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Revision as of 19:09, October 12, 2011
Leftist protest Occupy Wall Street is an anti-capitalism rally beginning September 17th, 2011 in New York City and is ongoing. The protesters consist of radicals, anarchists, college students, hippies, special interest groups, labor unions and vendors. They dislike capitalism, blame greed, Wall Street and the banks for economic hardship. The movement was inspired by the Arab Spring protests in Cairo that were organized by the Muslim Brotherhood. Egyptians camped out in Tahir Square until Hosni Mubarak resigned. Similar 'Occupy' demonstrations have spread to a dozen cities.
Domestic terrorist Bill Ayers wrote concerning Occupy Wall Street, [1]
| “ | Let’s overthrow American capitalism and the American way!!! | ” |
The lamestream media is putting the protest in a favorable light and oath-breaking Democrats are signalling their public approval for the civil disobedience. This latest protest is another attempt to counter the influence of the real grassroots movement, the Tea Party Movement. Many misinformed people see the protests as a worthy cause. Others say it is similar to the Tea Party. It is neither worthy, nor is it similar to the Tea Party. The Tea Party movement is a collection of concerned citizens that care for future generations, fighting for austerity and an honest national government. Wall Street protesters are selfish, make silly demands, have misguided rage toward job creators. Over 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters have been arrested, zero arrests in the Tea Party movement. Their protest proclaims that thousands of cities in America will join their cause and that it will spread internationally to hundreds of cities. Unlike the Tea Party, Obama was quick to acknowledge this movement. Rush Limbaugh claims this protest is organized by the White House and Obama. Bill O'Reilly says the "Occupy Wall Street" protesters are "far-left loons" and "anarchists." [2]
Reports already show that people are being paid to march. Manufactured protest signs indicate liberal money is influencing the protests. [3] A re-branded ACORN is involved with the 'Occupy' protests. [4] Other reports indicate that sanitation is becoming a concern as the park where the protesters camp hasn't been cleaned since September 16 and Mayor Bloomberg indicates that the protests are costing NYC tourism dollars.
Conservatives mock the movement as Occupy Sesame Street, for its childishness. Conservatives know that it's the government devaluing our currency, weakening our economy and plundering money from the next generation -- Wall Street and the banks aren't to blame. Republicans Mitt Romney and Herman Cain have denounced the protests as class warfare. [5]
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sent out a fundraising email asking supporters to sign a petition in support of the protesters. President Obama said that the movement reflected "broad-based frustration about how our financial system works." [6]
Contents
13 demands
The content below is listed on the Occupy Wall Street website by an affiliated protester. OWS has made their intentions known that it is an unofficial post and they do not have an official list of demands. Per their website,
| “ | Demand one: Restoration of the living wage. This demand can only be met by ending “Freetrade” by re-imposing trade tariffs on all imported goods entering the American market to level the playing field for domestic family farming and domestic manufacturing as most nations that are dumping cheap products onto the American market have radical wage and environmental regulation advantages. Another policy that must be instituted is raise the minimum wage to twenty dollars an hr.
Demand two: Institute a universal single payer healthcare system. To do this all private insurers must be banned from the healthcare market as their only effect on the health of patients is to take money away from doctors, nurses and hospitals preventing them from doing their jobs and hand that money to wall st. investors. Demand three: Guaranteed living wage income regardless of employment. Demand four: Free college education. Demand five: Begin a fast track process to bring the fossil fuel economy to an end while at the same bringing the alternative energy economy up to energy demand. Demand six: One trillion dollars in infrastructure (Water, Sewer, Rail, Roads and Bridges and Electrical Grid) spending now. Demand seven: One trillion dollars in ecological restoration planting forests, reestablishing wetlands and the natural flow of river systems and decommissioning of all of America’s nuclear power plants. Demand eight: Racial and gender equal rights amendment. Demand nine: Open borders migration. anyone can travel anywhere to work and live. Demand ten: Bring American elections up to international standards of a paper ballot precinct counted and recounted in front of an independent and party observers system. Demand eleven: Immediate across the board debt forgiveness for all. Debt forgiveness of sovereign debt, commercial loans, home mortgages, home equity loans, credit card debt, student loans and personal loans now! All debt must be stricken from the “Books.” World Bank Loans to all Nations, Bank to Bank Debt and all Bonds and Margin Call Debt in the stock market including all Derivatives or Credit Default Swaps, all 65 trillion dollars of them must also be stricken from the “Books.” And I don’t mean debt that is in default, I mean all debt on the entire planet period. Demand twelve: Outlaw all credit reporting agencies. Demand thirteen: Allow all workers to sign a ballot at any time during a union organizing campaign or at any time that represents their yeah or nay to having a union represent them in collective bargaining or to form a union. |
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Other Demands
On September 21, 2011, an unofficial list of demands was posted on the Occupy Wall Street website from "the fifth communiqué."[7] The group claimed the following demands.
