Occupy / Decolonize 1-28-2012

Occupy Wall Street West - Wells Fargo and Bank of America Shutdown
Occupy Wall Street movement inspires series of short plays
Oakland police arrest 19 in clash with Occupy protesters
The Occupy movement goes to Davos
Union members, Occupiers protest in Super Bowl Village

How Swedes and Norwegians broke the power of the ‘1 percent’

Occupy Syracuse protests at Mayor's Ball
Occupy DC targets presidential dinner for protest
Occupy protesters out of square, a day after going back in
*Autorecord* Occupy Oakland Live January

The Weirdest Things Occupy Protesters Get Arrested For

Occupy Oakland: Police Teargas Protestors, Use Flash Grenades
Occupy Providence expected to clear out of park
Occupy Wall Street on Your Street
Occupy D.C. protesters are ready to defend ‘home’ — should they?
11 simple ways to support the occupy movement without sleeping in a park

Angry Occupy Atlanta protestors rally at bank

Occupy UC Davis students aim to shut down campus’ U.S. Bank
Occupy Nashville camping on public land could be banned
At least four arrested as Occupy Portland demonstration takes to streets
Occupy Charlottesville protesters cited for trespassing
Occupy protest seizes UC Davis building, blocks bank

French activists occupy Monsanto

Occupy protesters disrupt NY foreclosure auction
Russell Simmons on veganism, Occupy Wall Street, and more
FREE OCCUPY STICKERS!!
Occupy Jacksonville Still In Place Despite Efforts to Remove Them 
Occupy Oakland Defends Family Against Eviction

Campaign to bring 50k protesters to Chicago begins

Occupy Talks: Indigenous Perspectives - Thanks Giving Address
An Occupy movement with a difference?
Occupy Wall Street Drops Suit on Zuccotti Park
Christie to the 1%: Please Occupy New Jersey
Artist Zefrey Throwell On His 'Ocularpation' and Occupy

Occupy Movement Inspires New Compilation Albums & Bruce Springsteen

A Cure for Voter Suppression and Voter Depression: Occupy the Vote
Occupy 2.0 Changes Tack
The Occupy movement: A religious read
Occupy Salem presents forum in Salem on ‘Building a Cooperative Economy’
Guest of NM state rep suffers eye injury during Occupy protest in Santa Fe

SUPER PACs: Occupy the Courts and the Fight for Free Speech

National Park director defends Occupy DC campsite at congressional hearing
Occupy the Facts: Let’s Rebuild the Community the System has Failed!
It's not exactly Occupy Sundance, Rob
Occupations Report Jan. 27, 2012

Step Right Up- Tom Waits - YouTube

Step Right Up- Tom Waits - YouTube

2011 Political Cartoons - Best Political Cartoons of 2011

2011 Political Cartoons - Best Political Cartoons of 2011

Occupy / Decolonize in the news 1-19-2012

'Occupy Congress' Protesters Swarm Capitol Hill To Represent The 99 Percent
Occupy the Banks
Occupy Wall Street Descends on Congress, Says: Money Out of Politics!
Occupy Wall Street Takes Aim at Congress
#Occupy Nigeria: The Story so far; Entertainment and Revolution

Occupy London has lost a battle but started a war over public space
Occupy Wall Street West: New Movement Rises In San Francisco
Money Low, Occupy Wall St. Tightens Budget
The Problems Of Joint Occupancy: Reporting From The Bank Of Ideas
In South Carolina, Candidates And Citizens Occupy Separate Realms

Occupy protests fail to derail Governor’s speech
lawmakers are working on a bill that would outlaw camping on state property
Occupy Saginaw organizer critiques Gov. Rick Snyder's State of the State address
Occupy the Capitol Rally Planned for Opening Day of MN State Legislature
Occupy S.F. seeks to disrupt Financial District

Fears of ‘Occupy American Canyon’ prompt debate
BNY Mellon files suit against Occupy Pittsburgh
Occupy Boston takes on MBTA fare hikes, service cuts
The subway's biggest rats
Occupy SOPA: Inside the New York Protests

Why Now? What’s Next? Naomi Klein on Occupy
Higher Ground Empowerment Center: Occupy Atlanta's Latest Win Is Deal To Save Historic Church
Occupy Sundance Heads to Park City
Cornel West visits with Occupy Tallahassee supporters
Occupy SD group removed from bus in Texas

Special Mention: The Occupy Movements
Occupy Wall Street Descends on Congress, Says: Money Out of Politics!
What's behind the Occupy Movement

