We are the Foundation

SO there has been a lot going on in New York, protesting the top 1% money earners being the ones who truly call the shots in our country. It was said a long time ago that this is not how a democracy works. It didn't work in Ancient Rome and it doesn't work now. How many of you slave your asses off for not enough money? I am sure a lot a lot of you do but instead the US government spends all of OUR money on bombs and other clandestine activities. Here in Dallas Texas we are going to peacefully organize a rally around the Federal Reserve building and see if our voices can truly be heard.

The protesters in New York are standing together in the midst of police brutality. Hopefully this will not be the case here in Dallas but this is probably just wishful thinking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5zmzV5IxpQ

I hope all of you who agree with me will organize in your town to make positive change happen. Our government is not going to do it. The media is not covering this issue as much as they should. We should be the ones running our country and we no longer do this.

This is not me being an alarmist.

Positive change needs to happen in this country and this is how it gets done.

Standing against the US govt could be futile but at least I know I will go to my death having tried to make this world a better place to live in.

What is the point of the protest?

I support these protests all the way. They are not being reported by any major news source or media outlet, and in this sense, the media have failed very badly. Please, anyone reading this, spread the word of this movement wherever you can. All you need to do is paste a link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street

https://occupywallst.org/

http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyvbI6Eq-qA

lol

I wish I could do something like that here. I even have a couple of friends crazy enough to try some sort of protest but I live in a country that is corrupt beyond belief, every once in a while there are these micro happenings but they get ridiculed very hard in the press. Also, I fucking hate being called communist. So, all the power to you guys. All I can offer at the moment is this excerpt of an article by French rockstar dude Michael Delahaye for Cahiers du Cinema May 1967 that gets you in the spirit.

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one would not know whether to range Godard on the side of the optimists or on the side of the pessimists. Those whom one designate thus are the weak, who are not able to resist the pullings. They have ended by reclining toward the side on which the pull is stronger. They have remained thus. Stiffened. Specialized. Bernanos said of the optimist and of the pessimist that the one is a gay imbecile, the other, a sad imbecile.

mods the articles are freely available no copyright panic here please.

thank you sir, some of us will try and fix what is broken.

here is my protest theme

I'm in Houston. How do I start one of these mass chaos engines?

OccupyHouston on facebook most likely

edit: here > http://www.facebook.com/OccupyHouston

  On 9/29/2011 at 7:18 AM, Atop said:

OccupyHouston on facebook most likely

 

edit: here > http://www.facebook.com/OccupyHouston

Done... Let the Chaos Commence Oct: 6th.

what are you hoping to achieve? the end of greed?

the chaining of greed. It's worked pretty well for other kinds of crime. Through laws and regulation and stuff.

the rich have won. If you try to mess with them they'll just scoot off like Branson to his private island. Teh lulz.

I've seen this kind of thing happen in the town I live, I've seen it twice and both times it was a handful of cops 3-5 at the most. Both times, the police had the absolute fuck kicked out of them. I guess that's one benefit to the cops not carrying guns in this country.

  On 9/29/2011 at 8:14 AM, delet... said:

the chaining of greed. It's worked pretty well for other kinds of crime. Through laws and regulation and stuff.

Yeah, but the people aren't making the laws and regulations and stuff. Greedy politicians are.

we are the 801

for this to succeed it has to streamline and broaden the demands, it has to be all inclusive, especially for republicans. a bunch of whiny hipsters who've read some marx will never move anything, the focus shouldn't be on police brutality but on how the police are getting screwed by the same system.

at least this is what i inferred from the recent protests in israel, should be applicable to u.s too.

The right to protest peacefully is our only lawful option. Hopefully some of the greedy rich politicians are compassionate and want the dichotomy of rich vs poor to end. I believe that most don't. So being a socialist, a capitalist, a Marxist, a republican, a democrat, a Whig party member, a libertarian, a 'the rent is too high' party member, or a hipster or a hippie, doesn't matter. Most of us belong to the group of slaves that keep the infrastructure solid for the 1% wealthy class to build their wealth and empires upon. They should show us more respect than to keep allowing the homeless epidemic to grow, people to go without any or proper health care, and to keep allowing the poor to go either uneducated or not very well educated. Most of them do not respect us. Now is the time to pull that beautiful infrastructure out from underneath their feet. This will help change everything for better or for worse but at least there will be a change. We are due one.

I enjoy making decisions for myself and not blaming other persons for my problems. Within this government, only local changes can be made and anything outside of that is up to politicians arguing/never coming to a proper decision and being paid off by corporate lobbyists. The way we live is not up to us. We need and deserve more of a say in how our lives our managed. A fascist/corporate/imperialist regime does not have my best interest at heart and this is exactly what the United States government is, a fascist/corporate/imperialist regime and that needs to change back to what most people believe is a democratic government.

Wish us luck, we are going to need it.

hope the movement survives until october 15, these people are planning a global day of protest!

should be fun

So, other than commenting on the internet about it, what are you doing about it?

I've seen a lot of this 99% malarky the last few days on imgur and whatnot, but for all the people complaining I've not seen many people taking any action.

This sounds like a shitty, judgmental post. I don't intend it that way, I'm genuinely curious what you're doing about it.

^ communicative capitalism: clicks "like", signs petition, changes world

are you talking to me?

I already said I'm not doing anything and feel terrible but I'm working on this problem right now.

  On 10/5/2011 at 4:14 PM, verticalhold said:

^ communicative capitalism: clicks "like", signs petition, changes world

ugh (yes)

wasn't pointing that at anyone. I just think that's the situation we're in. Misinformed, naively coopting other peoples' struggles under the vague heading of "world revolution", dissolving the specificity of what people are fighting for in the first place (read: "sticking it to the man"), acting in ways without tangible real-world results, shouting into the void

my post was directed to Obel

Nah it was pointed at Atop.