howtosharpenpencils:

This is a long post but it’s about something pretty interesting so I hope you’ll indulge …

Like many folks, Occupy Wall Street has been some doing good work in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, helping people on the ground.

Now OWS is launching the ROLLING JUBILEE, a…

Chris Hedges And Occupy Debate “Black Bloc” Violence (by ebecker2000)

wearethe99percent:

I’m only 15 years old. Sometimes my family can’t afford to buy groceries when we need to. I haven’t been to the doctor in three years because we can’t afford it. I have all symptoms of having diabetes and get scared that I might go into a diabetic coma if I have it. My mom works for the school board and my step dad builds homes. I’ve been seeing and hearing about all these arrests and brutal beatings for the protesters in “Occupy Wall Street.” What I don’t understand is, if the Bill of Rights claims we have freedom of speech then why are we being arrested and beaten down for simply sharing our opinions?? Also, we can spend millions, even billions, of dollars to fund a war but we can’t spend even the slightest bit of that to house the homeless or feed the poor?! The government is taking taxes from the poor and giving it to the rich! The poor are already in debt, their houses are being foreclosed, they’re losing their jobs!! While the rich are living in luxury, the poor are SUFFERING! WE NEED CHANGE!

What ever happened to everyone being equal?

I AM the 99%

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The Occupy Movement Stats & Figures, What Are Your Views? (by FactSpy)

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The 99% #OWS #N17 EPIC MOMENT (by ajacxslim)

Here is the top news from the Occupy movement over the past 24 hours:

• On Veterans Day, it must be noted that vets have been occupying Wall Street since the day the movement began. At camps around the country, they are bringing the wars home.

• A Berkeley police captain says that protesters who were beaten by police were engaging in violence because they linked their arms (yes, seriously).

• Big banks say they aren’t worried about the 700,000 customers who have moved their money to credit unions over the past six weeks, but these ten stories say otherwise.

• Occupy Wall Street has changed the national conversation, as mentions of income inequality in the traditional media have increased more than five-fold over the past two months.

• The man who committed suicide at the Occupy Burlington encampment yesterday was a veteran.

• The shooting at Occupy Oakland yesterday was fatal, although apparently it was unrelated to the encampment. Mayor Jean Quan is asking Occupy Oakland to leave their encampment because of it. Also, the Oakland Police Officer’s Association wrote a letter to Occupy Oakland begging them to leave their encampment. For more discussion, seethis post by jpmasser.

• Continuing the grim news, police say they closed Occupy Salt Lake City after a man apparently died of natural causes at the encampment.

• A man was also found dead of natural causes at Occupy New Orleans.

• Returning to positive news, Occupy Minneapolis will join the growing ranks of local Occupy groups camping outside of family homes in an attempt to save them from foreclosure:

• Occupy Wall Street spreads to Tunisia.

• The Governor of Tennessee has asked prosecutors to drop all charges against Occupy protesters (via DeanObama in the diaries.).

• Occupy Rochester has struck an agreement with the city to start an around the clock encampment.

• Occupy Santa Rosa has won the right to continue their encampment.

• Occupy protesters will march in the Rose parade.

• Colin Powell says Occupy Wall Street is “as American as apple pie.”

• Naomi Klein, Michael Moore, William Greider and more shared their thoughts on Occupy Wall Street at an Occupy Everywhere symposium last night.

• Video of arrests at Occupy Nova Scotia, via Horace Boothroyd III:

• Celebrity chef Mario Batali has some harsh words for Wall Street, and may lose a lot of his business because of it.

• In the wake of Occupy Wall Street, recruiters for banks are facing increased ire on college campuses.

• Joan Baez sang at Occupy Wall Street today:

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Roger Waters - The Tide Is Turning (Re: Occupy) (by rogerwaterschannel)

Roger Waters - Occupy (by rogerwaterschannel)

youthiswasted:

Funny, just last week all the headlines we came across seemed to imply that the protesters were “wearing out their welcome.” A select few:

“Are capitol protesters wearing out their welcome?” FOX News

“‘Occupiers’ wearing out welcome,” Columbus Dispatch

“After weeks of cautiously accepting the teeming round-the-clock protests spawned by Occupy Wall Street, several cities have come to the end of their patience and others appear to be not far behind” - New York Times

However, for the best description of this media strategy against the protesters, I encourage you to read this excellent article from The Greanville Post, “The media offensive against Occupy Wall Street: ‘protesters wearing out their welcome.’”

It’s a clever strategy, since it’s essentially giving ‘permission’ for the public to feel that they, too, can be exasperated with the protests. In essence, it’s asking the public to side with Mayors Bloomberg (NY), Menino (Boston), Kwan (Oakland) and others - rather than with the protesters who are fighting for everyone’s rights.

Kudos to Greanville for calling them out on the strategy - and the poll numbers reflect the widespread support for the protests as well.

‘Get a job!’

thedailywhat:

99 Percenter of the Day: Legendary Jeopardy! contestant Ken Jennings just posted this image to his blog under the header “solidarity.”

What is sh*t just got real.

[k-j / h/t: reddit.]

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