***** OFFICIAL Occupy America BLOG - 2011.10.06 *****

[L. Coyote]

What is happening in your city today?

http://occupyportland.org/

ABOUT OCCUPY PORTLAND, OR


Occupy Portland is a nonviolent movement for accountability in the United States government. At 12PM on October 6th, 2011 we will assemble at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, North Waterfront Park and Ankeny Plaza, at The Pavilion in Portland, OR where Saturday Market touches the river, just south of the Burnside Bridge. If you are coming from the MAX, get off at Skidmore fountain and walk east to the Waterfront. We will be near the fountain.

We will gather in solidarity with the ongoing protest in New York City, Occupy Wall Street, and the growing number of cities whose people will no longer sit back watching corporate and special interests run their government. We are citizens of the United States, and this country is ours. We will take it back.

It is no longer enough to vote and to participate in the political system because our political system has been altered drastically from its intended and proper function. Currently, we are allowed to pick from a few candidates whose campaigns are funded more and more by large organizations, corporations, and special interests. The success of their campaigns depends largely on how the corporate mass media presents them. When our elected officials enter office they then pander to the small groups responsible for their election. Even good men and women cannot make real improvements that benefit the American people.

We are one city in a growing national movement of people who no longer feel that their government works in their best interest. We will assemble on October 6th to demonstrate peaceful, substantive democracy and work for real change.

Our government is divided. We, the people, are united.

[L. Coyote]

1. Jon Stewart: How Is Occupy Wall Street Not Like The Tea Party?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/06/jon-stewart-compares-occupy-wall-street-tea-party_n_997825.html

Previously, Jon Stewart only touched on one incident at the downtown Manhattan protests known as Occupy Wall Street (OWS), but on Wednesday night's "Daily Show," he spent nine minutes comparing the 2011 protests with 2009's birth of the Tea Party, and the media's disparate reactions.

While the Tea Party protesters donned tri-corner hats to protest government-run healthcare and bailouts, the Occupy Wall Street protesters are primarily young liberals wanting to bring attention to "the 99%" who aren't controlling the nation's wealth. But what makes them so different, really? As Stewart explored with his usual slew of clips, the conservative media's remarks about the OWS protesters range from "disorganized hippies" to comparisons to Nazis (you can thank Ann Coulter for the latter).

But Stewart got the biggest kick out of Fox News' Sean Hannity, who said of the Tea Party in 09, " expressing their frustration, which I think is quintessentially american," and said of OWS this week, "They hate capitalism" and "really don't like freedom."

[Fire Walk With Me]

19. (grin)

[NOLALady]

2. Occupy NOLA

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/10/occupy_new_orleans_march_to_be.html


'Occupy New Orleans' march to begin at noon today

"The march will begin at noon at Tulane Avenue and Broad Street and end at Lafayette Square, outside the Federal Reserve Bank of New Orleans. The locations were chosen "to highlight the continuing crisis of the prison industrial complex" and the "corrupt financial institutions that have caused so many to suffer," according to a statement released Tuesday by the group."

[L. Coyote]

3. Occupy Seattle arrests yesterday = 6 people to be arraigned at 10:00 a.m.

http://occupyseattle.org/

Breaking News
We are staying at Westlake Park without tents! General Assembly tomorrow 10/06 at 6:30pm.


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Occupy Seattle protesters clash with police
Seattle police swept through Westlake Park on Wednesday, making 25 arrests as they clashed with protesters and hauled away tents set up by the Occupy Seattle movement.
By Christine Clarridge and Jennifer Sullivan - http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016411868_westlake06m.html


Seattle police swept through Westlake Park on Wednesday, making 25 arrests as they clashed with protesters and hauled away tents set up by the Occupy Seattle movement.

The hours-long showdown — in one of downtown's most popular gathering spots — began just after lunchtime, as some demonstrators refused a city order to remove the tents.

The Occupy Seattle protest, an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York City and elsewhere, had gone on since late last month at the downtown federal building and Westlake without much notice. But as the Westlake crowd grew and tents multiplied over the weekend, city officials decided this week to enforce rules against camping in parks.

On Wednesday afternoon, police and park rangers moved in.

