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Monday, October 3, 2011
11-10-02 Daily Censored: First Official Occupy Wall Street Statement //Diario Censura: Oficial Primero Ocupar la calle Muro de Declaración // 每日截尾：第一次正式占据华尔街声明
Written by HurricaneDean , Daily Journal (Opinion), Media, Politics Oct 2, 2011
This weekend, the Occupy Wall Street movement entered its third week of non-violent public assembly and peaceful protest. However, once again, the New York Police Department has proven peaceful protests against the “Masters of Universe” must be met with violence.
Unlike the astro-turf Tea Party, the Occupy Wall Street movement is truly a grassroots movement. Before the movement had even defined it goals, let alone made declarations of purpose and demands, people began to occupy a park, just two blocks away from Wall Street, in protest. A few protesters turned into a hundred protesters, then hundreds and now thousands of people are camping out near Wall Street. Both the young and old came with sleeping bags and handmade signs calling for an end to corporate control of governments and a host of over outrages.
While at first the message coming from the Occupy Wall Street protest seemed unfocused, disorganized and undisciplined, over the last two weeks the movement had formed a “Direct Democracy Occupation Group”. In other words, the movement created their own ad hoc people’s congress which formed a General Assembly.
After two weeks of deliberations, the Occupy Wall Street movement of New York City posted its first_official_statement. The following is the entire statement provided by the site DangerousMinds.net :
“This was unanimously voted on by all members of Occupy Wall Street last night, around 8pm, Sept 29. It is our first official document for release. We have three more underway, that will likely be released in the upcoming days: 1) A declaration of demands. 2) Principles of Solidarity 3) Documentation on how to form your own Direct Democracy Occupation Group. This is a living document. you can receive an official press copy of the latest version by emailingc2anycga@gmail.com
Declaration of the Occupation of New York City
As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies.
As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights, and those of their neighbors; that a democratic government derives its just power from the people, but corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people and the Earth; and that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power. We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.
They have taken our houses through an illegal foreclosure process, despite not having the original mortgage.
They have taken bailouts from taxpayers with impunity, and continue to give Executives exorbitant bonuses.
They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the workplace based on age, the color of one’s skin, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.
They have poisoned the food supply through negligence, and undermined the farming system through monopolization.
They have profited off of the torture, confinement, and cruel treatment of countless nonhuman animals, and actively hide these practices.
They have continuously sought to strip employees of the right to negotiate for better pay and safer working conditions.
They have held students hostage with tens of thousands of dollars of debt on education, which is itself a human right.
They have consistently outsourced labor and used that outsourcing as leverage to cut workers’ healthcare and pay.
They have influenced the courts to achieve the same rights as people, with none of the culpability or responsibility.
They have spent millions of dollars on legal teams that look for ways to get them out of contracts in regards to health insurance.
They have sold our privacy as a commodity.
They have used the military and police force to prevent freedom of the press.
They have deliberately declined to recall faulty products endangering lives in pursuit of profit.
They determine economic policy, despite the catastrophic failures their policies have produced and continue to produce.
They have donated large sums of money to politicians supposed to be regulating them.
They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil.
They continue to block generic forms of medicine that could save people’s lives in order to protect investments that have already turned a substantive profit.
They have purposely covered up oil spills, accidents, faulty bookkeeping, and inactive ingredients in pursuit of profit.
They purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the media.
They have accepted private contracts to murder prisoners even when presented with serious doubts about their guilt.
They have perpetuated colonialism at home and abroad.
They have participated in the torture and murder of innocent civilians overseas.
They continue to create weapons of mass destruction in order to receive government contracts.*
To the people of the world,
We, the New York City General Assembly occupying Wall Street in Liberty Square, urge you to assert your power.
Exercise your right to peaceably assemble; occupy public space; create a process to address the problems we face, and generate solutions accessible to everyone.
To all communities that take action and form groups in the spirit of direct democracy, we offer support, documentation, and all of the resources at our disposal.
Join us and make your voices heard!
*These grievances are not all-inclusive.
Via reddit”
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On Saturday, 2011, protestors were forced off the legal protest route and corralled onto the Brooklyn Bridge, were some 700 Occupy Wall Street protestors were arrested. The Huffington Post showed a video of hundreds of protesters shouting at the police, “Let Us Go” and “Shame, Shame, Shame” as they were being corralled and arrested. Thus, the NYPD violated hundreds of Americans their Constitutional right of free speech.
Examples of police brutality, excessive force, and violations of Constitutional rights is simply a manifestation of a right-wing corporate takeover of America, which is exactly what the Occupy Wall Street movement is protesting. The militarization of the U.S. government in order to protect the Wall Street gangsters over main street Americans is being highlighted this weekend on the streets of New York.