| “ | On September 21st, 2011, Troy Davis, an innocent man, was murdered by the state of Georgia. Troy Davis was one of the 99 percent.
Ending capital punishment is our one demand. On September 21st, 2011, the richest 400 Americans owned more wealth than half of the country's population. Ending wealth inequality is our one demand. On September 21st, 2011, four of our members were arrested on baseless charges. Ending police intimidation is our one demand. On September 21st, 2011, we determined that Yahoo lied about occupywallst.org being in spam filters. Ending corporate censorship is our one demand. On September 21st, 2011, roughly eighty percent of Americans thought the country was on the wrong track. Ending the modern gilded age is our one demand. On September 21st, 2011, roughly 15% of Americans approved of the job Congress was doing. Ending political corruption is our one demand. On September 21st, 2011, roughly one sixth of Americans did not have work. Ending joblessness is our one demand. On September 21st, 2011, roughly one sixth of America lived in poverty. Ending poverty is our one demand. On September 21st, 2011, roughly fifty million Americans were without health insurance. Ending health-profiteering is our one demand. On September 21st, 2011, America had military bases in around one hundred and thirty out of one hundred and sixty-five countries. Ending American imperialism is our one demand. On September 21st, 2011, America was at war with the world. Ending war is our one demand. |
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Retrospectively, many "grassroot" Conservatives are scratching their heads about how any of these would be bad things.
Liberal endorsement for Occupy Wall Street
- Charlie Rangel
- Nancy Pelosi
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Michael Moore
- Russel Simmons
- CNN
- MSNBC
- New York Times
- Washington Post
- Van Jones
- SEIU
- George Soros
- Bill Ayers
- ACORN
- Bernie Sanders
- Russ Feingold
- Rosanne Barr
- Susan Sarandon
- Cornel West
- Noam Chomsky
- Alec Baldwin
- John Lewis
- Arianna Huffington
- Hugo Chavez
- Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
- Barbara Lee
- Raúl Grijalva
- Keith Ellison
- Louise Slaughter
- Dennis Kucinich
- Peter DeFazio
- John Larson
- Christiane Amanpour
- Daily Kos
- MoveOn.org
See Also
References
- ↑ Is American terrorist Bill Ayers behind the current "Days of Rage" protests?, Washington Examiner, September 11th 2011
- ↑ WaPo's Wemple: 'Really Disgraceful' That O'Reilly Called Protesters 'Far-Left Loons' and 'Anarchists', Newsbusters, October 8, 2011
- ↑ Big Soros Money Linked to “Occupy Wall Street”, New American, October 5, 2011
- ↑ VIDEO EXPOSING HOW ‘OCCUPY WALL STREET’ WAS ORGANIZED FROM DAY ONE BY SEIU/ACORN FRONT – THE WORKING FAMILY PARTY, AND HOW THEY ALL TIE TO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, DNC, DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA, TIDES AND GEORGE SOROS, The Blaze, October 7, 2011
- ↑ Congressional Dems rally in support of ‘Occupy Wall Street’, Daily Caller, October 6, 2011
- ↑ Poll finds majority of Americans aware of Occupy Wall Street protests, The Hill, October 10, 2011
- ↑ http://occupywallst.org/article/a-message-from-occupied-wall-street-day-five/