Twitter subpoena social media Boston occupy movement | Crikey

Twitter subpoena social media Boston occupy movement | Crikey

GOOGLE BLACKS OUT: ‘Censored’ logo goes dark to oppose SOPA/PIPA legislation - Comic Riffs - The Washington Post

GOOGLE BLACKS OUT: ‘Censored’ logo goes dark to oppose SOPA/PIPA legislation - Comic Riffs - The Washington Post

SOPA protests shut down Web sites - The Washington Post

SOPA protests shut down Web sites - The Washington Post

Occupy D.C. Livestream

occupy / decolonize in the news 1-17-2012

Occupy Congress: Livestream
Videographers and their links to live streams for Occupy Congress tomorrow

AMERICA OCCUPIES THE CAPITAL
Occupy The Dream: The Mathematics Of Racism By Russell Simmons & Dylan Ratigan
Occupy Wall Street protesters march on MLK day
National Day of Action on January 16. 16+ Cities. Occupy the Federal Reserve!
Martin Luther King, Jr Day - Weekend Roundup

Made In the USA Business Plan-Prison Slavery!
Protesters ready igloos to Occupy Davos 
What's the point of political action?
Let's all occupy Dr. King's dream
Occupy Movement Organizes Protest at 80 Courthouses On Anniversary of 'Citizens United v. FEC'

Occupy protesters to gather outside Capitol, demonstrate against influence of corporate money
Occupy Baltimore try to erect schoolhouse
Occupy your blog with a story about protest
Occupy Wall Street continues
Brooklyn Photographer Takes Portraits Of The Occupy Wall Street Movement

Greyhound eyes incident involving Occupy protester
Occupy Atlanta takes up church's lease dispute with BB&T
Volume 59, Number 1, Winter 2012
Occupy Congress: Schedule for January 17
"Occupy Congress" protesters to converge on Capitol Hill

How many times? How many ways? Must we be told...

"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered." -Thomas Jefferson-

"See where Congress passed a two billion dollar bill to relieve bankers' mistakes. You can always count on us helping those who have lost part of their fortune, but our whole history records nary a case where the loan was for the man who had absolutely nothing. Our theory is to help only those who can get along, even if they don't get a loan." - Will Rogers, 1932 -

"History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and its issuance. " - James Madison -

“Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement” - Dan Quayle -

"Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury" - Deuteronomy  3:19 -

“I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general government, - opposed to distribution of public lands among the states, - opposed to taking the power from the hands of the people, - opposed to special monopolies,” - Sam Houston -

"All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation." — John Adams 1787 -

“A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.” - Robert Frost -

"It is not our own citizens only who are to receive the bounty of our government. More than eight millions of the stock of this bank are held by foreigners... is there no danger to our liberty and independence in a bank that in its nature has so little to
bind it to our country? ... Controlling our currency, receiving our public moneys, and holding thousands of our citizens in dependence... would be more formidable and dangerous than a military power of the enemy. If government would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favour alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing. In the act before me there seems to be a wide and unnecessary departure from these just principles." - ANDREW JACKSON ,1828 - 1836 -

"Once a nation parts with the control of Its currency and credit, it matters not who makes that nations laws. Usury, once in control, will wreck any nation. Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talk of the sovereignty of parliament and of democracy is idle and futile." - William Lyon Mackenzie King 10th Prime Minister of Canada -

“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.” - Bob Hope -

"When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes... Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain." - Napoleon Bonaparte -

“What is the crime of robbing a bank compared with the crime of founding one.” - Bertolt Brecht  -

"I am afraid the ordinary citizen will not like to be told that the banks can and do create money. And they who control the credit of the nation direct the policy of Governments and hold in the hollow of their hand the destiny of the people."- Reginald McKenna -

“O gold! I still prefer thee unto paper which makes bank credit like a bank of vapor” -  Lord Byron -

"The money power preys upon the nation in times of peace and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces, as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes." — Abraham Lincoln -

“I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principles of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale” - Thomas Jefferson -

"Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and don't need to explain themselves." -James Buchan -

"There is two things that can disrupt business in this country. One is War, and the other is a meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank." - Will Rogers -

"A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he can pay. Like a person with two wooden legs getting another person with two wooden legs to guarantee that he has got two natural legs. It don't make either of them able to do a walking-match." - Charles Dickens -

"Blest paper-credit! last and best supply! That lends corruption lighter wings to fly!" - Alexander Pope -

"The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery." - Upton Sinclair -

"Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society. Who shall say that this is not the golden age of mutual trust, of unlimited reliance upon human promises? That is a peculiar condition of society which enables a whole nation to instantly recognize point and meaning in the familiar newspaper anecdote, which puts into the mouth of a distinguished speculator in lands and mines this remark: -- I wasn't worth a cent two years ago, and now I owe two millions of dollars." - Mark Twain

Barron's Banking Dictionary:Usury - http://www.answers.com/topic/usury scroll down a bit to read what will disgust almost all.

