I can’t say that I agree with everything Russell Brand says here, but I think I agree with 99% of it. Check this out for an impassioned political tirade or 5 from Russell Brand: Related Stories: Occupy Wall Street Cartoons, News, + How Republicans Try to (& Do) Rob the 99% to Pay the 1% […]
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We are in uncharted territory. This is like no time in our civilization’s history — global food shortages, climate crisis, unending war and violence, corporate domination, rampant systemic corruption, government collusion with corporations, abject poverty and homelessness, mass extinctions — it’s a long list barely begun here. It’s enough to leave one feeling hopeless in
What a wonderful democracy we live in:
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Along with all the HUGE Occupy news today and this week, here are some good, ‘humours’ Occupy cartoons, graphs, and images:
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The Occupy movement has been fluid since its inception, but there’s a hard target it could soon be aiming for — the biggest day of activism in U.S. history, next July 4th, to take our country back from the super rich. “Think what could be brought to the limelight if a million people would take
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This guy nails how Republicans completely lie to the country while they try to make the rich richer and the rest of us poorer. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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If you are not aware, Scott Olsen is an Iraq war veteran who had his skull fractured by the police in an Occupy Oakland event. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Video via MSNBC
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Long before the Occupy movement started, Jamie Johnson, one of the heirs of the grand Johnson&Johnson fortune, made a documentary on the 1%, titled “The One Percent.” It seems, from the intro here, to be spot on. (But why it’s selling for $18.99 is a little baffling.)
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Some top activism news from the past week or so: 1. Masked Activists in Germany Sop Transport of Nuclear Waste As the title indicates, some activists in Germany are fed up with the creating and unsafe transport and storage of nuclear waste (well, no one even knows where to ‘permanently’ store the nuclear waste). So,
You have to love the Occupy Wall Street movement’s growing presence, and you also have to love Obama’s classy, thoughtful, and seemingly concerned response to the group that mic checked him yesterday, as well as his response to some of the concerns of the Occupy movement later in his speech. As Beth Buczynzski of sister
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The Yes Men are some of the most well-known and loved activists in the world. As their website states, they specialize in “Identity Correction.” Specifically: “Impersonating big-time criminals in order to publicly humiliate them. Our targets are leaders and big corporations who put profits ahead of everything else.” They have pulled off some of
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With song and stories, people around the world are taking to the radio airwaves, sharing the realities of the climate crisis and calling on people to grow the climate movement in the lead up to the 2011 UN Climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa. From today through 2nd December, we’re running an exciting new project
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We just used this cartoon in another post, but it is such an awesome cartoon that I wanted to highlight it by sharing it by itself. So accurate. The message is dead clear, and has been from day one, but the media (most large media corporations, that is) seem dead set on not hearing
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David Suzuki and Right Livelihood Right Livelihood is a simple concept. Right livelihood is a strong concept. It is one of the vows of the Eightfold Path. It is related directly to an honest means of earning a living, sustainable reciprocity, serving in some way — serving another human life, serving the concerns of humanity. And this is
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These are truly a must watch (if you are adverse to certain language, you might skip the first one):
Occupy Earth is a term that I’m seeing here and there, and I hope it grows into a household phrase. There is an ongoing debate about what we need to fix first, the environment or the economy. But it’s a ridiculous debate, since you can’t fix one without fixing the other. A good piece I
The Occupy Movement is an amazing phenomenon. In less than two months it’s has aggregated into a global movement, taking a strong stand again the financial forces that have taken over the U.S. and so many other governments. There are no indications of us going away. Still, there are issues. The corporate media insists we
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The Occupy Wall Street Day of Action yesterday was big news, but news agencies are covering one side of the story — they are primarily reporting on what police told them. Is that it a little biased or am I a cherry pie? Luckily, in the age of the internet, we have citizen journalism
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I don’t know how many people were paying attention to Occupy Wall Street when it first started, compared to how many people are paying attention to it now. I first wrote about it the weekend it started, and before it even started I know that around 100,000 people were behind the cause. But the
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Yes, you read the title right.. -58%. What would you do for a -58% tax rate? Bribe the government, perhaps? “The official federal corporate income tax rate in the U.S. is 35%, but plenty of the nation’s largest publicly traded companies are paying no taxes — even getting money back from the government in some cases
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As I’ve just written, it’s Bank Transfer Day. Check out that post for more info on its birth and development, results leading up to the day, and a good “Move Your Money” video. Clearly, it’s high time the 99% stop supporting banks that rip them off, leave them broke and homeless, and then give their
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Right now, thousands of people across the country are moving their money from big banks to credit unions. Why? Well, the video below offers a pretty good explanation: As reported yesterday, 650,000 people moved their money from big banks to credit unions last month. Over 80,000 more indicated on Facebook that they would do so
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Here’s my daily post on Occupy Wall Street news, videos, cartoons, and images. (I’m thinking maybe I should start making this a twice a day thing….) To start off, how about this Occupy Wall Street bull shit from Rudy Giuliani: Giuliani: OWS Is Millstone Around Obama’s Neck That Will Take Presidency Down Complete misreporting of
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Here are some videos of police caught posing as the Black Bloc, at various protests Bye bye, banks: 650,000 switched to credit unions last month! Black bloc radicals tried to derail Occupy Oakland’s General Strike Police breaking their own rules in declaring unlawful assembly against Occupy Oakland “He has a right to speak”, said the
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I’ve already written a post on reports of what happened at the Occupy Oakland General Strike, as well as vandalism there and the protesters’ response to the fringe vandals. But, the question I think those of us supportive of the movement should ask is not just “what happened?” but also “was this strike a success?”
