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we should rename this thread Occupy the world!

don't know if someone posted these pictures, don't really care, because we shouldn't forget that this movement is more than just america!

germany!
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6034/...4cdc41b5dd.jpg

spain!
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6099/...32c6747091.jpg

italy!
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6217/...76a0274df0.jpg

portugal!
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6215/...eaa3e6ec29.jpg

south korea!
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6043/...17a4b0cfbb.jpg

chile!
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6221/...34d5cf0d6e.jpg

....college interns...and many many more
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6048/...9e75ee9581.jpg

snow not give them money!

Occupy Tokyo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXlabXBYBtA

Their issues are mostly with government not being transparent regarding the true results of the nuclear facilities from the last earthquake.

LMAO Occupy Antarctica FTW!!!!

Hilarious.

did you see my post last page too juroara?

You'd THINK it would be a big deal in the Eurozone, what with all of the bankruptcies of entire nations and devalued Euro and whatnot... all relying on Germany to bail them out while their economies crumble. Occupy the world? Maybe it should be UnCorrupt the World?

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Originally Posted by tommo

Um.... ok?

I know that. I said since it is for all intents and purposes, funded by the taxpayers, i.e public, then as far as I'm concerned, their premises are public land.

Read ninja.



Also, Occupy Melbourne apparently overstayed their welcome. They were supposed to move out today, based on some bullshit law or something. They stayed and the riot police came in on horses and full riot gear, pepper sprayed a bunch of people and arrested a bunch more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRgxXgUh1Vg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThpT4JU8bpI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrRZBVqioeU

Fucken bullshit. Trespassing on public land.... how the fuck is that even possible?

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So that's how this will end, police will drag protesters 1 by 1 till no more are left.

That's not how it will end, but how it will begin.

Blowback is a bitch

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Originally Posted by Omnis Dei

That's not how it will end, but how it will begin.

Blowback is a bitch

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I was kidding, you can't silence this protest this way.

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Originally Posted by Omnis Dei

That's not how it will end, but how it will begin.

Blowback is a bitch

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I was kidding, you can't silence this protest this way.

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Originally Posted by Omnis Dei

That's not how it will end, but how it will begin.

Blowback is a bitch

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Yeah, exactly. They just started protesting again today, protesting against the police brutality committed against them yesterday! HA!

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Originally Posted by LucidFlanders

I was kidding, you can't silence this protest this way.

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This is true. Our police actually had a better tactic to remove them than the American police did though lol
American cops were basically trying to push everyone back and out of the way, while ours set up fences and just pulled people out one by one lol
Gotta admire that, in a sick way.

Holy Crap at Spain. There look like there are as many people there as in NYC. Where is that? Madrid?

It's not surprising that Europeans joined the cause. Goldman Sachs royally fucked their economy. The Greek government hired them to help them hide their debt which is a major player in the current European problem. Some european economies are still stable, but they don't have the resources to bail out the rest of them.

Tommo, wtf. It is good to see the protesters not stooping to the level of the police and fighting back, but how can the police do that while the media reports? In the USA the presence of a camera will usually stop police from brutalizing people except in rare instances like the tony bologna incident, both are usually met with pretty big backlashes (from the public, not their superiors.) The police force can be sued in Australia right? By the end of Occupy Wall Street, I wouldn't be surprised if the NYPD end up with 50 million in lawsuits. Does Australia have something similar to the ACLU (it's a powerful legal organization who take on civil rights cases like police brutality, usually for free)? Ours is very involved in the protests.

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Originally Posted by ninja9578

Holy Crap at Spain. There look like there are as many people there as in NYC. Where is that? Madrid?

It's not surprising that Europeans joined the cause. Goldman Sachs royally fucked their economy. The Greek government hired them to help them hide their debt which is a major player in the current European problem. Some european economies are still stable, but they don't have the resources to bail out the rest of them.