Salman Rushdie has been adding his thoughts on the protests at the official Occupy Wall Street Twitter account #occupywallstreet. Rushdie posts in three quick tweets, “The thieves are in their palaces, counting their loot. But now the people are hammering at the palace gates.” “The world’s economy has been wrecked by these rapacious traders. Yet it is the protesters who are jailed.” And, “Deregulation turned world economy into the Wild West. Now entire countries (Iceland, Greece) are ending up in Boot Hill.”
Rushdie has his finger on the pulse of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Deregulation of Americas banking industry and Wall Street trading has turned the world’s economy into the Wild West. Unfortunately for America, Obama welcomed the thieves into the White House. Thus, Obama proved, yet again, the Democrats are no different than the Republicans when it comes to who’s really running the Wild West show.
While at first the Occupy Wall Street movement seemed to lack focus and appeared undisciplined, the fact is, after two weeks, their movement have shown incredible disciple. Take the fact that after numerous examples of the police openly assaulting protesters and arresting well over a 1000 activists, the Occupy Wall Street protesters have remained nonviolent.
In addition, the Occupy Wall Street movement has spread to several other cities, including Washington D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Atlanta. At first, the symbol of Wall Street was so powerful it is enough to draw a wide range of grievances. People from all over American came to Wall Street to simply form a coalition of main street Americans.
One other recent Tweet on #occupywallstreet that caught my eye was by LOLGOP, Pete Nicely. Nicely does a nice job of synthesizing the movement down to a Tweet: “Take everything the Tea Party said & reverse it. Better regulation & health care and fairer taxes!”
I think that pretty much sums up the movement.11-10-02 Antiwar Mass Assembly 8 October - Trafalgar Square, London
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TONY BLAIR AFGHANISTAN
Antiwar Mass Assembly
Saturday 8 October 12noon
Trafalgar Square London
The Antiwar Assembly on October 8 will be a memorable day
Many thanks for signing the pledge to join the Antiwar Mass Assembly in Trafalgar Square. Thousands have pledged and there is a steady stream of new signatories. Thousands more who have not pledged will be there. Transport is being organised across the country to bring protesters from outside London (see http://bit.ly/oM17x9)
Recent pledges
Julian Assange from Wikileaks is among the latest to sign the pledge - he will be speaking on the day - and we've just got confirmation that the remarkable 106-year-old Hetty Bower will be there too (see this video and you will know why: http://bit.ly/mWvU9e). Watch out for more announcements in the next few days.
Timetable
The initial programme for the day has been published here: http://bit.ly/poSQPd. A full timetable will be available soon, with details about the musicians, writers, artists, MPs, filmmakers, actors, trade union leaders and activists who will be performing or speaking on the day.
Spread the word
Please, in the few days left before 8 October, do all you can to publicise the Antiwar Assembly, among your family, neighbours, work colleagues, fellow students, community or faith group etc. Encourage everyone to sign the pledge here: http://www.antiwarassembly.org/
Please Donate
We have launched a financial appeal to help us fund 8 October and have had a tremendous response so far, reaching nearly half of our target to raise £10,000 to cover the costs of Trafalgar Square, two stages, projection screens, sound systems and a marquee, as well as the expenditure on publicising the event through leaflets, posters etc. If you haven't already done so, please consider making a contribution. We rely entirely on the donations of our supporters to fund our activities. You can make a donation online, by phone or by post. See:: http://bit.ly/n0eEh2
Why you can make a difference
The war in Afghanistan is a disaster, with the latest figures showing an increase of violence by 39% in 2011 compared to last year. Most people in Britain oppose the government's war policies, and not least the spending of billions of pounds attacking other people's countries at a time of huge cuts in public services. The government is banking on this widespread opposition not being visable or active. On Saturday we will give voice to the anti-war majority in this country, as part of the continuing fight to make it politically impossible for the government to wage wars which are both unjustified and immoral. See you there!
Contact:
info@antiwarassembly.org
Call 020 7801 2768
http://www.antiwarassembly.org
Call 020 7801 2768
http://www.antiwarassembly.org
Saturday, October 1, 2011
11-09-29 Herald Tribune - Taking to the Streets... //Herald Tribune - saliendo a la calle ...// 先驱论坛报“ - 走上街头...
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Herald Tribune continues to treat the story as something happeningonly outside the United States.
