CORRUPTION is the common enemy, both in government and in the private sector. ELECTORAL REFORM is the singular demand. COALITION CABINET is the method. INTEGRITY is the core value. COMMONWEALTH RESTORED is the outcome.
Original Electoral Reform Documents (Updated)
We the People Reform Coalition
25 March 2012
Penn Badgley Thinks The Hunger Games Works As an OWS Metaphor
OWS Protesters March in New York Against NYPD’s ‘Brutality’
OWS Still Strapped For Cash As May Day Approaches
Occupy Consciousness: The American Spring arrives
4 March 2012
Bruce Springsteen's ‘Wrecking Ball' doesn't represent Occupy Wall Street generation
Chomsky: Occupy Movement vs. Atomized, Disintegrated Society
3 March 2012
Can Occupy pull off a general strike?
Occupy May Seem To Be Receding, But Look Closer
A group of business leaders—including Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry's ice cream and former Nirvana manager Danny Goldberg—are planning to pour substantial funds into the Occupy Wall Street movement in hopes of sustaining the protests and fostering political change.
Phi Beta Iota: whether intended or not, this appears more like the marginalization of Occupy, not its revitalization. They never understood the timing or the constellation of forces that favored direct FOCUSED political action (Electoral Reform Act of 2012). Congress has heaved a huge sigh of relief. The show goes on.
21 January 2012
Occupy Wall Street West Ends Hibernation in Quest to Right America
Huge photo essay.
National Day of Action to ‘Occupy the Courts' on 2 Year Anniversary of Citizens United Ruling
Inside and outside of courthouses in 46 states and 130 cities across the country, members of Occupy Wall Street and thousands of other concerned citizens will meet the two year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. FEC with creative protest.
Occupy Wall Street in ‘winter hibernation’ as donations dwindle and weather gets icy
12 January 2012
‘OWS America's most significant social movement in decades'
Occupy movement calls for worldwide general strike on May Day
Occupy O.C. protesters opt for a peaceful approach
#OccupyNigeria General Strike Enters Fourth Day
Occupy Wall Street protesters return to NYC Zuccotti Park
Occupy Wall Street Branches Out After Regaining Its Home Base
2 Jan 2012
LIVE: OWS New Year's Eve Festivities
Occupy protest follows 123rd annual Rose Parade
Will arrests end the OWS in the US?
U.S. arrests 5,800 Occupy protesters [since Sep 2011]
OWS is going to be what the people make it
The Essential Lies Underneath Occupy Wall Street
OWS rejects US politics of war
31 Dec 2011
25 best Occupy photos of 2011 [not really–above is 1 of the best, and here alongside is the other]
Tea party, OWS test the middle
US seeks to ‘terrorize' OWS protesters
‘Occupy' protests target Republicans in Iowa
OWS: How Cash Has Corrupted Congress
Opinion: Occupy Wall Street brought economic injustice out into the open
Protester Defends Flag-Burning at Occupy Charlotte
28 Dec 2011
Grassroots movement here to stay
Protesters file for permit to “Occupy Congress” Jan. 17
OWS wants transparency in US politics
US: Outraged Popular Movement Occupies Iowa Caucus
Lonely And Cold, Iowa ‘Occupiers' Seem Ill-Equipped To Take Over Caucus
OWS: A Protest Against a Broken Economic Compact
Occupy Nerds Building Their Own Facebook Alternative
Twitter Subpoena Reveals Law Enforcement Monitoring OWS Via Social Media
23 Dec 2011
Cities that broke up Occupy camps now face lawsuits over free speech, use of force
Occupy's 2012 Agenda: Visiting Campaign Cities
Phi Beta Iota: Our current understanding of Occupy philosophy is that it completely eschews any and all violations of the law. Those violating any law should be considered provocateurs rather than true Occupiers.
Occupy Berkeley camp cleared by police
Occupy London activists free to stay at St Paul's until January
Occupy Albany Camp Dismantled As Police Pepper Spray Protesters
Yearender: Occupy Wall Street rings alarm over U.S. inequality
Occupy Wall Street's Legacy: Now Up to the Voters
Phi Beta Iota: The Atlantic is not a reliable source. It has sold out to the two-party tyranny concept, and is a front for Democratic Party pap. It has no clue what it actually going on within Occupy, to include Occupy's firm rejection of Van Jones and ACORN and their attempt to co-opt / penetrate Occupy.
Below: Past Updates, US Revolution RECAP
22 Dec 2011
Seed and Blossom: Reflections on Occupy Oakland
OWS activist debuts the “OccuCopter”
Occupy protesters sue over free speech, force
Tents still up at Occupy Albany at winter deadline
Two dozen Occupy Berkeley protesters remain despite eviction notice
A Cynicism That Veils Hope: Why More Americans Should Support Occupy Wall Street
- What? Me Worry?
18 Dec 2011
OWS to shut Obama campaign offices
Occupy Protesters, Tea Party, and NDAA Opponents: Listen Up!
Media Have Another Rough Night With NYPD at OWS #D17; Cops Threatened to Take Photogs' Press Passes
50 busted in OWS TriBeCa park push
Those Clueless, Jobless, Soapless OWS Protesters Are Helping Our Cause
‘Occupy' protests trigger envy, ire in Generation X
Protesters Camp Out at Obama Headquarters, Talk‘Occupy Caucus’ Plans
16 Dec 2011
The meaning of Time magazine's celebration of The Protester
Occupy Wall Street Prepares to Occupy Fort Meade in Solidarity with PFC Bradley Manning
Occupy's new tactic has a powerful pastSuch a Double Standard: Tea Party Was ‘Extremist' But OWS ‘Protester' Is ‘Person of the Year'
Occupy Wall Street: The First Quarter and Beyond
City dismantles Occupy Allentown camp; workers remove tarps and tents
Occupy Olympia activists ignore deadline, take over vacant building
Occupy Immigration: OWS Rally Aims to Recruit Immigrants
OWS March Against Nonprofit Oligarchy of Healthcare System
The Mainstream Spin on OWS: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
OWS highlights woes with hunger strikesOWS Occupies Ports
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7 Dec 2011
Economic protesters target Washington lobbyists
OWS “Gone Underground”Occupy movement is not America
Occupy Melbourne calls for worldwide tent protest
OWS seeks genuine revolution in USWhat does OWS want? Real democracy
OWS Protests Influence of Money in Politics
Obama embraces Occupy Wall Street rhetoric
Michael Moore: Barack Obama Is Wall Street's Candidate (VIDEO)
Occupy Wall Street Tells Newt Gingrich To ‘Take A Bath'
Congressman Wants OWS Investigation
S.F. police raid Occupy camp, arrest 70
Police clear out Occupy New Orleans campAt least 11 arrests in Occupy D.C. protests
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6 Dec 2011
Toward 2012: The Election of Our Lifetime?
Birthing a New Society: The Future of the Occupy Movement
Surely You Jest … A Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street Alliance?