COLAs, CPIs, and the $14 Minimum Wage | Inequality.org

COLAs, CPIs, and the $14 Minimum Wage | Inequality.org - "By today’s standards $14.41 an hour might sound like a lot for a minimum wage, but it doesn’t have to stop there. At the top 1 percent of the American income distribution, average incomes rose 194 percent between 1974 and 2011. Had U.S. minimum wages risen at the same pace as U.S. maximum wages, the minimum wage would now be $26.96 an hour."

Occupy Wall Street Plans Candlelight Vigil for MLK Day - WNYC

Occupy Groups around the world please remember and respect MLK events.  They are to honor and respect a man that has left a powerful legacy and dream in this country and around the world.
Occupy Wall Street Plans Candlelight Vigil for MLK Day - WNYC

Map of some of the MLK Candlelight Vigils around the world -add sites too.
MLK parade welcomes Occupy, Stop Titan groups
OCCUPY THE HOOD Honors the legacy of MLK with March and Rally
MLK Events across the Lowcountry

Occupy The Dream - MLK Candelight Vigil
Riverside Church
Occupy demonstrators plan Martin Luther King Jr. vigil in Reno on eve of holiday
Occupy the Dream! MLK Day Brunch, Teach-in, Celebration and Public Meeting - Chicago
An Occupy Boston Community Gathering to Explore the Radical Legacy of Dr. King

[Occupy Wall Street]
MLK Occupy the Dream Program: Speakers, Live Music & Teach-ins/Workshops - Jan 16th Sacramento
National Candle Light Vigil in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King JR.
Occupy The Dream: Join us for MLK Day in Portland
Occupy MLK Events January 13-15 Orlando

Occupy Redlands plans MLK vigil
Danny Glover, Cornel West Speak Out at Occupy Protests as MLK Memorial is Dedicated in D.C.
How the “Occupy” Movement Evokes Spirit of MLK
30TH ANNIVERSARY MLK MARCH
MLK Day Worldwide Candlelight Vigil For Change

Occupy Redwood City's Candlelight Vigil for MLK
OCCUPY VENICE, WEST L.A. OCCUPY NETWORK TO CELEBRATE MLK
Editorial: From MLK to Occupy
invited to 32nd Annual Martin Luther King Memorial March Raleigh
Occupy Atlanta remembers MLK -- march and speakout

March with MLK Day Parade 01.16.12 downtown at 10AM Houston
Occupy the Martin Luther King Day Parade in San Diego -January 15th
List of #J15 Vigils around the world! (some of the vigils taking place)
MLK Speech - Occupy Wall Street - Kinetic Typography
Occupy London celebrates life of Dr Martin Luther King

MLK Candlelight Vigil Flyer Las Vegas
Ocupemos "Occupy the Dream" MLK Jr. Parade & Candle Light Vigil
This Sunday: @OccupyLSX celebrates life of Dr Martin Luther King
~Occupy The Dream ~ #J15 Candlelight Vigil for Martin Luther King Jr.~
MLK March in solidarity with WMNF Tampa

Commemorative Weekend Ft. Myers
OccupyOcala
Martin Luther King Jr Birthday Will be Marked by World Wide Candlelight Vigil
Chapel Hill Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Week Long Celebration SCHEDULE
Occupy Hilo Protest Set For MLK Day

Occupy The World: Candlelight Vigil to honor Martin Luther King’s Legacy – Black Star News
Candlelight Vigil for Unity on MLK’s Birthday Dayton
Martin Luther King Jr Birthday marked by world wide CandleLight Vigil
Candlelight Vigil to Honor Martin Luther King Jr.

Senator Jim DeMint - 94% of Bills Passed in the Senate are done in SECRECY with NO DEBATE - YouTube

Senator Jim DeMint - 94% of Bills Passed in the Senate are done in SECRECY with NO DEBATE - YouTube

occupy / decolonize 1-14-2012

Voices of Occupy Wall Street: - Please if you don't understand or not sure what is going on then listen to at least the audio section of the voices.  Sometimes audio alone can make things even more clear then videos.    Even if you think you disagree take the time to listen too.  Thank you very much for taking that time to listen.