[L. Coyote]

4. Occupy Together Meetups in 490 cities

http://www.occupytogether.org

Welcome to OCCUPY TOGETHER, an unofficial hub for all of the events springing up across the country in solidarity with Occupy Wall St. As we have followed the news on facebook, twitter, and the various live feeds across the internet, we felt compelled to build a site that would help spread the word as more protests organize across the country. We hope to provide people with information about events that are organizing, ongoing, and building across the U.S. as we, the 99%, take action against the greed and corruption of the 1%.

[L. Coyote]

12. 'Occupy' movement gains momentum in Austin

The Daily Texan - http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2011/10/06/occupy-movement-gains-momentum-austin-0
The University of Texas at Austin

The Occupy Wall Street movement, which began in early September in New York City’s Zuccotti Park as a protest against political and economic corruption, has been steadily gaining momentum and has spread throughout the nation and all the way to Europe. The movement finally reached campus with yesterday’s student walkout. Austin’s own demonstration, Occupy Austin, will begin today at City Hall at 10 a.m.

Thousands have said they will attend the protest via the Occupy Austin Facebook page, a number that Lauren Welker, an Occupy Austin spokesperson, called unprecedented considering much of the planning didn’t begin until about two weeks ago. Welker said a core group of about 20 people, with an enormous amount of help from others, used Twitter, Facebook and Livestream — social media tools that have become a staple of protests and revolutions worldwide — to get things moving.

“The idea sparked,” Welker, a geological sciences graduate student, said. “It was like ‘why not?’ It’s not just New York that’s affected by Wall Street; it’s all over the nation. It’s here. Why don’t people go out to the streets and protest what’s going on? We can’t all afford to fly out to New York.”

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[L. Coyote]

16. LiveStream from Austin = General Assembly at 3 PM

http://www.livestream.com/occupyaustin?utm_source=website-channel-page&utm_medium=related

[L. Coyote]

18. OCCUPY TOGETHER Meetups in 747 cities = WOW, this number is climbing!!

Impressive, since earlier today!! This is the meetup map usage gaining momentum.

http://www.meetup.com/occupytogether/

[L. Coyote]

29. Occupy Together Meetups = Everywhere = NOW @ 990 cities = WOW!

About Occupy Together Meetups Everywhere 990 cities

1015 Occupy Together communities

http://www.meetup.com/occupytogether/

[L. Coyote]

33. Occupy Together Meetups = NOW @ 1,055 cities

Nice growth curve!

[L. Coyote]

47. Occupy Together Meetups = NOW @ 1,098 cities

[L. Coyote]

54. Occupy Together Meetups = 1,117 cities

http://www.meetup.com/occupytogether/

This is OCCUPY TOGETHER's hub for all of the events springing up across the country in solidarity with Occupy Wall St. See what's going on in your community or get something started!

[L. Coyote]

58. Occupy Together Meetups = 1,206 cities

SEE the interactive global map:

http://www.meetup.com/occupytogether/

[L. Coyote]

59. Occupy Together Meetups = 1,292 cities

Occupy Together Meetups = 1,292 cities
http://www.meetup.com/occupytogether/

Find yours on the interactive map, sign up to be an occupier too

[L. Coyote]

60. Occupy Together Meetups = 1,407 cities

Occupy Together Meetups = 1,407 cities
http://www.meetup.com/occupytogether/

[L. Coyote]

61. Occupy Together Meetups = 1,482 cities

Occupy Together Meetups = 1,482 cities
http://www.meetup.com/occupytogether/

[L. Coyote]

62. Occupy Together Meetups = 1,605 cities

Occupy Together Meetups = 1,605 cities
http://www.meetup.com/occupytogether/

[L. Coyote]

63. Occupy Together Meetups = 1,749 cities

Occupy Together Meetups = 1,749 cities
http://www.meetup.com/occupytogether/

[L. Coyote]

5. Downloadable Posters

http://www.occupytogether.org/posters/OccupyTogether_poster02b.pdf


http://www.occupytogether.org/posters/OccupyTogether_poster05.pdf


http://www.occupytogether.org/posters/OccupyTogether_poster08.pdf


http://www.occupytogether.org/posters/OccupyTogether_poster13.pdf


http://www.occupytogether.org/posters/OccupyTogether_poster15.pdf

MORE ..... http://www.occupytogether.org/downloadable-posters/

[L. Coyote]

7. Actions = MAP = MeetUp.com as a tool to organize

http://www.occupytogether.org/actions/
October 5th, 2011 · Ella · Comments Off

Hello! We’ve switched to using MeetUp.com as a tool to organize all of the solidarity actions that are spreading around the world. It’s important for this information to be as available and accessible as possible and we saw this as the best way to make that happen. There’s no way we would EVER want to slow down the information because we aren’t able to keep up with it! We hope you find this as a powerful tool.