OWS Supporters Less Likely To Vote Than Tea Partiers
#OWS Applauds as Massachussetts Attorney General Stands Up To Banks
Wall Street protesters to occupy foreclosed homes
11 Occupy protesters arrested in San Diego, Orlando
Police remove belongings of Occupy Orlando protesters, arrest 5
Police clear out Occupy New Orleans camp across from City Hall; 1 arrest but no violence
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Sat-Sun 26-27 Nov 2011
Is NYC ready for a General strike?Occupy Wall Street: Is It a Good Strategy?Key tipping point nears for ‘Occupy’Occupy Wall Street: Civil society's awakeningTheir View: Occupy Movement vastly different from the 60sThe Origins and Future of Occupy Wall StreetOccupy Eden: How did that turn out?Occupy Wall Street's Failure to LaunchOccupy Wall Street: Can Filmmaking Website Unify the Movement?Occupy the Highway: why mobile protest may be the future of Occupy Wall Street
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Mon-Fri 21-25 Nov 2011OWS: Too Big to FailAn idea whose time has come resonates globally. November 17 marked two months since beginning in New York. Earlier Middle East and European protests inspired it. Now it's spreading everywhere across North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania.Occupy Wall Street redefines integrityOWS Epitaph: A Small End To A Small Movement
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OWS: Apartheid Wall Comes Full CircleThe difference between OWS and VietnamThe Vietnam protest movement had a clear goal. So far as anyone can tell, the Occupy movement has none. . . . The real problem with the OWS movement is its political naiveté.Occupy LA Shut Down: 72-Hour Warning May Be Given Soon To Pack Up City Hall EncampmentOccupy Montreal protesters detained as camp clearedOccupy movement inspires rise in U.S. campus activism
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Sat-Sun 19-20 Nov 2011[UPDATE] 24-Hour OWS Drum Circle At Bloomberg's House Begins At 2 P.M.Occupy Wall Street: Pepper spray video sparks outrageLeaked Memo Reveals Wall Street Plot To Undermine OWSOWS Continues to Dominate the Zeitgeist: Outcry over Abuse of Students at UC Davis Grows, Right-Wing Plan to Smear Protests Exposed
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Want to see a real general strike? Try a Himalayan “bandh”Elements of Style as Occupy Movement EvolvesOWS: From Building Awareness To Maintaining MomentumOWS:The Occupation Movement and Those That Would Love it to DeathNewt Obliterates OWS: ‘Go Get A Job Right After You Take A Bath’Police clear new Occupy Oakland campOccupy SF tents cleared from in front of Federal ReserveOccupy Boston launches newspaper with the help of more than $9,000 in donationsOccupy movement now a global phenomenonSwiss party calls for “Occupy” from igloos at DavosHere's the risk: Occupy ends up doing the bidding of the global eliteOccupy Wall Street’s Next Step Is to Set a Reform Agenda: View
- Stinkin' Unions. Stinkin' OWS
Fri 18 Nov 2011Bloomberg: OWS Protests “Just An Opportunity For A Bunch Of Unions To Complain”Phi Beta Iota: This is Bloomberg's second Marie Antoinette moment. Matt Taibbi reported the first.Bloomberg’s big mistake: He should never have uprooted Occupy Wall Street from their Zuccotti Park hub We Are The Future of OccupyPhi Beta Iota: Above is special — read it!Robert Steele: Video 6 Minutes on Occupy and Presidency 2012 via Russia Today TV and YouTubeJosh Kilbourn: Jeannie Dean, Los Angeles ActivistJosh Kilbourn: DHS & Other STATE Bodies vs OWSMini-Me: Civil Disobedience Emerges as Strong ThemeJohn Robb: Occupy as a Global Contagion for GoodOWS' Eviction Doesn't Matter, Their Incoherence DoesThank OWS for defeating the GOP super-committeeOccupy Memphis, tea party members meetWhy Occupy Wall Street will keep up the fightOWS Protesters Find Support During March To BrooklynFormer Captain Ray Lewis Charged With Three Violations After OWS Protest; More Photos Of His ArrestOWS video: NYPD arrest Philly police retired captain Raymond LewisThe bizarre history of the OWS counter-protesters
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Thu 17 Nov 2011Who Is Occupy Wall Street? Protesters Speak Out on Why They JoinedThe Future of Occupy Wall StreetOccupy Wall Street: The Next Chapter‘OWS lost opportunity to capture presidency 2012’Retired Philadelphia Police Captain Ray Lewis Arrested At OWS, Calls NYPD Rationale ‘A Farce’NYPD blast LRAD sound cannons at OWSMass arrests at Occupy Wall Street protestsHundreds Arrested As Protesters Clash With NYPDOWS Day of Action: Police vs People (PHOTO, 
VIDEO)Dramatic photos from worldwide ‘Occupy' protestsYoung Rapper’s Occupy Wall Street Video: It’s About Equality, Kids’ FutureTo demand or not to demand? That is the ‘Occupy' questionOccupy Wall Street Pre Dawn Raid: A Photojournalist's AccountOccupy Wall Street Evicted by $174.5 Million Subsidized FirmOccupy Wall Street protesters cross into Md. on way to DCCornel West visits Occupy Oakland to speak about the future of the movementHerman Cain says OWS out to “destroy” America
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Wed 16 Nov 2011OWS is Just Getting Started OWS: Simple as You Want It to BeOWS Building More Permanent Home OnlineOWS ‘Day of Action’ to crush NY Stock ExchangeFollowing Camp Closures, ‘Occupy Wall Street' Prepares For Act IIShould OWS Switch to Online-Enabled Guerrilla Actions?OWS at the CrossroadsOWS hasn’t played itself out yetThe new OWS: Reset button or game over?
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Tue 15 Nov 2011The Bust at OWS: “Don't Mourn For Me, Organize”OWS Protesters Force Cain Iowa CancellationJournalists obstructed from covering OWS protestsCity Reopens Park After Protesters Are Evicted [13 Photos]Entire OWS Library Taken By Dept. Of Sanitation, But NOT Destroyed! (UPDATE:2K-4K missing items)Occupy Wall Street Eviction Highlights NYC’s Privately Owned Public SpacesOccupy Cal protesters declare ‘open university'
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Mon 14 Nov 2011Occupy Wall Street Finds Goldman Sachs Guilty In Mock TrialPhi Beta Iota: Reminds us of The Trial of Henry Kissinger. We will see more of this. Truth and Reconciliation starts with Truth made public.Occupy vows to ‘shut down Wall St.'Protesters hope to shut down New York's Wall StreetUnions and OWS openly together at last: “Day of Action” planned for next weekThe Imaginative Power of 99% Politics: Occupy Wall Street Spreads UptownObama’s “Occupy” Gambit: Another Populist Election Theme Backfires!A Place to Occupy and Get Results (Occupy Congress)The evidence is tough to ignore. Beyond specific examples broadcast on Sunday by “60 Minutes,” studies led by Alan J. Ziobrowski of Georgia State University have found that stock portfolios modeled on those of United States senators and representatives beat the market each year by more than 10 percentage points and six percentage points, respectively.How will Occupy strategize to combat violence, health concerns?The movement is believed to be at a crucial stage right now. Colder weather is setting in. The willingness of public officials to accommodate the movement is at odds with their desire to protect public health and safety. And concerns about violence at the gatherings are reaching new levels.Occupy the future (Jeffrey Sachs)On waking up AmericaThe uncertain future of Occupy Wall StreetOccupy charges ordered dismissed, records expungedInteractive Map: United They Fall? Occupy Canada, one month on
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Sun 13 Nov 2011Latest Developments in the Occupy ProtestsOccupy Wall Street Protesters Shifting to College CampusesOccupy Wall Street insists it's not political, at least for nowTide is turning against OWSOccupy Wall Street and the Scent of RevolutionControlled anger is a sign that the people are serious. . . .The temper of the times seems similar outside the protests themselves. Two weeks ago I posted a Huffington Post article which mentioned “There is a huge sense across America that the rich are increasing their cruelty far beyond the point necessary to live lives of obscene privilege.”Before posting I asked several readers if I was going overboard with the word “cruelty.” All said “No.” The reaction was so uniform I became curious, and showed the article to over 20 people. Every one said “cruelty” was the right word — and every face had the same expression: a cold hard anger. It was faintly eerie.Occupy Oakland Cop Condemns Brutality, Calls OWS ‘Our Birmingham' [VIDEO]OWS Receives Flu Shots From Doctors And NursesAnarchist Letter to Occupy Oakland (OO)Phi Beta Iota: There is a failure of leadership on all sides. If anyone in the government had integrity, they would recognize that Epoch B is inevitable and the best thing they could do is nurture the transition. Similarly, Occupy so hell bent on kum-ba-ya slow process, it refuses to see the obvious: election integrity as the center of gravity for both fund-raising and efficacy. While this website advocates legal, ethical, non-violent approaches to the present crisis, it merits observation that both Martin Luther King and Gandhi believed that violence was preferable to passivity. The “powers that be” are still arrogant and oblivious. They won the class war, they have lost the culture war, and therein lies the story of history.Zen and the Art of Occupy Wall StreetOccupy Wall Street is many things, but one thing it's not is partisanLabor’s Choice after Ohio: To Lead or Follow OWSDeaths Have Cities Calling for OWS ShutdownOccupy protesters defy eviction order in OregonOccupy Portland protest sites emptying outNOTICE OF VIOLATIONS AND DEMAND TO CEASE VIOLATIONS (Oakland)Fox Panel Bashes OWS As ‘Toxic,’ ‘Marxist,’ ‘Anti-Democratic And Un-American’VIDEO: Cornel West Chris Hedges at Goldman Sachs Mock Trial Occupy Wall St Nov 3 2011 people's hearingSat 12 Nov 2011Who Is Occupy Wall Street?Phi Beta Iota: The NYT was corrupted long ago and no longer has journalists, only fillers for their news hole. OWS is us – we are the 99% whether we align ourselves with OWS or not. OWS is our soul struggling to make a comeback. See Matt Taibbi's piece of Thu 10 Nov 2011 and the extract there.OWS Prepares for Winter HibernationLatest developments in the Occupy protestsCall to occupy Iowa caucuses draws little interestOfficials crack down on Occupy Wall Street camps around the country
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Fri 11 Nov 2011OWS and Allies Prepare for Nov 17 National Day of ActionOccupy movement plans spring offensive as momentum stallsOccupy Wall Street’s ‘horizontal hierarchy’ seen through prism of the InternetOccupy Portland: Police remove truckload of broken rocks, stones from camp as tensions mountDeaths at Occupy Camps Cast Dark Light on ProtestsOWS Rap Sheet Growing and GrowingTom Atlee: Drop-Out Economy Meets Twilight of ElitesTom Atlee: Gary Horvitz – OWS as Open Source MovementRalph Nader: Overcoming CorporatismRonnie Reprise: Understanding PlutocracyReference: Two Book Lists on Voting Methods
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Thu 10 Nov 2011How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the OWS Protests (Matt Taibbi)This is a visceral, impassioned, deep-seated rejection of the entire direction of our society, a refusal to take even one more step forward into the shallow commercial abyss of phoniness, short-term calculation, withered idealism and intellectual bankruptcy that American mass society has become. If there is such a thing as going on strike from one's own culture, this is it.Occupy San Diego sues police; Occupy Berekley battles police
‘Occupy Wall Street' protesters interrupt Bachmann speech
OWS Supporters Try to Close Bank Accounts — But Find Inexplicable $0.01 Balance
Robert Steele: Electoral Reform Update (YouTube)
Robert Steele: Electoral Reform Summit
Ronnie Reprise: On Democracy & Technology
9 Nov 2011 PM
Occupy Wall Street protesters pass through Newark on way to Washington
Occupy Wall Street on the move: walking from N.Y. to Washington
O.W.S. adopts new decision-making model
OWS Versus the Tea Party Is Comparing Apples to Koch
Occupy Portland: City tightening pincers on camp; electeds and business community looking for an end
Video: Occupy DC Targets Economy and Militarism
Wed 9 Nov 2011 AM
Video: Occupy DC Targets Economy and Militarism
Election results 2011: Voters signal that GOP overreached
What Occupy Wall Street got right
OWS Highlights Real Problem: Corporations Run Amok
Iranian Ayatollah: OWS A Sign Of The 12th Imam
Towards the general strike: Week of protest called in Madrid
Police move against Occupy protesters in Canada
Reject Occupy Wall Street (Zionists)
Are police becoming militarized?