Occupy ‘will never die’: protesters in Washington
OCCUPY – A Global Protest

Members of TWU and Occupy Wall Street to March on MTA HQ
Occupy The World: Global Candlelight Vigil to honor Martin Luther King's Legacy
Occupy D.C.: A protest that deserves The Post’s attention
Occupy Columbia tries to regain momentum with Saturday rally
Occupy protesters consider breaking Asheville camp

Symbolic Occupy Reno demonstration by City Hall within protestors' rights
Occupy Atlanta Takes On Bank To Save Historic Church From Foreclosure
Occupy movement members demonstrate in front of Ontario bank
Occupy Redlands plans MLK vigil
Members of Occupy Dallas left today to attend Occupy Congress in DC

Three Complaints About OWS
Occupy Gainesville, Sunday Jan. 15th, 2012 at 7pm for a Candlelight Vigil 
WELCOME TO THE NEW PARADIGM
Federal concern brought to council
Police hiding name badges widespread at Occupy Oakland raids

The Occupy Unconference is Being Held in Solidarity with ImmigrantsOccupy Global Day of Action!
MANY ASK: WHAT IS OCCUPY?
'Occupy Congress' heading for Washington
Yoko Ono brings her project Wish Tree to Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Oakland Day of Health

Issa: Obama ignoring Occupy DC to avoid 'political embarrassment'
Bank Foreclosure Fraud
Troubled by urban poverty and inequality: Edward M. Miggins
Theory and Practice in Occupy
Welcome to Women Occupy!

Occupy Congress 2012

I would have to say no matter who you are, It is time to OCCUPY Congress.  If you think there is a reason to let Congress know that they are no longer working for the people.  Tell them that it is time for them to change and change things that are going on in the nation and around the world.  Whether you are tired of low pay, unfair taxes, unemployment, bail outs for to big to fail giants, no medical, high cost medical, unfair foreclosures, lack of ethics in congress or anything else then head to Washington D.C. for Occupy Congress on 1/17/2012.

This is not about any occupy movement!  It is about US!  It is about the people!  It is about stopping the apathy and taking control of the nation that is supposed to be a free nation, for the people and by the people.  We can stand back or do something.  It is completely up to US! 

Occupy Columbia tries to regain momentum with Saturday rally - Local / Metro - TheState.com

Occupy Columbia tries to regain momentum with Saturday rally - Local / Metro - TheState.com'

OCCUPY NETWORK | INDY REAL UNCENSORED

OCCUPY NETWORK | INDY REAL UNCENSORED

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A Living Wage

The Colbert Report - January 12, 2012 - superpac
Occupy the Patriarchy: We Are the 51 Percent!
Occupy Survival Programs
Christians protecting Muslims as they pray during the NLC #occupy rally in Abuja on 1/10/12
Seven Occupy FIU Demonstrators Arrested At Planned Concert On Campus

TSA Air Marshal Arrested in Mugging of Boston Occupier

Memorial Held for Active Duty Army Sergeant and Occupy San Diego Activist
InterACT Theater Presents MICROCRISIS
99 Andy Fraser - Corporations are not people - Occupy LA
Occupy Friday the 13th
Occupy Pittsburgh's Call for Solidarity

OCCUPY CONGRESS BY PHONE -- SHARE THIS

US Media: Are they faking ignorance about Occupy’s message?
99% (The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film)
January 20, 2012 – Move to Amend Occupies the Courts!
This is Lincoln Park today
Occupy London to deliver message to Brookfield Asset Management in protest at the one per cent

Occupy Congress – January 17, 2012 – Join Today

S.F. cops accidentally leaked Occupy raid plans
'Occupy Congress' heading for Washington
'We're Not Broke': The Movement That Helped Spark Occupy Wall Street - Personally I agree that no one particular person, group or organization had much specific to do with the formation or laid a framework.  I think it has been in the minds and hearts of most all along for decades now.  They are just realizing it will continue to get worse unless we all do something about it.

A Quick Overview of SOPA — Will It Pass?
Occupy Portland Open House
Occupy DC says it’s staying put in McPherson Square despite mayor’s call for removal
Movement to Occupy Vacant Houses Spreads
The U.S. vs. Omar Khadr

Occupy Turns From Protest To Piracy With Disruptions - No it is not in any way and please stop the smear tactics, propaganda and sensationalism.  "piracy n. the crime of robbery of ships or boats on the oceans. Accusation, trial and punishment of pirates may be under international agreement applicable anywhere, or under the laws of the particular nation where the accused has been captured." - TheFreeDictionary

Arrested Occupy Group Had Permisson to Demonstrate
Occupy Little Rock holding state convention
Occupy San Diego Protester Recounts Alleged Police Brutality
Occupy, Inc. - Even though, there appears to be satire, sarcasm and humor in this, I have thought at times an approach some what like this might be an option too.  If occupy takes over the companies then they can run them the way they want. :)

