Occupy Together - Began at 55 Wall Street & Expanded Globally

[hungprep]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ5WdOTPais&fmt=22"]Already seeing results[/ame]


^ LA City Council votes to end corporate personhood, December 10, 2011
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Elsewhere, it’s still ‘plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’ (‘the more things change, the more they stay the same’) – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, from his journal ‘Les Guêpes’ (‘The Wasps’), BTW (just in case you didn’t know)…

From this morning’s The New York Times – ‘Billionaire and Ex-Minister to Oppose Putin in Russian Presidential Election’

And it’s not just in Russia that we see those tired, old refrains from the not-so-distant past, coming back to haunt us…

‘Depression and Democracy’ – Paul Kugman in yesterday’s Sunday New York Times
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[Kulindahr]

Breaking News (from this morning)


^ ‘West Coast port shutdown announcement 12-12-11 (Occupy Oakland, LA, Portland, Wall Street)’


From The Oregonian, December 12, 2011 (updated) – ‘Occupy Portland: Port of Portland targeted by demonstrators this morning’
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Listened about that on the news. Last I heard, the police were insisting that traffic unrelated to the port itself had to be allowed through, but the matter hadn't been resolved.

 

[Kulindahr]

Tom Morello announces his support
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The problem is that the wealthy can afford to sit and lose profits a lot longer than the workers can afford to go without pay.

If I were there, I'd be passing the hat to take up bucks to split among the truck drivers who aren't getting paid because of this.

 

[Kulindahr]

Elsewhere, it’s still ‘plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’ (‘the more things change, the more they stay the same’) – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, from his journal ‘Les Guêpes’ (‘The Wasps’), BTW (just in case you didn’t know)…

From this morning’s The New York Times – ‘Billionaire and Ex-Minister to Oppose Putin in Russian Presidential Election’

It's a commentary on just how far right the Russian ruling regime is that businesses and businessmen are to their left.

 

[Kulindahr]

And it’s not just in Russia that we see those tired, old refrains from the not-so-distant past, coming back to haunt us…

‘[/COLOR]Depression and Democracy’ – Paul Kugman in yesterday’s Sunday New York Times
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Hungary is not where I would have guessed one-party authoritarianism to emerge.

 

[hungprep]

From yesterday afternoon’s ‘TimesCast | December 12, 2011’ – ‘Mikhail Prokhorov, a Russian billionaire, plans to run against Vladimir Putin for president; and Occupy Wall Street protesters picket Goldman Sachs’…

And overnight, back in my hometown, more of the same old, same old…

Now, just where do you think that will lead?
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[hungprep]

The New York Times’ ‘Room for Debate’ from today, December 13, 2011 – ‘Is the Kremiln Loosening Its Grip?’
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[eryk-v]

Me at Occupy Wall Street:

I went when they were still allowed to encamp Zuccotti Park. Supported this movement since it started and I hope it stays relevant for a long time. You definitely grow fond of the movement being there, in the crowd, in a march, feeling the intensity of it all and for the movement.

 

[hungprep]

What could be next for the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators who were arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge?

Occupy the Court System…

‘Occupy Wall Street Protesters Report to Court’ from yesterday’s The New York Times, December 14, 2011

And again, from my quiescent, little hometown, as reported in the Baltimore City Paper blog, December 13, 2011 – ‘Police Dismantle Occupy Baltimore Encampment’
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‘Worker-Owners of America, Unite!’ – by ‘Op-ed Contributor’ Gar Alperovitz in The New York Times, December 14, 2011

‘At Occupy Frankfurt, Calm Anarchy Has Staying Power’ – by Jack Ewing in The New York Times, December 15, 2011
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[Kulindahr]

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Looks like both the police and the protestors could use some lessons from Europe.

 

[hungprep]

Christian charity apparently has its limits – some Zuccotti Park OWS organizers and Trinity Wall Street (the very rich, landowning, Episcopal parish next door to the park) engage in some sharp rhetoric, alternately pointed and evasive, from The New York Times, December 16, 2011

‘Arrests as Occupy Protest Turns to Church’ – from this morning’s Sunday New York Times
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[hungprep]

The way overplayed (to the point of being ridiculously cliched), Universal Cop Mentality – ‘Why Is the N.Y.P.D. After Me?’ by Nicholas K. Peart, from yesterday’s Sunday New York Times
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[Kulindahr]

84% of all stops are of non-whites. I suspect that 80$ of those stops are mere harassment.

Police departments don't act like this unless the people above them want it. Once again, I can't believe people here defend the PTBs in New York -- they're corrupt. The cops probably get points for stopping people, and the more points, the faster to promotion.

 

[mbamike]

Has anyone thought about occupying Congress? They created this mess, IMO. The current bunch is not doing anything to fix it either!

 

[hungprep]

^ Hmm…

Write your Congressman…?

‘Don’t Tax the Rich. Tax Inequality Itself.’ – by Ian Ayres and Aaron Edlin, ‘Op-ed Contributors,’ The New York Times, December 19, 2011
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[Kulindahr]

^ Hmm…

Write your Congressman…?

‘Don’t Tax the Rich. Tax Inequality Itself.’ – by Ian Ayres and Aaron Edlin, ‘Op-ed Contributors,’ The New York Times, December 19, 2011
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That's superb!

Except I disagree with one thing: the rate shouldn't be anywhere near 36 - to - 1. The inequity tax should start based on that figure, but over the next 32 years, it should drop to 20 to one.

There should also be a kicker that keeps an eye one the average income, because one way to raise the median is to ignore the lower 49% and just raise those of the 2% right in the middle.

 

[hungprep]

‘For Wall St.’s Big Players, the Holiday Party Is Still Over’ – From The New York Times, December 19, 2011

‘With large American firms cutting back on holiday parties, private equity firms, hedge funds and others that operate farther from the public eye are taking their place.’ ~ (by) Kevin Roose in ‘DealB%k’
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[Kulindahr]

I wonder if there would be any legal foundation for a class action suit on behalf of shareholders who would rather have those billions in bonuses be coming out as dividends?