To find an event near you, navigate the map and click on a marker to be redirected to your Occupy Together community page on MeetUp.com

[L. Coyote]

6. Occupy San Francisco Takes Over Downtown (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Occupy San Francisco Takes Over Downtown (PHOTOS, VIDEO)


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/05/occupy-san-francisco_n_997262.html?ref=democraticunderground

SAN FRANCISCO -- Hundreds of protesters, including teachers, families, nurses and plenty of suits on lunch break, gathered Wednesday at San Francisco's Federal Reserve Bank to march down Market Street as part of the growing Occupy San Francisco movement.

Marchers beat drums, carried signs and chanted "Enough is enough, invest in us!" and "Who bailed the banks out? We bailed the banks out!" while walking down Market Street, through the City Hall plaza and back to the Federal Reserve Bank, stopping at the Bank of America building on the way.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

8. livestream for PDX starts at 12 noon pacific time - BEWARE FALSE PRESS RELEASE

http://occupyportland.org/portland-livestream/


also from Occupy Portland

FALSE PRESS RELEASE
October 5th, 2011 · occupyportland · March Preparation 5 comments

Its come to our attention that a false and misleading press release was faxed to the Portland Public Police department. Any and all press releases will be issued directly through this website as it is our main hub for disseminating information. We would kindly ask that professional organizations such as the PPD verify their sources before issuing their own public response as we live in the digital age and it is very easy for someone to copy one of our fliers and present false information to the public in-hopes of undermining our credibility.

The False Press release seen here: http://www.flashalertnewswire.net/images/news/2011-10/3056/48245/Occupy_Portland_FAX.pdf

[L. Coyote]

9. I read the dirty trick rag they faxed to the Police. Be watchful for the subverters!

Subversives are at work trying to thwart the protests.

The False Press release seen here:
http://www.flashalertnewswire.net/images/news/2011-10/3056/48245/Occupy_Portland_FAX.pdf

[L. Coyote]

10. Global Revolution = live streaming video coverage from independent journalists, 931 live recordings

Now:

Occupy Wall Street $eptember 17th

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Global Revolution brings you live streaming video
coverage from independent journalists
on the ground at nonviolent protests around the world.

http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

Global Revolution brings you live streaming video coverage from independent journalists on the ground at nonviolent protests around the world. The team includes members of Mobile Broadcast News, Glassbead Collective, Twin Cities Indymedia and the alt.media ninjas that brought you Terrorizing Dissent and Democracy 101 documentaries. .........

[L. Coyote]

11. To occupy Wall Street, occupy the internet first

The Internet will be occupied with what the 99% decide!

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To occupy Wall Street, occupy the internet first
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/04/us-wallstreet-protests-media-idUSTRE79377W20111004

(Reuters) - In 2011 in America, what passes for a revolution is a frightening tangle of wires, power strips, routers and gas generators underneath a canopy in the center of a park.

That fire hazard of a mess is at the center, literally and figuratively, of the Occupy Wall Street movement. The protesters who have disrupted lower Manhattan since mid-September have assembled the means to blast out their message -- if they can agree on what they fighting for.

"Whoever controls the media, the messages, controls the culture," read a ratty cardboard sign that Connor Petras held at the corner of a major downtown intersection.

But Petras, juggling his BlackBerry and an apparently stale wheat bagel while also trying to hold the sign, acknowledged the protesters did not have their rallying cry figured out.

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13. We are the 99 percent ....

We are the 99 percent.
We are getting kicked out of our homes.
We are forced to choose between groceries and rent.
We are denied quality medical care. We are suffering from environmental pollution.
We are working long hours for little pay and no rights, if we're working at all.
We are getting nothing while the other 1 percent is getting everything.
We are the 99 percent.

http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/

[Blue_In_AK]

14. Occupy Anchorage

is off to a good start and has garnered favorable local press (surprisingly). Here's the Facebook link. http://www.facebook.com/#!/OccupyAnchorage and my earlier post: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2065197

I was unable to attend yesterday, but will be there Saturday.

