“It's become too big to ignore" - OccupyWallStreet To Grow Next Week

[Hissyspit]

A demonstrator's sign at the Occupy Wall Street protest in lower Manhattan. Photo credit: Daniel Massey

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110929/FINANCE/110929865&template=smartphone

Veteran agitators flock to Occupy Wall Street
By DANIEL MASSEY
Sep 29, 2011 2:26 pm

The city's most experienced agitators—the labor and community groups that typically organize local marches, rallies and sit-ins—have been largely missing from the Occupy Wall Street protest that is in its 13th day at Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan.

But that's about to change.

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“It's a responsibility for the progressive organizations in town to show their support and connect Occupy Wall Street to some of the struggles that are real in the city today,” said Jon Kest, executive director of New York Communities for Change, which is helping to organize the march. “They're speaking about issues we're trying to speak about.”

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The protestors have transformed the park into a village of sorts, complete with a community kitchen, a library, a concert stage, an arts and crafts center and a media hub. All of that has enabled them not just to sustain the action but to build momentum. And as celebrities like Michael Moore, Susan Sarandon, Russell Simmons and Cornel West have joined in, the city's traditional activists have been forced to jump into the fray.

“It's become too big to ignore,” said one political consultant.

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Signs and chants will likely call for an extension of the so-called millionaires' tax and a roll-back of state budget cuts. They will also likely show support for New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's position that a proposed settlement between banks and attorneys general over troubled mortgage pools is too lenient.

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[Stuart G]

1. K and R..

[silverweb]

2. K&R

:patriot:

[gratuitous]

3. Stubborn lot

Don't they realize they're not wearing the right clothes, that their message isn't distilled down to the size a Tea Bagger brain can handle (e.g. Hulk SMASH!), and that the popular media aren't giving them fawning coverage? Besides, they're making some people uncomfortable. And, and, and, some of the banksters are laughing at them while drinking expensive champagne. Somebody tell them to just cut it out.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

32. I live in Jersey City and I'll be joining them tomorrow. I guess I'm too stupid to listen to the

establishment "progressives" who are dismissing these kids. I'll be proud to demonstrate with them and talk about the sad state our country is in with them. I'll post pics for y'all.

[gratuitous]

33. Look forward to it

Good luck, have fun (because freedom fightin' is fun), and if you throw a tear gas canister back at the cops, remember to wash your hands thoroughly before using the toilet.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

35. Would love to throw a teargas canister back at them.

(Hopefully it won't nail Mace and Run Bologna in the head.) And thanks for the tip :-)

[smokey nj]

45. I live in Bayonne and I'm planning on heading over tomorrow myself.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

47. Good deal. I'm going to bring a guitar.

So if you see someone playing Dylan songs it might be me.

[TBF]

54. Thanks - I'd love to see pictures! nt

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. Are the 1% listening NOW? K&R!

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. Kick and Recommend!

[dipsydoodle]

6. K & R

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[Booster]

7. Put them on the morning shows, you cowardly producers. This

is real news that affects all of us. POWER TO THE PEOPLE.

[CoffeeCat]

9. Wouldn't it be great if the protestors...

...just showed up in the Today show line?

They could also show up and protest outside the windows. People outside
those windows are visible.

And it IS live television.

I would love to see that.

[AmBlue]

11. A fabulous idea, CoffeeCat!!

But $20 will get you $20 they'd be barred. And maced. Or worse....

[GrannyK]

56. Use a Code Pink trick

Make the sign on cloth that can be rolled or folded up and then pull it out when the timing is perfect. Enjoy.

[FunMe]

69. Great idea!

Send your idea to the organizers of the protesters.

[indepat]

18. Makes NPR look like assholes; ideological and very stupid

imo. :patriot:

[saras]

53. No one makes NPR look like assholes but NPR, and they're pretty good at it

[jwirr]

72. Wonder if Chris Hayes might do some thing on his morning show?

[Hissyspit]

8. Kick nt

[CoffeeCat]

10. Someone is unreccing this thread...

Their biggest fear is that this thing grows.

This could be the game changer. And they damn well know it.

K&R because we will be changing things around this country...no matter
how many nerdewells are unleashed on the Internet to quell this revolution.

K&R to offset the cowards.

[Hissyspit]

12. Kick nt

[Enthusiast]

20. They are Republicans/Teabaggers registered

and participating on DU for the purpose of disrupting the discussion and sowing discord. They must be removed. Anyone that would unrec this thread is a right wing asshole.

[kenfrequed]

21. Agreed

And recommended to counteract!

[Whiskeytide]

24. Disagreed

If they are here, then perhaps they will learn something about themselves and question their brianwashing. Where better to see the real truth? And I think we can identify and resist disruption just fine.

[BobbyBoring]

That's a nice thought

But these people are too blind to learn anything. What's left to learn when Rush and Glen fill your every waking hr with their wisdom?

[stlsaxman]

41. oh to be a new DU member again... so full of hopes and dreams! Enthusiast is correct-

unfortunately. the disruptor is not here to learn anything or question their brainwarshing. you will learn that soon enough- the trick is not to become jaded! ;)

and- yes, we have identified and resisted disruption just fine since 2001!

:hi: - "Welcome to DU!"

[Whiskeytide]

46. Thanks for the welcome. And...

... I am sufficiently cynical to understand that many wingnuts are well beyond help. But I live in Red State central. A lot of traditional conservative friends and family. Maybe not certifiable wingnuts, but pretty conservative - and usually wingnutty on at least an issue or two. THEY can be reasoned with, especially when a little truth gets through their filters. I'm all in favor of exposing them to as much as possible.

