The #OccupyWallStreet Megathread - Post all new updates here - Polidicks

[QUOTE=acds;32539343]No, I said I don't whine about it or oppose it, I go with it I try to become part of those having it good instead.[/QUOTE] So you ARE saying that we should just be complacent.

I like the pictures. I was thinking it was a hundred fat nerds in anon masks. [editline]29th September 2011[/editline] However, I don't think its a powder keg, if these are the people protesting. I don't like anon though. They're planning on occupying my city.

[QUOTE=Zambies!;32548518]I like the pictures. I was thinking it was a hundred fat nerds in anon masks.[/QUOTE] not at all, I honestly haven't seen a single anon involved in the protest. at least to the guy fawkes mask and dumbs costume extent.

I might check out the Occupy San Antonio event. Not sure how many people down here are aware of it, so we shall see.

[QUOTE=Pascall;32548563]I might check out the Occupy San Antonio event. Not sure how many people down here are aware of it, so we shall see.[/QUOTE] I've been doing my best to inform people around here (indiana). I've actually started to get people interested.

Shit, shit grammar, I don't like the threats on the NYPD.

[QUOTE=Zambies!;32548518]I like the pictures. I was thinking it was a hundred fat nerds in anon masks. [editline]29th September 2011[/editline] However, I don't think its a powder keg, if these are the people protesting. I don't like anon though. They're planning on occupying my city.[/QUOTE] For the last time, it is not run by Anonmyous.

Like release watch lists, I am way to tired for this. I might WATCH, not participate in Occupy Minneapolis

I wish I didn't live in a shitty small town full of old people and lazy stoners. I've been blowing my Facebook up with this stuff yet nobody seems to pay attention [img]http://a.abcnews.go.com/images/Business/ap_Occupy_Wall_Street_March_jt_110925_wblog.jpg[/img]

Please for the love of God keep this up. Don't let this die out.

What America really needs is political reorganization. [editline]29th September 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Medevilae;32549347]Glad to see this has evolved into something meaningful. People with valid concerns needing to be addressed are a nice change in scenery. The pilots stood out in particular- I really hope they can get some kind of collective bargaining going on.[/QUOTE] That was actually great to see.

Is there a post yet about how that worker's union(s) joined forces with them in Wall Street? [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/29/nyc-transit-union-joins-o_n_987156.html[/url] Sorry if it's late. Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it, you know? [B]EDIT[/B]: rundevil originally posted this [url=http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1128843?p=32545995&viewfull=1#post32545995]here[/url].

[QUOTE=Kung Fu Jew;32549407]Is there a post yet about how that worker's union(s) joined forces with them in Wall Street? [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/29/nyc-transit-union-joins-o_n_987156.html[/url] Sorry if it's late. Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it, you know?[/QUOTE] I posted it a page or so back, i don't think any one read past the bolded opening sentence. If they did they didn't say anything.

Ah yes. That's where I saw it, my apologies. I forget what has and hasn't been posted because I've been scouring for information on this and spreading it everywhere I could.

[QUOTE=Kung Fu Jew;32549471]Ah yes. That's where I saw it, my apologies. I forget what has and hasn't been posted because I've been scouring for information on this and spreading it everywhere I could.[/QUOTE] No worries, I'm doing the same thing. If the big news outlets won't talk about it; why not us?

That's the way you do it

A prominent Democratic Socialist, Dr. Cornel West, came to speak at Liberty Plaza on the 27th, and over 2,000 people came to hear him speak. Here's a picture of him at the protest: [img]http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls80s9WdLl1qb1veyo1_500.jpg[/img] Additionally, other protesters from the DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) joined up with the main group: [img]http://i.imgur.com/V44nF.jpg[/img] A day or two old, but it hadn't been posted here yet.

Watch as FOX tries to rally a anti-protest.

