In response to http://yfrog.com/nv4aogp
I understand that you've worked very hard for a good life. You've jumped through the hoops that they've put in place, and have avoided making the bad decisions that they have created for people to fall into holes along the way. I don't know about you, but I don't want to play the game of avoiding pitfalls any longer. They wait for you to mess up, and purposefully give temptations to people to spend their money unwisely. As I said before, they try to play with us. I don't want to go through life walking among a room of fishhooks, seeing my friends get caught by their bait until I can reach the end knowing I have fallen for no tricks.
Instead what we are doing is trying to create a new world without as many risks and dangers that have been put in front of us. In our modern age, humans have the need to create an environment that our minds originally developed in. With our technologies, we don't need to create such a hostile environment to people any more.
We have the responsibility to change the system and re-establish our rights. The 99% are more than just about getting bailed out. It's about how the banks have limited free speech and spread a cacophony of lies about how they operate. We are not all asking that we get bailed out, but we are asking for the reinstatement of our freedoms. The monitoring of dissident groups in America is fundamentally un-American, and has been done for the past 60 years more and more. For me this is a freedom and rights issue, not a money issue. The money issues are the symptom of a root cause.
The question is not whether you have worked for what you have, but if you have the right to think and be a certain way in society, if we as a whole are able to participate in whatever we see fit. Right now that is not the case. Furthermore, an attack on a worker anywhere in America is an attack on you, as you may be the next worker laid off or have their hours cut and your whole carefully laid out plan would fall apart. Whether you like it or not, you are part of the 99% of people we are fighting for. Whether you deny your economic status or not does not change where you are up on the ladder, whatever your decision is to be part of the 99% out there on the streets.
I want to state again that this is not a legal issue, this is a political issue when we deal with banks. And the reason that this is a political issue is because the banks have infiltrated our government enough to have police come down on protesters that are for the people, and have the news crew say that the occupy movement does not have a clear message when we've been making it clear all along: get corporate money out of politics.
Being in the 1% does not involve considering yourself debt free or free, it's an issue of economic status and power. With the information that you have given, I would not say you have much say in how you live your life, or have the power of a billionaire. Neither do I. Therefore we are not in the 1%, and we do not have that decision. No matter how much we take into our own hands, the chance of responsibility equaling being in the 1% is very low. In fact, most in the 1% have taken exorbitant risks and terrible mistakes that allowed them to be there. If you're in the 1% life's a gambling game that's rigged in favor of you. Not everyone else.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
The Turning Move
I'm not against police. I like every single one of them, even when one of them pepper sprays two girls in the face. Erm… I take that back, I have no comment on police who pepper spray indiscriminately.
Occupy Chicago has been going extremely well. Every day our numbers grow and we are one of the most diverse sections of the Occupy movement. I have met lifelong friends at this, not all who share similar beliefs, but individuals that know something has got to change and we have to unite to change it now.
What compels me to write this is the tactics that police have openly used against peaceful protesters. The first days, we were up against the Federal Reserve walls, building our Occupy movement. Then we were told to move to the planters across the public walkway. Then we were told that we could only use a portion of the public walkway. After that, we were told that our stuff must be mobile. Our solutions to each of the police's attempts to create chaos were to consolidate and strengthen our organization. At one point we were moving our mobile carts back and forth every five minutes to maintain our space. Soon after, the police almost issued us a citation because we weren't mobile enough. Now we are across the street on Bank of America territory. We must all remember the people that have kept this movement alive. Many thanks to the organizers who have put in their time and livelihood into making this happen and allowing us to continually grow.
At every point where our movement begins to pick up organization, the police decide that we are unable to continue doing what we're doing. One two hour shift of a police officer can tell us to move our stuff, and then the next officer will tell us we're doing alright. When peaceful protests are cajoled into chaos, we are unable to build up steam to begin a true movement.
Compared to any other movement section, Chicago has wonderful relations with the police. We have had no arrests as of the time of writing this article, and we have a police liaison committee for the direct interaction with our brothers and sisters in uniform. However, they will stop at nothing to make a movement nothing more than a baby step.
Our movement needs solid ground on which to stand on and organize from. We have two storage spaces for our equipment in dire need of a home. And soon enough that home will come. Let us take baby steps towards objectives, for we are not fully grown yet. Perseverance and discipline are what is needed at this point in everyone's hearts and minds. If we are truly to make a lasting impact on the society we wish to change, we must be as dedicated to the change we wish to see as the Egyptians have demonstrated. Hold strong, we shall succeed soon enough. This wave is greater than the day to day struggle with the cops, and soon it will wash us all forward into the world we will into existence every day. It is a game that the powers are playing with us. In chess, what makes a grand master is not every move, but the one move that changes the game. Let us not get frustrated with sparring, but revel in it, and grow, and learn from it. How far down the rabbit hole are you to true revolution, and when will our fledgeling movement make the move that changes the game?
Best wishes,
Anastaz
Occupy Chicago has been going extremely well. Every day our numbers grow and we are one of the most diverse sections of the Occupy movement. I have met lifelong friends at this, not all who share similar beliefs, but individuals that know something has got to change and we have to unite to change it now.
What compels me to write this is the tactics that police have openly used against peaceful protesters. The first days, we were up against the Federal Reserve walls, building our Occupy movement. Then we were told to move to the planters across the public walkway. Then we were told that we could only use a portion of the public walkway. After that, we were told that our stuff must be mobile. Our solutions to each of the police's attempts to create chaos were to consolidate and strengthen our organization. At one point we were moving our mobile carts back and forth every five minutes to maintain our space. Soon after, the police almost issued us a citation because we weren't mobile enough. Now we are across the street on Bank of America territory. We must all remember the people that have kept this movement alive. Many thanks to the organizers who have put in their time and livelihood into making this happen and allowing us to continually grow.
At every point where our movement begins to pick up organization, the police decide that we are unable to continue doing what we're doing. One two hour shift of a police officer can tell us to move our stuff, and then the next officer will tell us we're doing alright. When peaceful protests are cajoled into chaos, we are unable to build up steam to begin a true movement.
Compared to any other movement section, Chicago has wonderful relations with the police. We have had no arrests as of the time of writing this article, and we have a police liaison committee for the direct interaction with our brothers and sisters in uniform. However, they will stop at nothing to make a movement nothing more than a baby step.
Our movement needs solid ground on which to stand on and organize from. We have two storage spaces for our equipment in dire need of a home. And soon enough that home will come. Let us take baby steps towards objectives, for we are not fully grown yet. Perseverance and discipline are what is needed at this point in everyone's hearts and minds. If we are truly to make a lasting impact on the society we wish to change, we must be as dedicated to the change we wish to see as the Egyptians have demonstrated. Hold strong, we shall succeed soon enough. This wave is greater than the day to day struggle with the cops, and soon it will wash us all forward into the world we will into existence every day. It is a game that the powers are playing with us. In chess, what makes a grand master is not every move, but the one move that changes the game. Let us not get frustrated with sparring, but revel in it, and grow, and learn from it. How far down the rabbit hole are you to true revolution, and when will our fledgeling movement make the move that changes the game?
Best wishes,
Anastaz
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