[L. Coyote]

15. Keith Olbermann Reads The Statement Released By The Wall Street Protesters - 2011-10-05

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x622161

[L. Coyote]

17. Portland LiveStream = large crowd ready to march

RIGHT NOW!

http://occupypdx.org/portland-livestream/

[L. Coyote]

27. There were 6,000 marchers!

MORE:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2071967

[Zorra]

20. Occupy Wall Street' protest headed to Phoenix

"Because the politicians in power haven't done anything to address this grievance, people are starting to stand up and let their voices be heard. Everybody knows that money has unduly influenced our political system, and now Americans of all political orientations (from socialists to libertarians) are standing up, in a democratic movement, and demanding a change in the status quo that has steadily increased the stratification and inequality in our society over the past 30 years."

The Occupy Phoenix event is getting a lot attention on Facebook, Twitter and they have their own local webpage. Organizers are asking people to flood Cesar Chavez Plaza on October 15th.

One local financial expert said he is thinking of becoming a part of the protest.

"I might join them," said licensed stockbroker and financial analyst, Darren Wright, with Wright Wealth Management.

http://ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=1459343

[tinkerbell41]

21. Occupy Sarasota today.

I use my facebook page to post political things, and go off on rants. I suspected anyone I was "friends' with who didn't really know me would be shocked or disgusted or defriend me. In the past 3 yrs I received very few comments or likes on my stuff so I figured these friends were either uninvolved, clueless, or being polite. In the past 3 days not only have I gotten comments about the protests there are others who have posted their own things and gotten involved as well. I AM SHOCKED!!! I mean really flabbergasted. There are some who claim to be liberals, but they talk like tea partiers. I was hoping at the beginning of the protests that both sides would "see" the light and come together as one force to be dealt with. Because really we are weaker when we are divided. I may see my wish come true yet!

[geardaddy]

22. Occupy Twin Cities tomorrow.

[NOLALady]

23. NOLA Live Stream

http://www.livestream.com/occupynola

[L. Coyote]

24. “The NEEDS of the 99% are being Silenced by the WANTS of the 1%” n/t

[L. Coyote]

25. The Nation: Occupy America

Occupy America
The Editors
October 5, 2011 = http://www.thenation.com/article/163806/occupy-america


The Beginning Is Near! proclaimed one early sign at New York City’s Liberty Plaza, which since September 17 has been held by a coalition of activists under the Occupy Wall Street banner. In the early days of the action, many on the professional left doubted that Occupy Wall Street would be the beginning of anything. “Another day, another demo…” some shrugged, weary from years of protests that never seem to stop another war, another robbery of the poor by the rich. In Washington, for two frustrating years, the debate has been focused on how much austerity to have—the slash-and-burn policies of the Republican Party or the austerity-lite measures of President Obama. More stimulus, we were told, was a nonstarter. Hope seemed a distant, perhaps false, memory.

But thankfully, the young protesters at the heart of Occupy Wall Street are not so cynical. The kids are alright! They may have lost faith in the key institutions of America—the elected officials, the media, the banks—that ought to be steering the country out of economic crisis, but they have not lost faith in the people. Yes, they’re angry, but they are also searching and optimistic and, above all, they have taken matters into their own hands.

The beginning really is near. The occupation of Wall Street has grown from hundreds to thousands, and more than 115 parallel occupations have cropped up in cities around the world, from Occupy Boston to Occupy Los Angeles to Occupy Finland. Crucially, labor and civil society groups like the SEIU, the Teamsters, the Transit Workers, New York Communities for Change and others have come on board, not to take over the occupation from the amateurs but to join them, won over by their DIY spirit.

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[geardaddy]

26. Occupy Minnesota today!

http://www.occupymn.org/

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28. FACEBOOK ....com/OccupyAmerica

http://www.facebook.com/OccupyAmerica

So far 2,953 like this. Watch the exponential curve to come!

Occupy Wall St. = Community Page about Occupy Together
138,761 like this
109,704 are talking about this

[L. Coyote]

32. Occupy Wall Street uses social media to spread nationwide

Occupy Wall Street uses social media to spread nationwide
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20117291-501465.html


Once we took a closer look at the movement and how it was being organized, we were impressed. The protesters used all forms of social media keep the movement alive.