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Speaking of which, this reminds me of Iceland. They got fucked really hard in the financial crisis. Their economy was booming and then they basically lost all their progress instantly. I was looking to see if they have an Occupy Iceland. I'm not sure, but I did find this. I suppose it fits the bill -
Daily Kos: Occupy Iceland: Ex-PM may be indicted, and first lady joins protesters

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Tommo, wtf. It is good to see the protesters not stooping to the level of the police and fighting back, but how can the police do that while the media reports? In the USA the presence of a camera will usually stop police from brutalizing people except in rare instances like the tony bologna incident, both are usually met with pretty big backlashes (from the public, not their superiors.) The police force can be sued in Australia right? By the end of Occupy Wall Street, I wouldn't be surprised if the NYPD end up with 50 million in lawsuits. Does Australia have something similar to the ACLU (it's a powerful legal organization who take on civil rights cases like police brutality, usually for free)? Ours is very involved in the protests.

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I'm not sure if we have an ACLU. But basically if the Victorian (not sure about other states, but probably the same) police get hit with a lawsuit, they will just pay the accuser so they don't get wound up in legal battles. Especially in these cases since footage is everywhere, they'll end up paying out to so many people lol

Video from Iceland
Pretty funny lol Throwing eggs and yoghurt at them :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWVd15gh-WU&feature=player_embedded

Spain didn't exactly join the cause; they've been protesting in large numbers for several months now.

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Originally Posted by Ne-yo

What if OWS was well-organized psychological operation? I'm just throwing that out there, take it how you want to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suEu1qrYI1s


You don't need to be completely convinced regarding the information in this video but it's very interesting nevertheless.

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That video is total garbage, not a single person he showed was the same.

I could see OWS having some elements which are fabricated, but this guy seems real.

I like the strategy of purposely getting arrested and demanding jury trials.

They don't even need to get arrested on purpose, seems 800 of the already falsely arrested people's lawyer's have demanded them. That is brilliant. The NYPD's misconduct is going to end up costing them 50 million, Chase's bribe was only 4.5 million. I love this tactic, it's basically a real life DDoS of the court system. The threat of the gridlock of the court system should make the NYPD be more selective and arrest only those who actually are committing crimes. Seeing that the movement has about a 75% approval rating in the city and the video cameras every five feet, most will be found not guilty.

I think we should take advantage of this and start protesting inside the banks. As long as we can keep the system too clogged up to prosecute, we need to start working for real change. Much like MLK did, we need to start breaking laws in solidarity that will change the system. If 1000 people occupied inside BoA headquarters and then demanded jury trials after being arrested, we could get something accomplished.

occupy dallas members were arrested for locking arms and having a sit in outside chase bank. these are the first arrests for occupy dallas

now people are attacking the website saying "you disrupted our lives by sitting outside of chase bank!"











.................................................. ...........oh no your life was disrupted and you don't why. frustrating isnt it?

That's the point. These people man... they don't have any idea what's going on do they?

This movement is pretty interesting. I don't think we have seen anything like it before. It's almost as if the blinders are starting to come off.

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Originally Posted by knight31

This movement is pretty interesting. I don't think we have seen anything like it before. It's almost as if the blinders are starting to come off.

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Has been for years, just more people are starting to wake up.

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Originally Posted by Omnis Dei

I think we should take advantage of this and start protesting inside the banks. As long as we can keep the system too clogged up to prosecute, we need to start working for real change. Much like MLK did, we need to start breaking laws in solidarity that will change the system. If 1000 people occupied inside BoA headquarters and then demanded jury trials after being arrested, we could get something accomplished.

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I think the point is to clog up the court system WITHOUT anybody actually going to jail. You could actually get time for occupying the bank, given the stupid laws.

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Originally Posted by tommo

I think the point is to clog up the court system WITHOUT anybody actually going to jail. You could actually get time for occupying the bank, given the stupid laws.

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Stupid laws are meant to be broken.:cheeky:

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Originally Posted by tommo

I think the point is to clog up the court system WITHOUT anybody actually going to jail. You could actually get time for occupying the bank, given the stupid laws.

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"The only way to change bad laws are to break them."

Martin Luther King Jr

These banks have defrauded the world and got rewarded with our tax dollars. I speak lightly when I say we should be occupying their buildings.

I stopped by Occupy London and talked to some people and got depressed at how practically noone seemed to know shit about anything besides having a naive wide eyed and green dislike of some vague thing called capitalism done by those silly old men in suits who arent humans

Unfortunately, that is necessary. Most people have no fucking idea about any of their beliefs. That's why people hated Socrates.