Terry Bain's Posts - Occupy America Social Network2024-03-29T14:50:03ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBainhttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1553325903?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://occupyamerica.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=01slsixqj1p1n&xn_auth=noThe 86 million invisible unemployedtag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2012-05-05:6446883:BlogPost:130382012-05-05T21:57:50.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p><span class="byline">By Annalyn Censky</span><a class="soc-twtname" href="https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=cnnmoney">@CNNMoney</a><span class="cnnDateStamp">May 4, 2012: 10:39 AM ET</span></p>
<p><span class="cnnDateStamp">"</span>While it's true that the unemployment rate is falling, that doesn't include the millions of nonworking adults who aren't even looking for a job anymore. And hiring isn't strong enough to keep up with population growth."…</p>
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<p><span class="byline">By Annalyn Censky</span><a class="soc-twtname" href="https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=cnnmoney">@CNNMoney</a><span class="cnnDateStamp">May 4, 2012: 10:39 AM ET</span></p>
<p><span class="cnnDateStamp">"</span>While it's true that the unemployment rate is falling, that doesn't include the millions of nonworking adults who aren't even looking for a job anymore. And hiring isn't strong enough to keep up with population growth."</p>
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<p><span class="cnnDateStamp">OASN member <a href="/profile/MichaelRivero">Michael Rivero</a>, commented in <a href="http://whatreallyhappened.com/node/167855" target="_blank">What Really Happened</a>, "Now, pay attention class; <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/03/news/economy/unemployment-rate/">the US has admitted there are 82 million "invisible" unemployed in the US</a> (only they did not stay invisible as the government hoped because the alternative media kept pointing them out). The US government admits to there being 12.5 million "visible" unemployed, which together with the invisible means 94.5 million Americans are available to work but do not have a job. Total US population is 330 million. But 24% of those are young people not eligible to work. And 13 percent are retired. So the total population of available workers in the United States is 100% - (24% + 13%) = 63% of 330 million people, or 207 million workers. And with 94.5 million workers not working, the true jobless rate in the US right now is 45%, not the 8% the media keeps propagandizing you about."</span></p>
<p> </p>"Combating the Delphi Technique and Occupy Infiltration"tag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2012-03-03:6446883:BlogPost:115872012-03-03T21:03:03.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p><span style="font-size: small;">Brandon Turbeville</span></p>
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<div style="font-family: inherit;">"....<span style="font-size: small;">At this point, it appears that Occupy is not being crippled so much by opposition from without, but by paralysis from within.…</span></div>
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<div style="font-family: inherit;">"....<span style="font-size: small;">At this point, it appears that Occupy is not being crippled so much by opposition from without, but by paralysis from within. It is well-known that the Occupy Wall Street movement has never been able to articulate or even agree on any set of tangible, political demands. After all, this is one of the issues that psychotic blowhards such as Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity were able to seize upon when attempting to categorize the participants as “dirty hippies” and spoiled children. A movement with no demands will increasingly lend itself to the appearance of being a temper tantrum more than true political resistance.</span> "</div>
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<div style="font-family: inherit;">Article <a href="http://www.activistpost.com/2012/03/combating-delphi-technique-and-occupy.html#more" target="_blank">Here</a></div>The Agent Provocateurs in Occupy's Midsttag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2012-02-27:6446883:BlogPost:117792012-02-27T22:51:25.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p class="txtauthor">By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthdig</p>
<p class="date">26 February 12</p>
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<p>"....1. Disruptions of the General Assemblies and attempts to divide the group. Individuals would interrupt General Assemblies with emergency items or sidetrack the agenda with their personal needs or issues. When proposals were presented to the General Assembly on principles for the occupation or plans to prevent division, individuals would question the authority of the writers…</p>
<p class="txtauthor">By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthdig</p>
<p class="date">26 February 12</p>
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<p>"....1. Disruptions of the General Assemblies and attempts to divide the group. Individuals would interrupt General Assemblies with emergency items or sidetrack the agenda with their personal needs or issues. When proposals were presented to the General Assembly on principles for the occupation or plans to prevent division, individuals would question the authority of the writers of the proposal, launch personal attacks or question their abilities. There were frequent attacks on people who did the most work and were perceived as leaders... "</p>
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<p>Article <a href="http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/440-occupy/10172-the-agent-provocateurs-in-occupys-midst" target="_blank">Here</a></p>
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<p>Google <a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=0&oq=Delphi+Tec&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADFA_enUS460US461&q=delphi+technique&gs_upl=0l0l2l429533lllllllllll0&aqi=g4" target="_blank">Delphi</a> Technique</p>
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<p>Defeating Delphi <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rjoI7-esOw" target="_blank">video</a></p>OccupyInterview.com - Radio E2 - With guest Brandon Turbevilletag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2012-02-23:6446883:BlogPost:114702012-02-23T00:33:48.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
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<p><span class="event-info-action xg_lightfont">With guest <strong><a href="http://www.activistpost.com/search/label/Brandon%20Turbeville" target="_blank">Brandon Turbeville</a></strong>, activistpost.com contributor and author of:</span></p>
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</ul>Occupy and Tea Party Join Forces...tag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2012-02-15:6446883:BlogPost:111852012-02-15T23:52:06.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p>Brandon Turbeville<br/> <a href="http://www.activistpost.com/2012/02/occupy-and-tea-party-join-forces-to.html"><b>Activist Post</b></a><br/> <br/> "In what many activists have been hoping to see for quite a while, it appears that some in the Occupy movement and the Tea Party have finally found a bit of common ground"</p>