Facebook pages have popped up for major cities across the country. Twitter hashtags have been established for communication at general assemblies. Countless videos have been posted to YouTube, Vimeo and Livestream. We found some moving personal accounts of job loss and helplessness shared on the blog, "We are the 99 percent."

It's remarkable to see Middle East protest tactics being used in a free speech society. For a movement that claims no leader, it is highly organized, making off-shoots easy to start.

Occupy Wall Street even got an Internet meme.

The Occupy Sesame Street meme puts the central characters of the children's show in the shoes of regular Americans, ....

.... Meetup groups have formed in 872 cities across the U.S., using the Occupy Together website as a central hub.

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[L. Coyote]

30. Occupy America – Day #21: 74 Arrests Around the Country – Not in New York City

Occupy America – Day #21: 74 Arrests Around the Country – Not in New York City
http://obrag.org/?p=46926&cpage=1 = by Frank Gormlie on October 7, 2011

The following is a summary of very recent Occupy actions around the country, over the last 24 hours. We counted 74 arrests from around the country of demonstrators by police.

Occupy Santa Barbara – at De La Guerra Plaza: 9 occupiers arrested in plaza by local police at 1:00 a.m. Wednesday – enforcing city law prohibiting overnight camping or demonstrations in city parks. Protesters were given several hours advance notice ....

...

UPDATE Occupy Chicago: Chicago Police Department orders Occupy Chicago to stop occupying or risk citation and arrest. Group decides to move its headquarters to twin sites nearby the Federal Reserve, all the while while retaining a shifting, peaceful, and lawful presence outside the Fed. The group will additionally meet twice daily, at the Federal Reserve Bank at 3 pm, and at Millennium Park at 7pm for a large-scale, open, and inclusive General Assembly.


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Occupy Portland – 5,000 demonstrators marched peacefully through downtown Portland. They didn’t obtain a permit for their march, as the group decided late Wednesday not to seek a permit or to submit a route in advance. “For best impact,” the group stated in a fax to Portland Police, “we will march in the streets and disrupt the city.” No arrests were made, but public transportation was halted along certain streets. ......

......... MUCH MORE .........

[L. Coyote]

31. GUARDIAN: Occupy America: protests against Wall Street and inequality hit 70 cities

Occupy America: protests against Wall Street and inequality hit 70 cities
The generation that opposed Vietnam has joined Facebook anarchists amid anger at tax breaks for the rich while ordinary folk tighten their belts
Joanna Walters in Seattle
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 8 October 2011 - http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/08/occupy-america-protests-financial-crisis


The Wall Street protests against economic inequality and corporate greed that targeted the nerve centre of American capitalism are no longer merely a New York phenomenon. This weekend, from Seattle and Los Angeles on the west coast to Providence, Rhode Island, and Tampa, Florida, on the east, as many as 70 major cities and more than 600 communities have joined the swelling wave of civil dissent. The slogan "Occupy Wall Street" has been suitably abbreviated to a single word: "Occupy"

"This could be the tipping point," said Dick Steinkamp, 63, a retired Silicon Valley executive at the Occupy Seattle protest being held in the heart of the city's shopping and restaurant district . He and his wife had driven two hours from their home in Bellingham, north of Seattle, specifically to join the rally and give it support from more conventional professionals.

"I marched against the Vietnam war before I was drafted into the army and this movement is now getting towards that critical mass," he said.

One of the favourite messages of the protesters is that almost 40% of US wealth is held in the hands of 1% of the population ..................

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11,735 related articles = WOW

[L. Coyote]

34. DU Occupies Wall Street in NYC Today! (Live thread)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2079731

[TBF]

35. Occupy Houston (day 3):

From the website:

The Schedule for Occupation: Day Three, Saturday, October 8.
October 8th, 2011 · Kevin · Announcements, Events One comment - Tags: occupyhouston, schedule

Greetings from Occupied Houston! We’re standing strong at Eleanor Tinsley Park and show no signs of stopping! Here’s our current schedule for Occupation: Day 3.

