalispell
Occupy Missoula
Occupy Montana
Nebraska
Occupy Lincoln
Occupy Nebraska
Occupy Omaha
Nevada
Occupy Carson City
Occupy Las Vegas and website
Occupy Reno
Occupy Tahoe
New Hampshire
Occupy Manchester
Occupy New Hampshire
New Jersey
Occupy Kearney
Occupy Newton
Occupy New Jersey
Occupy Trenton
New Mexico
Occupy Albuquerque and Occupy Albuquerque
Occupy Carlsbad
Occupy Las Cruces
Occupy New Mexico
Occupy Roswell
Occupy Santa Fe
Occupy Taos
New York
Occupy Albany
Occupy Binghamton
Occupy Buffalo
Occupy Cortland
Occupy Glens Falls
Occupy Ithaca
Occupy Long Island
Occupy New Paltz
Occupy Otsego
Occupy Plattsburgh
Occupy Poughkeepsie
Occupy Rochester
Occupy Saratoga Springs
Occupy Saranac Lake
Occupy Syracuse
Occupy Wall Street, also New York City main website
Occupy Utica
North Carolina
Occupy Ashville
Occupy Boone
Occupy Chapel Hill
Occupy Charlotte, Occupy Charlotte and non Facebook
Occupy Durham
Occupy Fayetteville
Occupy Greensboro
Occupy Raleigh
Occupy Wilmington
Occupy Winston Salem
North Dakota
Occupy Fargo
Occupy North Dakota
Ohio
Occupy Akron
Occupy Athens
Occupy Cincinnati
Occupy Cleveland, Occupy Cleveland, and website website
Occupy Columbus
Occupy Dayton
Occupy Defiance
Occupy Kent
Occupy Toledo
Occupy Youngstown
Oklahoma
Occupy Bartlesville
Occupy Norman
Occupy OKC and website
Occupy Stillwater
Occupy Tahlequah
Occupy Tulsa
Oregon
Occupy Ashland and Occupy Ashland
Occupy Astoria
Occupy Bend
Occupy Corvallis
Occupy Cottage Grove
Occupy Eugene
Occupy Portland, Occupy Portland and website
Occupy Port Orford: occupyportorford@gmail.com
Occupy Roseburg
Occupy Seaside Oregon
Occupy Salem and website
Pennsylvania
Occupy Allentown
Occupy Bethlehem / Leigh Valley
Occupy Erie and website
Occupy Harrisburg
Occupy Indiana County
Occupy Lancaster
Occupy Philadelphia and website
Occupy Pittsburgh
Occupy Scranton
Occupy State College
Occupy Stroudsburg
Occupy Williamsport
Occupy York
Puerto Rico
Occupy Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
Occupy Providence
South Carolina
Occupy Charleston
Occupy Columbia
Occupy Florence
Occupy Greenville
South Dakota
Occupy Rapid City
Occupy Sioux Falls
Occupy South Dakota
Tennessee
Occupy Chattanooga
Occupy Clarksville
Occupy Johnson City
Occupy Knoxville
Occupy Memphis and (website)
Occupy Nashville and website
Occupy Tennessee
Texas
Occupy Amarillo
Occupy Austin and website
Occupy Brownsville
Occupy Corpus Christi
Occupy Dallas and website
Occupy Denton
Occupy El Paso
Occupy Fort Worth
Occupy Galveston
Occupy Houston and website
Occupy Laredo
Occupy Lubbock
Occupy Marfa
Occupy McAllen
Occupy San Antonio
Occupy Texarkana
Utah
Occupy SLC, Occupy Salt Lake City, also website
Vermont
Occupy Vermont and website
Occupy Burlington
Occupy Montpelier
Occupy Rutland
Virginia
Occupy Blacksburg
Occupy Charlottesville
Occupy Harrisonburg
Occupy Norfolk
Occupy Richmond
Occupy Roanoke
Washington
Occupy Bainbridge Island
Occupy Bellingham
Occupy Bremerton
Occupy Colville
Occupy Ellensburg
Occupy Olympia
Occupy Port Angeles
Occupy Seattle and website
Occupy Spokane
Occupy Tacoma
Occupy Tri-Cities (Richland)
Occupy Vancouver
Occupy Wenatchee
Occupy Yakima and website
West Virginia
Occupy Charleston
Occupy Huntington
Occupy Morgantown
Occupy West Virginia
Wisconsin
Occupy Appleton
Occupy Green Bay
Occupy La Crosse
Occupy Madison
Occupy Milwaukee
Wyoming
Occupy Casper
Occupy Cheyenne
Occupy Jackson Hole
Canada
Occupy Canada
Alberta
Occupy Calgary
Occupy Edmonton
Occupy Lethbridge
British Columbia
Occupy Cranbrook
Occupy Kelowna
Occupy Nelson
Occupy Vancouver and website
Occupy Victoria
Manitoba
Occupy Winnipeg
New Brunswick
Occupy New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Occupy Nwfoundland
Nova Scotia
Occupy Halifax
Occupy Nova Scotia
Ontario
Occupy Kingston
Occupy Ottawa
Occupy Toronto
Prince Edward Island
Occupy Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Occupy Montreal
Occupy Quebec
Saskatchewan
Occupy Regina
Occupy Saskatoon _________________ 'Come and see the violence inherent in the system.