<p>Article <a href="http://www.activistpost.com/2012/02/occupy-and-tea-party-join-forces-to.html" target="_blank">Here</a></p>
<p>Brandon Turbeville<br/> <a href="http://www.activistpost.com/2012/02/occupy-and-tea-party-join-forces-to.html"><b>Activist Post</b></a><br/> <br/> "In what many activists have been hoping to see for quite a while, it appears that some in the Occupy movement and the Tea Party have finally found a bit of common ground"</p>
<p>Article <a href="http://www.activistpost.com/2012/02/occupy-and-tea-party-join-forces-to.html" target="_blank">Here</a></p>Arrested at Independence Hall....tag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2012-02-14:6446883:BlogPost:110882012-02-14T04:59:30.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p>"PHILADELPHIA — A retired police captain who was arrested in uniform during an Occupy Wall Street protest last year joined demonstrators on the lawn of Independence Hall on Monday, saying he isn’t breaking any law by wearing his old uniform despite the city police commissioner telling him to stop."</p>
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<p>"PHILADELPHIA — A retired police captain who was arrested in uniform during an Occupy Wall Street protest last year joined demonstrators on the lawn of Independence Hall on Monday, saying he isn’t breaking any law by wearing his old uniform despite the city police commissioner telling him to stop."</p>
<p>Article <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/retired-philadelphia-police-captain-protests-in-uniform-with-occupy-group-at-independence-hall/2012/02/13/gIQAsTYGBR_story.html" target="_blank">Here</a></p>
<p></p>"The Cancer in Occupy"tag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2012-02-08:6446883:BlogPost:110792012-02-08T02:21:06.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p>"The presence of Black Bloc anarchists—so named because they dress in black, obscure their faces, move as a unified mass, seek physical confrontations with police and destroy property—is a gift from heaven to the security and surveillance state."</p>
<p>Article <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_cancer_of_occupy_20120206/" target="_blank">Here</a></p>
<p>"The presence of Black Bloc anarchists—so named because they dress in black, obscure their faces, move as a unified mass, seek physical confrontations with police and destroy property—is a gift from heaven to the security and surveillance state."</p>
<p>Article <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_cancer_of_occupy_20120206/" target="_blank">Here</a></p>"After Mass Arrests, New Criticism of Oakland Police"tag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2012-01-31:6446883:BlogPost:109482012-01-31T20:35:01.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<div id="fancybox-tmp">"The large number of arrests is renewing criticism of how Oakland police have responded to Occupy demonstrations....Two weeks ago, court-appointed monitors <a href="http://www.baycitizen.org/occupy-oakland-8/story/report-occupy-oakland-reveals-problems/" style="color: #036;" target="_top">wrote in their quarterly report</a> that the police response to Occupy Oakland protests this fall raised 'serious concerns' about the department's ability to 'hold true to the best…</div>
<div id="fancybox-tmp">"The large number of arrests is renewing criticism of how Oakland police have responded to Occupy demonstrations....Two weeks ago, court-appointed monitors <a style="color: #036;" href="http://www.baycitizen.org/occupy-oakland-8/story/report-occupy-oakland-reveals-problems/" target="_top">wrote in their quarterly report</a> that the police response to Occupy Oakland protests this fall raised 'serious concerns' about the department's ability to 'hold true to the best practices in American policing,' and promised a thorough investigation of the matter. And last week, <a style="color: #036;" href="http://www.baycitizen.org/policing/story/judge-strips-power-oakland-police/" target="_top">a judge moved the police department</a> closer to a federal takeover, writing that he was in 'disbelief' that the department had yet to finish a series of court-ordered reforms."</div>
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</div>Merry Christmas from the 12/12 Port Blockadetag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2011-12-24:6446883:BlogPost:94642011-12-24T04:12:19.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p><span class="font-size-3">A</span> <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/12/19/1044767/-Port-of-Los-Angeles-Shutdown:-The-Holy-Grail-of-West-Coast-OWS?detail=hide&via=blog_739335" target="_blank"><span class="font-size-3">Daily Kos</span></a> <span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/12/19/1044767/-Port-of-Los-Angeles-Shutdown:-The-Holy-Grail-of-West-Coast-OWS?detail=hide&via=blog_739335" target="_blank">post</a> this week, "Port of Los Angeles…</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">A</span> <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/12/19/1044767/-Port-of-Los-Angeles-Shutdown:-The-Holy-Grail-of-West-Coast-OWS?detail=hide&via=blog_739335" target="_blank"><span class="font-size-3">Daily Kos</span></a> <span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/12/19/1044767/-Port-of-Los-Angeles-Shutdown:-The-Holy-Grail-of-West-Coast-OWS?detail=hide&via=blog_739335" target="_blank">post</a> this week, "Port of Los Angeles Shutdown: The Holy Grail of West Coast OWS " observed, "In publicity terms, the shutdown should be promoted as a matter of The People asserting prerogative over a facility that belongs to us, not the petulant action of an angry minority seeking to punish society for failing to live up to our standards....In other words - and this is potentially a very potent spin - the shutdown is an attempt to "<b>restore law and order</b>" to the Port. If this framing can be carried off, it should be - it would turn the dominating narratives on their heads," according to the Kos article.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">In case you missed a few details during the Port Blockade News Blackout, here is a brief recap. In October OASN <a href="http://occupyamerica.ning.com/profiles/blogs/occupy-oakland-marine-veteran-fighting-for-life-after-being-shot?xg_source=activity" target="_blank">reported</a> that Scott Olsen, an Iraq veteran and member of Veterans for Peace, was shot at Occupy Oakland.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Mark Karlin, for BUZZFLASH <a href="http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/13115" target="_blank">wrote</a>, "Due to past law enforcement abuses, the Oakland Police Department (OPD) has been operating under the <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=J0X%2BhSvGiNhD0uyEgpZNTXBW8cBM87n0" target="_blank">monitoring of a federal judge</a> overseeing a consent decree since 2003. "</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">The first Port blockade at Oakland followed the <span class="font-size-3">Olsen</span> shooting, and violence escalated. Later that night, OASN <a href="http://occupyamerica.ning.com/profiles/blogs/pythagorieanism-join-fellow-readers-subscribe-by-email-or-rss" target="_blank">reported</a> "OccupyOakland Protesters Struck Intentionally by Car, Cops Let Driver Go Free." Three days later OASN <a href="http://occupyamerica.ning.com/profiles/blogs/second-occupy-oakland-iraq-war-veteran-injured-after-police" target="_blank">reported</a> "Second Occupy Oakland Iraq war veteran injured after police clashes."</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3">Shutting down the ports to restore "law and order" was obviously not just "spin". Following his release from the hospital, Scott Olsen personally <a href="http://westcoastportshutdown.org/content/iraq-war-vet-scott-olsen-longshoremen-please-honor-picket-line" target="_blank">appealed</a> to Longshoremen to "honor Occupy picket lines." They <a href="http://occupyamerica.ning.com/profiles/blogs/port-shutdown-12-12-the-day-after" target="_blank">did</a>.</span></p>
