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I have been asked a few times lately about what the protestors want. Thanks to 1776Forever for this.
1776Forever (1000+ posts) Fri Sep-30-11 08:22 AM
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Occupy Wall Street Official Declaration of the Occupation of New York City
This was sent out by requesting a copy from Call to Action c2anycga@gmail.com -
Declaration of the Occupation of New York City
As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not
lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by
the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies.
As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race
requires the cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and
upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights,
and those of their neighbors; that a democratic government derives its just power from
the people, but corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people and
the Earth; and that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by
economic power. We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over
people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We
have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.
They have taken our houses through an illegal foreclosure process, despite not having the
original mortgage.
They have taken bailouts from taxpayers with impunity, and continue to give Executives
exorbitant bonuses.
They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the workplace based on age, the
color of one's skin, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.
They have poisoned the food supply through negligence, and undermined the farming
system through monopolization.
They have profited off of the torture, confinement, and cruel treatment of countless nonhuman
animals, and actively hide these practices.
They have continuously sought to strip employees of the right to negotiate for better pay
and safer working conditions.
They have held students hostage with tens of thousands of dollars of debt on education,
which is itself a human right.
They have consistently outsourced labor and used that outsourcing as leverage to cut
workers’ healthcare and pay.
They have influenced the courts to achieve the same rights as people, with none of the
culpability or responsibility.
They have spent millions of dollars on legal teams that look for ways to get them out of
contracts in regards to health insurance.
They have sold our privacy as a commodity.
They have used the military and police force to prevent freedom of the press.
They have deliberately declined to recall faulty products endangering lives in pursuit of
profit.
They determine economic policy, despite the catastrophic failures their policies have
produced and continue to produce.
They have donated large sums of money to politicians supposed to be regulating them.
They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil.
They continue to block generic forms of medicine that could save people’s lives in order
to protect investments that have already turned a substantive profit.
They have purposely covered up oil spills, accidents, faulty bookkeeping, and inactive
ingredients in pursuit of profit.
They purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the
media.
They have accepted private contracts to murder prisoners even when presented with
serious doubts about their guilt.
They have perpetuated colonialism at home and abroad.
They have participated in the torture and murder of innocent civilians overseas.
They continue to create weapons of mass destruction in order to receive government
contracts. *
To the people of the world,
We, the New York City General Assembly occupying Wall Street in Liberty Square, urge
you to assert your power.
Exercise your right to peaceably assemble; occupy public space; create a process to
address the problems we face, and generate solutions accessible to everyone.
To all communities that take action and form groups in the spirit of direct democracy, we
offer support, documentation, and all of the resources at our disposal.
Join us and make your voices heard!
*These grievances are not all-inclusive.
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This is a work in process - To request your copy of current Declaration of OWS please email to Call to Action c2anycga@gmail.com
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