Help, help, I'm being repressed!'
“The more you tighten your grip, the more Star Systems will slip through your fingers.”
8 Activist Rappers Representing Occupy Wall Street and Other Progressive Causes
A handful of awesome hip-hop artists are doing something about their values.
October 11, 2011 |
On Monday, the rapper Kanye West traveled down to the protests on Wall Street after shopping with Jay-Z and Beyonce in SoHo, a guest of Russell Simmons looking to check out the scene. As one of the biggest pop stars in the world, his presence was immediately derided—there was that little case of the $300,000 Maybach he and Jay dismantled in their “Otis” video, for instance—and he was generally accused of being part of the 1 percent. When cameras were thrust in his face, he said nothing, while Simmons spoke for him:
The divisiveness was loud—his defenders were as adamant as his detractors—but whether he was there for the right reasons wasn’t exactly the point. West’s arrival was proof that Occupy Wall Street’s noise is spreading, and that at the very least, curiosity was piquing—and isn’t the most powerful tool in this movement the ability to reach people and let them know what’s going on? (For what it’s worth, Simmons sees OWS as particularly impactful regarding race, and has tweeted that he would be “happy to pay more taxes.” To which we wonder... if Kanye were compelled to pay more taxes, would he even notice?)
That said, there have been a lot of rappers and hip-hop icons with a lot to say about Occupy Wall Street, and other causes. Between Bill O’Reilly derision and censorious senators, rappers have gotten a bad rap in the American mainstream, some with reason but most without. Without further ado, here are the top eight rappers who’ve been staunch activist role models as of late.
1. Sole
The longtime rapping ginger, who’s been posted up at his hometown’s Occupy Denver protests, gets the first spot on general principle: he wrote a protest song titled “I Think I’m Ben Bernanke,” ironically flipping Rick Ross’ oft-paraphrased “Blowin Money Fast” (“I think I’m Big Meech,” et al.) to a different beat. Says Sole:
The song itself is about the history of America's long decline, beginning with the exploitation of the natives, slavery and the post-World War 2 American dominance over the globe. Once the world was sucked dry, the entire system caved in on itself. We have been living on borrowed time since day one, with nothing left to plunder all we can do now is make radical changes or suffer the consequences.
2. Lupe Fiasco
Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco has long been a thinker but has become more radicalized, recently making comments that he believes Obama “is the biggest terrorist.”
“I'm trying to fight the terrorism that's causing the other forms of terrorism,” he told CBS in June. “You know the root cause of terrorists is the stuff the U.S. government allows to happen. The foreign policies that we have in place in different countries that inspire people to become terrorists."
Fiasco was also the first rapper to show up at Occupy Wall Street, making an appearance on September 20 in New York as the protests were congealing. In an interview with We Are Change, he blasted what he called the controlling “New World Order” and condemned the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"We're a society based on consumerism…We blur our own lines between what we need and what we want,” he said. “There could be somebody who lives in Harlem who works [on Wall Street] and you could [tell him], 'Hey, just take a bike.' And [he would say], 'Yo my man, I can't take a bike every day. I need a car.' But when you get in that car, you have to put fuel in that car, so you're financing Exxon Mobil, you're financing Ford or whatever car company it is. You're paying the city because you have to pay for registration, you have to pay taxes [on that car]. So you're financing the system just so you can say, 'Hey, I don't want to bike to work every single day because I'm gonna be tired at the end of the day.'