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<li><span class="font-size-3">No critical injuries were reported following the Port Shutdown. <br/></span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-3">"Coincidentally", the day after the 12/12 Shutdown,OASN <a href="http://occupyamerica.ning.com/profiles/blogs/two-oakland-cops-reassigned-pending-probe-of-beanbag-shooting-of" target="_blank">reported</a>,</span> <span class="font-size-3">"Two Oakland cops reassigned pending probe of beanbag shooting of Occupy photographer"</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-3">Four days after the Port Shutdown, OASN <a href="http://occupyamerica.ning.com/profiles/blogs/allas-police-officer-jimmy-hollis-gets-a-one-day-suspension-for" target="_blank">reported</a>,"Dallas police officer Jimmy Hollis gets a one day suspension for shoving an #OccupyDallas protestor off a planter and then arresting him for "Assault on a Public Servant."</span></li>
<li><span class="font-size-3">Yesterday, OASN <a href="http://occupyamerica.ning.com/profiles/blogs/oakland-mayor-announces-100-000-independent-probe-of-police" target="_blank">reported</a>, "Oakland Mayor Announces $100,000 Independent Probe of Police Actions During Occupy Protests"<br class="font-size-3"/></span></li>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">The 12/12 Port Shutdowns were obviously overwhelmingly successful. Thanks for Standing, West Coast. You gave the Occupy Movement quite a Christmas Present.<br/></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><br/></span></p>$29 trillion Federal Reserve Bailouttag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2011-12-17:6446883:BlogPost:94252011-12-17T22:32:04.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p>"The bottom line: a Federal Reserve bailout commitment in excess of $29 trillion."</p>
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<p>Aricle <a href="http://www.levyinstitute.org/publications/?docid=1462" target="_blank">Here</a></p>
<p>"The bottom line: a Federal Reserve bailout commitment in excess of $29 trillion."</p>
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<p>Aricle <a href="http://www.levyinstitute.org/publications/?docid=1462" target="_blank">Here</a></p>AP Headline: 1 in 2 Americans now Poor or Low Incometag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2011-12-15:6446883:BlogPost:95112011-12-15T22:40:34.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p>"Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans — nearly 1 in 2 — have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income."</p>
<p><br/>Article <a href="http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/15/9461848-dismal-prospects-1-in-2-americans-are-now-poor-or-low-income" target="_blank">Here</a></p>
<p>"Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans — nearly 1 in 2 — have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income."</p>
<p><br/>Article <a href="http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/15/9461848-dismal-prospects-1-in-2-americans-are-now-poor-or-low-income" target="_blank">Here</a></p>Port Shutdown 12/12: The Day Aftertag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2011-12-14:6446883:BlogPost:93202011-12-14T01:00:00.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p>Armchair quarterbacks are hard at work, on the day after the 12/12 Port shutdown. One change seems to be obvious - there are no <a href="http://westcoastportshutdown.org/content/record-police-violence-during-d12-actions" target="_blank">reports</a> of protesters critically hospitalized by police. That is certainly a step in the right direction. Non-violent protest has become more of a two-way street, today.</p>
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<p>A UK Telegraph…</p>
<p>Armchair quarterbacks are hard at work, on the day after the 12/12 Port shutdown. One change seems to be obvious - there are no <a href="http://westcoastportshutdown.org/content/record-police-violence-during-d12-actions" target="_blank">reports</a> of protesters critically hospitalized by police. That is certainly a step in the right direction. Non-violent protest has become more of a two-way street, today.</p>
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<p>A UK Telegraph <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8952666/Occupy-protesters-try-to-shut-down-West-Coast-ports.html" target="_blank">article</a> wrote, "Former Marine Scott Olsen, whose injury during clashes between Oakland police and demonstrators in October gave fresh impetus to protests, later led an afternoon march in Oakland.</p>
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<p>"Occupy Oakland spokesman Mike King called the blockade a success, saying cargo traffic at the port was limited to just two vessels in anticipation of the demonstration, and that longshoremen and Teamsters were largely absent from work.</p>
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<p>"'Nobody crossed the picket line, and most truckers stayed away,' King said, adding that the only cargo loaded onto trucks in the terminal yards was material already taken off ships," according to the Telegraph.</p>
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<p>Another obvious trend: the news <a href="http://occupyamerica.ning.com/profiles/blogs/port-shutdown-news-blackout-breaking-down?xg_source=activity" target="_blank">blackout</a> has definitely been shattered. Thousands of <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=West+Coast+port+shutdown&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a" target="_blank">news sources</a>, worldwide, have rediscovered the Occupy Movement. The ominous lack of media coverage has ended. It is no surprise that the paid media spinning of the event as a bad thing is in high gear. </p>
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<p>The Guardian's Adam Gabbat <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/13/occupy-activists-failed-port-shutdown?newsfeed=true" target="_blank">wrote</a>, "Occupy protesters were facing growing criticism over Monday's attempt to shut down the ports of America's west coast, with unions condemning the action that left hundreds of its members unable to work.</p>
