Declaration of the Occupation of New York City

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http://www.nationofchange.org/declaration-occupation-new-york-city-1317784408

This doc­u­ment was ac­cepted by the NYC Gen­eral As­sem­bly on Sep­tem­ber 29, 2011, with minor up­dates made on Oc­to­ber 1, 2011. It is the first of­fi­cial, col­lec­tive state­ment of the pro­test­ers in Zuc­cotti Park.

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.

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