"For me it's about critical thinking and being critical about everything that's going on around you."
On Friday, October 7, Fiasco made another appearance, this time at Occupy Denver, where he delivered tents, tarps, propane, and other supplies, before heading off to his show at the Fillmore Auditorium.
3. Talib Kweli
The Brooklyn rapper debuted a new song at Occupy Wall Street last week, throwing his support behind the movement in the cogent way he’s conveyed most of his politics throughout his career. He told MTV, "When I see things like Occupy Wall Street, I just try to align myself with things that make sense. Shame on me if I know something and don't spread it, you know? If I know, it becomes my responsibility to spread the information."
He was joined by Philadelphia singer Res, with whom he shares the band Idle Warship. "People are out here from all walks of life, all colors, all classes, people that have jobs, don't have jobs,” she said. "People just want to get the word out and say, 'Look, we're sick of this, we need a change, and what you guys are doing in the White House is not hitting it.'” At the end of Kweli's performance, he told the crowd, “You wanna know what the endgame is? This is the endgame.”
4. Immortal Technique
Harlem-born, Afro-Peruvian rapper Immortal Technique has been one of the most unabashedly political rappers of the last decade, not only criticizing global systems of oppression in his lyrics but working with non-profits and traveling to Afghanistan to help children orphaned because of the war. It was only a matter of time before IT showed at OWS: his speech, shot at 2am two weeks ago on a Monday night, is as passionate as any speech given over the past month. (Stay tuned to AlterNet for an extended interview with the longtime activist/rapper.)
5. Bun B
Something of a spiritual leader in hip-hop, Port Arthur, Texas’ Bun B is respected as both an underground phenom and mainstream king (that was his group, UGK, on Jay-Z’s hit “Big Pimpin,” the song on which he was introduced to most of the non-Southern world). After Katrina, Bun was outspoken about the treatment of transplants to the Houston area—the displacement, the overcrowding of schools, and FEMA’s general disregard for American citizens—and he was an Obama supporter, albeit with reservations. (Ultimately, he decided to vote for Obama because during the campaign, he came to the hood, unlike most of the other candidates.) Thus far, he’s been tweeting in support of Occupy Houston, and at midnight on Tuesday, Oct. 11, he promised @OccupyHouston that he would stop by for a rally at General Assembly time. And if you think he’s revered in hip-hop... you should see how he can rouse his hometown. Keep a close eye on this one.
6. Big Boi & 7. Killer Mike
The latter, one half of the multi-platinum, boundary-breaking rap duo OutKast; the former, a longtime ‘Kast cohort who’s widely considered one of the best Southern rappers around. Both calling Georgia home, they led the charge in mobilizing the hip-hop community in defense of Troy Davis, documenting protests and tweeting their sorrow and solidarity after SCOTUS came back with its decision not to block Davis’ execution. On September 21, the rappers held a rally for college students and members of the NAACP in Jackson, in support of Davis’ cause:
As the situation became more dire, Big Boi released a self-filmed video of the protests:
After Davis was executed, Big Boi tweeted, “Just remember we fought til the very end ... peace and Blessings... Dear Georgia, we don't know if Troy Davis killed a man. Neither do you. But we know you killed Troy Davis.”
8. Pharrell
The super-producer/singer/rapper has been particularly enamored of Japanese culture for years, having become friends with streetwear guru Nigo and a collector of artist Takashi Murakami. So his conversation with Japanese anti-nuclear activists and awareness-raising of the radiation disaster worked quite nicely in this short documentary produced by Vice.
And check out this great clip from Occupation Freedom, Ground Zero and the Global Block Collective: the "Occupy Wall Street Hip-Hop Anthem":
Julianne Escobedo Shepherd is an associate editor at AlterNet and a Brooklyn-based freelance writer and editor. Formerly the executive editor of The FADER, her work has appeared in VIBE, SPIN, New York Times and various other magazines and websites.