We’ll be holding General Assembly meetings at 12:00 noon and 7:00pm. All changes to how Occupy Houston operates, how it spreads it’s message, or even the message itself are decided here. Attend these and guide the revolution!
There are logistics volunteer group meetings at 10:00am, 5:00pm, and 10:00pm. Logistics plans the nuts and bolts of our occupation, and need regular meetings to make sure the occupation’s wheels are well oiled. If you’ve not experienced Occupation Houston yet, want to stand with us and contribute to our occupation, but don’t know where to start then this is the place to be! Find them near the medics’ area.
The facilitation volunteer group is meeting at 8:00am and 6:00pm to train people to run our General Assemblies. Meeting facilitators are invaluable to us, keep us on track, and make sure our assemblies stay productive.

We need all these group meetings to keep the occupation train on the track. Everyone is welcome to come to Eleanor Tinsley Park to stand with the 99%, tell your story, and help spread the word! STAND STRONG! Together we can erase the corruption that plagues our democracy!

From facebook:

What they need -

If you would like to make solid donations, please consider the following:
canned foods (We have an electric cooker coming which will not pose a fire hazard), non-perishable sources of protein for both vegans/vegetarians and meat eaters, prepared dishes for immediate consumption are welcome as well. At the moment there is plenty of water and fruit, as well as bread and peanut butter. Thank you for your generous offerings, you're awesome, Houston!

We have not had a need for this yet and hopefully will not need it at all, but the Medics could use a couple large bottles of milk of magnesia in case of pepper sprayings. Also, Houston has mosquitoes, so bug spray is welcome.

A few more electrical cords and power bars could be useful as well.
Like · · Share · 1:54am (7 hours ago)

http://occupyhouston.org/

[L. Coyote]

36. How rich are the superrich? Eleven charts that explain what's wrong with America:

How rich are the superrich? Eleven charts that explain what's wrong with America:
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-protest-map#charts



It's the Inequality, Stupid
Eleven charts that explain what's wrong with America.
—By Dave Gilson and Carolyn Perot
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in-america-chart-graph

[white_wolf]

37. Wow. Looking at this charts, I see why it really is the 99% vs the 1%

Even the top 9% seem to be getting screwed over big time and it just gets worse the lower you go down the economic ladder.

[L. Coyote]

38. Note the curve changed when Reagan took office. I remember the housing situation then, and the rich

started building mansions while the average American could not afford to pay the high interest rates. We were suddenly working at entirely different projects, no more middle-class housing was going up relative to before Reagan.

[ChiciB1]

39. Posted This Yesterday... I'm Still Feeling Great... Going To The One In Manatee Cty. Tomorrow...

Just Wanted To Say This... I Took Part OWS Sarasota, FL Which May not have been the BIGGEST in the nation, but was REALLY, REALLY big here and we are DOING MORE! Another one on the 15th and we ACTUALLY made the newspaper!

We have youtube videos all over the place and facebook comments overflowing! Can't believe we got so much coverage and can't believe we had so many people show up! We've formed committees and we will KEEP IT GOING!

It was FANTASTIC! Our local paper said it was the LIBERAL answer to the Tea-Party, which IT WAS NOT, and calls were made to the paper telling them. THEY don't get it yet, BUT THEY WILL! I heard a woman say... I don't have a job, but now I have and occupation! And so do I. We are FIRED UP and ready to go. I've lived in this county for so many years and this is THE VERY FIRST time I've seen people mobilize like this for any function that wasn't a National election.

It was all about WE THE PEOPLE and we stood in front of Skank of America and I never got home until 9:00 PM!

I signed my name to one of the committees and we had so many other people sign for different ways to keep this going! Doing SOMETHING is helping my depression in so many ways! I just don't want it to stop! And there so many of us there who said the very same thing. I'm out to do flyers and make posters and TODAY I haven't had a minute to spare until just now! Been on the phone, been sending messages and it's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

That's all!

[L. Coyote]

40. Bravissimo!!

[white_wolf]

41. Occupy Knoxville. cross-post.

I just got back from Occupy Knoxville and I thought I'd share my thoughts. I was very impressed by the turnout. We had over 400 people which is good for such a conservative area. The diversity was great as well we had people their teens to their 70s it looked like. One of the most inspiring parts for me was when a 15 year old high school sophomore got up and spoke. It was inspiring to see someone that young take in interest in these important issues.

As for the political views they ranged from liberal to full blown socialist. Some people were carrying signs calling for the end of capitalism and members of the Socialist Worker where there handing out their newspaper.

If you any questions about it, just ask me.

