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Rusty5329
Rusty5329's Journal
Rusty5329's Journal
May 1, 2012
"I encourage everyone that is non-emergency personnel to participate in the general strike on May the first. I believe that a strong message needs to be put out and the people aren’t going to listen unless we bring the economy to a screeching stop for at least one day."
Walid Hakim is a candidate for South Carolina's State House in the 88th district and one of 19 Occupy Columbia protestors who were arrested on the State House last November. To learn more about his campaign, visit http://www.WalidHakim.com
Walid Hakim Endorses May 1st General Strike
"I encourage everyone that is non-emergency personnel to participate in the general strike on May the first. I believe that a strong message needs to be put out and the people aren’t going to listen unless we bring the economy to a screeching stop for at least one day."
Walid Hakim is a candidate for South Carolina's State House in the 88th district and one of 19 Occupy Columbia protestors who were arrested on the State House last November. To learn more about his campaign, visit http://www.WalidHakim.com
December 15, 2011
Judge Rules Occupiers Can Stay
December 15, 2011
#OccupyColumbia Wins in Federal Court!
December 12, 2011
Today, we begin in earnest a fundraising drive to get our ad, “The People’s Lobby” run on television in South Carolina!
“The People’s Lobby” is a one-minute commercial constructed around the Occupy Columbia creed. Like all our efforts, it was created entirely by volunteers who care deeply about the Occupy movement. Now we need everyone’s help to get it up on television.
We are asking people to contribute any amount they can, to ask friends and family to help, and to share “The People’s Lobby” on Facebook and Twitter.
Our goal is to reach an audience that has yet to hear our unfiltered message. We’ve all come together to speak up against a system that isn’t working for the majority of Americans. Bankers took egregious risks, crashed the economy, got bailed out with our money, gave themselves bonuses, and then used that money to influence politics. We are the people’s lobby!
Contributions to the advertising fund can be made at https://www.wepay.com/donate/ThePeoplesLobby
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Special thanks to Matthew Breeden for shooting and editing this ad, to D Street Studios for producing the music, and to all occupiers for their passion, courage, and commitment.
The People's Lobby
Today, we begin in earnest a fundraising drive to get our ad, “The People’s Lobby” run on television in South Carolina!
“The People’s Lobby” is a one-minute commercial constructed around the Occupy Columbia creed. Like all our efforts, it was created entirely by volunteers who care deeply about the Occupy movement. Now we need everyone’s help to get it up on television.
We are asking people to contribute any amount they can, to ask friends and family to help, and to share “The People’s Lobby” on Facebook and Twitter.
Our goal is to reach an audience that has yet to hear our unfiltered message. We’ve all come together to speak up against a system that isn’t working for the majority of Americans. Bankers took egregious risks, crashed the economy, got bailed out with our money, gave themselves bonuses, and then used that money to influence politics. We are the people’s lobby!
Contributions to the advertising fund can be made at https://www.wepay.com/donate/ThePeoplesLobby
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Special thanks to Matthew Breeden for shooting and editing this ad, to D Street Studios for producing the music, and to all occupiers for their passion, courage, and commitment.
December 12, 2011
When we started our second season back in January, all eyes were on the plans of new Republican House majority. With that in mind, our first episode was on an extremely insider issue: transparency provisions in the House rules package. As the year has progressed, however, disillusioned activists across the political spectrum began to seek larger, systemic reforms to a broken political system. In homage to an evolving political climate, we wrap up the season with perhaps our most “outsider” summary to date: the OCCUPIED constitutional amendment by Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL19).
Deutch was inspired to act by the grievances at the heart of the Occupy Wall Street sensation – frustration with a political system corrupted by money and designed to advance the interests of large corporations and the super-rich. The amendment is the most far-reaching attempt to undo the corrosive effects of money in politics by getting at the roots. While we recently covered another proposed amendment by Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD4) that would simply overturn Citizens United, this amendment also negates corporate personhood and essentially gives Congress and state legislatures the authority to enact whatever campaign finance reform measures they deem necessary.
While this proposal has virtually no chance of even receiving a hearing in the Republican-controlled House, it is a clarifying rhetorical measure as the most logical legislative answer to the demands of the Occupiers, stated or otherwise.
More info at http://www.mainstreetinsider.org/90secondsummaries/?p=559
Season 2 Finale: The OCCUPIED Amendment
When we started our second season back in January, all eyes were on the plans of new Republican House majority. With that in mind, our first episode was on an extremely insider issue: transparency provisions in the House rules package. As the year has progressed, however, disillusioned activists across the political spectrum began to seek larger, systemic reforms to a broken political system. In homage to an evolving political climate, we wrap up the season with perhaps our most “outsider” summary to date: the OCCUPIED constitutional amendment by Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL19).
Deutch was inspired to act by the grievances at the heart of the Occupy Wall Street sensation – frustration with a political system corrupted by money and designed to advance the interests of large corporations and the super-rich. The amendment is the most far-reaching attempt to undo the corrosive effects of money in politics by getting at the roots. While we recently covered another proposed amendment by Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD4) that would simply overturn Citizens United, this amendment also negates corporate personhood and essentially gives Congress and state legislatures the authority to enact whatever campaign finance reform measures they deem necessary.
While this proposal has virtually no chance of even receiving a hearing in the Republican-controlled House, it is a clarifying rhetorical measure as the most logical legislative answer to the demands of the Occupiers, stated or otherwise.
More info at http://www.mainstreetinsider.org/90secondsummaries/?p=559
December 11, 2011
We'll have the entire poetry slam available very shortly.
Joy Reads 'America' at #OccupyColumbia Poetry Slam
We'll have the entire poetry slam available very shortly.
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