_________________ 'Come and see the violence inherent in the system.
Help, help, I'm being repressed!'
“The more you tighten your grip, the more Star Systems will slip through your fingers.”
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_________________ 'Come and see the violence inherent in the system.
Help, help, I'm being repressed!'
“The more you tighten your grip, the more Star Systems will slip through your fingers.”
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NYPD officers cleared the park at midnight, having arrested more than one dozen protesters who chose to stand their ground. RT's Lucy Kafanov filmed the aftermath.
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Author, civil rights activist and Princeton University professor Cornel West has been arrested among 19 other people during the protest on the steps of the Supreme Court building in Washington DC. West attended the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall before joining the October 2011 Stop the Machine protest in Washington's Freedom Plaza.
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Chris Hedges: "What happens is in all of these movements ... the foot soldiers of the elite -- the blue uniformed police, the mechanisms of control -- finally don't want to impede the movement and at that point the power elite is left defenseless ... the only thing I can say having been in the middle of similar movements is that this one is real, and this one could take them all down ... I can guarantee you that huge segments of those blue uniformed police sympathize with everything that you're doing." -- Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges brings his 20 years of experience as a war correspondent, having covered movements and revolutions throughout the the world, to the discussion.
_________________ 'Come and see the violence inherent in the system.
Help, help, I'm being repressed!'
“The more you tighten your grip, the more Star Systems will slip through your fingers.”
Sole issues first hand account of Police Raids on Occupy Denver & Call To Action
nopromo@soleone.org
Quote:
Over the past few weeks I have protested with the Occupy Denver movement and the wider Occupy Wall Street movement. On Thursday, a force of 2-500 riot police attacked the Occupy Denver encampment. My account of the horrific ordeal that unfolded can be found on the Occupy Denver Website. The blog post can be found here:
We have created a petition, that anyone can sign to urge the Governor to stop the arrests of Occupy Denver protestors, it can be found here. Please repost, share, etc. It is imperative that we recieve 10k signatures by Saturday. Please share on facebook, twitter, etc. and get the word out, you do not need to be a Colorado resident to sign this.
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From: StephenHannardADGUK | Oct 17, 2011 | 302 views
http://fundamentalpress.com/Distress_sig.html
go to the link and you well see the point flag ,is in distress
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!
WE THE PEOPLE OF THE REPUBLIC ARE THE RESISTANCE TO NWO DEMOCRACY THE ANSWER TO NWO DEMOCRACY IS 1776
Marine Corps. Sgt. Shamar Thomas from Roosevelt, squared up to the New York Police Department. The brave New York Cops are not very eager to restrain a trained fighter like Shamar are they? Please mirror, share etc. Thanks.
Olbermann interviews marine veteran who shamed police - Sgt Shamar Thomas - Occupy Wall Street
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(copy share) We often hear the claim that our nation is a democracy. That wasn't the vision of the founders. They saw democracy as another form of tyranny. If we've become a democracy, I guarantee you that the founders would be deeply disappointed by our betrayal of their vision. The founders intended, and laid out the ground rules, for our nation to be a republic. The word "democracy" appears nowhere in the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution -- two most fundamental documents of our nation. Instead of a democracy, the Constitution's Article IV, Section 4, guarantees "to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government." Moreover, let's ask ourselves: Does our pledge of allegiance to the flag say to "the democracy for which it stands," or does it say to "the republic for which it stands"? Or do we sing "The Battle Hymn of the Democracy" or "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"? So what's the difference between republican and democratic forms of government? John Adams captured the essence of the difference when he said, "You have rights antecedent to all earthly governments; rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; rights derived from the Great Legislator of the Universe." Nothing in our Constitution suggests that government is a grantor of rights. Instead, government is a protector of rights. In recognition that it's Congress that poses the greatest threat to our liberties, the framers used negative phrases against Congress throughout the Constitution such as: shall not abridge, infringe, deny, disparage, and shall not be violated, nor be denied. In a republican form of government, there is rule of law. All citizens, including government officials, are accountable to the same laws. Government power is limited and decentralized through a system of checks and balances. Government intervenes in civil society to protect its citizens against force