[L. Coyote]

42. Occupy USA Directory

http://12160.info/page/occupy-usa-directory

[ChiciB1]

45. I Had A Different LinK, But That Works Great! They Had To Modify The

site because so many places were coming on board. My one wish for now is that it won't stop. I know that the people that attended in this very RED COUNTY were a diverse group. There was actually a man there with a Tea-Party shirt on!

At first he came to fight, but he actually left saying he misunderstood what it was all about. REALLY, it was an eye-opener for him. Then there was a kid who wanted to disrupt the place with Ron Paul flyers and got very hot under the collar. After I sat and talked to him for about 40 minutes and explained to him that we may have a lot in common he calmed down. And here's the BEST part... later that evening when we were discussing how we were going to keep the movement going, I turned around and HE was there!

Anyway, for me it was one of the very best gatherings I've been to in an extremely long time. If MSM wants to put their spin on it I say let them. BUT, if this keeps growing as it has so far, there will have to come a time when they may have to eat their own words.

I'm going to do all I can to spread the word. This is one very Red county and I didn't think we would get that many people to come out. I was wrong which makes me very happy. Even more, almost to a person we want to go forward and grow bigger and bigger.

I've been watching live stream from NYC and they are getting better organized because more places are donating to them to help them along. Green Peace donated some microphone equipment which was badly needed and they aren't getting shut down so much. I have a link to a petition that I signed asking Bloomberg to stop having the police arrest people. I think this is the correct link. If not, I'll find what I signed. See below.

I told Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly to respect the Occupy Wall Street protesters' constitutional right to peaceful assembly. You can, too, at the link below. http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/occupy_ws/?r_by=28325-2398846-D81nbrx&rc=confemail

[L. Coyote]

46. Occupy the M$M

Maybe we should surround Faux News and blockade the "News Department" (if they have one), just to see if they cover that story :rofl:

[L. Coyote]

43. Occupy Wall Street protesters are American patriots By Roland Martin, CNN

Occupy Wall Street protesters are American patriots
By Roland Martin, CNN Contributor
updated 12:28 AM EST, Sat October 8, 2011
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/08/opinion/martin-occupy-wall-street/


(CNN) -- "An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment." -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black, New York Times Co. vs. Sullivan, 1964

It's downright disgusting to listen to conservative and Republican lawmakers, presidential candidates, business owners and media commentators use such vitriol to describe the Occupy Wall Street protesters as hell-bent on destroying America.

How in the world can anyone even form their lips to say such a thing when this very country was founded on the basis of dissent?

Self-professed rodeo clown Glenn Beck castigates the Occupy Wall Street protesters, but he's always running off at the mouth about the Founding Fathers and how brilliant they were.

Without dissent and protest, there is no United States of America! ..............

[L. Coyote]

44. VIDEO: Cenk Uygur: Corporate media tried to ignore Occupy Wall Street

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x622924

[L. Coyote]

48. CBS News: October 8, 2011 = "Occupy" protesters garner increased support

But, notice the clever device for those who only read a few lines = report that someone reported only "more than a dozen" when in fact there are over a thousand now!

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(CBS News) = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/08/earlyshow/saturday/main20117634.shtml


In New York, the protest is called "Occupy Wall Street" - but around the nation, where the movement is picking up steam, it's being called "Occupy Together."

This week, CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller reported on "The Early Show on Saturday Morning," demonstrations were held in more than a dozen cities, from Los Angeles to Richmond, Va., to downtown Minneapolis, Minn.

In Minneapolis, one demonstrator told CBS News, "We're here because we want the big dudes to start paying."

More demonstrations are scheduled this weekend in cities like Indianapolis, Ind.

The website OccupyTogether.org, the unofficial hub for all of the events springing up across the country in solidarity with Occupy Wall St., claims there are online supporters in more than 900 cities.

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[L. Coyote]

49. Anti-Wall Street protests spreads to Charlotte

Anti-Wall Street protests spreads to Charlotte
October 8, 2011 - http://www.wsoctv.com/news/29428409/detail.html


CHARLOTTE, N.C. ... event Saturday, in Uptown Charlotte, in a demonstration in front of Charlotte City Hall before moving to Bank of America’s corporate headquarters on Trade Street.

The group, Occupy Charlotte, is part of a larger group of protest ... comprised of individuals, families and citizen groups. These diverse groups will unify in protest as a symbolic gesture of their discontent with the current economic conditions and current political climate.

