Occupy Wall Street better defend its identity

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Virus said:
That's the problem with leftists. Love the sound of their own voice and think everyone is interested in their stupid crap. They're worse than religious people.
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Damn, Virus, you have this uncanny knack of getting straight to the heart of an issue using the minimum amount of words.
 
Unions, Activists Occupy Chicago City Hall Over Clinic Closing Plan

"Today (November 16) Chicago’s city council will vote on and likely approve Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s controversial proposed budget, which includes closing six of the city’s 12 mental health clinics and privatizing all seven of the city public health department’s community primary care clinics.

According to an analysis by AFSCME Council 31, which represents more than 200 workers marked for layoffs under the budget proposal, the healthcare cuts will have a drasticallly disproportionate impact on black and Latino workers and south and west side residents who depend on the clinics."
 
JihadJane said:
Unions, Activists Occupy Chicago City Hall Over Clinic Closing Plan

"Today (November 16) Chicago’s city council will vote on and likely approve Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s controversial proposed budget, which includes closing six of the city’s 12 mental health clinics and privatizing all seven of the city public health department’s community primary care clinics.

According to an analysis by AFSCME Council 31, which represents more than 200 workers marked for layoffs under the budget proposal, the healthcare cuts will have a drasticallly disproportionate impact on black and Latino workers and south and west side residents who depend on the clinics."
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Good job Occutards! Way to stay laser focused on Wall Street.
 
Police violence

'The Straw Man Comes to Zuccotti Park' - Naomi Wolf.

"""A 24-year-old woman who looked shell-shocked told me she had been trapped between riot police and protesters and was beaten on her chest by at least two police officers with batons. She had, she said, the names and badge numbers. She claimed that she asked them “10 or 15 times” to stop and said that if they had seen a man treat a woman that way on the street, they would have arrested him for domestic abuse. Another young woman, she said, held her shoulder to comfort her, but that woman was dragged out of the crowd, and two officers sat on her and pushed her face into the ground. She said members of the press were dragged out of the crowd too — and two Occupy videographers’ cameras had been confiscated."""



'Elderly and pregnant attacked at OWS'

""" "They need to understand that we just get stronger with every raid," Alex Stevenson, 19, tells the Chronicle. """
 
JihadJane said:
"""A 24-year-old woman who looked shell-shocked told me she had been trapped between riot police and protesters and was beaten on her chest by at least two police officers with batons. She had, she said, the names and badge numbers. She claimed that she asked them “10 or 15 times” to stop and said that if they had seen a man treat a woman that way on the street, they would have arrested him for domestic abuse. Another young woman, she said, held her shoulder to comfort her, but that woman was dragged out of the crowd, and two officers sat on her and pushed her face into the ground. She said members of the press were dragged out of the crowd too — and two Occupy videographers’ cameras had been confiscated."""
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Oh noes! That obviously explains why there's no footage of pregnant and elderly women being beaten by police at Zuccotti Park. The police stole it. All of it. From everywhere.
 
JihadJane said:
'The Straw Man Comes to Zuccotti Park' - Naomi Wolf.

"""A 24-year-old woman who looked shell-shocked told me she had been trapped between riot police and protesters and was beaten on her chest by at least two police officers with batons. She had, she said, the names and badge numbers. She claimed that she asked them “10 or 15 times” to stop and said that if they had seen a man treat a woman that way on the street, they would have arrested him for domestic abuse. Another young woman, she said, held her shoulder to comfort her, but that woman was dragged out of the crowd, and two officers sat on her and pushed her face into the ground. She said members of the press were dragged out of the crowd too — and two Occupy videographers’ cameras had been confiscated."""



'Elderly and pregnant attacked at OWS'

""" "They need to understand that we just get stronger with every raid," Alex Stevenson, 19, tells the Chronicle. """
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That's their story, isn't it?

I heard police also set some protestors on fire!!! That's what I heard, and I believe it.
 
Well, there's a picture of an old lady. I suppose those are two plainclothed-police officers attacking her viciously?
 
This should guarantee their popularity in New York City; tomorrow they plan to occupy the subway:

We will start by Occupying Our Blocks! Then throughout the five boroughs, we will gather at 16 central subway hubs and take our own stories to the trains, using the "People's Mic".
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Brainster said:
This should guarantee their popularity in New York City; tomorrow they plan to occupy the subway:
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We will gather in Liberty Square at 7:00 a.m., before the ring of the Trading Floor Bell, to prepare to confront Wall Street with the stories of people on the frontlines of economic injustice. There, before the Stock Exchange, we will exchange stories rather than stocks.
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Do they understand how many members of the 99% have 401k's and mutual funds they're relying on for retirement?
 
As expected, the JREF forum is primarily anti-OWS which doesn't bother me. The forum population includes a high percentage of overly-educated, doughy, middle-aged guys and that tends to lean just slightly to the right. (That is also, incidentally, why I like posting here. Echo-chambers are very dull.)

As an occupier/activist I do have one question though - If the issues addressed by OWS* and various occupies are something that concern me, how else can I make my voice heard? This is not a facetious question. After using all the tools available to a citizen, I no longer have faith in any traditional aspect of our democratic system.



*economic injustice, politicians that are reliant on corporate cash to be elected, a government that is unduly influenced by lobbiers & special interest groups, stagnant wages, health care bankruptcies, our ever increasing poverty and unemployment numbers PLUS the stupidity of having the second lowest corporate and income tax rates partially because of tax breaks that went into effect while we were invading two countries. and paying for those tax breaks by cutting all aspects of social services - cops, firemen, teachers, CPS, social workers, employment offices, appeals for VA claims, etc, etc, etc to the point where many of these vital services are unable to function properly.
 
Checkmite said:
Do they understand how many members of the 99% have 401k's and mutual funds they're relying on for retirement?
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Yeah, and wouldn't it be neat if some of those 401k's and mutual funds which plummeted after buying bad securities repackaged to look safe were repaid?
 
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