and fraud but does not intervene in the cases of peaceable, voluntary exchange. Contrast the framers' vision of a republic with that of a democracy. In a democracy, the majority rules either directly or through its elected representatives. As in a monarchy, the law is whatever the government determines it to be. Laws do not represent reason.They represent power. The restraint is upon the individual instead of government. Unlike that envisioned under a republican form of government, rights are seen as privileges and permissions that are granted by government and can be rescinded by government. How about a few quotations demonstrating the disdain our founders held for democracy? James Madison, Federalist Paper No. 10: In a pure democracy, "there is nothing to check the inducement to sacrifice the weaker party or the obnoxious individual." At the 1787 Constitutional Convention, Edmund Randolph said, " ... that in tracing these evils to their origin every man had found it in the turbulence and follies of democracy." John Adams said,"Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There was never a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." Chief Justice John Marshall observed, "Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos." In a word or two, the founders knew that a democracy would lead to the same kind of tyranny the colonies suffered under King George III. The framers gave us a Constitution that is replete with undemocratic mechanisms. One that has come in for recent criticism and calls for its elimination is the Electoral College. In their wisdom, the framers gave us the Electoral College so that in presidential elections large, heavily populated states couldn't democratically run roughshod over small, sparsely populated states. Here's my question: Do Americans share the republican values laid out by our founders, and is it simply a matter of our being unschooled about the differences between a republic and a democracy? Or is it a matter of preference and we now want the kind of tyranny feared by the founders where Congress can do anything it can muster a majority vote to do? I fear it's the latter. Read more: Are we a republic or a democracy?
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“The more you tighten your grip, the more Star Systems will slip through your fingers.”
Police have clashed with hundreds of demonstrators in the U.S. city of Oakland. It happened when hundreds marched to show their anger at police clearing an "Occupy Wall Street" camp. Officers shot several rounds of tear gas into the crowd, who were trying to reclaim their position within the city centre. Earlier on Tuesday, 85 people were arrested, after they refused to take down their tents as part of the nationwide movement against corporate greed.
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The Occupy Wall Street protests are drawing from all walks of life - people whose lives have been upended by a recession they blame on financial fat cats. RT's Anastasiya Churkina met a 5 star chef who lost job 3 months ago and joined protesters fighting Wall Street fat cats.
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Activist and filmmaker Danny Glover was among speakers in downtown Oakland on October 15th, at a rally in support of the Occupy Oakland encampment. Frank Ogawa Plaza has been renamed Oscar Grant Plaza, replete with a library, hot organic meals cooked on site, dishes, toilets, and a network of raised walkways to get you around the tent city that blankets the square. _________________ 'Come and see the violence inherent in the system.
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“The more you tighten your grip, the more Star Systems will slip through your fingers.”
Veteran Scott Olsen Could Be The First Person To Die At A Wall Street Protest
Linette Lopez and Robert Johnson | Oct. 26, 2011, 5:50 PM | 24,017
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Scott Olsen survived two tours of Iraq, but his life could be over after being critically injured by a police projectile at Occupy Oakland, The Guardian reports. He's 24 years old.
As we know, Occupy Oakland got incredibly ugly this week as police tried to remove protesters from their camp in front of City Hall by using tear gas, fire crackers, and rubber bullets.
Olsen suffered a head injury on Tuesday night, and is now in critical condition in Oakland's Highland Hospital. Jay Finneburgh, a photographer on the scene, managed to witness and take pictures of the incident. Police policy specifically prohibits the firing of these weapons at a person's head.
"This poor guy was right behind me when he was hit in the head with a police projectile. He went down hard and did not get up," Finneburgh wrote.
At first, Doctors told Olsen's friends that he was in critical, but stable condition. Now they're being told that his skull has been fractured and his brain is beginning to swell. Neurologists are in the process of determining whether or not he will require surgery.
According to Keith Shannon, a friend who served with Olsen during his time in Iraq, Olsen was hit in the head with a tear gas or smoke canister, and he has the scar on his head to prove it.
Meanwhile, Oakland police admit that they used tear gas and baton rounds, but have denied the use of flash bang grenades. Protesters, however, say they saw police use them, and the more video that comes out, the harder it is to believe the police.