Occupy Tucson Faces $500,000 in Fines
Occupy Denver's search for a leader goes to the dogs
Occupy Protests Plagued by Reports of Sex Attacks, Violent Crime
John Steiner: Occupy Meets the US Constitution
John Steiner: Public Intelligence App Hypothes.is
Petition (Udall): Net Neutrality Going Down
Reference: What Is the One Thing? On Democracy
Tue 8 Nov 2011
Can campaign finance reform unite OWS?
Reference: Rigged Elections & The Antidote
#Occupy Open Space Activities (Tom Atlee)
The Audacity of Occupy Wall Street (Richard Kim)
Over 10,000 Protesters Circle White House — Why?
NOW SEEKING Electoral Reform Points of Contact, One for Each Occupy, Each Congressional District
Chuck Spinney: Defense Lies, Big Lies, Super Lies
Winslow Wheeler: Military Spending versus Competence
DefDog: CIA Decides Who to Blow Up – Without Having Any Idea Who They Are…
Phi Beta Iota: Roughly 80% of what is done “in our name” is evil, expensive, and not necessary–that includes the 50% of agruiculture, defense, energy, intelligence, health, justice/prisons et al that is out and out waste, fraud, and abuse.
Mon 7 Nov 2011 PM
Seniors Join Occupy Chicago, Protest Cuts To Medicare, Social Security (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
It is not about OWS, it is about Financial Tyranny! Part 2
Occupy Oakland's new target – foreclosed buildings
ACORN Front Group Destroys Evidence of OWS Ties
House Oversight Chairman Calls for Probe into ACORN Role in Occupy Wall Street
As radicalism creeps in, credibility retreats from OWS
Mon 7 Nov 2011 AM
Bad Moon Rising (Burning Platform)
Bill Clinton Offers Occupy Wall Street Myopic Advice
How to Liberate America (David Korten)
Jack Abramoff: The lobbyist's playbook
Jeremy Rifkin on Global Issues and the Future of our Planet
Local Money Creates Wealth Outside the Bubble
Robert Steele: In Praise of Eva Waskill & New Book by Gordon Cook, “The Privatization of Democracy”
Sun 6 Nov 2011
Latest developments in the Occupy protests occurring in places around the world
OWS Demonstration Leads To Scuffles With Police, Arrests
Occupy Portland: We aren't responsible for vandalism
Occupy Seattle Rallies, Many Close Their Big Bank Accounts
‘Occupy Atlanta' Protesters Plan to Camp at Park Despite Arrests
What Occupy Wall Street is getting totally wrong
OWS: Yes, we are anti-capitalist!
Sat 5 Nov 2011
Occupy Wall Street: The origins of an occupation
Occupy Wall Street Protest Reaches a Crossroads
It's Not That Complicated — Thank You, Occupy Wall Street
OWS needs to take responsibility for crowds’ actions
Occupy Movement may not agree on what it wants, but knows how to ‘get it'
VIDEO: Occupy DC protestors march on Washington
Occupy L.A. protesters march to mark so-called Bank Transfer Day
The General Strike Is A Teachable Moment For Families
Oakland's General Strike: Largely Peaceful
650,000 Switched to Credit Unions in October (OWS Score!)
Thu-Fri 3-4 Nov 2011
Occupy Wall Street – A Growing Force?
ORC International's Tracking Results Shows Awareness of Movement Continues to Grow
Is OWS in danger of losing Middle America?
Two new polls offer conflicting answers, but there may be a way to reconcile them that provides a path forward
‘Occupy' Movement Threat Level Elevated to ‘High' for November 5th Weekend
Phi Beta Iota: This is a remarkably stupid press release. If its sponsor had a brain, he'd be using his software to flag coherence within the Occupy movement. It is not a threat. Anyone that does not get that is part of the problem.
Occupy protesters disavow Oakland violence
Phi Beta Iota: Occupy needs to do more – it must self-police and make immediate citizens arrests of anyone doing violence or causing property damage. This includes undercover cops who need to be outed to the media as instigators of violence and damage used to justify police represssion.
Oakland's General Strike: Largely Peaceful
US military veterans heed Occupy rallying cry
Berkeley teachers, students join Occupy Movement at general strike
Robert Steele: 6 Minutes on Electoral Reform to Occupy Working Group in NYC on 30 Oct 2011
FRAUD ALERT: Mini-Me: OccupyParty.org Bloomberg Act III?
OWS protesters have strange ideas about fairness
Wed 2 Nov 2011 PM
Overheard on CNN.com: OWS is already a success
#OWS: The brand leaders cannot afford to ignore
Cannes, France: I can sense very clearly here at Cannes that this is the moment “the masses” start shaping the policy response to the global financial crisis.
Lies Is Lies: The Organized Smear Campaign Against OWS
OWS: What are the authorities afraid of?
Oakland becomes center stage for OWS movement
Oakland general strike brings labor, students, teachers into streets
Oakland Businesses Go ‘Cash-Only' In Support of General Strike
Barricades Removed Near Struggling Restaurant at Occupy Wall Street Protests
Occupy Wall Street's latest converts: the 1 percent?
OWS@TNS: Bringing Occupy Wall Street into the Classroom
OWS activist says ACORN paying homeless people to attend protest
Occupy Conn College: The OWS movement influences formation of CC Dissent
Wed 2 Nov 2011 AM
An Open Letter to the Occupiers from a Veteran Troublemaker
Occupy Wall Street as a fight for “real democracy”
How to Frame Yourself: A Framing Memo for Occupy Wall Street
OCCUPYING THE OCCUPIERS — KEEPING THE TROOPS BUSY
The real Wall Street occupation is online
A New Declaration of Independence [List of Minimal Demands]
Oakland braces for strike, marches. Can Occupy protesters close the port?
Occupy Philly, Jobs for Justice Call for General Strike Today at Noon
As Occupy Baltimore rape charge fizzles, security and homeless issues remain
Tue 1 Nov 2011 PM
Venessa Miemis: Occupy Wall Street – Terrain Shifts
OWS: Protest movement is growing
OWS protest turns on G20 summit in France
Occupy Wall Street protesters anti-Obama and plan to skip 2012 election, Fordham poll finds
Phi Beta Iota: This will mean another election in which the “winner” garners 30% of the total eligible vote, and is neutered on day one, never mind which side of the two-party tyranny they represent.
