http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/05/14/did-the-white-house-direct-the-police-crackdown-on-occupy/ http://www.justiceonline.org/commentary/dhs-releases-more-documents.html MAY 14, 2012 Documents Show How White House and Democrats Worked to Protect the Banks Against Protests Did the White House Direct the Police Crackdown on Occupy? by DAVE LINDORFF A new trove of heavily redacted documents provided by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) on behalf of filmmaker Michael Moore and the National Lawyers Guild makes it increasingly evident that there was and is a nationally coordinated … Continued
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Move Out Move On
We should be able to find out easily if the 99%Spring people are band aid reformists or will they see that systemic changes are what are now our task. From what Arun Gupta said today on KPFA (http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/80043. ) they are putting out press that Occupy is dead and expect a chance to drain the revolutionary energy Occupy has instilled into the Democratic party. We have an appealing and correct analysis of Amerikkka’s sickness(s) let’s focus and spread it. Ya Basta 28200
St. Paul and May 1
By my understanding, the St.Paul principles call for a separation in time and space of diverse tactics. How can one know, or reasonably expect, that such separation has been agreed to by the black bloc? Or, to raise this another way, will OO attempt to create such separation? I found it curious that the announcements of no shields, no masks, etc. for the Pacific Steel Workers march have not led us to realize that such protection should also be extended to children, seniors, non-documented protesters, etc, in every march. It’s … Continued
St. Paul on May Day
By my understanding the St.Paul principles call for a separation in time and space of diverse tactics. How can one know , or reasonably expect, that such separation has been agreed to by the black bloc. Or to raise this another way will OO attempt to create such separation. I found it curious that the announcements of no shields, no masks, etc. for he Pacific Steel Workers march have not lead us to realize that such protection should also be extended to children, seniors, non documented protesters etc in every … Continued
Minimum Wage Campaign
Ralph Nader had posed some very interesting ideas about the possibility of a new campaign for Occupy. In this article (http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/nader_to_occupy_help_raise_the_minimum_wage_20120227/) in Truthdig he describes the overwhelming economic justice and political appeal of movements to raise the minimum wage. We do not have to see this as relinquishing Occupy’s stepping down to engage in mainstream politics but as a reaching out to the millions of workers at the lower levels of the wage slavery scale. I’d like to hear others ideas baout such a possible campaign. … Continued