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"hundreds of thousands protesting in Lisbon and Madrid at least right now and not a blip from mainstream press."

is there a person in the world who is still surprised that the media is manipulative and protects the status quo

11/5/2012 3:56:50 PM

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" "

Walking to parliament! (London)
About 18 minutes ago.

Repost

11/5/2012 4:00:00 PM

Operation Occupy Sandy: Distribution Center for victims

11/10/2012 5:54:26 PM

11/13/2012 4:18:04 PM

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"is there a person in the world who is still surprised that the media is manipulative and protects the status quo"

if you believe there isn't, you should talk to more people

11/13/2012 11:52:25 PM

NBC News actually covered Occupy Sandy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTXQWyB_BA

[Edited on November 14, 2012 at 10:35 AM. Reason : .]

11/14/2012 10:35:26 AM

GXB, both Fema and OccupySandy are doing all they can to help, working together and helping each other, while your ass sits at home and cackles at images that basically exploit their efforts for vague anti-government messages (and belitting the Occupy movement at the same time). Fema workers and Occupy Sandy are both doing infinitely more than you are to help people out there so maybe you oughta put up or shut up.


[Edited on November 14, 2012 at 11:43 AM. Reason : .]

11/14/2012 11:41:58 AM

God forbid ground-level voluntary organizations make things better

[Edited on November 14, 2012 at 4:12 PM. Reason : .]

11/14/2012 4:11:49 PM

But FEMA is going to imprison us all! I saw a truck carrying coffins down the road that proved it! And Bill Cooper told me in Behold, a Pale Horse!

11/14/2012 4:48:47 PM

FEMA coffins, pictured above, were used to bury the dead after Hurricane Sandy.

11/14/2012 4:52:13 PM

CAPTURED AIR PRINCIPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11/14/2012 5:16:30 PM

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"God forbid ground-level voluntary organizations make things better"

"You know X sucks when it needs help from Y." isn't a positive thing to say about either X or Y. So, not only are you sitting on your ass exploiting the actions of volunteers for your own propaganda, but you're insulting those volunteers as well. Not only that, but you think you're not, because your reading comprehension is actually that bad.

[Edited on November 15, 2012 at 10:39 AM. Reason : .]

11/15/2012 10:37:32 AM

FEMA may not be living up to whatever expectations you may have, but I doubt vast majority in that region is wishing that they weren't there. Nor do I believe that Operation Sandy is bad either; they're contributing no different than any of the other numerous NGO's on the ground providing support. Again, doubt that anyone is wishing that they didn't come.

11/16/2012 2:48:44 PM

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/11/09/1172111/occupy-wall-street-debt-jubilee/

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"We buy debt for pennies on the dollar, but instead of collecting it, we abolish it. We cannot buy specific individuals’ debt – instead, we help liberate debtors at random through a campaign of mutual support, good will, and collective refusal. Organizer David Rees explained further: OWS is going to start buying distressed debt (medical bills, student loans, etc.) in order to forgive it. As a test run, we spent $500, which bought $14,000 of distressed debt. We then ERASED THAT DEBT. (If you’re a debt broker, once you own someone’s debt you can do whatever you want with it — traditionally, you hound debtors to their grave trying to collect. We’re playing a different game. A MORE AWESOME GAME.) This is a simple, powerful way to help folks in need — to free them from heavy debt loads so they can focus on being productive, happy and healthy."

[Edited on November 16, 2012 at 8:20 PM. Reason : http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/11/09/1172111/occupy-wall-street-debt-jubilee/]

11/16/2012 8:20:01 PM

OCCUPY THE HOSTESS FACTORY! THEY DUN DERK ER DERBS!

11/16/2012 9:09:35 PM

http://www.technicianonline.com/news/article_3d68eb86-7732-11e2-b092-0019bb30f31a.html

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"Occupy retains Raleigh ties Posted: Friday, February 15, 2013 In October 2011, a group that identified itself as Occupy Wall Street dominated headlines when its members took to the streets, protesting the national economic crisis. This event brought activists from across the country together in the hopes of pursuing social and economic justice for those who they felt were being oppressed. While many Americans knew about the occupation of Wall Street, many are unaware that the Occupy Movement is still in operation, with local branches meeting weekly. One of these branches is right on N.C. State’s campus. Occupy Raleigh meets on Tuesday and Sunday nights in the common area of the Royal Mall, located at 3801 Hillsborough St. This committee consists of locals dedicated to the same ideals and goals of the nationwide Occupy Movement. The topics of Occupy Raleigh’s meetings range from Decriminalize Poverty! to Veterans for Peace, and anywhere from 2 to 10 people attend the weekly meetings."

I saw some Occupy people from other cities at HKonJ, but didn't notice any from Occupy Raleigh... although it was a large crowd so maybe I missed them.

2/15/2013 9:46:40 PM

Out of the camps and into the courtroom. OWS files suit against every federal regulator of Wall Street.
http://wallstreetonparade.com/2013/02/occupy-movement-files-lawsuit-against-every-federal-regulator-of-wall-street/

[Edited on March 1, 2013 at 11:33 AM. Reason : .]

3/1/2013 11:33:15 AM

^^ As someone who has been with Occupy Raleigh I can tell you they were there. I don't believe they carried a banner with OR on it but they were definitely there. One guy from OR livestreamed the whole thing.

3/1/2013 11:34:49 AM

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"An Open Letter to The Occupy Wall Street Movement: You Were Right All Along"

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/03/1266850/-An-Open-Letter-to-The-Occupy-Wall-Street-Movement-You-Were-Right-All-Along

1/6/2014 10:23:57 AM

On a similar note:
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/the-dark-side-of-globalization-why-seattles-1999-protesters-were-right/282831/

In 1999, my friend moved to Seattle, where he was hit with rubber bullets, tear-gassed in the face, and nearly arrested by police. He had joined the famous protests of the WTO Ministerial Conference, widely known as the Seattle Protests. The Occupy Wall Street of their time, they focused on globalization rather than the excesses of finance. And, quite like the Occupy Wall Street of their time, they were often mocked by critics as silly, aimless, and overly hand-wringy about the future.

The organizers were a hodgepodge of groups—unions worried about competition from cheap foreign labor, environmentalists worried about the outsourcing of polluting activities, consumer protection groups worried about unsafe imports, labor rights groups worried about bad working conditions in other countries, and leftists of various stripes simply venting their anger at capitalism.

In the decade that followed, the Seattle protests came to seem as not only silly, but also misguided. After all, what were the excesses of globalization compared to the travesty of the Iraq War, or the disaster of the financial crisis? America seemed to decide that we had much more important things to protest about, and the Seattle protesters have been largely forgotten in our pop media culture.

It is a shame, because the worries of the Seattle protesters have been proven right on nearly every count....

1/7/2014 3:51:51 PM