In case you forgot that both Democrats and Republicans were War Criminals:

here's a little video compilation of both democrats and republicans lying through their teeth to remind you

via puppetgov.com

HAPPY 8-MONTH-IVERSARY OWS!

Marina Sitrin: Imagining a New General Strike

The call for a general strike on May 1 should not be solely about work, argues Marina Sitrin, a postdoctoral fellow at CUNY specializing in global mass movements. Instead, it should reshape our ideas about how society is built, as Sitrin explains in this video, by asking hard questions about class, consumption, work and society.

Leah Bolger Pleads Guilty to Telling the Truth

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20-Year Veteran to Face Jail Time for Act of Civil Disobedience

CPAC has thoughts on #OWS; but #OWS has thoughts on CPAC

So the Conservative Political Action Committee had a panel in which they discussed the Occupy Movement vs the Tea Party.

It's on C-SPAN, and is currently not available for embedded playing. So here's a link: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304376-8

I would say, "Enjoy!" but I think you're going to have a REALLY hard time doing so. It's extremely cringeworthy.

Thankfully:

The Occupy Movement Shared Their Thoughts about CPAC

via Teamster Nation

The annual corporate greedfest known as CPAC was turned upside down today by thousands upon thousands of union members, community activists, unemployed workers and our good friend the giant Fat Cat. Dozens of reporters trained cameras on the sprited Washington, D.C. scene. Union banners waved as throngs of marchers surged into the street and up the hill to the hotel entrance. Protesters chanted, sang, drummed and danced while grandmothers sat down in the street to protest attacks on Medicare.


Police gave up trying to keep the huge crowd on the sidewalks. They blocked off the street as the peaceful protesters vented their thoughts about greed, tax dodging, unemployment and the war waged on working families.


Teamsters with "Stop the War on Worker" signs joined autoworkers, sheetmetal workers, firefighters, elevator constructors, UFCW, SEIU, AFSCME, UNITE. Community groups from as far away as Baltimore showed up by the busload.

Some of the entitled jerks attending CPAC had gleefully predicted violence, the way they always do, then did their best to provoke it. With expensive suits and camera equipment, they waded into the crowd hurling belligerent questions at the protesters. A security official -- was it a Secret Service agent -- took one entitled jerk away from the group he was badgering and gave him a talking-to.

The rally got off to a slow start around noon, as steelworkers, UAW members and Teamsters formed a picket line around the Fat Cat chanting, "Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Union busting's got to go." But at 12:30 someone shouted "Oh my God, thousands of marchers!" Led by drummers they filled the street, waving signs and banners as cars honked and police officers tried to herd them onto the sidewalks. "Our DC" and "We Are The 99%" signs joined "Recall Walker" and "Greed is Good--Romney-Gekko."

Soon the huge crowd surged up the hill, past the police and security, bellowing, "The People United Will Never Be Defeated!" Then they peacefully marched down again and regrouped in the street. Two women sat down on the pavement, soon to be joined by many more. Some gave speeches, some chanted and some sang along with pro-movement songs made up on the spot.

The CPAC one percenters had some charming things to say: @BossyMother called them "mutant scum." The delightful @stephenww tweeted, "I think we all can agree that the #OccupyCPAC crowd should get free contraception." @JimForbes_Pasco refers to the peaceful protesters as "OccupyCPAC goons."

Hitler Finds Out: You Can't Evict an Idea

via AcronymTV because you stand for... something.

Rev Billy: The Shopocalypse Is Upon Us!

via RT

Man Bulldozes his own home rather than face forclosure

I like this guys attitude.

"When I see that I owe $160,000 on almost a $350,000 home and somebody decides they want to take it -- I wasn't gonna stand for that so I took it down." -- Terry Hoskins, Moscow, Ohio

To translate from midwestern politeness into a language that people from NYC might understand:

Fuck me? Oh no, my friend, fuck YOU.

Banks forclose on homes in the hopes of reselling them and regaining their losses. By leveling his home, the bank has essentially nothing but the dirt it stood on. I applaud you sir.

