On Real Time host Bill Maher accused the right of living in the past when it comes to Occupy Wall Street, but most importantly, he explained to them why Occupy Wall Street is going to win. Here is the video: After debunking the right’s hippie characterization of Occupy Wall Street, Maher said, “There’s not going to be a repeat of what happened last time the hippies were in the streets. Those hardhats that you’re depending on to turn against the lousy hippies, here’s what they’re doing now. They’re cheering them on, because now the hardhats are just as broke as everybody else. These people down there, they’re not the counterculture. They’re the culture. They don’t want free love. They want paid employment. They don’t hate capitalism. They hate what’s been done to it, and they resent the Republican mantra that the market perfectly rewards the hard working and punishes the lazy, and the poor are just jealous mooches who want a handout. Yeah, because if there is one group of people who hate handouts, it’s Wall Street.” The right has tried everything to turn the tide of public opinion against Occupy Wall Street. They have claimed that the protests are filled with crime and drugs. They have labeled the movement anti-Semitic, and the people involved in it lazy, dirty, hippies. Despite their daily attacks this movement has continued to grow, and Bill Maher put his finger on exactly why. Occupy Wall Street continues to be successful because it isn’t a movement of people, it is the people. The right does think that this is the 1960s all over again, and they can get those middle aged white suburban Americans to rally against the youth, but the Occupy Wall Street movement isn’t divided by age. This isn’t old versus young, or white versus black. The Occupy movement is something different. The economic devastation caused by the corrupt behavior of Wall Street impacted Americans across age, race, and geographic lines. The only people who profited from the great economic collapse of 2008 are those who caused it. The rich have gotten richer, and they have seized control of our political system in order to not only maintain their status, but also to take away resources from those beneath them. What really pushed the 99% over the edge wasn’t that rich have gotten richer, but that the one percent has turned capitalism into a weapon to be used against everyone beneath them. The right keeps assuming that there is some sort of large natural constituency out there waiting to be mobilized against these protests. They dream of finding the magic words that will stop the protesters and protect their beloved one percent, but there aren’t any magic words. There isn’t a talking point out there that can derail Occupy Wall Street. The exploited class is rising up to seek justice, and whether Bill Maher realizes it or not, he perfectly explained why Occupy Wall Street is going to win.
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Call to Action Against Banks
October 15
The time has come to fight the banks.
We call on fellow occupiers and those who stand in solidarity to join us in moving from protest to resistance
No longer will banks take our homes.
No longer will banks rob students of our future.
No longer will banks destroy the environment.
No longer will banks fund the misery of war.
No longer will banks cause massive unemployment.
And no longer will banks create and profit from economic crisis without a struggle.
The political system has been corrupted and taken over by Wall Street. The banks have destroyed our economy and captured our democracy.
Occupy Wall Street is a part of a global movement. On Oct. 15th and beyond, we will take our message directly to the banks.
This saturday, visit your local Bank of America, Wells Fargo, or Chase and let them know, we will not allow business as usual.
We.
Will.
Occupy.
Everywhere.
(via global99)
Read and download issue #2 of the Occupied Wall Street Journal
99anon says: Awesome! I desperately wanted to read this when I saw that photo of it.
Supplies requested - updated once more!
I have been asked to update this again, so here we go!
Scissors
Glue
Trash cans
Paint and Brushes
Plastic cups (they say stirofoam, but it would be better to bring them plastic)
Tubberware
Nitrile gloves (in case someone has an allergy to latex)
Sunscreen
Ductape
Winter clothing
Rain gear (ponchos, etc)
Blankets
Propane
Coolers
Tarps (They emphasized this especially)
A bicycle generator is still being looked for; they have gotten a generator, but they told me this will still be wonderful
A Wifi Magnifer, or something to help boost their WiFi signal
Large rubermaid containers such as this one
The GA has decided that Denver’s color of solidarity is orange. We will be tying either yarn or floss to wrists as our show of support to Occupy Wall Street. With that in mind, anything orange-related to tie off.
It’s going to be cold during the weekend; please keep this is in mind. If I need to add something else, let me know :)
CNN finally mentioning Occupy Wallstreet in a more positive light? Gasp.
It appears this morning on money.cnn.com, that Occupy Wallstreet has it’s own column.
Once portraying as scatter-brained, unorganized hippies, that doesn’t seem to be the case:
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.
CNN has been kind enough to give a timeline of events in one article.
Telling it’s readers it’s “not just a phase”.
To sympathetically introducing protesters and their reasoning to be there.
Finally, videos of Buffet and Bernake discussing the subject.
Make of it what you will. But after 19 days, the threat of arrests and brutality growing not only in New York, but in Saint Louis, San Francisco, and Seattle…
Too little, too late.
ATTENTION PEOPLE.
WE HAVE A STORM TROOPER. YOUR ARGUMENT IS INVALID.