Olsen hails from Wisconsin, served tours of Iraq in 2006 and 2007, and is active in both Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War.
You can see a video of him collapsing and injured below.
UPDATED: Whatever Happened In Oakland, Orders Had To Have Come From The Top
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Tuesday's police crackdown in Oakland may well have violated the Oakland Police Department’s Crowd Control & Crowd Management Policy.
There is no doubt the Oakland Police Department used Specialty Impact Less-Lethal Munitions (SIM) on the Occupy Oakland Protesters Tuesday night.
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UPDATE: According to San Francisco's ABC7 News, interim Police Chief Howard Jordan said Olsen's injury will be treated as a Level 1 investigation, which is the same as if police had used lethal force. A Level 1 investigation involves not only Internal Affairs, but the district attorney and the office of the Inspector General.
Below is section two from the Oakland Police Training Bulletin.
b. The use of Direct Fired SIM must cease when the violent or destructive actions cease. These weapons must not be used for the purpose of apprehension or to otherwise prevent escape unless escape would present a substantial risk of continued imminent threat to loss of life or serious bodily injury.
c. Members shall only deploy Direct Fired SIM during a demonstration or crowd event under the direction of a supervisor. Oakland Police Department, 28 Oct 05 17
d. When circumstances permit, the supervisor on the scene shall make an attempt to accomplish the policing goal without the use of Direct Fired SIM as described above, and, if practical, an audible warning shall be given to the subject before deployment of the weapon.
e. Any person struck by a round shall be transported to a hospital for observation and any necessary treatment. Ambulance service, if required, shall be ordered per General Order I-4. First aid, when necessary, shall be administered per Training Bulletin III-K.
f. No member shall use Direct Fired SIM without formal training.
g. Direct Fired SIM shall not be used against a person who is under restraint.
h. Members shall not discharge a Direct Fired SIM at a person’s head, neck, throat, face,
left armpit, spine, kidneys, or groin unless deadly force would be justified
Clear video of cops using stun grenade to disperse Scott Olsens aid
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A video has been posted online of an Oakland police officer deliberately throwing a tear-gas grenade at a group of protesters as they tried to help a demonstrator critically injured by a projectile that struck him in the head amid scenes of chaos.
Police Chief Howard Jordan says an internal review board and local prosecutors have been asked to investigate whether officers used excessive force on October 25, when police fired tear gas at protesters trying to re-establish a camp that was disbanded a day earlier.
On Wednesday, city officials in Oakland, CA, allowed Occupy Wall Street protesters back into a plaza which police had earlier raided to clear a 15-day-old encampment. However, they prohibited people from spending the night at the camp.
Hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters in Oakland filed out of the plaza late on Wednesday night and began marching down nearby streets.
Police erected wooden barricades to channel the march but protesters circumvented their efforts by diverting their march down another street.
Oakland officials say they support the protesters' goals, but had no choice but to act when a small number of them threw rocks, paint and bottles at the police.
_________________ 'Come and see the violence inherent in the system.
Help, help, I'm being repressed!'
“The more you tighten your grip, the more Star Systems will slip through your fingers.”
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NYPD attack peaceful protest at OWS NYC marching in solidarity with Occupy Oakland. Police beat peaceful citizens while being restrained. Footage also includes a uniformed and armed NYPD officer pushing another officer onto a restrained demonstrator to cause physical harm and provocation.
_________________ 'Come and see the violence inherent in the system.
Help, help, I'm being repressed!'
“The more you tighten your grip, the more Star Systems will slip through your fingers.”
Occupy policing blunder opens rifts in Oakland city hall
Fallout from Tuesday's heavyhanded police operation against Occupy Oakland may cost both mayor and police chief their jobs
Angela Woodall
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 27 October 2011 21.54 BST
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Occupy Oakland protesters attempting to aid injured activist Scott Olsen are scattered by explosive projectiles thrown by police. Video via YouTube
In a world filled with shocking images, the video of police lobbing flash grenade at the wounded Iraq war veteran Scott Olsen in front of Oakland's City Hall plaza was so appalling that it has become a tipping point for the Occupy movements around the country. Olsen, who served two tours of duty in Iraq before becoming an anti-war advocate, had been hit in the head with a police projectile.