New Yorkers continue to support OWS, consider Tea Party more influential
Bloomberg to OWS: Congress caused the mortgage crisis, not the banks
Phi Beta Iota: While Congress and the White House lacked the integrity to keep America's financial house in order, it was 200 pages of lobbyist written deregulation inserted into the bill five minutes before the vote that brought us down. Bloomberg is being disingenious (dishonest) in his depiction.
Tue 1 Nov 2011 AM
PROOF that Oakland PD infiltrated #OWS
Occupy Wall Street turns to pedal power
Mon 31 Oct 2011 PM
Occupy Strike Plans to Shut Down City of Oakland on Wednesday
Latest developments in the global Occupy protests
Police erase Occupy Richmond tent site
TRENDING: Activists propose ‘shutting down' candidate offices during Iowa caucuses
Phi Beta Iota: This is a a preamble to shutting down individual Governors, Senators, and Represenatives if and when Occupy comes together on demanding an Electoral Reform Act of 2012.
Tenn. agrees to stop arresting Occupy protesters
Occupy Veterans Movement Growing Across U.S.
Phi Beta Iota: Our troops are coming home – they are angry and they are armed. They are also part of the 99%.
Occupy Kansas City: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Mon 31 Oct 2011 AM
Scott Olsen Cannot Talk, General Strike Nov. 2!
Phi Beta Iota: Not quite a soccer mom torching herself on the steps of City Hall, but close. The establishment cannot win this one – despite some gross misbehavior by some of the Occupy Wall Street elements, on balance Epoch B is now established.
Occupy Oakland plans general strike
Occupy Oakland makes plans for citywide general strike
Police Violence Sparks General Strike Idea Within ‘Occupy Wall Street'
OWS Spurs “Largest Mobilization of Pro-Bono Lawyers” in 40 years
Phi Beta Iota: There are actually four groups within OWS we have identified: anarchists and undercover provocateurs that are destructive; local only activists; constitutional amendment activists, and single unifying action activists, within which we believe the electoral reform element will shine for the simple reason that it is the only thing all Independents, members of the 63 parties blocked from ballot access, and moderates in the existing two-party fraud can agree upon.
Occupy Wall Street and media ethics
Bike-Powered Generators: A New Source of Electricity for Occupy Wall Street
Marcus Aurelius: OWS – Crapping on the Flag
Tom Atlee: #Occupy Weekly Sparks = We Can Do It All
Trip Report: OWS NY Meeting on Electoral Reform
Sun 30 Oct 2011
Today: Electoral Reform Hand-Outs being passed out in NYC, Oakland, Los Angeles, possibly Boston. Tomorrow in Trenton, Baltimore, and DC. The Electoral Reform Act Road Trip has begun. National working group meets on Electoral Reform 3-5 today at 60 Wall Street.
What do they want? It's simple.
What Occupy Wall Street Wants, in 30 Seconds
+ VIDEO: “Occupy Wall Street Commercial”
Occupy protesters hold rallies across state
Snow and tough police action fail to deter OWS
Police storm OWS San Diego in predawn raid, journalists arrested
60 Wall Street: The Real Headquarters Of OWS
Occupy Valley protesters aim to ‘awaken the people'
Midwest OWS protesters seek to highlight foreclosure mess
Occupy Nashville protesters steadfast after two nights of arrests
After the Wall Street Protests: How to change America's political direction
Sat 29 Oct 2011
Electoral Reform Meeting in NYC 3-5 pm Sunday 30 Oct
Egyptians march from Tahrir Square to support Occupy Oakland protestors
Oakland crackdown backfires: the genie is out of the bottle
Herman Cain to OWS – “Go Home and Get a Job and Get a Life.”
Phi Beta Iota: He has self-destructed. Myopia and ideological idiocy have destroyed whatever chance he might have had of capturing the Republican nomination. From where we sit, Jon Huntsman now has the lead. Romney and Perry will expose one another's nakedness. Ron Paul might still win the Republican nomination – whether he or Jon Huntsman wins it, the other should run as an Independent, in our view.
Occupy Wall Street: Hidden Victories and Hidden Allies
AP: Latest Developments in the Global Occupy Protests
USA: Crackdown on protesters raises questions of what's at stake
Spanish protesters' vision of change focuses on what people can do together
Does a Criminal Organization Have Links to Occupy Wall Street and the President?
Phi Beta Iota: ACORN and Van Jones could be infiltrators for the Democratic Party – OWS needs a strong counter-intelligence and self-policing element.
Occupy Wall Street: Like the Tea Party it Should Be Taken Seriously
Phi Beta Iota: As Brother Chuck shows below, the Tea Party is not serious and no one has any business comparing Occupy Wall Street, which is a movement, with the Tea Party, which is a front.
Chuck Spinney: Manufacturing Dissent – The Rise of the Tea Party as an Elite Front – Opposite of OWS
John Robb: Links Centered on #OWS
Karl Marx, Libertarians, & OWS: End STATE Power RECAP
Seth Godin: If Committees [Politicians] Told the Truth…
Mini-Me: General Strike Enters Current Thinking
Worth a Look: Nation of Change Online Media
#OWS: List of Governors Up for Re-Election in 2012
#OWS: List of Senators Up for Re-Election in 2012
Friday 28 Oct 2011
Occupy Protests Look Toward Future
Occupy Wall Street Movement: More Reasonable Than Radical
Occupy Wall Street Protesters Prepare For Winter Weather [LIVE UPDATES]
Occupy DC protesters brace for the cold as best they can
Goldman Sachs v. Occupy Wall Street: A Greg Palast Investigation
John Robb: Occupy Oakland declares a ‘bandh’ 2 Nov
Occupy-ers: This is our “Valley Forge moment”
Occupy Wall Street: Arrests in Nashville and San Diego
Occupy Burlington crowd reaches 100; close to 20 tents erected in park
Fire fighters remove protester generators as crackdown occurs nationwide
OWS: Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Occupy Wall Street is going nowhere without leadership
VIDEO: Some Central Themes of the Occupy Protesters [Global, Income Inequality, Corporate Greed]
OWS Beats The Tea Party—In Google Searches
In Time [Movie] is right on time to OWS
Occupy Wall Street Politics and Electoral Reform Group Seeking Input
Electoral Reform Working Group Preliminary 2 Pages (Full Text Online for Google Translate)
Electoral Reform Statement of Demand 3.2 (Full Text Online for Google Translate)
Electoral Reform Act of 2012 3.2 (Full Text Online for Google Translate)
Thu 27 Oct 2011
Ralph Nader: Quo Vadis OWS? Action Ideas!
Paul Krassner: The Yippies and the Occupiers
Mini-Me: General Strike USA a Meme Now
Ben Cohen: Time to Count and Reinvest the Oreos
John Robb: Occupy Global Data Hackathon
CBO: Top 1% getting exponentially richer
Hackers target Oakland police after Occupy protest
Occupy Wall Street, Kent State, and Chicago
The study that shows why Occupy Wall Street struck a nerve
LinkTV/Occupy – collated from around the world
VIDEO: Danny and Occupy Wall Street
Conservative Activist: Why OWS Should Protest The Super Scary George Soros
Closing the doors at St Paul's Cathedral [UK]
Wed 26 Oct 2011 PM
ACORN Playing Behind Scenes Role in ‘Occupy' Movement
[If true, Occupy has a problem, especially when combined with Van Jones hustling into the scene. This sounds like an inauthentic covert Obama/Democratic pincer movement that should be crushed quickly.]
#OWS: The seeds of a New Republic
Occupy Wall Street's Most Unlikely Ally: The Pope
Vatican Breaks Bread (Sort Of) With Occupiers
Cardinal Turkson: Beyond Wall Street
20 Jan Letter as Sent 3.0 (5 Pages) Directly to Vatican
Rushkoff: OWS is not a protest, but a prototype for a new way of living.
Why Is Occupy Wall Street So Important to Our Future?
OWS Takes Over A DOE Meeting. Is The Human Microphone Coming To A Town Hall Near You?
Rivera-Pitre said the crowd helped him get away but he was speaking out because there was lots of blood – and he is HIV-positive.
“That cop should get tested,” he said.
Had Enough? Occupy Protesters Ask, and America Answers: YES!