Occupii:A New Face In Social Media
Occupy movement needs to be more inclusive
Eviction notices for Occupy campers accused of wreaking havoc in square
Occupy Purdue, local union members criticize Gov. Daniels about right-to-work
USW Praises Occupy Protesters for Honoring King Legacy

Occupied Nigeria: Nonviolence Against Colonialism
Protesters' stories: Dorli Rainey and Occupy Seattle
Occupy Wall Street: Why Wealth Redistribution Cannot Work - Well I know as a small business, I would never want someone like this consulting me.  They know the standard lines but can't see past that the government rules are corporate rules and regulations. Ones that are meant to destroy small business and enhance large corporations.  Now I wonder why it is that way?

Occupy Wellington protesters may be ousted
US to Occupy Persian Gulf? 'Iran is not a sitting duck!
Cop watchers: Anonymous vs. police
How do know things are still bad in Fresno? Occupy Stuffed Animals!
Occupiers aren’t running for office. They have their sights set higher

3 Options for a Post-Occupy City Hall Lawn
Activist Group Opposing Antipiracy Bill Posts Information on Media Executives
Voices from the Occupation - Britain's NHS: Sold to the Highest Bidder - So is privatizing really the answer for the majority or the few in some cases?

Issa seeks answers on Occupy D.C. from Park Service

Intellectual substance abuse

Intellectual substance abuse

occupy / decolonize 1-13-2012

Occupy San Diego:Arrested for Felony Conspiracy
Occupy Newspapers
Occupy Purdue uses hand signals to talk about right-to-work
Occupy’s 99 Pledge
Occupy’s 99 Pledge - WhoWhatWhy [video]
Occupy protesters refuse to leave

Occupy Everywhere, Especially New Hampshire
'Occupy' lunch? Hong Kong brokers protest break cut
Occupy protesters refuse to leave Bristol County Court
MLK parade welcomes Occupy, Stop Titan groups
Occupy Nigeria Rally Day 5: Protests Continue Monday If FG, Labour Talks Fail

Occupy Claremont members vow to fight on, even without tents
Occupy Belfast needs you!
Layoffs Hit Wall Street As Financial Needs Change
Haley’s Picking Romney Shocks Tea Party Disrupting Republicans
FIU Police Arrest Occupy Activists For Attempting Concert

Occupy Peoria, Move to Amend tidbits
Occupy Movement: We’re Here To Stay In 2012
Occupy Wall Street: Protesters Organize Candlelight Vigil For Martin Luther King Day
Occupy O.C. protesters opt for a peaceful approach
Oakland Running Festival moves to Lake Merritt over concerns about Occupy Oakland - Now read all the way to the end and it is stated they planned on moving anyway because they needed a bigger space.

Occupy seeks greater campus dialogue - “You could tell me a story about how it’s important to bail out failed financial institutions because it would endanger their creditors,” Sharlet said. “You could also tell me that fiscal considerations prevent aiding those in need — the unemployed, the uneducated or the simply unfortunate, but you can’t tell me those two stories simultaneously.”

Occupy Oakland in 2012
Letter: Occupy threat handled wrong
County, Occupy Scranton meet with no resolution
How the “Occupy” Movement Evokes Spirit of MLK
Alan Moore meets the Occupy men and women behind his mask [UPDATED]

Occupy Evanston protesters launch campaign against Chase Bank
Occupy Together: Occupy Be the Change Caucus Launches
Is the American dream fading?
Occupy protesters set up in Albert Park
OccupyData Hackathon Data Mining and Visualization

Arrested Occupy protesters' next court date set for April 26
When Injustice Becomes Law, resistance Becomes Duty. — Thomas Jefferson
Occupy movement gets Aeroplane force
Letter: Occupy message is one of compassion
Occupy The Dream! MLK Day Brunch, Teach-In, Celebration And Public Meeting

Beyond Occupy: Denver community gets constructive
Occupy Wall St. Takes Up Immigration Reform
Occupy moves on
Mic Check: An Occupier's A to Z
Americans Say Rich vs. Poor Is Nation's Main Source of Conflict

Help us outreach for Jan 20 Shutdown! Please print and post flyers!
Judge drops charges against 28 ‘Occupy Rochester’ protesters
Occupy Florida Interrupts Rick Scott's "State of the State"
Occupy Congress Bus New York City, NY
Is it appropriate for Occupy for Democracy to demonstrate in front of Gov. Rick Snyder's private home?

Occupy Orlando plans protest today outside Chamber
Back to Work – Diagnosing the Emotional State of the Nation