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Permalink Reply by Ben Roberts on December 5, 2011 at 4:09pm

Here's a powerful blog post on Occupy and the corrupt politics that are supporting the poisoning of our water via the tar sands industry, courtesy of activist Bud Wilson.  An excerpt:

We know this to be true, individuals engaged in social change and evolutionary movements must know they are not alone.  Advocates of change must also believe that proposed solutions have a good chance of succeeding. In spite of the corporate manipulation of our elected officials and their nearly complete control of our regulatory agencies, we must remember, there remains great strength in numbers. Only we can restore integrity and settle for nothing less than ethical behavior, based upon principles of justice, spiritual awareness and ecological sustainability.  I’ve said it before, we deserve the government we allow. For me, this is at the heart of the Occupy Movement.

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Permalink Reply by Occupy Cafe Stewards on December 10, 2011 at 10:38am

Walt Roberts at Occupy 2.0 on Facebook just posted this excellent video on the heart of Occupy (don't be fooled by the Portland framing!):

 

Why Occupy Portland? from Softbox on Vimeo.

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Permalink Reply by Jon Crawley on December 11, 2011 at 11:03am

Here is a documentary that i feel anyone involved or interested in Occupy would benefit from. Many of you may have seen it already.

The Corporation

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Permalink Reply by Stella Osorojos on December 17, 2011 at 11:38am

New article by Charles Eisenstein entitled "Where Next for Occupy?" here:

http://charleseisenstein.net/essays/where-next-for-occupy/

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Permalink Reply by Raffi A. on December 22, 2011 at 7:06pm

“President Obama Just Stated That He Can Have ANY American Citizen Killed!” Jonathon Turley . Constitutional law expert on CSPAN

Jonathan Turley (George Washington University Law School Professor) talks about his recent Washington Post piece looking at the issues of surveillance and privacy and U.S. citizens' loss of privacy protections. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.

see the 16 minute point.

http://12160.info/profiles/blogs/president-obama-just-stated-that-h...

Really discouraging...

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Permalink Reply by Raffi A. on December 23, 2011 at 4:15pm

Two months ago the little known St. Petersburg (Russia) rock group RabFak came out with a searing, hysterical, and shocking anti-Putin song, Our Nuthouse Votes for Putin. (Note: the video is NSFW in parts; I make the choice of posting this kind of link here because I think the core message captures our global zeitgeist impeccably.

This song has particular resonance for me as I lived for ten years in Russia, was witness to the USSR's collapse...

The song has had such an effect that it may be in the running in the annual Eurovision contest.

I wonder if this song may serve as a source of inspiration for the US Occupy movement to put out a "Our Nuthouse Votes for Obama?" 

As one American friend pointed out, perhaps we Americans are even nuttier than Russians if most of us still believe we have a democracy?!

Some laughter can be therapeutic!

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Permalink Reply by Mark Anthony on July 5, 2012 at 12:41am

This is an interesting item.   Carne Ross being interviewed by Bill Moyers.  Bill Moyers' only other guest that evening was Paul Volker.

http://vimeo.com/39482332

Carne Ross is the founder of Independent Diplomat in New York City, and is very involved with Occupy.

http://www.carneross.com/    --- also has clip from the Colbert Report

 

-Mark Anthony

 

 

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