[QUOTE=rundevil;32545995][b]It also looks like October 5th might see the protester's headcount increase by 30,000+. [/b] [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/29/nyc-transit-union-joins-o_n_987156.html[/url] [release]New York City labor unions are preparing to back the unwieldy grassroots band occupying a park in Lower Manhattan, in a move that could mark a significant shift in the tenor of the anti-corporate Occupy Wall Street protests and send thousands more people into the streets. The Transit Workers Union Local 100's executive committee, which oversees the organization of subway and bus workers, voted unanimously Wednesday night to support the protesters. The union claims 38,000 members. A union-backed organizing coalition, which orchestrated a large May 12 march on Wall Street before the protests, is planning a rally on Oct. 5 in explicit support. And SEIU 32BJ, which represents doormen, security guards and maintenance workers, is using its Oct. 12 rally to express solidarity with the Zuccotti Park protesters. "The call went out over a month ago, before actually the occupancy of Wall Street took place," said 32BJ spokesman Kwame Patterson. Now, he added, "we're all coming under one cause, even though we have our different initiatives." The protests found their genesis not in any of the established New York social action groups but with a call put out by a Canadian magazine. While other major unions beyond the TWU have yet to officially endorse Occupy Wall Street, more backing could come as early as this week. Both the New York Metro Area Postal Union and SEIU 1199 are considering such moves. Jackie DiSalvo, an Occupy Wall Street organizer, says a series of public actions aimed at expressing support for labor -- from disrupting a Sotheby's auction on Sept. 22 to attending a postal workers' rally on Tuesday -- have convinced unions that the two groups' struggles are one. "Labor is up against the wall and they're begging us to help them," said DiSalvo, a retired professor at Baruch College in her late 60s who has emerged as a driving force in the effort to link up labor and the protests. DiSalvo is herself a member of the Professional Staff Congress, which represents teachers at the City University of New York. Recent anti-labor actions like Scott Walker's in Wisconsin "really shocked the unions and moved them into militant action," DiSalvo said, and the inflammatory video of a NYPD deputy inspector pepper-spraying several protesters on Saturday also generated union sympathy. "There's a lot of good feeling. They've made a lot of friends," said Chuck Zlatkin of the postal union. When a band of about 100 protesters showed up at a postal workers' rally featuring Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday, complete with purple hair and big drums, "they went a long way towards touching people and making connections," Zlatkin observed. If unions move to support the protests in a major way, that could mean thousands more people marching in Lower Manhattan. Thus far the protesters have not managed to come near the 10,000 or so who attended the unrelated May 12 march on Wall Street. The Strong Economy for All Coalition, which receives support from the United Federation of Teachers, the Working Families Party, plus SEIU 32BJ and 1199, previously helped put together that demonstration. Now they will be rallying for the grassroots group. "Their fight is our fight," director Michael Kink said. "They've chosen the right targets. We also want to see a society where folks other than the top 1 percent have a chance to say how things go." Asked if the union support could dilute the message of the Occupy Wall Street protesters -- which has itself been dismissed as incoherent -- organizer DiSalvo said the rag tag group's stance would remain unchanged. "Occupy Wall Street will not negotiate watering down its own message," she said, union support or not.[/release] Also, would people be interested in a Capitalism a Love Story stream tonight? I think its a very important movie and illustrates the reasons for the protest; the struggles american families are having and what brought about much of these protests. any way, click agree if your interested and we'll get it going about 8.[/QUOTE] This is perfect, it will give the protests direction.

[QUOTE=Jawalt;32549907]This is perfect, it will give the protests direction.[/QUOTE] To be fair, they already put together a list of proposals, they know what they want.

[QUOTE=Megafanx13;32549934]To be fair, they already put together a list of proposals, they know what they want.[/QUOTE] Yea, I get that. Just seems that they're kind of like jello right now, they've sort of got a position but they're all over the place. Honestly, I'm happy to see this. Something has got to change.

Things are going to tense up eventually, nationalism dies in what people view unjust wars, we've had two in a row.

[QUOTE=Jawalt;32549964]Yea, I get that. Just seems that they're kind of like jello right now, they've sort of got a position but they're all over the place. Honestly, I'm happy to see this. Something has got to change.[/QUOTE] Everything has got to change. America is flailing right now.

Reading through the snippets and watching videos is giving me some serious chills. I was thinking at first when this started that it won't go anywhere. We've had plenty of tiny protests that die out. This one doesn't look like it wants to stop. With Pilots, and Labor Unions joining up, I'm genuinely interested in seeing how this plays out.

[QUOTE=Tigster;32550031]Reading through the snippets and watching videos is giving me some serious chills. I was thinking at first when this started that it won't go anywhere. We've had plenty of tiny protests that die out. This one doesn't look like it wants to stop. With Pilots, and Labor Unions joining up, I'm genuinely interested in seeing how this plays out.[/QUOTE] It's exciting, certainly.

Can't wait for media to spew this all over the place. Given where I live is extremely conservative, I'm certain they'll call the protesters hippies trying to destroy the American Way of Life!

[QUOTE=Fables;32550108]Can't wait for media to spew this all over the place. Given where I live is extremely conservative, I'm certain they'll call the protesters hippies trying to destroy the American Way of Life![/QUOTE] I've already seen that a lot, especially from a few people on here.

I can't belive this is going to last for a while.

[QUOTE=pyschomc;32550979]I can't belive this is going to last for a while.[/QUOTE] I think it will.

[QUOTE=acds;32543692]Nope. They aren't wrong, they just won't achieve anything. Big difference.[/QUOTE] that's the attitude that will make it not work if everyone agrees that change will happen, then change will happen [editline]30th September 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=ewitwins;32547726]Hey all, have some photo's: [IMG]http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/298205_227786560613271_100001457865597_674703_2080420903_n.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] LOOK AT THAT FUCKIN RABBLE END THE PROTEST MACE AND ARREST ALL OF THEM