#OWS is Creating a New World on the Ruins of the Old

Sorry about the little watermarks, I used my new p2 media setup, and I had to use a workaround to get it to work in Vegas.

As far as the dingy light quality, I just didn't pay close enough attention to the iris adjustment on the lens. Something I will deal with in the future.

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When will the Revolution come? [Full Version]

When will the revolution come?
I don't know
but I bet it will be fun.

Didn't Jesus feed the poor?
I don't know
but he doesn't anymore (it's up to us now)

CHORUS:
My heart is filled with broken glass
and I know in my soul that this cannot last
kicking all the kids out in the street
but they land on their feet
and they're marching to the beat
of their own drum

Why are you willing to kill?
Son, I've got to kill
cuz I gotta pay my bills

When will we end all the wars?
The wars will end when we figure out
what the fuck we're fighting for

CHORUS

When will the empire fall?
I don't know, but when it does
I won't feel so small

When will the Revolution come?
I don't know, but I
bet it will be fun.

CHORUS

Next Time You Fuck America, Use This #OWS

Thanks!

Sincerely,
#OWS

Occupy Xmas

Oh hell yes

Unregulated hyper-capitalism is a homicidal force.

When you use coal-fired electricity, people in West Virginia are dying of cancer because of it. When you buy a cell phone, women are raped and forced into slave labor in mines in central africa to extract the minerals used to build that phone.

These are just two of an unending list of examples of how unregulated hyper-capitalism is a homicidal force that requires the devaluation of life.

The Christmas season is celebrated in large part by events in which we submit to and cooperate with this force.

Just DON’T DO IT.

#OccupyXmas


Here are the links you need:
web: http://www.occupyXmas.org
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/occupyxmas
twitter: http://www.twitter.com/OccupyXmasTime

video directed by Dennis trainor, Jr shot by Dennis Trainor, Kevin Egan, Asher Platts of No Cure For That

Whose Orange Net? OUR ORANGE NET!

I was on this Oakland Solidarity march here at OWS, but the section that I was on was rather uneventful. There were times where I saw some of these conflicts, but from almost a block away. The march also broke into several sub-marches, and it was impossible to know where things were happening, or indeed WHAT was happening.

Here is a jaw-dropping highlights reel of both police brutality, as well as peaceful uprising.



While this paints a dirty picture of how the NYPD reacted, there were also times where they pretty much just gave up, and stopped trying to arrest people.

There was one point where people who were about to be arrested locked arms, and then the NYPD who were trying to arrest them just gave up in the middle of it, and decided, "ah, fuck it" and let them go.

And there was much dancing in celebration of that.

My favourite part of the video above is at 8:02 when the OWS marchers take the police net. The next day, people were wearing strips of that net as arm bands.

Fuck yes.

From the air:

[video] Oakland Police raid #OccupyOakland

Look at these Black Block Anarchists fucking up the #OccupyOakland camp. Throwing trash cans into the street, firing grenades, and acting like they're so badass.

Oh wait. That's the Oakland Police department.


When at least 12 people were maced at the Smithsonian Air & Space museum in DC on Oct 8th, the Smithsonian said only one person was maced. Which was bullshit. I was there. I filmed it. I coughed the rest of the day from the lingering cloud of mace I was exposed to. But the story that only one person was maced was reported by corporate owned media.

The Oakland Police say that the explosions you see here weren't flashbang grenades, a military tool for dispersal and disorientation, we saw employed in Minneapolis during the RNC convention. And it looks like it's being used in Oakland.

But the Police are blaming this on the protesters, saying that they were firing off fireworks. Riiiiiight. I don't buy that for a fucking second.

An Independent response to the letter to #occupyOakland from the City of Oakland

"Occupy Everywhere" by Banjo and Friends at #occupyDC

Like/ FAV/ Share – make this go viral! Occupy Everywhere! (Performed by Banjo & Friends of OccupyDC)

Video shot by Dennis Trainor Jr, Kevin Egan and Asher platts. Additional footage sourced from occupations everywhere.

cut by dennis trainor jr and asher platts.

This is more relevant today than ever

This is exactly what the Occupy movement is about.