Before and after pics of Oakland police raid on OWS protest + These photos from Cryptome
Oakland cops shoot Iraq vet in head; fractured skull, swollen brain, critical condition (OWS)
Occupy Wall Street: the book is coming soon
O.W.S. creates special space for parents and children
‘Red Army' Behind Occupy Wall Street? [Fox, article used to promote a new book]
How Occupy Wall Street protesters destroy the working class [Wash Times]
Rikers cons flood Zuccotti for free eats
Wed 26 Oct 2011 AM
Atlanta mayor to kick OWS protesters out of Woodruff Park
DefDog: Elizabeth Warren Spooks the Extreme Right
Eliot Spitzer: Conversation on Democracy & Occupy
John Robb: China Bans “Occupy” as Search Term
Occupy the URL takes OWS protests to the internet
Rolling Stone Occupy Wall Street Photo Timeline
VIDEO Thugs Surround Cops, Hurl Paint Bombs
Worth a Look: Heist – Who Stole the American Dream?
Tue 25 Oct 2011
Beyond Occupy Wall Street: 11 American Uprisings You've Never Heard of That Changed the World
Matt Taibbi: OWS's Beef: Wall Street Isn't Winning – It's Cheating
Poll: 43 percent agree with views of “Occupy Wall Street”
Occupy Wall Street's Marketing Crisis: What Would an OWS Brand Look Like?
The Right-wing Attempt to Smear OWS With Anti-Semitism
Priceless: NYPD blaming OWS for increase in murders
Chris Hedges and Amy Goodman Talk OWS on ‘Charlie Rose’
OWS the real grassroots movement
Occupy DC Ready To Resod McPherson Square And Expand
Police raid Occupy Oakland encampment, arrest dozens
Occupy Atlanta | When will it end?
Mon 24 Oct 2011
Vatican meets OWS: ‘The economy needs ethics'
Occupy Wall Street: When basic biological needs are criminalized
Will Occupy Wall Street alienate the middle of the country? It hasn’t yet.
Occupy Wall Street Is A Boon For Republicans
Republicans Woo the Occupy Wall Street Vote
Occupy Wall Street Costs Journalist Her Job
Sat 22 Oct 2011
Mike’s new marching orders vs. protesters
Winter woes threaten Wall Street occupiers
‘Occupy Wall Street’ goes global (Malaysia)
Time for OWS to broaden its appeal
More than 42 percent of Americans do not work. Not even part-time. Tens of millions of people, with free time and nothing better to do, are watching the news about the Occupy movement. They aren't yet participating. The Occupiers must convince many of these non-participants to join them.
What Occupy Wall Street Should Learn From the Arab Spring
VIDEO: Listening Post – From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy Everywhere
‘Occupy Wall Street' protests: Riot police arrest activists in Melbourne
Fri 21 Oct 2011
What should Occupy Wall Street’s agenda be?
Tea party leader: Occupy movement a ‘freak show,’ and Wall Street undeserving of blame for economy
VIDEO: Does Occupy Wall Street have staying power?
Occupy Wall Street: All of the magazine covers
The killing of Awlaki’s 16-year-old son
The sickness on Wall Street and why OWS protesters are wrong
Russell Brand Pens Eloquent, Zany #OccupyWallStreet Article!
#OccupyWallStreet: From A Single Hashtag, A Protest Circled The World
OWS, The Second American Revolution and Mr. Jones
AntiSec targeting law enforcement in support of Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street Fights NYC Weather, Gets Rained Out
Thu 20 Oct 2011 PM
Tom Atlee: Occupy the Future Together
Naomi Wolf: #OWS NYPD & DHS OUT OF CONTROL
Occupy Wall Street reacts to Goldman Sachs pay
Phi Beta Iota: Goldman Sachs pay is an example of both a “fog fact” and a “true cost.” This kind of information will have much greater exposure from now on.
Occupy Wall Street, unions get their activism together
Thu 20 Oct 2011 AM
Occupy Wall Street Protesters Call for National General Assembly, Put Forward Possible Demands
WSJ Surveys #OWS, Finds Dangerous Radicals (Meaning, Democrat Voters)
OWS to Supercommittee: Accountability, Not Austerity!
O.W.S. taking a physical toll on the NYPD
VIDEO: Class action: OWS first salvo in US class war?
Phi Beta Iota: This is not a class war. The class war was won by the rich. This is a war for the soul of America, a war between those who ascribe to the concept of democracy with intelligence and integrity and those who do not. There are more of the latter. They have just been asleep for the last 30 years.
Wed 19 Oct 2011 AM
OWS (And Everyone Else): Pay Attention To Greece
Occupy Wall Street signals end of utopia [loot-fest] economics
Occupy Wall Street Hackathons Produce Digital Tools and New Activists
OWS angry with heavy-handed cops (RT Video)
OWS: The Strategic Brilliance of Facelessness
Occupy Wall Street voices from Zuccotti Park: Larry Left, 27
Lessons America's Founding Fathers can teach us about the Occupy movement
Summary: Individually, middle class Americans are generally powerless. But taken as a cohort, the American middle class is the single most powerful economic entity that has ever existed.
Charges Of Occupy Wall Street Anti-Semitism Find Audience On The Right
Fucking Zionists never met a movement they could not label as anti-semitic at the first sign of independent intelligence. Israel is a cancer on the US, dual-citizens with Top Secret clearances need to be given a choice: lose the Israeli citizenship or lose the clearances, and Zionist espionage and agent of influence operations across the US and especially on the Hill need to be SHUT DOWN.
Jon Lebkowsky: USG Hypocrisy – Short Video
Mini-Me: VIDEO Core of Corruption – In the Shadows
John Robb: Economic Reality & Political Treason
Tue 18 Oct 2011 PM
DefDog: Goldman Sachs Executives Stay Fat and Happy
Chuck Spinney: Why AF & IQ Have Broken US Military
Winslow Wheeler: Media Plays Dead for Panetta Virus
Event: 5 Nov: Bank Transfer Day
US Marine shames NYPD in Times Square protest video (Story & Video)
Voting, not OWS, will change America
Phi Beta Iota: The author is clueless, accepting the two-party tyranny as a natural state of affairs. Electoral Reform is required before voting can become meaningful again.
OWS Protesters Arrested at Citibank: What Went Wrong
So the lessons for both protesters and bank branches are clear: protesters should stick to doing their protests in public places, and consider making their account closings more orderly, and not affiliated with disruptive protests; banks should accommodate their customers as much as they can, even if they are protesters, lest they face a PR nightmare due to NYPD’s aggressive tactics.
Tue 18 Oct 2011 AM
Electoral Reform: What are those OWS people so angry about?
KEY VIDEO: Consensus (Direct Democracy @ Occupy Wall Street)
Counterintelligence: Barack Obama’s OWS problem
He wants to fold the movement into his reelection campaign. What does he think it is, the Tea Party?
Legal: OWS Meets Citizens United
As Occupy Wall Street protesters look to the Supreme Court, they’ll find more to be outraged about than the Citizens United case.
Labor: #OWS, Times Square, and the Global Labor Movement
Tom Atlee: #OWS Emerging Patterns & Suggestions
Review (Guest): The Conquest of Violence – The Gandhian Philosophy of Conflict
Review (Guest): Treasure Islands – Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens
Review (Guest): American Nations – A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
Mon 17 Oct 2011 PM
So, what's “the thing” about Occupy Wall Street that truly scares the shit out of the political establishment and the MSM? It is that they cannot *control* that which they truly do not understand. And even if the MSM and the political establishment take the time to come to understand Occupy Wall Street, they will never be able to manipulate it for their political gain. And that is a truly scary prospect for them.
Is the U.S. Primary System Flawed? Political Jostling Exposes Weakness
Occupy Wall Street shows muscle, raises $300K
‘Occupy Wall Street' Movement Gains Size, Support
Everything You Need to Know About Occupy Wall Street
What's Occupying The Minds of OWS? Minutes Give A Clue
Wall St. Protesters May Demand Trials: Lawyer
Occupy Wall Street: Sergeant Shamar Thomas Yells At NYPD Officers After Times Square Protest (VIDEO)
Mon 17 Oct 2011 AM
NEW TODAY: Directory (List/Library) – (Sorted, from Counterintelligence to Revolution
Paul Fernhout: G. William Domhoff on Social Movements and Strategic Nonviolence
John Robb: Differences Between Tea Party & OWS
Why Occupy Wall Street is Bigger Than Left vs. Right
Occupy Wall Street: Renaissance, Not Revolution
Obama to Channel ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Populism on Bus Tour
Phi Beta Iota: If Obama is so stupid as to not understand the #OWS revulsion for BOTH parties, one can only hope he receives the disdain he so richly deserves for selling out the “hope” that he inspired in 2008. ELECTION 2008: Lipstick on the Pig, remains one of the best pre-OWS statements on the record.