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Get thousands of people out in protest and you can pretty much guarantee that some of them will cause trouble. This was the case at Occupy Oakland today as some protesters broke the windows of big banks and threw rocks. But, the majority of the protesters seem to have gotten the picture that peaceful protest
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Here are some more top images and stories on the Occupy Wall Street movement (from the past day or so). “This bank is run by crooks,” I shouted. (separate from image below, but related..) The Propaganda Posters of the 1% (images below) OWS Spurs “Largest Mobilization of Pro-Bono Lawyers” in 40 years. The Inevitable Has Happened: Occupy
Reporter videos his own arrest at Occupy Nashville Is the NYPD pushing drunks and drug dealers on Occupy Wall Street? Busted! Occupy Oakland police infiltrators exposed on video. Police brutality at Occupy Portland today Occupy Oakland marches to police HQ to protest brutality. Police meet them with riot gear. Why The Growing Gap Between Rich
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I’ve decided to create a post of the top Occupy Wall Street (or OWS-related) videos I’ve seen so far. Will update this page as time goes on and I run across more that I think should really be highlighted as often as possible. Please drop links in the comments below. So far, these are my
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No, I’m not recommending you go occupy Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup (though, someone certainly needs to occupy Monsanto.. other than greedy little punks). This post is just a roundup of the best Occupy _________ I’ve found today. Enjoy: The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive OCCUPY OAKLAND – Scott
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“It is Bank profits before people.” “The banks are above people being able to eat.” This quote is from an occupy protester as she was interviewed by Amy Goodman for non-profit radio. As Amy let the woman speak, the woman’s story unfolds: She has a master’s degree in social work and a student loan dept
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Aside from the few that I just published, here are 16 of the top Occupy _______ images and stories of the day: Occupy Oakland Calls for general Strike & Mass Day of Action Egyptian Blogger: Activists Will March To U.S. Embassy Tomorrow to Protest Oakland Crackdown Anonymous downs Oakland police site after violence NYPD sergeants
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This is a cool idea. What is the big focus of Occupy Wall Street? It’s that the 1% own a tremendous amount more wealth than the rest of us, and that they game the system to own more and more. There are a ton of statistics regarding this matter that could shock you. Now, protests
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I imagine you’ve heard by now that a marine veteran’s skull was fractured by the Oakland police. It’s really a little too f***ed up for me to comment on. Here’s a video and then Jeremy Bloom of Red, Green, and Blue’s summary (if you prefer text): This is beyond words. Fortunately, there is video. This
This is one of the best Occupy Wall Street videos I’ve seen. All I can say is, WATCH IT. And, get behind these key efforts: 1. Reinstate Glass-Steagall 2. Audit the Federal Reserve 3. Reverse No. 08-205 by Amendment 4. Overhaul 1%/Corporate Tax Code More on how this video came about via DC Douglas. h/t
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Starting off today’s Occupy Wall Street Roundup, here are a couple pics of Occupy Oakland protesters who were shot with rubber bullets: Occupy Oakland & Oakland Police Clash Fun stuff, eh? (sarcasm) FOX News Smears Occupy Wall Street Activist Mom More Occupy Wall Street stories from the past day or so: Right-wing bloggers freak out
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Some of the webs many great developers have created a fun new website, Occupy the URL. The website is pretty simple. You go there, enter the URL you want to occupy, and boom, you will see 99%ers, grandmas fighting for a fair world, college students, common folks, and hippies start occupying the site. I’ve done
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Everything is connected: the things we do, the things others do, affect people’s lives. The aura of our material planet is a body of energy that is part of us and extends around us from the inside out. This connectivity is showing up willfully in our streets. Bill Mikkiben points out: “We cannot solve the carbon problem until we solve the power problem.” He also acknowledges the good timing of now-linking movements of activism. The time of putting positive energy into a collective force is in action now as a space to heal these gaping wounds in culture and environment unfolds.
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If this video doesn’t make Obama and Hillary (and others) take action to protect the rights of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protesters and stop the police brutality, I’m not sure what would. Make sure they see it by helping to share this far and wide:
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This is one of the best, most succinct explanations of what Occupy Wall Street is about I’ve seen. And you might be surprised to find out that it comes to us from a former Congressman and economist from FL, Alan Grayson.
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The tremendous (and growing) power and wealth divide in the U.S. is closely tied to our energy and environmental problems. Solving one must mean solving the other. Thus, this news about protesters try to start a massive, long sit-in on Wall Street is a good fit for Planetsave.
To keep it simple, just think about what is keeping us from quickly addressing important environmental issues:
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