November 2011
158 posts
“I don’t say this lightly, but the consumer is simply an income stream and...”
– Former JPMorgan executive David Mooney.
This is the kind of thing George Bailey would disagree with.
"Wear the Revolution"
carton-rouge:
That moronic Occupy Store? The whois record for the site lists the owner as being The Waterbury Group, a “full service marketing firm” out of Connecticut.
Check it out.
Name: Ray Agrinzone
Address: PO Box 948, Waterbury, CT 06721
Phone: (888) 487-9405
Direct Connect: (203) 528-1178
Email: info@thewaterburygroup.com
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Lobbying firm's memo spells out plan to undermine... →
“…CLGC’s memo proposes that the ABA pay CLGC $850,000 to conduct “opposition research” on Occupy Wall Street in order to construct “negative narratives” about the protests and allied politicians. The memo also asserts that Democratic victories in 2012 would be detrimental for Wall Street and targets specific races in which it says Wall Street would benefit by electing Republicans...
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“I was there to take down the names of people who were arrested… As I’m standing...”
– Retired New York Supreme Court Judge Karen Smith, working as a legal observer after the raids on Zucotti Park this Tuesday, via Paramilitary Policing of Occupy Wall Street: Excessive Use of Force amidst the New Military Urbanism (via seriouslyamerica)
mohandasgandhi:
It’s getting rather exhausting listening to people try to use the Tea Party rallies as some sort of check on the Occupy Wall Street movement in order to demonize it. While the Tea Partiers do have some legitimate political concerns, for the most part, they were and still are pawns. Why was there constant mainstream media coverage of Tea Party demonstrations? Why were there so few...
CBS says 32,650+ people @ and near BK bridge
Can’t find this anywhere, but if it is true it would be awesome!
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Decolonization, violence, and the future of OWS →
Since today is supposed to be a “day of action” — and certainly hasn’t failed to deliver in this respect — I think it’s important to talk about just what kind of action is desperately needed from OWS. This is where Fanon’s discussion of decolonization becomes relevant. Make no mistake: The wholesale restructuring of the dominant ideologies and institutions of a society is always and...
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