Hume warns Obama on Occupy Wall Street: ‘He is playing with fire’
Donald Trump Thinks Government Should Shut Down Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street Hits Lompoc
Sun 16 Oct 2011 PM
Occupy Wall Street shows muscle, raises $300K
Tom Atlee: #Occupy A Dance of Inspiration & Strategy
Todd Essig: Contrasting Psychologies of OWS (Inclusion of All) and the Tea Party (Exclusion of Many)
What OWS Doesn't Get About Dissent and Civil Disobedience
Phi Beta Iota: The last defense of corrupt systems is the appeal for civility and acceptance of their rules of the road.
Hugo Chavez applauds OWS protesters, condemns police violence
OWS Movement's Demand is Clear; Real Change
This movement is making a well deserved mockery of all out institutions and that is exactly what is needed.
These institutions from government to media to finance and all the pundits are being told whether they know it or not that things aren't changing – they have changed. You don't know it yet but you are now insignificant piss-ants.
Meet Rick, the Occupy Wall Street ‘hipster cop’
Occupy Wall Street Protest Grows Across U.S.
Occupy Protests Spread to South America
Argentines, Chileans and Mexicans joined worldwide protests against the global economic crisis on Saturday as more protesters invade New York's Times Square. Courtesy of Reuters.
Sun 16 Oct 2011 AM
12 Most Absurd Laws Used to Stifle the Occupy Wall St. Movement Around the
Country
Massive Marches on Wall Street as Protests Shake the World; Assange Speaks
in London
United for Global Change #15oct
Occupy Wall Street Protests Spread To Europe, Asia
Fox News Poll Backfires: 70 Percent Support Occupy Wall Street
Journalists Funded By ŒVulture Capitalist¹ Paul Singer Campaign To Smear
Wall Street Protests
5 Conservative Economic Myths Occupy Wall St. Is Helping Bust
Occupy The Hood Aims To Draw People Of Color To Occupy Wall StreetDylan Ratigan Constitutional Moments: The People's Voice
Sat 15 Oct 2011 PM
Wall Street protests go global; riots in Rome
Note: Russia Today TV did a live interview with Robert David Steele with a 5-10 minute lag for the show below, they shut down the interview and did not air it the minute Steele pointed out that the OWS movement internationally was non-violent, and violence should be scrutinized as being provoked or by provocateurs. [It is now known that the violence was perpetrated by anarchists and perhaps undercover police who infiltrated the non-violent groups that at one point threw bottles at the violent trying to drive them away–evidently this is a story Russia Today TV just does not want to cover, they are trying to hype the violence in Europe and the prospects for violence in the USA that Robert Steele specifically discounted.]
OWS wrapping the planet (RT Video)
Occupy Wall Street Protest Culminates With 6,000 in Times Square
John Robb: Bloomberg vs. Occupy Round 1 to #OWS
Mini-Me: Army of Unemployed Persistent Structural Issue
Mini-Me: Iranian (US?) Plot Continues to Unravel UPDATE
Phi Beta Iota: Included because if government fraud is shown, it could be a precipitant of revolution, demonstrating with immediacy the illegitimacy and lack of integrity of the US Government across the board.
Sat 15 Oct 2011 AM
Anne Kadet: A Day in the Life of Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street more popular than Obama
OWS still frame: ‘The US could end up like Egypt or Libya’
Does Occupy Wall Street need to get specific?
Occupy Wall Street should be a moral, not political, movement
Fri 14 Oct 2011 PM
Showdown averted in New York's Wall Street protests
Occupy Wall Street protest to begin in RI
‘The Whole World Is Watching': Occupy Wall Street Stares Down the NYPD
Occupy Wall Street protesters raising the right questions
The Food Movement Must Occupy Wall Street
Wall Street movement challenges status quo
Fri 14 Oct 2011 AM
Voter reform group launches ads attacking Perry in Iowa
Is Occupy Wall Street About Me? – Ask Noah
Protesters arrested in New York, Denver
Wall Street Protest Finds a Seoul Sister
Koko: Teacher Burns Herself to Death in Playground
#OWS Deputy Major Stops Confrontation Over Cleaning
Tom Atlee: OWS Bumpy Road – Chaos, Order, and New…
John Robb: Bloomberg Cleaning Out OWS
#OWS Letter Seeking Eviction of OWS in NYC (sic)
Thu 13 Oct 2011 PM
The All-American Occupation: A Century of Our Streets Vs. Wall Street
OWS “I’m Getting Arrested” app released for Android
Just initially enter a custom message and some SMS-ready numbers to contact in the event of your arrest. Then, as you're about to be corralled into the back of a squad car, fire the app up and long-press the bull's-eye for 2 seconds. From there, you can rest assured that your message will be sent to the appropriate contacts.
Occupy Wall Street: More popular than you think
A new survey out from Time Magazine found that 54 percent of Americans have a favorable impression of the protests, while just 23 percent have a negative impression. An NBC/Wall Street Journal survey, meanwhile, found that 37 percent of respondents “tend to support” the movement, while only 18 percent “tend to oppose” it.
Jonathan Kay on Occupy Wall Street: It’s a symptom of something serious
In response to OWS, conservative pundits have expended much rhetoric in explaining how the Tea Party is more principled and intelligent. But this seems to miss the larger points that both movements are making: (1) that you cannot run a successful economy that benefits ordinary citizens if up to 40% of corporate profits are funneled into government-backstopped financial entities that do little productive work except manage speculative investments; (2) that America cannot be a beacon of freedom abroad if it cannot afford to create a functional society at home; and (3) that America’s campaign-finance system, 24-hour news cycle, and dysfunctional legislatures have yielded a paralyzed political system in which politicians are incapable of tackling existential national problems such as unsustainable entitlement programs, crumbling infrastructure and 13-figure deficits.
Bill Clinton Knocks Occupy Wall St
“I think Civil rights, Women’s rights, Gay rights, the Vietnam War…and on the right, the conservatives, the Tea Party groups and the Pro-lifers, all those things, that’s part of being an American, to be able to organize with people that you agree with in trying to make your voice heard. But to make the change, eventually what it is you’re advocating has to be clear enough and focused enough that either there’s a new political movement which embraces it or people in one of the two parties embraces it.”
Thu 13 Oct 2011 AM
#OWS: What the Media Can't See About America's First Web-Era Movement
Occupy Wall Street is a pluralist protest that's better at asking questions than offering answers. By cherry-picking messages and images, its critics are missing the bigger picture.
ANTI-OWS: The Revolution is Upon Us
Trained in the fine art of Civil Disobedience by Ruckus Society anarchists; paid for by George Soros and the Tides Foundation, among others, aided and abetted by street fighters like Code Pink and Greenpeace, count on OWS as a permanent part of society until Obama and his masters perfect the fundamental Transformation of America through Marxism.
AP Interview: Walesa backs Wall Street protesters
Protests against Wall Street (109 Photos)
Who's behind the Wall St. protests? (Soros?)
Occupy Wall Street #OWS: the American Dream 2.0
Wed 12 Oct 2011 PM
CARTOON: Essence of the hit job against OWS by the status quo 1%. The distinction between moral capitalism and predatory capitalism escapes them.
Keeping Your Eye on the [Electoral] Ball
Tumblr becomes platform for Occupy Wall Street debate
Occupy Wall Street: An interview with Kalle Lasn, the man behind it all
Robert Steele: Electoral Reform in a Box (DIY Kit)
Ben & Jerry Statement of Support for Those Who Occupy
The Sit-In Heard Round the World (John Perkins)
Cornell West Interviewed by Amy Goodman
Tom Friedman presents Great Disruption (Paul Gilding) versus Big Shift (John Hagel III)
‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests cause world leaders to take notice
Mini-Mi: Top 5 Facts About America’s Richest 1%
Koko: Participatory Budget Takes Root in USA
Wed 12 Oct 2011 AM
Occupy Wall Street, The Golden Calf and the New Idolatry
We all know how little Sabbath we keep, how frequently we let other people tell us our value, our place, our position. We all know how much we have let Wall Street control the conversation, alerting us that the market is “up” today or the market is “down.” We brought the calf to Wall Street to confess our allegiance to false Gods and to announce that something was dying for us. That death is our own belief in the sacred calf of the Wall Street picture of the universe. The “mike check” was just the beginning of a new conversation, between and among people, about what is really important. What is important is people owning our own times, our own tongues, our own labor, our own worth. What is dead is Wall Street's control of the conversation and us.
Right Here, All Over OWS Documentary
“Right Here, All Over Occupy Wall Street,” a new documentary about the Occupy Wall Street Movement, gives an inside view of what is really going on in Lower Manhattan. Watch the seven-minute tour into the lives of the occupiers and make your own decision.
