On July 13th, Adbusters organized Operation Wall Street for September 17th (this Saturday). Organizers are expecting 20,000 activists and protesters. But actions are planned for Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle as well.
This Saturday is the launch of Operation Wall Street, which will see activists, protesters—people of all philosophical stripes—set up shop with tents and create “America’s protest movement against corporatism.” The gathering is inspired by the Tahrir Square protests in Egypt during the Arab Spring.
As Adbusters’ July press release noted, “The beauty of this new formula, and what makes this novel tactic exciting, is its pragmatic simplicity: we talk to each other in various physical gatherings and virtual people’s assemblies … we zero in on what our one demand will be, a demand that awakens the imagination and, if achieved, would propel us toward the radical democracy of the future … and then we go out and seize a square of singular symbolic significance and put our asses on the line to make it happen.”
According to the Occupy Wall Street website, tonight at 7pm there will be a Tactical Committee Meeting at Greene Park, Brooklyn. On Friday at 6:30pm, US Day of Rage (USDOR) will be “hosting non violent civil disobedience training… See the details and location on the calendar page or on USDOR calendar.”
The site has also included the contact information for an arrest hotline with the National Lawyers Guild (212) 679-6018, reminding protesters that “If you will be at the action write this down on your arm. It was recommended to call them if you hear of an arrest or if you are arrested.”
As an Adbusters blog post states, “September 17 isn’t just happening on Wall Street. For its part, US Day of Rage is organizing actions that day in Austin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle as well. (Washington, DC will have to wait for the occupation of Freedom Plaza planned for October 6.) Meanwhile, Take the Square, a network that grew out of the Spanish May 15 movement, lists solidarity demonstrations across Spain, as well as in Italy, England, Canada, Greece, Germany, Portugal, Austria, the Netherlands, Israel, and France.”
Oh, and one more thing—if any readers decide to attend Occupy Wall Street, be weary of those who advocate violence and destruction; very often they are FBI or Police agent provocateurs. Such men are well-trained and very effective at inciting riots. And we know that the NYPD has been training in the CIA’s espionage tradecraft.
Be civil. Be safe.
Send all your Tweets to @DeathAndTaxes. Send any videos to either info@deathandtaxesmag.com or dj@deathandtaxesmag.com, especially if the Fuzz are acting up.
If we control the information, we control the message. We can thank our government for that crucial lesson.
EDIT: A reader was kind enough to send us the following Legal Fact Sheet from the NYC General Assembly. Lots of very useful information is contained therein, such as: Don’t block buildings or more than half of the sidewalk; No amplified sound within 500 feet of schools, churches, court houses or hospitals during their regular hours; It is illegal for two or more people to wear masks; Illegal to carry signs fixed to wooden sticks, metal, or PVC pipes.
The Legal Fact Sheet states:
“If You Come into Contact with the Police During the action, if police prevent you from leaving, ask if you are free to go. If they ask to search you or your bag, you should repeatedly state, “I do not consent to a search.” The New York City chapter of the National Lawyers Guild advises that if you are arrested, it is best to say, “I am going to remain silent. I want to speak to a lawyer.” The police can legally lie when attempting to acquire information from you. You have the right to ask for an officer’s name and badge number. If you are mistreated, obtain this information as well as contact information of witnesses. If you are injured, take photographs of the injuries as soon as possible. Lastly, the National Lawyers Guild states, “If you are undocumented, out of status, a legal permanent resident (green card holder), or a citizen, you do not have to answer any questions about your immigration history [to government officers].”
Do yourselves a favor and read the Legal Fact Sheet before Saturday—multiple times.
For more information, head over to OccupyWallSt.org.
September 15, 2011 at 12:37 am, Anonymous said:
See something, say something. And Janet Napolitano would have us believe that returning veterans and Ron Paul supporters are the terrorists in this country. That the Marxist statists are planning this garbage is showing just the Hope & Change Obama had in mind as he studied Alinsky. Cloward and Piven must be soooooooo proud.
September 15, 2011 at 12:45 am, Steven H said:
These protestors are Cloward and Pivens offspring. You know Piven is smiling as she prays to Satin that the same success can be acheived as was in the Middle East and then Europe. Anarchy seems to be the “common thread” these people enjoy.
September 15, 2011 at 3:48 am, Auntie Imp and Razer said:
Great post, but as someone who does a daily news synopsis I’d like to point out that news linked by “http://www.google.com/hostednews/” links seem to expire, and not a long time from posting either. Just a tip.
September 15, 2011 at 3:56 am, Anonymous said:
This is the most challenging time in our recent
history and only We, the People can bring about the much needed shift so we can
be able to build our American dream once again.
Do you want to see
how 25,000 fraudulent docs look like? Be my guest – http://boston67.blog.com/peoples-hero/
September 15, 2011 at 11:17 am, Anonymous said:
Too many thousands of miles away to attend but I’ll be there in spirit (or Twitter at least). Very interested to see how many people show up, what the MSM’s reaction will be and how the authorities deal with it. Best of luck everyone, we’re with you!
http://theendisalwaysnear.blogspot.com/2011/09/let-them-eat-ipads.html
September 16, 2011 at 12:19 am, Jnemroc said:
“people of all philosophical types” Whether yours is a philosophy of laziness, ineptitude, or an all around mooch your way through life kinda thing, wall street is the place to be!
September 16, 2011 at 1:37 pm, Anonymous said:
“wary of”, not “weary of”
September 16, 2011 at 2:49 pm, D. J. said:
Yeah, wasn’t intentional, Billteud. Thanks for the copy-editing, though.
September 17, 2011 at 9:28 am, J P said:
So if 3 people wear masks, who is guilty of the crime?
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September 30, 2011 at 6:19 am, david mowers said:
The 501 ( c ) could be a solution that is achievable politically without new legislation. Expand the definition of charitable contributions to include services by individuals and small businesses earning or grossing $500,000.00 a year or less. Restrict participation to stand alone companies, no operating divisions of larger entities or companies with inter-locking boards of directors so that only the lower and middle class can take advantage of the program. Change the deduction to a credit or deduction usable by the receiving individual or entity either way. Assign local city and town councils with verifying market rates for performed services by having those groups submit affidavits in conjunction with the local charity who received the services. Out of work Americans or small businesses that have slowed down can then contact a local charity and have their particular trade or service performed for the charities interest and be issued either the deduction or credit. The I.R.S. maintains a file on credits under the T.I.N. for the business or the social security number for the individual and assigns a cash value to the credit of 50% of the market rate invoice so that America gets a value for allowing this and the individual or small business can maintain employment or work. Then simply adopt the same trading scheme that Wall Street wanted for carbon credits and allow these tax credits to be sold or traded to large corporations. The difference between the price paid for the credit and the face value assigned (market rate on invoice) would act as a tax deduction for the corporations who purchase them. America’s interests are aligned, we want a nice, happy, productive country. We want charities to thrive. We want the lower and middle classes to maintain steady employment. Large corporations want tax breaks. We want these companies to serve the interests of the people and the greater good for all. We need to stop fighting each other and figure out a way out of this mess.
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