September 2011
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MSM Watch: September 16th
Three news items from the past 24 hours:
U.S. Day of Rage planned for Saturday — an Arab Spring in America? - Washington Post
Wall Street Protesters Vow to Occupy Lower Manhattan for Months - Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Twitter #occupywallstreet movement aims to mimic Iran - CNN
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For those who cannot make it
domestic-terrorism:
Send a letter to the NYPD expressing your solidarity with the protesters and urging the police to exercise restraint. Also, tell them the world is watching. And thank them for all their hard work.
Imagine what affect it would have if the police got 100,000,000 letters of support for the protesters. Edit. x2 It’d be hard for the media to dismiss all the protesters as...
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Lead up to occupation →
There is a lot going on this week in the lead up to September 17th. First off, for some inspiration check out all the solidarity movements around the world.
Meetings & Training:
USDR is hosting non violent civil disobedience training Friday @ 6:30. See the details and location on the calendar page or on USDR calendar.
There will be a Tactical Committee Meeting Wednesday, 7pm Fort Greene...
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Legal Fact Sheet →
Occupy Wall Street: Legal Information
If you are participating in actions on or following September 17 related to Occupy Wall Street, you might want to familiarize yourself with the following legal information:
Download this document to print and circulate (PDF)
Preparation
If you receive a phone call from the Intelligence Division of the Police Department asking for information about...
The 17th is supposed to be sunny and not too hot. For some it may be even be jacket weather. Should get chilly at night, so bring a sweater and an extra blanket.
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=New+York&state=NY&site=OKX&textField1=40.7198&textField2=-73.993&e=1
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#OCCUPYWALLSTREET will begin @12pm at Bowling... →
(that’s where the bull statue is)
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Update: Since it is perfectly legal to sleep on the sidewalk in NYC, but illegal to set up any kind of structure in which to do so, the use of tents is now being discouraged. You are more likely to be thrown out the first day if you set up a tent. Rain, if occupation lasts several days, might make that situation complicated. Personally I would bring one just in case without setting it up until I...
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"Know Your Meme" does #OCCUPYWALLSTREET →
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"Groups Plan To ‘Occupy Wall Street,’ But Their... →
Woohoo! Hitting the big media, finally:
“We need to get government back into the hands of the 99 percent, not the one percent,” Csapo said. “Right now, the law is currently written for the one percent, and we are seeing an incredible amount of wealth being extracted.”
“The aim is getting back to more of a participatory Democracy,” said Csapo.
The Occupy Wall Street website says “We also...
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Market Watch: Occupy Wall Street will lay siege to... →
On Sept. 17, the Arab Spring becomes the new American Fall, with 20,000 revolutionaries in a tent city. Plus “solidarity” occupations in major financial centers worldwide, all ready for a long siege, vowing not to leave till they get their “one simple demand.” […]
Their allies have names like “CultureJammers,” “USDayofRage.org,” “People of the NYC General Assembly,” “TaketheSquare.net,”...
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Labor Day Twitter Bomb
occupywallstreet:
On Labor day tweet @KeithOlbermann @TMorello @MMFlint @CornellWest @DylanRatigan
Tweet @ each of them individually tagged #occupywallst
Ask them for their help and support, basically for their voice. Be interesting, funny, and/or persuasive, stroke egos.
“End American plutocracy. Sept 17th #occupywallst. Lend us your voice Mike. @MMFlint
“This is the last Labor Day we...
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'Socialists Plan to Rage Against Freedom on... →
Read this for a laugh (or a cringe?). These people really have their heads in their asses:
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse than the spectacle of idiocy, self-centeredness, greed and anti-Americanism seen in Madison, Wisconsin last winter, now comes a “Day of Rage” planned for our nation’s Constitution Day on September 17…
Yes, on the day most Americans (the patriotic...
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Anti-corporatists to 'occupy Wall Street' for... →
#OWS makes the news at The Daily Caller, a conservative media outlet, equivalent to The Huffington Post.
The protesters claim corporate influence has corrupted the country, and that their occupation of Wall Street and smaller demonstrations in other financial centers on Sept. 17 will get the message out.
“[O]ur representatives are bought by hard and soft dollars and we’ve created a system...
August 2011
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Anonymous Hackers Demand 'Social Justice' with... →
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UK Uncut to hold solidarity protest on Sept. 17 →