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<p>"Terminals were effectively closed at Longview, Oakland and Portland, but plans to shut down the entire west coast failed after other protests saw relatively small turnouts," according to Gabbat.</p>
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<p>Gabbat noted that the shutdown was never supported by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and wrote, "Craig Merrilees, communications director at the ILWU, told the Guardian on Tuesday that in Oakland 'three shifts of workers lost a day's pay, and many other port workers were in that situation'.</p>
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<p>"'I'm sure the union president would want to emphasise that the cause of the 99% and the problem of corporate greed in America is a serious one, and efforts to address that are to be saluted and supported," he said.</p>
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<p>"'But it shouldn't happen at the expense of respecting the democratic structure and process of the ILWU and any other union,'" according to Gabbat.</p>
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<p>No estimate of how much money was lost because of the 12/12 shutdown is available, yet. According to Gavin Aronsin, in an <a href="http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/12/occupy-oakland-longview-west-coast-port-shut-down" target="_blank">article</a> in Mother Jones, "...Oakland's general strike on November 2 resulted in a port shutdown, costing the city a reported $4 million...."</p>
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<p>According to Aronsin, despite lack of official labor support, "... several truckers honked in support of Occupy Oakland, and some ILWU workers strongly supported the port's second shutdown....One, a business agent watching the blockade from a company van who said his name was L.T., told me that protesters 'need to stay your ground. I'm not crossing the picket line.' Responding to ILWU president <a target="_blank" href="http://www.longshoreshippingnews.com/2011/12/message-from-pres-mcellrath-we-share-occupys-concerns-about-america-but-egt-battle-is-complicated/">Robert McEllrath's letter criticizing the shutdown</a>, he said, 'We don't give a damn.'" Aronsin wrote.</p>
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<p></p>Occupy protesters discupt West Coast portstag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2011-12-12:6446883:BlogPost:97232011-12-12T21:30:00.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p><strong>"(CNN)</strong> -- Protesters chanting, "Whose port? Our port!" protested at West Coast ports on Monday, temporarily shutting down some of the facilities in a protest against what they called corporate greed.</p>
<p>The protesters, affiliated with the nationwide "Occupy" movement, set out in the pre-dawn hours in Oakland, California; Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, to shut down ports in an effort to "disrupt the economic machine that benefits the wealthiest individuals and…</p>
<p><strong>"(CNN)</strong> -- Protesters chanting, "Whose port? Our port!" protested at West Coast ports on Monday, temporarily shutting down some of the facilities in a protest against what they called corporate greed.</p>
<p>The protesters, affiliated with the nationwide "Occupy" movement, set out in the pre-dawn hours in Oakland, California; Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, to shut down ports in an effort to "disrupt the economic machine that benefits the wealthiest individuals and corporations," according to organizers."</p>
<p>Article <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/12/us/occupy-ports/" target="_blank">Here</a></p>12 Reasons to Shut Down the Port of Oakland on December 12tag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2011-12-11:6446883:BlogPost:97212011-12-11T22:36:10.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p>"Here in Oakland, we have captured the international imagination by organizing across lines of race and class, by standing up to police brutality, and by mobilizing to shut down the third-largest West Coast port on November 2, 2011."</p>
<p>Article <a href="http://occupiedoaktrib.org/2011/12/08/12-reasons-to-shut-down-the-port-of-oakland-on-december-12/" target="_blank">Here</a></p>
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<p>"Here in Oakland, we have captured the international imagination by organizing across lines of race and class, by standing up to police brutality, and by mobilizing to shut down the third-largest West Coast port on November 2, 2011."</p>
<p>Article <a href="http://occupiedoaktrib.org/2011/12/08/12-reasons-to-shut-down-the-port-of-oakland-on-december-12/" target="_blank">Here</a></p>
<p></p>Iraq War Vet Scott Olsen to Longshoremen: Please Honor Picket Linetag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2011-12-09:6446883:BlogPost:97102011-12-09T21:28:35.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p>"Please honor our Occupy picket lines. United we are stronger. As you say in your union, “AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL.” The only ones who will tell you otherwise are those that want to continue profiting off your backs. You all work hard at a dangerous job. You deserve to see something out of that.</p>
<p><strong>"I plan on standing tall again on December 12, and I look forward to standing with our longshoremen. PLEASE DO THE LABOR MOVEMENT PROUD LIKE YOU’VE DONE BEFORE AND HONOR…</strong></p>
<p>"Please honor our Occupy picket lines. United we are stronger. As you say in your union, “AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL.” The only ones who will tell you otherwise are those that want to continue profiting off your backs. You all work hard at a dangerous job. You deserve to see something out of that.</p>
<p><strong>"I plan on standing tall again on December 12, and I look forward to standing with our longshoremen. PLEASE DO THE LABOR MOVEMENT PROUD LIKE YOU’VE DONE BEFORE AND HONOR OUR COMMUNITY PICKET LINE."</strong></p>
<p>Article <a href="http://westcoastportshutdown.org/content/iraq-war-vet-scott-olsen-longshoremen-please-honor-picket-line" target="_blank">Here</a></p>Port Shutdown: News Blackout Breaking Downtag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2011-12-08:6446883:BlogPost:94052011-12-08T22:35:48.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p>News of the West Coast Port Shutdown is beginning to trickle past the usual blackout into the mainstream media. A Google News <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&ncl=d5AdBORzvaQLQ0MP3xV33Y-Kxo3hM&cf=all&ict=ln" target="_blank">search</a> shows articles about the 12/12 port blockade spiking well above previous levels. </p>
<p>Since ignoring the effort was not making the Money Power's latest problems go away, tactics seem to have changed to trying…</p>
<p>News of the West Coast Port Shutdown is beginning to trickle past the usual blackout into the mainstream media. A Google News <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&ncl=d5AdBORzvaQLQ0MP3xV33Y-Kxo3hM&cf=all&ict=ln" target="_blank">search</a> shows articles about the 12/12 port blockade spiking well above previous levels. </p>