Oh, my god, I love you. I love you so much; if I didn’t have to get up early, I would have came hngggg
Occupy Denver in need of some supplies! (updated)
Okay, here’s a list of supplies needed for the camp, as per usual:
Scissors
Glue
Trash cans
Paint and Brushes
Plastic cups (they say stirofoam, but it would be better to bring them plastic)
Tubberware
Nitrile gloves (in case someone has an allergy to latex)
Sunscreen
Ductape
Winter clothing
Rain gear (ponchos, etc)
Blankets
Propane
Coolers
Tarps (They emphasized this especially)
I am hearing that they are going to obtain wifi and generators; if this changes, this will be amended.
Even if Geraldo Rivera was at the Zuccotti Park yesterday, Fox News has generally been a tad dismissive of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Foxnews.com (as of this writing) has no coverage of this national event on their front page stories. (Hard to imagine for a network that was so gung-ho about the Tea Party!) Red Eye‘s Bill Schulz went out to try to “prank” the protesters. Bill O’Reilly sent a producer minion out with the same mission: to belittle OWS’s cause by cutting up interviews to make people sound stupid.
Well, here is an interview that Fox News filmed, but doesn’t want you to see. The segment was shot on Wednesday for Greta van Susteren‘s show, (though it looks like the same producer from this O’Reilly segment questioning Michael Moore‘s anti-capitalist agenda) though the decision was made to leave it on the cutting room floor. The reason should be obvious pretty quickly.
The speaker giving Fox News the buisness is Jesse LaGreca, a vocal member of the Occupy Wall Street protests. This video comes courtesy of Kyle Christopher from OccupyWallSt.org‘s media team.
Now, no news organization is under obligation to air every interview they’ve filmed, especially when it makes them look bad. But you’d think that a “Fair and Balanced” network (that tells an interviewee that they are here to give them fair coverage to get any message they’d like to get out) would try to include at least a couple of opposing viewpoints to Mr. Shulz’s smarmy jokes or O’Reilly’s “infiltration” of the camp.
The ball is in your court, Fox.
Updated 10/2 11:00a.m.: Now with transcript of the video
Fox: Jesse, so Ray, your partner here, your ..
Ray: comrade.
Fox: Your colleague, she’d seen the protests in Greece and Europe and elsewhere. Did you guys take your cue from that? Are you hoping to cite certainly what was a lot of the tension, if not police activity. I know over the weekend there were over 100 arrests and you guys got things fired up. Are you taking your cues from the international movement and how do you want to see this? If you could have it in a perfect way, how would it be?
Jesse: Well I don’t know, its really difficult to answer questions leading to those conclusions. I’d say that we didn’t take our cue leading off of anybody really. It became a more spontaneous movement. As far as seeing this end, I wouldn’t like to see this end. I would like to see the conversation continue. This is what we should have been talking about in 2008 when the economy collapsed. We basically patched a hole on the tire and said let the car keep rolling. Unfortunately it’s fun to talk to the propaganda machine and the media especially conservative media networks such as yourself, because we find that we cant get conversations for the department of Justice’s ongoing investigation of News Corporation, for which you are an employee. But we can certainly ask questions like you know, why are the poor engaging in class warfare? After 30 years of having our living standards decrease while the wealthiest 1% have had it better than ever, I think it’s time for some maybe, I don’t know, participation in our democracy that isn’t funded by news cameras and gentlemen such as yourself.
Fox: But, uh, yeah well, let me give you this challenge Jesse.
Jesse: Sure.
Fox: We’re here giving you an opportunity on the record […] to put any
message you want out there, to give you fair coverage and I’m not
going to in any way
Jesse: That’s awesome!
Fox:…give you advice about it. So, there is an exception in the case, because you wouldn’t be able to get your message out there without us.
Jesse: No, surely, I mean, take for instance when Glenn Beck was doing his protest and he called the President, uh, a person who hates white people and white culture. That was a low moment in Americans’ history and you guys kinda had a big part in it. So, I’m glad to see you coming around and kind of paying attention to what the other 99 percent of Americans are paying attention to, as opposed to the far-right fringe, who who would just love to destroy the middle class entirely.
Fox: Alright, fair enough. You have a voice, an important reason to criticize myself, my company and anyone else. But, let me ask you that, in fairness, does this administration, President Obama, have any criticism as to the the financial situation the country’s in…?
Jesse: I think, myself, uh, as well as many other people, would like to see a little but more economic justice or social justice—Jesus stuff—as far as feeding the poor, healthcare for the sick. You know, I find it really entertaining that people like to hold the Bill of Rights up while they’re screaming at gay soldiers, but they just can’t wrap their heads around the idea that a for-profit healthcare system doesn’t work. So, let’s just look at it like this, if we want the President to do more, let’s talk to him on a level that actually reaches people, instead of asking for his birth certificate and wasting time with total nonsense like Solyndra.
Snap.
Cue applause gifs.
On further note, would someone tell me why the hell Occupy Together and Occupy Wall Street’s meaning is like some rare, magical creature that can’t be found? Isn’t it a little obvious?