LEADERSHIP & OPEN SOURCE PROTEST #ows (John Robb)
Very pertinent to those who would lead or help. Bottom line: command & control is dead.
My Advice to the Occupy Wall Street Protesters: Hit bankers where it hurts (Matt Taibbi)
Includes five-point immediately actionable plan for legislation to contain predatory immoral banking.
The Occupy Wall Street Movement and the Coming Demise of Crony Capitalism
Includes list of nine government against the people actions since 1980. By the author of the now-prescient 1978 book, The Downfall of Capitalism and Communism.
Khamenei claims Occupy Wall Street protests will topple US capitalism
Iran's supreme leader tells rally America is in full-blown crisis because of its ‘corrupt foundation'
Why Occupy Wall Street isn't about a list of demands
Conservative '53 Percenters' Attack Occupy Wall Street Movement
Tue 11 Oct 2011 PM
Why No Demands – Occupy Wall Street is a Rebellion, Not a Protest.
What Trumka’s endorsement of the occupation means is that unions, with millions of members and a formidable political apparatus, now have the green light to make noise. The responsibility is on their shoulders along with ours to grow this movement nationally.
‘Anti-Wall St. protests to succeed in US'
Allwine: Absolutely. The US Congress has made itself irrelevant – and irrelevant in our lives. I think the fact that over 1,000 occupations has sprung up altogether simultaneously is not an indication of something coordinated, but an indication of some deep, deep discontent that has been simmering and has now erupted into full blown anger.
We are really, really angry about a system that has completely disenfranchised us. And I tell you, the politicians in this country; the corporate and wealthy elites, they ignore us at their peril because we are not going away.
Mini-Me: OccupyWallStreet Entering Policy Phase?
Katrina Heuvel: Reshaping US Politics with Moral Clarity
Mini-Me: Katrina vanden Heuvel on Electoral Reform
#OWS and the U.S. Labor Movement
Wall Street protests swell in N.Y.; 129 arrested in Boston
Tea party group slams Occupy Wall Street; arrests grow
Occupying Wall Street: An Inevitable Consequence of Uncontrolled Deregulation
OWS Edits Video: Wants You To Believe They Chased Off Geraldo
Tue 11 Oct 2011 AM
Tom Atlee: Occupying Wall Street: What Went Right?
J.A. Myerson: “Of all the criticisms being hurled at Occupy Wall Street, the most substantively interesting is the issue of scale. How large can the living-society portion of the occupation grow, dependent as it is on a reasonably small living space and an inspiringly simple if limited amplification system? Questions like this are worth pondering, and I’ll be taking some of them up here at Truthout in the coming weeks, but let us pause for a moment to consider how astonishing it is that this is a concern at all.”
Tom Atlee: Where the 99 Percent Get Their Power
Sarah van Gelder: “Powerful movements build not on a laundry list of policy demands, but on principles and values…. Powerful movements create their own spaces where they can shift the debate, and the culture, to one that better serves. That’s why showing up in person at the occupy sites is so critical to this movement’s success. In hundreds of communities around North America, people are showing up to make a statement and to listen to each other. They are also teaching one another to facilitate meetings, to take nonviolent direct action, to make their own media. They are taking care of each other, gathering food supplies, blankets, and clothes that can allow people to remain outdoors even as the weather gets wetter and colder.”
Tom Atlee: Ambiguous UpSparkles From the Heart of the Park (Mic Check/Occupy Wall Street)
In a culture obsessed with product, the process of creation is almost unbearable. Nothing is more threatening than the moment, the living breathing ambiguity of now. We have been trained to name things, own things, brand things and in doing so control and consume them. Well, the genius of Occupy Wall Street is that so far it is not brandable and that's what makes its potential so daunting, so far reaching, so inclusive, and so dangerous. It cannot be defined and so it cannot be sold, as a sound bite or a political party or even a thing. It can't be summed up and dismissed.
John Steiner: Best Video (Why #OccupyWallStreet? Four Reasons from DC Douglas)
John Steiner: Something in the Air, Something in Our Hearts
Chuck Spinney: How Real is Versailles on the Potomac?
Jon Lebkowsky: What #OccupyWallStreet is about
John Robb: Permanent Global Protest #ows
#ElectoralReform #OWS Two-Sided Demand Hand-Out
Mon 10 Oct 2011
The Democrats Shouldn’t Expect Occupy Wall Street’s Support in 2012
#ElectoralReform Statement of Demand
Occupy Wall St.'s drumbeat grows louder
Quick Fixes or Structural Changes: A Challenge for the #Occupy Movement
Jon Lebkowsky: ABC Allows Truth for a Few Minutes
Tom Atlee: Understanding Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall St.'s drumbeat grows louder
Occupy Wall Street Spreads To Ireland
Why Corporate Elites Should Be Petrified of Occupy Wall Street
If the Occupied Wall Street Journal is a good source, the answer is contained in this simple sentence: “Rebellion will not stop until the corporate state is extinguished.”
Phi Beta Iota: This is the closest any establishment media has gotten, counting Russia Today TV and my comments as non-establishment. Electoral Reform and ultimately a Constitutional Convention are the only way to redress the long-standing grievances of the public and prevent further and future corruption of the US Government.
Sun 9 Oct 2011
1. Anne Marie Slaughter: OWS as seen from abroad
2. Naomi Klein: The Most Important Thing in the World Right Now
3. Melanie Butler: The other 99% is not 90% men
4. Voices of the protestors
5. Guide to group process
6. Occupy Wall St. not a phase/Whose side are you on: moral clarity
7. On Inequity
8. Nation of Change: Live coverage and DONATE
9. A Tea Party response: stop the looting and start prosecuting
10: Occupy Wall Street: Another View
Above compiled by John Steiner and Tom Atlee.
Today's commentary from Tom Atlee:
Dear friends,
The viral story field set free by Occupy Wall Street is morphing and spreading to hundreds of cities. The multifarious conversation of transformation is popping up everywhere like mushrooms in a forest. Both alternative and mainstream media are filling up with it, trying to understand, trying to suppress, trying to spin, trying to ride the wave, trying to contribute to the motion, turning, turning, turning, turning up, turning down, turning toward, turning away, turning, turning…
The tidal wave is turning, turning;
We turn around and find we care.
Kaleidoscopes keeps circling, circling…
and (r)evolution's in the air…
“Little wheels spin and spin, big wheels turn around and around…” — Buffy Sainte-Marie
The derivation of “converse” is “to turn together.” And the derivation of “evolve” is “to roll out.” It is well we should learn to do both these things elegantly.
Coheartedly,
Tom
Sat 8 Oct 2011
Robert Steele: Trip Report – Occupy Wall Street 6 October 2011 – Second American Revolution is Real
John Robb: Occupy (Insert XYZ) – Capitalism’s Crisis
Robert Steele occupywallstreet remix + other YouTubes
Lawrence Lessig: #OccupyWallSt v2: What Cross-Partisanship Must Mean
Chris Hedges on Russia Today TV About Occupy Wall Street
Wall Street Protest Spurs Online Dialogue on Inequity
Phi Beta Iota: This misses the point that most of the action has been legal, and those in Congress that voted to make it legal should be impeached and removed from office.
Welcome to the OccupiedUSA LiveStream News Room (Videos)
Fri 7 Oct 2011
Tom Atlee: Dawning Realizations re Occupy Wall Street
Video Interview with Chris Hedges at Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Washington DC Solidarity Statement
IMAGES from Occupy Wall Street
US Day of Rage (Electoral Reform) Major New Items
YouTube: Why #OccupyWallStreet? Four Reasons from DC Douglas
Occupy Wall Street: No Demand is Big Enough (Charles Eisenstein)
Occupy Wall Street reaches The Hague
Welcome to the #OWS 99% Movement “We Will NOT Be Co-Opted” Working Group
Worth a Look: Beyond Intractability, Governance Commons
Thu 6 Oct 2011
John Robb: The Pope of the Church of Capitalism / Capo of Government-Sanctioned Financial Terrorism
How Occupy Wall Street has evolved
Occupy Wall Street -USA Photos, 6 October 2011, Day 20
Occupy Wall Street effort coalesces in Salt Lake City
Now, almost three weeks later, the once-haphazard movement is growing larger and more coordinated. Hundreds of people have been arrested. Large labor unions, including the AFL-CIO and SEIU, have joined in. When new arrivals turn out, volunteers swiftly equip them with donated sleeping bags and food. Dozens of cities nationwide have launched their own “occupy” protests in solidarity.
Occupy Wall Street Jumps the Shark
It hasn’t taken long for the socialist-organized “occupation” of Wall Street to jump the shark.