<p>Since ignoring the effort was not making the Money Power's latest problems go away, tactics seem to have changed to trying to spin the issue as labor vs. the Occupy Movement. Those tactics will probably change again, as people refuse to <a href="http://occupyamerica.ning.com/profiles/blogs/stand-or-fall?xg_source=activity" target="_blank">fall</a> for that, either.</p>
<p> AP 's <span id="byline">Marcus Wohlsen</span> article in <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2011/12/08/port_shutdown_pledged_despite_union_rejection/" target="_blank">BostonGlobe</a> might lead readers to believe that Unions are against the blockade. "The tension between the century-old International Longshore and Warehouse Union and a still-young protest movement has complicated an ambitious effort by Occupiers to build an identity that is bigger than their recently dismantled tent camps," he wrote.</p>
<p><span id="byline">Wohlsen</span> goes on to say, "But under the terms of the ILWU contract, West Coast longshoremen cannot simply walk off the job en masse to support the shutdown, though individual union members can choose to exercise their First Amendment rights and not show up at the hiring hall that day."</p>
<p>The importance of labor and the occupy movement working together was stressed by Scott Johnson, in the <a href="http://occupiedoaktrib.org/2011/12/06/a-reply-to-cal-winslow-on-the-west-coast-port-shut-down/" target="_blank">Occupied Oakland Tribune</a>. He wrote, ""I initially approached the call for a General Strike on November 2 with the same skepticism, but the success of the event itself won me over."</p>
<p>According to Johnson, "Anybody still confused about this issue should read the <a href="http://www.westcoastportshutdown.org/content/interview-ilwu-members-about-d12">interview with ILWU members Clarence Thomas and Leo Robinson</a>. </p>
<p>In that interview, according to Thomas, "Only 7.2 percent of private sector workers have union representation today, the lowest since 1900. Facing a critical moment, the labor movement has been reenergized by the Occupy Wall Street movement," Thomas said.</p>
<p>Clearly the 12/12 shutdown is a high stakes moment in the Movement's history. Individuals should be aware of the Money Power's motivations in downplaying labor support.</p>
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<p></p>A reply to Cal Winslow on the West Coast Port Shut Downtag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2011-12-06:6446883:BlogPost:88602011-12-06T23:10:00.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p>"I initially approached the call for a General Strike on November 2 with the same skepticism, but the success of the event itself won me over. Academics will debate for years whether the Oakland General Strike was “real” or not but it is clear that the action was the most successful event in the Occupy movement thus far. Only a pedantic nit-picker could be so concerned about whether slapping the “General Strike” terminology onto the action was appropriate at this…</p>
<p>"I initially approached the call for a General Strike on November 2 with the same skepticism, but the success of the event itself won me over. Academics will debate for years whether the Oakland General Strike was “real” or not but it is clear that the action was the most successful event in the Occupy movement thus far. Only a pedantic nit-picker could be so concerned about whether slapping the “General Strike” terminology onto the action was appropriate at this point."</p>
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<p>Article <a href="http://occupiedoaktrib.org/2011/12/06/a-reply-to-cal-winslow-on-the-west-coast-port-shut-down/" target="_blank">Here</a></p>Impacttag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2011-12-01:6446883:BlogPost:90212011-12-01T20:30:00.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p>The Money Power won a few battles last week, and captured a few tents - they still, however, are losing their war against us. According to a <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/12/01/379365/frank-luntz-occupy-wall-street/" target="_blank">Think Progress</a> article by Zaid Jilani,"The Republican Governor’s Association met in Florida this week and featured pollster Frank Luntz, who....told attendees that he’s “scared of this anti-Wall Street effort. I’m frightened to death.” The…</p>
<p>The Money Power won a few battles last week, and captured a few tents - they still, however, are losing their war against us. According to a <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/12/01/379365/frank-luntz-occupy-wall-street/" target="_blank">Think Progress</a> article by Zaid Jilani,"The Republican Governor’s Association met in Florida this week and featured pollster Frank Luntz, who....told attendees that he’s “scared of this anti-Wall Street effort. I’m frightened to death.” The pollster warned that the movement is “having an impact on what the American people think....” </p>
<p>In an October <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/10/poll-most-americans-support-occupy-wall-street/246963///#" target="_blank">poll</a>, a majority of Americans, "Some 59 percent of adults either completely agree or mostly agree with the protesters, while 31 percent mostly disagree or completely disagree; 10 percent of those surveyed didn't know or refused to answer." Bulldozing a few tents will not make Occupy America go away. In fact, the people ordered to do the bulldozing are becoming a real problem for the Money Power.</p>
<p><span class="bodyText">Chris Faraone wrote, in <a href="http://thephoenix.com/boston/news/130681-with-support-among-police-quietly-growing-can-occ/" target="_blank">The Boston Phoenix</a>, "As Occupy camps from coast to coast face evictions — and in many cases have already been pushed out of parks and plazas like so much human trash — it's clear that the institutional response to the movement is escalating dangerously....But as tensions build between Occupiers and Big Brother, what's also true is that individual officers are increasingly concerned about their role in combating Occupy. Even in cities where the overall police response has been barbaric, there's a growing sense that cops who've been charged with breaking camps are unnerved by such orders.</span></p>
<p><span class="bodyText">"Earlier this week, Los Angeles authorities avoided a riot by working with protesters, and even thanking them publicly for demonstrating their right to free speech. On a smaller scale, last month in Oregon an officer was seen sobbing in his combat gear while raiding a Portland encampment. In October, Albany police — along with state troopers — refused to arrest protesters despite pressure from the city's mayor and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo," according to</span> <span class="bodyText">Faraone</span></p>
<p>After visiting Zuccotti Park, Author Naomi Wolfe <a href="http://naomiwolf.org/2011/11/how-to-get-the-cops-to-protect-you/" target="_blank">wrote</a> "...it is hard for cops to be put in positions that dehumanize them too and psychologically traumatizing to be forced to act against their morals. This is a war and they are forced into front lines they did not choose." </p>
