December 2011
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“Henry Ford and the rest of the Industrial Age’s klavern of gray ghouls...”
– Phil Rockstroh (2011)
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The Fascinating History of How Corporations Became... →
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Pharmaceutical Companies Infographic →
(via dearestjanuary)
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November 2011
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Secret Fed Loans Gave Banks Undisclosed $13B →
soupsoup:
The Fed didn’t tell anyone which banks were in trouble so deep they required a combined $1.2 trillion on Dec. 5, 2008, their single neediest day. Bankers didn’t mention that they took tens of billions of dollars in emergency loans at the same time they were assuring investors their firms were healthy. And no one calculated until now that banks reaped an estimated $13 billion of income...
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Stripping Away 'Corporate Personhood'
From the Raw Story:
Democratic Florida Congressional Rep. Ted Deutch has proposed an amendment to the Constitution of the United States outlawing corporate money in politics and ending so-called “corporate personhood”… The amendment is called the “Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining Public Interest in our Elections and Democracy”, or OCCUPIED.
The amendment proposes to:
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The Proudest Moment of a Police Captain's Life
Retired Philadelphia police captain Ray Lewis, who was arrested last week alongside others in the Occupy movement, calls the ordeal “the proudest moment of my life.”
“I saw all of you sleeping out here,” Lewis recalled to a videographer in New York City’s Zuccotti Park. “The cause, you were for justice. It’s not like you guys were putting up with this so you could get jobs on Wall Street. You...
WatchDiscussion on paramilitary policing of Occupy Wall Street, via Democracy Now. Includes some really interesting commentary on recent events from the Police Chief in charge during the riots in Seattle back in 1999. He’s respectful, but scathing.
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WatchCartman is the 1%.
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Simple ways to support Occupy without sleeping in... →
Headlines only: full list here with a long and growing list of comments and ideas.
1. Understand the Movement
2. Don’t Be Afraid to Say You Support Occupy Wall Street
3. Follow the Movement on Social Media
4. Move Your Money
5. Send Some Grub
6. Make a Collection & Donate
7. Donate Money
8. Visit a Local Occupy Encampment & Say Thanks
9. Show Up When You’re Needed
10. Taking a...
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Australian support for Occupy
While some proclaim, “rich aussies have nothing to complain about”, a recent Essential Report shows 69% of Australians support the concerns of the Occupy Protests. The actual protests are supported by almost a third.
As one journo puts it:
You’d have to have your head in The Australian not to realise that our fairer income distribution and superior social safety net...
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Declaration of Occupy Together, Australia
From here.
We are calling for a nation wide peaceful occupation across Australia on November 5. This movement to Occupy Together is in solidarity with people in over 2500 locations worldwide who will also be occupying together for human need not corporate greed on November 5.
We believe the basic needs of 99% of the global population are continually being ignored by governments who instead...
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Declaration of the Occupation of New York
Abridged, from here.
As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights, and those of their neighbors; that a democratic government derives its just power from the people, but corporations...
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Airing some Greivances
Matt Taibbi provides a pretty simple argument why bankers are hated: Free money, credit amnesty, stupidity insurance, ungraduated taxes and getting out of jail free. Selected highlights:
Ordinary people have to borrow their money at market rates. Lloyd Blankfein and Jamie Dimon get billions of dollars for free, from the Federal Reserve. They borrow at zero and lend the same money back to the...
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October 2011
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We Are The 99 Percent →
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Some thoughts on Occupy Wall Street →
I spent a few hours down there tonight.
The crowd is diverse, not as predominately young as I perceived from afar. They’re well organized, they have places set up for medics, food, media, etc. The General Assembly hosts a wide variety of speakers, of all ages, gender, race and socio-economic background. The crowd listens intently to the GA speaker, on the people’s mic, and they do...
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WatchMike Daisey’s shows are running in Australia.
His gripping monologue has made Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak cry and forced the company’s new CEO into a strident defence of Apple’s supply chain, but now Mike Daisey has a message for Australian Apple fans: open your eyes.
Also check out the report on labour conditions at Foxconn, a manufacturer for Apple.