He was protesting the early morning Tuesday raid on the Occupy Oakland camp in front of City Hall, about a yard from where he lay in front of a police skirmish line less than 24 hours after the raid. Authorities are still trying to determine which of the 18 law enforcement agencies called in to assist the Oakland Police Department (OPD) during the raid and protest threw the flash grenade at Olsen as his fellow Occupy Oakland protesters tried to aide him.
But the heavy-handed tactics that resulted in Olsen's hospitalisation – he is still in critical condition – may cost Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, her righthand administrator, Deanna Santana, and Acting Police Chief Howard Jordan their jobs. The blunder and apparent lack of coordination between the city's leaders helped turn Occupy Oakland from a tenuous collection of protesters into a grassroots movement whose members have pledged to shut down the city on 2 November.
Oakland describes itself as having a "strong mayor" form of city government. But Quan spent much of Wednesday distancing herself from the aftermath of the early-morning Tuesday raid on the Occupy Oakland camp, which led to some 100 arrests and perhaps a dozen injuries.
Jordan said he could not speak for the back-up agencies, but Oakland police will use tear gas and bean bags to break up demonstrations if protesters ignore officers' order to disperse or if they pose a threat. All it takes is a bottle thrown at police for officers to react. Their reaction sets of an explosion of confrontation with protesters being thrown to the ground, dragged away or smacked with a baton.
But reports immediately surfaced that even peaceful protesters who complied were injured. One officer tore the camera out of a newspaper cameraman's hands, then shot him with a bean bag during the protest.
Jordan, nevertheless, praised his police officers for their professionalism. But his calm demeanor Wednesday belied deep schisms between the police and the mayor. The Oakland police union opposed her during the mayoral race and endorsed her opponent, former California Senator Don Perata. The force's relationship with Quan has worsened with each major decision about policing policies that involved the mayor.
Finally, the former police chief Anthony Batts resigned several weeks ago, in part because Quan had stifled several violence-prevention tactics which he favored, such as gang injunctions. Jordan's relationship with Quan at least lacks the bitterness that helped drive out his former boss. But that may have changed with Quan's claim that her police chief bore partial responsibility for the public relations nightmare she is experiencing because of the protest.
Quan told reporters that she authorised police to break up the camp because it was a safety and health hazard. But she said she did not know the sweep would happen Tuesday when she was in Washington, DC, looking for federal dollars. "I don't do the tactical planning," she said during Wednesday's news conference.
She certainly did not expect the protests that night, which she watched unfold, sleep-deprived and transfixed, on television from Washington, DC. Either Santana and Jordan failed to keep the mayor informed of the details of the raid and subsequent protest – unless Quan is not being completely forthcoming. Either way, she is ducking responsibility.
Olsen's injury will very likely result in a lawsuit against Oakland, one of numerous cases against police here for excessive force that the city settles every year. That said, police did the job with which they were tasked: they cleared the Occupy Oakland camp of residents using the tactics they learn from Day 1 of their training. If Jordan failed, it was in making sure that all 18 agencies complied with his city's policies on use of force. In turn, Santana should have communicated better with her boss.
But Quan could have stepped in with an alternative to the raid. Had she been in Oakland, or at least monitoring the situation more closely, she could have given orders to draw down police presence, instead of ratcheting up the tension by putting hundreds of police on the ground during the march.
Now, Oakland has become a national media spectacle of protest and police brutality. And Quan's hold on power looks dangerously thin.
_________________ 'Come and see the violence inherent in the system.
Help, help, I'm being repressed!'
“The more you tighten your grip, the more Star Systems will slip through your fingers.”
Group Of Marines Lead Protesters To Re-Occupy Park In Oakland
October 26, 2011
By Stephen D. Foster Jr.
According to a twitter message by Michael Moore, a crowd of marines are leading a crowd of protesters to re-occupy the park in Oakland. The marines tore down the fences blocking their entrance.
“Massive crowd lead by Marines have torn down the fences at #occupyoakland and are re-entering the park! YES!”~Michael Moore(twitter)
Stay tuned for more information as this story develops.
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