<p>According to Wolfe, "Occupy is in a very powerful position if they only begin to understand this. If If you REALLY want to know how the game is played — a game that is being played right now AGAINST you — you would have the OWS reps in every city go to a meeting with police benevolent association with your LOCAL REGISTERED VOTER LISTS in hand and say, “we want to put better pay and retirement for cops and other first responders on the ballot and are willing to get out the vote for this.”</p>
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</a></div>Occupy Evansville: Put it on the maptag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2011-11-14:6446883:BlogPost:64362011-11-14T04:08:24.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p>"Occupy Evansville protesters are following the lead of similar movements all over the country by setting up camp. Protesters have built a "tent city" in a Downtown Evansville park tonight despite the chance of criminal consequences.</p>
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<p><font size="2">About 25 people started pitching their tents at around two thirty this afternoon in preparation for an all night sit-in. But if the protesters aren't gone by the time the park closes, police say they could face criminal…</font></p>
<p>"Occupy Evansville protesters are following the lead of similar movements all over the country by setting up camp. Protesters have built a "tent city" in a Downtown Evansville park tonight despite the chance of criminal consequences.</p>
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<p><font size="2">About 25 people started pitching their tents at around two thirty this afternoon in preparation for an all night sit-in. But if the protesters aren't gone by the time the park closes, police say they could face criminal charges.</font></p>
<p><font size="2">The Occupy movement sprouted up in Evansville about a month ago and has continued to gain momentum. Organizer Don Mottley says tonight the protesters are staging their second all-night sit-in at the park near the Four Freedoms Monument. Their mission, to make a statement about corporate greed, high utility rates and other issues.</font></p>
<p><font size="2">But Mottley says police told him they would have to leave the park when it closes or face possible consequences. Evansville Police declined to speak on camera but filled us in on their plan.</font></p>
<p><font size="2">First they would issue verbal warnings, second they'd begin writing citations, then they would start arresting any protester who refuses to leave. Mottley says he believes the could be possible because the Evansville movement is smaller than the larger displays in Oakland and New York City."</font></p>
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<p> </p>Second Occupy Oakland Iraq war veteran injured after police clashestag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2011-11-06:6446883:BlogPost:62302011-11-06T01:00:00.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p>Someday it would be nice not to have to get news about America from Great Britain, but for now (and, Thanks for Standing, Canada)....</p>
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<p>"A second Iraq war veteran has suffered serious injuries after clashes between police and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/occupy-movement" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Occupy movement">Occupy movement</a> protesters in Oakland.</p>
<p>Kayvan Sabehgi, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, is in intensive care with a lacerated…</p>
<p>Someday it would be nice not to have to get news about America from Great Britain, but for now (and, Thanks for Standing, Canada)....</p>
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<p>"A second Iraq war veteran has suffered serious injuries after clashes between police and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/occupy-movement" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Occupy movement">Occupy movement</a> protesters in Oakland.</p>
<p>Kayvan Sabehgi, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, is in intensive care with a lacerated spleen. He says he was beaten by police close to the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/occupy-oakland" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Occupy Oakland">Occupy Oakland</a> camp, but despite suffering agonising pain, did not reach hospital until 18 hours later.</p>
<p>Sabehgi, 32, is the second Iraq war veteran to be hospitalised following involvement in Oakland protests. Another protester, Scott Olsen, suffered a fractured skull on 25 October."</p>
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<p>Article <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/04/occupy-oakland-second-veteran-injured?CMP=twt_fd" target="_blank">Here</a></p>OccupyOakland Protesters Struck Intentionally by Car, Cops Let Driver Go Freetag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2011-11-04:6446883:BlogPost:60512011-11-04T01:00:00.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p>"<em>November 2, 2011 – 11:30 pm Pacific</em></p>
<p>Two #occupiers were hit by a car tonight in downtown Oakland – one was dragged 30 feet and sustained an “obviously” broken leg, photos of the other victim are below.... Every single person at the scene was stunned that the driver could get away without being arrested." </p>
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<p>Article <a href="http://www.pythagoreanism.com/occupy-protesters-struck-by-car-intentionally-cops-high-five-driver/" target="_blank">Here</a></p>
<p>"<em>November 2, 2011 – 11:30 pm Pacific</em></p>
<p>Two #occupiers were hit by a car tonight in downtown Oakland – one was dragged 30 feet and sustained an “obviously” broken leg, photos of the other victim are below.... Every single person at the scene was stunned that the driver could get away without being arrested." </p>
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<p>Article <a href="http://www.pythagoreanism.com/occupy-protesters-struck-by-car-intentionally-cops-high-five-driver/" target="_blank">Here</a></p>Stand or Falltag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2011-11-02:6446883:BlogPost:60392011-11-02T17:55:31.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p>They say if you don’t stand for something – you will fall for anything. This is a story about people who stand and people who fall.</p>
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<p>A couple of nights ago, a guy stood against the Money Power in Oakland. He was a Marine Veteran, and like every Veteran, he stood and took an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States when he joined. He kept his oath. Waging war was hard: waging peace is harder. We thank him for standing with us.</p>
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<p>He was almost…</p>
<p>They say if you don’t stand for something – you will fall for anything. This is a story about people who stand and people who fall.</p>
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<p>A couple of nights ago, a guy stood against the Money Power in Oakland. He was a Marine Veteran, and like every Veteran, he stood and took an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States when he joined. He kept his oath. Waging war was hard: waging peace is harder. We thank him for standing with us.</p>