In a surreal news conference at the United Nations, anti-American radical and rogue financier George Soros (net worth: $22 billion) threw in his lot with the thousands of Communists, anarchists, eco-feminists, malingerers, and professional protesters who have been baiting and taunting police in lower Manhattan as part of a mass demonstration that began September 17.
Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) also jumped on the anti-Wall Street bandwagon. In a move that ought to permanently disqualify him as a GOP presidential candidate, Paul gave aid and comfort to the radicals who want to destroy America. “If they were demonstrating peacefully, and making a point, and arguing our case, and drawing attention to the Fed — I would say, good!” Paul said.
Wed 5 Oct 2011
Tom Atlee: Occupation Catalytic Butterfly
Robert Steele: OccupyWallStreet Message and Method
Robert Steele: Citizen in Search of Integrity (Full Text Online for Google Translate)
Occupy Wall Street – is mass civil disobedience the only way?
Occupy Boston: Beyond Left and Right
JOURNAL: A note from the NYC front lines
it's funny but before i read this, i was talking with my friend who's running the media/livestream thing and was telling him about your GG ROI theory last night, as he was saying how the NYPD have spent darn near close to $1M so far whereas the total investment on the other end was still under $50k.
Welcome to the Revolution: Life @ OccupyWallStreet’s Liberty Park
Occupy Wall Street Gets A ‘Media Makeover' From Andy Cobb
Occupy Wall Street Hits Connecticut
Koch Brothers Flout Law Getting Richer With Secret Iran Sales
Tue 4 Oct 2011
Unions Join Occupy Wall Street
Open-ended Wall Street occupation
Occupy L.A. movement gains momentum
Poets Occupy Philadelphia in Solidarity With Occupy Wall Street
‘Occupy Wall Street': What Should a Populist Movement Ask of Washington?
Mon 3 Oct 2011
Functional deficits for dysfunctional America
The Organizers Join the Occupationistas
‘US protests might turn explosive’
‘Protests spreading to major US cities'
Thu Sep 29 2011
#OccupyWallStreet Is a Church of Dissent, Not a Protest
Earlier Posts (Recent–Entire Site is About Public Intelligence in Public Interest)
Core References on Revolution at Very End of Full Post
Berto Jongman: The Emerging Global Mind
Chuck Spinney: Bin Laden, Perpetual War, Total Cost + Perpetual War RECAP
Chuck Spinney: How Incestuous Amplification Leads to Treason
Chuck Spinney: How Israel is “Disappearing” Palestine
Chuck Spinney: Joseph Stiglitz on Needed Fiscal Policy
David Isenberg: The Cost-Savings Fantasy (Corruption) of Using Private Military Contractors
DefDog: PSYOP Reading List for Citizens
DefDog: The Importance of Selection Bias in Statistics
DefDog: USA as an Occupied Country: Propaganda
Event: Oct 6 Wash DC, Oct 2011 Protest to Occupy DC
Event: Oct 8-9, NYC (23 Wall Street) “No Comment” OccupyWallStreet Art Exhibit
G.I. Wilson: Killer Drones, Moral Disengagement, + War Crimes RECAP
Graphic: American Catastrophe I of III
Graphic: American Catastrophe II of III
Graphic: American Catastrophe III of III
Graphic: Fascism USA Flag – Shocking First Time Image
Graphic: Map of Occupations Across USA
Graphic: Occupy Together – Citizen Oilspots Begin…
Graphic: Occupy Together – No Longer Silent
Graphic: Thought Police Poster
Graphic: USA Economic Split from 1980 Onwards
Graphic: Visualization of Left versus Right (False Gods)
Interview: Author of ‘Epic Win for Anonymous’
Jim Bamford: How 9/11 Fearmongering Grew NSA Into a Very Expensive Domestic Surveillance Monster
John Robb: Anonymous on Wall Street Occuption
John Robb: Hollow States & Crisis of Capitalism
John Robb: Occupy Wall Street Expands Across US
John Robb: Occupy Wall Street – The Theory (An Open Source Insurgency By-Passing the US Government)
John Robb: Resilience, Wall Street Arrests, Do It Yourself Radiation Mapping and Clean-Up in Japan….
John Steiner: Dalai Lama et al – Halt Tar Sands Pipeline
John Steiner: Declaration of Occupation of NYC + Revolution USA RECAP
John Steiner: October 2011, Occupy Wall Street, Whatever Happened to the US Left?
Koko: About 400 Arrested in Wall Street Protest….
Koko: American Pathos – The Facts, Just the Facts
Koko: Day of Rage 17 September–How Will it End?
Koko: Leaderless Mobs – Occupy Wall Street & Occupy Freedom Plaza in Limbo
Koko: One Simple Demand — Electoral Reform — Photographic Essay in Search of the Truth
Koko: Poverty Rate Very High, Congress Oblivious
Koko: Project Kleinrock – Mesh – Autonomous Internet
Koko: Ralph Nader Loves Ron Paul, Hails Potential Left-Libertarian Alliance
Koko: Wall Street Occupation Continues, Ignored by Media
Marcus Aurelius: New York City In Your Pants – And Now Able to Shoot Down Airplanes
Mini-Me: Anti-Corruption Protests Gaining Momentum?
Mini-Me: Cry from the Heart On US Electoral Fraud
Mini-Me: Goldman Sachs Et Al In the Public Eye
Mini-Me: Google “Buries” OccupyWallStreet Report
Mini-Me: Ron Paul and Ralph Nader to Form Independent 2012 Presidential Ticket?
Mini-Me: Ron Paul Wins Fox Florida Poll, Results “Vanish”
Mini-Me: Twitter Censors #OccupyWallStreet
Mini-Me: Video Scan of Occupy Wall Street, Topless Too
Owl: Financial Terrorism in USA Against USA by Wall Street and 400 Specifically Named Most Wealthy
Owl: Obama Feared Coup in 2008 if Prosecutions of Bush Team, CIA, NSA Went Forward
Owl: Who Runs the World? New Network Analysis…
Patrick Meier: Ushahidi Emergent as Democracy in Being
Paul Fernhout: Global Groundswell Mad as Hell
Paul Fernhout: Tim O’Reilly Making Sense on Gov 2.0
Pilots Take Wall Street Protests to “Next Level”
Review (Guest): Confidence Men – Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President
Review: Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
Review: Evolutionary Activism by Tom Atlee
Review: Griftopia–Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
Review: JFK and the Unspeakable–Why He Died & Why It Matters
Review: No More Secrets – Open Source Information and the Reshaping of U.S. Intelligence
Review: Open Veins of Latin America–Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
Review: Powershift–Knowledge, Wealth, and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century
Review: The End of America–Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
Review: The Genius of the Beast–A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism
Review: Top Secret America – The Rise of the New American Security State
Ric Merrifield: When Metrics & Assumptions Are Wrong
Robert Steele: NO LABELS & Americans Elect Fraudulent
Robert Steele: Resetting Global Governance & Capitalism
Robert Steele: Why the Elite Don’t Want Troops Home
Search: global brain human brain + RECAP
Seth Goden: Emergence is Liberty Revived
Tom Atlee: Gross National Happiness & Sacred Economics
Tom Atlee: Whole System Conversations – Voice of the Whole
Winslow Wheeler: DoD Spending is a Jobs NEGATIVE
Winslow Wheeler: Elitist Corruption on the Defense Budget
Winslow Wheeler: Super Committee Crashing & Burning
Core References on Revolution
2011 Thinking About Revolution in the USA and Elsewhere (Full Text Online for Google Translate)
Graphic: Preconditions of Revolution in the USA Today
Graphic: Pre-Conditions of Revolution
1992 MCU Thinking About Revolution
Graphic: Human Intelligence (HUMINT) 101 (Wrong Way)
Graphic: Human Intelligence (HUMINT) 102 (Right Way)
Review: Radical Man–The Process of Psycho-Social Development
Core Readings on the Power of the Public
Review: A Power Governments Cannot Suppress
Review: The Power of the Powerless–Citizens Against the State in Central-Eastern Europe
Review: The Unconquerable World–Power, Nonviolence, and the Will of the People
Context Reading
Worth a Look: Book Review Lists (Negative)
Worth a Look: Book Review Lists (Positive)
See Also:
REVOLUTION 2.0 CLOSED 17 May 2011
Core Proposed Program for Occupy Wall Street (Across the Nation)
CORRUPTION is the common enemy, both in government and in the private sector.
ELECTORAL REFORM is the singular demand.
SUNSHINE CABINET is the method.
INTEGRITY is the core value.
COMMONWEALTH RESTORED is the outcome.