Local spokesman Tom Shope said the protest are mainly about he said is the cozy relationship between government and big business.

Shope went on to say, the Charlotte based banking giant is part of the larger problem of a political and economic system that primarily caters to the rich and the powerful. ..................

[salin]

50. Occupy Indianapolis started today. Occupy Bloomington starts tomorrow.

[L. Coyote]

51. 'Occupy Missoula' Group Gathers For Rally

'Occupy Missoula' Group Gathers For Rally
MISSOULA COUNTY
By KECI Staff
POSTED: 2:27 pm MDT October 8, 2011 - http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/29428664/detail.html


MISSOULA, Mont. -- ...

Occupy Missoula supporters gathered Saturday to be heard, and like members of other "occupy" groups, they're asking for change.

"We need to do more than just talk about it. We need to write the document and then get the country behind us," one protester said.

Others held their signs high and supported each other with waves and cheers. They brought forward ideas to turn the country in a new direction.

Everything from pay,

"For America to get a pay raise that we haven't had in about 30 years, you need to join a union."

To health care,

"Single-payer health care, it's a no brainer."

To capitalism,

"The issue can't return to any kind of capitalism. We need to seek alternatives."

And while there is no defined leader for Occupy Missoula, they plan to work together ..............

[L. Coyote]

52. Occupy Philadelphia protests from City Hall to Independence Hall ...

Occupy Philadelphia protests from City Hall to Independence Hall ...
Philadelphia Inquirer - Jennifer Lin - 5 minutes ago - http://www.philly.com/philly/news/131392468.html
By Jennifer Lin - INQUIRER STAFF WRITER


To understand why more than 1,000 protesters took to the streets Saturday in the third day of Occupy Philadelphia, look no further than Goldie Petkov, a 92-year-old Center City resident.

Bringing up the rear of the eight-block march from City Hall to Independence Hall, Petkov had a line of police cars behind her and a sea of marchers in front.

"They should've been marching months ago," she said, showing no signs of fatigue.

"Unemployment is overwhelming," the petite retiree said, "and they're spending all this money on wars instead of building bridges, schools and positive things."

Around her people chanted, "We got sold out! Banks got bailed out!" .........

[rasputin1952]

53. 10-7 OccupyBoston link to GD thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=2078662&mesg_id=2078662

[dixiegrrrrl]

55. OWS says: We will be in a thousand cities in this country by the end of the month - !!!!!!!!!

We will be in a thousand cities in this country by the end of the month - hundreds of cities in other countries.
We will see General Assemblies on six continents.
We are growing. Block by block – city by city. We will see change in this country, in this world. It will happen sooner than you can imagine.

See here for latest info:
http://occupywallst.org/

Plus this:
The American Federation of Teachers Local 1839 fully endorses Occupy Wall Street.

[L. Coyote]

56. Creating an Occupy Directory = October 8th, 2011

Creating an Occupy Directory
October 8th, 2011 - http://www.occupytogether.org/


Now that we’ve implemented MeetUp as a tool for starting, creating, updating and spreading awareness of solidarity actions across the world it’s time we shift our efforts towards gathering other useful information. Our objective is to make an Occupy Directory containing all of the contact information from each location. This will allow for better communication amongst the various occupying groups. Also, we want to be able to properly direct all of these press requests we’re receiving!

We’re asking that all general public contacts as well as contacts for working groups are sent to us via the form on our contact page. In addition, we are suggesting that each occupation choose a liaison to act as a go-between for communication with us and other organizations and groups. For example, we see the possibility to be able to facilitate some nation wide conversations via IRC or phone conferencing. Please be aware that these contacts will be public! We will not require you to provide a name or any other personal information, feel free to create an email solely for the use of public contact if you are concerned with privacy.

The form will automatically populate a public google document that Occupy Together will maintain (deleting duplicates, updating information, fixing broken links, etc.) This will be available for anyone to access. Again, we are concerned for your privacy so please do not send us any personal information.

We hope that this will serve the needs of individual groups as well as this ever-expanding movement.

[L. Coyote]

57. OcuppyTV channel now online

http://www.youtube.com/user/OccupyTV

[L. Coyote]

64. NEXT: ***** OFFICIAL Occupy Everywhere BLOG - 2011.10.15 *****

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2122264