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Walking out on the system ; In troubled times, faith in the ballot box fades and people take to streets
Article from: International Herald Tribune | September 29, 2011 |
Herald Tribune continues to treat the story as something happeningonly outside the United States.
jz
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Walking out on the system ; In troubled times, faith in the ballot box fades and people take to streets
Article from: International Herald Tribune | September 29, 2011 |
NICHOLAS KULISH
People in domocracies everywhere are rejecting traditional political solutions and taking their displeasure to the streets.
Hundreds of thousands of disillusioned Indians cheer a rural activist on a hunger strike. Israel reels before the largest street demonstrations in its history. Enraged young people in Spain and Greece take over public squares across their countries.
Their complaints range from corruption to lack of affordable housing and joblessness, common grievances the world over. But from South Asia to the heartland of Europe and now even to Wall Street, these protesters share something else: wariness, even contempt, toward traditional politicians and the democratic political process they preside over.
They are taking to the streets, in part, because they have little faith in the ballot box.
"Our parents are grateful because they're voting," said Marta Solanas, 27, referring to older Spaniards' decades spent under the Franco dictatorship. "We're the first generation to say that voting is worthless."
Economics have been one driving force, with widening income inequality, high unemployment and recession-driven cuts in social spending breeding widespread malaise. Alienation runs especially deep in Europe, with boycotts and strikes that, in London and Athens, erupted into violence.
But even in India and Israel, where growth remains robust, protesters say they …
People in domocracies everywhere are rejecting traditional political solutions and taking their displeasure to the streets.
Hundreds of thousands of disillusioned Indians cheer a rural activist on a hunger strike. Israel reels before the largest street demonstrations in its history. Enraged young people in Spain and Greece take over public squares across their countries.
Their complaints range from corruption to lack of affordable housing and joblessness, common grievances the world over. But from South Asia to the heartland of Europe and now even to Wall Street, these protesters share something else: wariness, even contempt, toward traditional politicians and the democratic political process they preside over.
They are taking to the streets, in part, because they have little faith in the ballot box.
"Our parents are grateful because they're voting," said Marta Solanas, 27, referring to older Spaniards' decades spent under the Franco dictatorship. "We're the first generation to say that voting is worthless."
Economics have been one driving force, with widening income inequality, high unemployment and recession-driven cuts in social spending breeding widespread malaise. Alienation runs especially deep in Europe, with boycotts and strikes that, in London and Athens, erupted into violence.
But even in India and Israel, where growth remains robust, protesters say they …
11-10-01 BBC: Occupy Wall Street - Day 15 (October 1, 2011) // BBC: Ocupan de Wall Street - Día 15 (1 de octubre de 2011) // BBC: 占领华尔街 - 第15天（2011年10月1日）
Protesters mass outside NYPD
2011-10-01 07:20New York - About 2 000 anti-corporate demonstrators marched on Friday from a protest camp they have occupied near Wall Street to the headquarters of the New York police department.
The noisy but peaceful rally was the largest since anti-Wall Street activists occupied a small park in lower Manhattan two weeks ago to protest corporate bailouts and corporate influence in politics.
"We got sold out!" the crowd chanted as it snaked through rush hour traffic, closely shadowed by columns of police.
Hand-drawn placards included: "Nazi bankers" and "People before dollars."
It was the first time the protesters tried marching on New York's high-tech police headquarters at One Police Plaza, the nerve centre of one of the world's most sophisticated security services.
Radiohead
Numbers were swelled on Friday by support from local unions and by youths responding to false rumours on the internet that mega band Radiohead was going to play a free concert at the protest camp.
Protesters added police brutality to their lengthy and still vaguely defined list of grievances after an incident a week ago when a senior officer used pepper spray against four demonstrators who had already been shut inside a police pen.
"NYPD protects billionaires and Wall Street," one placard said...
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11-09-30 Welcome Ukraine! // Bienvenido Ucrania! // 欢迎乌克兰！
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
11-09-29 Welcome Taiwan! // Bienvenido Taiwán! // 欢迎台湾！
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
11-09-27 Google, Abu Ghraib, and Dead Sea Scrolls... // Google, Abu Ghraib, y Rollos del Mar Muerto ... // 谷歌，阿布格莱布和死海古卷... ...
Google
Media reported that Google has just published online images of key portions of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Indeed many copies of various parts of the scrolls can be found through Google image search, including key portions from the key Scroll known as "War of the Sons of Light against the Sons of Darkness".
Dead Sea Scrolls
However, you would be hard pressed to find an authentic copy of the following AP photo from Abu Ghraib through Google image search. The copy here was published online by Haaretz on September 26, 2010, as illustration for the book review: "The Ballad of Abu Ghraib":
Abu Ghraib
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