[Enthusiast]

49. I won't stop trying to inform them.

But their heads are already full. Their heads are full of Limbaughisms and Beckisms. It is a horrible condition. It looks like this eventually.

[Auggie]

22. Another K&R

[Fire Walk With Me]

25. Yep!

:hi:

[Chipper Chat]

39. And still NOT A WORD in USAToday.

But today's paper did have a big article on the protests in GREEECE! Shameful.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

43. Think of them as "pragmatic" unrecs. nt

[eilen]

61. Ed Schultz was scoffing at the protest today

said they should disband and join a presidential campaign team. What a joke. The reason why the people are there is because the system does not work for the people anymore. They will not donate their time to some stupid greedy politician who is only going to discard them when it is politically expedient after the election.

[rhett o rick]

63. I dont get the unrec'ing a thread with hundreds of rec's. nm

[Shining Jack]

71. K&R n/t

[Desertrose]

13. K&R this and for occupywallstreet.org

The movement is growing.....

[Hart2008]

14. K & R!

:kick:

[Le Taz Hot]

15. K & R nt

[Cherchez la Femme]

16. Why'd they ignore them in the first place?

Now they look like opportunists

[JDPriestly]

51. I love your picture -- freedom and justice. Wonderful!

[Aerows]

59. Just gorgeous, that pic :) n/t

[Raksha]

66. Love your picture!

[Overseas]

17. K&R. Yes please!

[Enthusiast]

19. Investigate the financial services industry!

Re-regulate the financial services industry. Tax the shit out of the financial services industry.

[rucognizant]

23. K & R

[fasttense]

26. I am so impressed with these protesters.

They remain nonviolent, take the abuse the NYPD dishes out, stand strong and continue to protest.

These people are what real Americans are made of. They have started something very big. They have the guts and savvy to know their efforts will be make a difference in our political climate.

[DeSwiss]

27. K&R n/t

[Desertrose]

28. Occupytogether.org!

[librechik]

29. I would like to see OWS become a magnet for 99ers and other unemployed

from across the nation

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

68. I have a dream that it spreads across the nation

and a couple of million people demand and get change.

[dhill926]

30. The K & R...........n/t

[concreteblue]

31. k n fn R

just for the fun of it....the Financial Transfer Tax needs to be on the agenda....
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/issues/fst/

[Kurovski]

34. K&R

In Crain's even. :thumbsup:

[mother earth]

36. K & R! You too, Hissyspit! Occupation Solidarity! nt

[Zorra]

37. YAY! Wonderful! Fabulous!

Finally, after all these years.
:bounce::party::toast:

[ohheckyeah]

38. K&R n/t

[libmom74]

40. K&R

Great sign!

[Sandrine for you]

42. K&R nt.

[lunatica]

44. I love it!

kick'd and rec'd!!!

[ooglymoogly]

48. Gratefully R&K'd...

Now there is a bumper sticker and T shirt maker...."The people are too big to fail". Should become the battle cry.

[Javaman]

50. Now this is grassroots!

not like the corporateroots of the tea baggers.

I certainly hope this goes nationwide.

[RoccoR5955]

52. K & R! n/t

[russspeakeasy]

55. Please inform me...what is their direct message?

I support them, but what is it they want ? Don't they need to boil it down to a simple to understand message ? Thanks...

[Harmony Blue]

57. Message?

They are protesting against Wall Street. Enough said.

[russspeakeasy]

60. Yeah I get that.

[marias23]

58. Bloomberg The LITTLE DICTATOR has spoken

He balances the right of free speech and assembly against the inconvenience­ce to the public.The LITTLE DICTATOR has spoken

[PETRUS]

62. K&R

My first post. After lurking for oh, about 18 or 20 months I finally signed up. Y'all are great. I've come to rely heavily on this site to point me towards news and articles of interest, and the diversity of opinion is quite lively too. Glad to see such strong support for #occupywallstreet. Power to the people.

[rhett o rick]

64. Help by calling and/or emailing your congress-critter letting them know we support

the Occupation of Wall Street. Write letters to editors. Print simple handouts and pass them out, leave them in businesses, leave them under windshield wipers. Get the message out.

[femrap]

65. So happy to see the

OWS Movement is growing!!!:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[SoapBox]

67. “It's become too big to ignore"...unless you are the LimpStreamMedia

...ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, NPR, PBS...not such good coverage. Heck what am I saying?! What coverage???!!???

Come on Diane Sawyer...Get your butt down in the center of the protest!

ya right.

[ChiciB1]

70. Good To See More Threads About This... I've Been Wondering Why I

wasn't hearing more. I can't get to the big ones because of financial reasons, but will be going to one in Tampa. I was so happy when I got the email from a group I belong to about it. However, it will also be in conjunction with the Afghan War. But they did highlight Corrupt Corporations as a big part of the whole rally.

I've sent out emails to many people and got people in my neighborhood to go with us. THIS NEEDS TO KEEP GOING ON!

It's time we hit the streets no matter if they pay attention or not. If Tea-Baggers got their people elected and energized THIS might be what will help our side. And it MIGHT make our Democrats REALIZE they had better GET ON BOARD!

Just one problem with the date down here... The Rays are in the play-offs and I'm afraid there could be a timing conflict. Just praying it will be an off night to play, but did look at the calendar and it made me wonder. Don't know how they schedule, like 2 days playing, one off or what. It might throw a monkey wrench into things down here. Can anyone fill me in on how they play these games?

Fingers crossed because my husband and a couple of his friends said they would go with me, BUT they're BIG for the Rays! I may be trucking with less people and that SUCKS!