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<p>He was almost executed by a guy with a badge. Maybe the guy with the badge thought he would get away with it, because he thought “he was the Law.” He should not have fallen for that. The Constitution is the Law.</p>
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<p>Maybe the guy with the badge thought nobody would catch him. He should not have fallen for that. There are pictures of the guy with the badge, and witnesses that will testify when he faces trial. The world was watching. </p>
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<p>Maybe the guy with the badge thought he could say it was “just an accident.” There are pictures, however, of a hand grenade being thrown at the people that were trying to give first aid. Nobody is going to fall for that.</p>
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<p>The guy with the badge might think he can say “he was only following orders.” That did not work out well for the Nazi war criminals that came to trial after World War Two. The people who gave the guy with the badge his orders, however, are probably hoping they can get him to take the fall for them. </p>
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<p>The people who gave the guy with the badge his orders can’t say they “had to do it” – the <a href="http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/blog/2011/10/unions_including_police_ask_ma.html" target="_blank">police in Baltimore</a> did not fall for that. They are keeping the peace. They uphold the Law. Thanks for Standing Baltimore.</p>
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<p>Maybe the Money Power thinks they can just ignore this, and the whole thing will just go away, <a href="http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/13115" target="_blank">again</a>. Oakland is not falling for that. There is a general strike underway. The world is watching. </p>
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<p>We are proud to stand with Oakland today.</p>Marine "Regained Consciousness": Are We OKtag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2011-10-29:6446883:BlogPost:54092011-10-29T02:53:41.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p>According to the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/28/occupy-oakland-occupy-movement" target="_blank">Guardian</a>, "Scott Olsen, the Iraq war veteran who was seriously injured by a police projectile during a protest in Oakland, has regained consciousness but 'cannot talk'.</p>
<p>Olsen, 24, is communicating with friends and family at his bedside by writing notes, but his injury is believed to have damaged the speech centre of his brain, according to Keith Shannon, who served…</p>
<p>According to the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/28/occupy-oakland-occupy-movement" target="_blank">Guardian</a>, "Scott Olsen, the Iraq war veteran who was seriously injured by a police projectile during a protest in Oakland, has regained consciousness but 'cannot talk'.</p>
<p>Olsen, 24, is communicating with friends and family at his bedside by writing notes, but his injury is believed to have damaged the speech centre of his brain, according to Keith Shannon, who served with Olsen in Iraq."</p>
<p>He is better - not OK, yet. Our thoughts are with him, and we thank him for standing.</p>
<p>Marines, and all enlisted men and women take an oath when they join the U.S. Military. It never expires.</p>
<p>"I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God." </p>
<p>Scott Olsen kept his Oath.</p>Occupy Oakland: Marine veteran fighting for life after being shot in the facetag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2011-10-26:6446883:BlogPost:50122011-10-26T23:59:26.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
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<p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">A U.S. Marine veteran is in a critical condition in hospital</font> <font style="font-size: 1.2em;">tonight</font> <font style="font-size: 1.2em;">after being injured by a police gas canister during last night's Occupy Oakland protests, which saw running battles break out between authorities and protesters as a crowd tried to reclaim an encampment.</font></p>
<p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">Scott Olsen, 24, of Daly City, California, an Iraq veteran…</font></p>
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<p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">A U.S. Marine veteran is in a critical condition in hospital</font> <font style="font-size: 1.2em;">tonight</font> <font style="font-size: 1.2em;">after being injured by a police gas canister during last night's Occupy Oakland protests, which saw running battles break out between authorities and protesters as a crowd tried to reclaim an encampment.</font></p>
<p><font style="font-size: 1.2em;">Scott Olsen, 24, of Daly City, California, an Iraq veteran and member of Veterans for Peace, suffered a skull fracture and brain swelling after being hit in the head during the riots. Officers had cleared the site of demonstrators around 12 hours earlier in a dawn raid where at least 85 people were arrested."</font></p>
<div style="overflow: hidden; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"><br/><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2053502/Occupy-Oakland-protests-Marine-veteran-shot-face-police-rubber-bullet.html" target="_blank">Article Here</a></div>Poll: Most Americans Support Occupy Wall Street By Matthew Coopertag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2011-10-25:6446883:BlogPost:42742011-10-25T03:21:15.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p>"A new survey shows that Americans overwhelmingly support the self-styled Occupy Wall Street protests that not only have disrupted life in Lower Manhattan but also in Washington and cities and towns across the U.S. and in other nations. Some 59 percent of adults either completely agree or mostly agree with the protesters, while 31 percent mostly disagree or completely disagree; 10 percent of those surveyed didn't know or refused to answer."</p>
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<p>"A new survey shows that Americans overwhelmingly support the self-styled Occupy Wall Street protests that not only have disrupted life in Lower Manhattan but also in Washington and cities and towns across the U.S. and in other nations. Some 59 percent of adults either completely agree or mostly agree with the protesters, while 31 percent mostly disagree or completely disagree; 10 percent of those surveyed didn't know or refused to answer."</p>
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<p>Article <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/10/poll-most-americans-support-occupy-wall-street/246963///" target="_blank">Here</a></p>Tracking Protesterstag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2011-10-19:6446883:BlogPost:31002011-10-19T21:29:27.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<h2 style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman'; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">"And it seems the FBI and NYPD have had help tracking protesters' moves thanks to a conservative computer security expert <a href="http://gawker.com/5850025/right+wing-rabble+rouser-leaks-thousands-of-occupy-wall-street-emails" target="_blank">who gained access to one of the group's internal mailing lists,</a> and then handed over…</h2>
<h2 style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman'; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">"And it seems the FBI and NYPD have had help tracking protesters' moves thanks to a conservative computer security expert <a href="http://gawker.com/5850025/right+wing-rabble+rouser-leaks-thousands-of-occupy-wall-street-emails" target="_blank">who gained access to one of the group's internal mailing lists,</a> and then handed over information on the group's plans to authorities and corporations targeted by protesters."</h2>
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<p>Article <a href="http://redactednews.blogspot.com/2011/10/meet-guy-who-snitched-on-occupy-wall.html" target="_blank">here</a></p>
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<p>"Resistance, real resistance, to the corporate state was displayed when a couple of thousand protesters, clutching mops and brooms, early Friday morning forced the owners of Zuccotti Park and the New York City police to back down from a proposed attempt to expel them in order to “clean” the premises. These protesters in that one glorious moment did what the traditional “liberal” establishment has steadily refused to do—fight back. And it was deeply moving to watch the corporate rats scamper…</p>
<p>"Resistance, real resistance, to the corporate state was displayed when a couple of thousand protesters, clutching mops and brooms, early Friday morning forced the owners of Zuccotti Park and the New York City police to back down from a proposed attempt to expel them in order to “clean” the premises. These protesters in that one glorious moment did what the traditional “liberal” establishment has steadily refused to do—fight back. And it was deeply moving to watch the corporate rats scamper back to their holes on Wall Street. It lent a whole new meaning to the phrase “too big to fail.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/10/17" target="_blank">A Movement Too Big to Fail</a></p>Banks Must Fear Thistag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2011-10-15:6446883:BlogPost:22922011-10-15T23:22:51.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p>Evidently, our opponents fear this. Check it out</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/15/1026740/-Breaking:-30-Citibank-customers-arrested-for-closing-their-account?via=sidebar" target="_blank">"You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave"</a></p>
<p>Evidently, our opponents fear this. Check it out</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/15/1026740/-Breaking:-30-Citibank-customers-arrested-for-closing-their-account?via=sidebar" target="_blank">"You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave"</a></p>Occupy the Newstag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2011-10-13:6446883:BlogPost:24332011-10-13T21:42:35.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p><span class="commentBody">Check out about 1:40 into this video. It shows police, paid by our taxes, removing peaceful U.S. veterans exercising their right to assemble, and leaving the flag, (our flag) laying on the ground...This is what we stand against.</span></p>
<p><span class="commentBody"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu63e7QD_5k&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">Flag</a></span></p>
<p><span class="commentBody">Two days ago, coverage by "reporters" (please don't…</span></p>
<p><span class="commentBody">Check out about 1:40 into this video. It shows police, paid by our taxes, removing peaceful U.S. veterans exercising their right to assemble, and leaving the flag, (our flag) laying on the ground...This is what we stand against.</span></p>
<p><span class="commentBody"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu63e7QD_5k&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">Flag</a></span></p>
<p><span class="commentBody">Two days ago, coverage by "reporters" (please don't even let me get started again) seemed to only have "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_%28TV_network%29" target="_blank">RT</a>" plastered on the video. While it is great to see that Russia is interested in this freedom movement, it would be nice to be able to get news from other sources.</span></p>
<p><span class="commentBody">Among our members, we have writers, editors, video and still photographers. We have technical people who can secure out website from attempts to take it down. We are approaching a tipping point, with almost half of people saying they get their news from the internet, because they don't trust "reporters" who deliver only propaganda while calling it "News."</span></p>
<p><span class="commentBody">The "Flag" video on youtube is our story. We have the means to get our story out. Our opponents would like to portray us as "communists" or any other label they can create. We must tell our own story, so that instead of being labeled by someone else, we are portrayed truthfully for what we are. <br/></span></p>We Occupy Americatag:occupyamerica.ning.com,2011-10-11:6446883:BlogPost:25022011-10-11T21:40:28.000ZTerry Bainhttp://occupyamerica.ning.com/profile/TerryBain
<p>We are the free men and women that occupy America. We are a movement without leaders by design. We occupy Wall Street, and Main street – they are all our streets. We will not continue to occupy other people’s streets.</p>
<p>We are an international nation of free men united in a growing open rebellion against our opponent's new world of disorder . Our ambassadors proclaim our foreign policy with music We rap and mosh, but we are not a mob. We walk like Egyptians. We Rage Against the…</p>
<p>We are the free men and women that occupy America. We are a movement without leaders by design. We occupy Wall Street, and Main street – they are all our streets. We will not continue to occupy other people’s streets.</p>
<p>We are an international nation of free men united in a growing open rebellion against our opponent's new world of disorder . Our ambassadors proclaim our foreign policy with music We rap and mosh, but we are not a mob. We walk like Egyptians. We Rage Against the Machine: each of us, individually, has decided we will not "...do what they tell me."</p>
<p>We have no enemy, only opposition. When they no longer oppose us they will be us. We rebel, peacefully, while our opponent <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu63e7QD_5k&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">uses violence</a> lawlessly against us, (with forces paid for by our own taxes to uphold the law.) We are not yet in revolt, but we are revolted. We rebel, not against them, but against their policy. It is revolting.</p>
<p>We know who our opponents are paid by, and we know their plan. Historian Caroll Quigley calls them the “<a href="http://www.carrollquigley.net/pdf/Tragedy_and_Hope.pdf" target="_blank">Money Power</a>” : a foreign power that has occupied our streets for too long. Their occupation of America is over.</p>
<p>We are defeating their plan and winning without violence, at least on our part. We no longer fear what our opponent will do to us – we are making our opponent fear what we are doing to them.</p>