“ The paramilitary bureaucracy and the culture it engenders—a black-and-white world in which police unions serve above all to protect the brotherhood—is worse today than it was in the 1990s. Such agencies inevitably view protesters as the enemy. And young people, poor people and people of color will forever experience the institution as an abusive, militaristic force—not just during demonstrations but every day, in neighborhoods across the country. ”
Reblogged from fuckyeahfeminists.
A simple message for those trying to skew the 99% and Occupy Wall Street movements.
The capitalists broke game. They bent the rules. They grabbed all the money. We are all paying the consequences of people taking advantages.
In order to move forward, we have to admit some truths as a country. “Denial ain’t just a reservoir in Egypt” - Ali G
(Source: liberalsarecool)
Reblogged from evanfleischer.
For the next person who tells you the occupations will never accomplish anything:
This beautiful, loving, sweet little girl is the child of a single Trans* parent. She is homeless today but she won’t be tomorrow. The Homeless Outreach working group at Occupy Philly helped her and her parent find a new apartment today and they move in Saturday.
Big kudos to the outreach team and best of luck and love to the new tenants. We can all make a difference, not matter how big or small, when we just try.
Reblogged from iamwhoiamandidontgiveadamn-deac.
Someone on facebook posted a 99% thing and said “make capitalism work again!”
Capitalism is working.
This is how it works.
How is that difficult to grasp?Capitalism isn’t working, it has never worked.
I suppose I should have clarified. Saying that capitalism is “working” and that this is “how it works” isn’t a positive judgment statement.
“Capitalism is working” does not mean “Capitalism is doing good” or that we should keep it because it’s awesome. That’s not at all what I’m saying.
I was trying to point out that it seems absurd to me that people think we need to “fix capitalism”, that somehow we’ve gone away from it and need to return. Capitalism doesn’t need fixing it needs abolishing. The “1% rich/99% everyone else” thing is how capitalism works, that isn’t a failure of the system, that is the system.
Capitalism isn’t working out for us, absolutely, but that’s how capitalism works.
I sometimes hate the English language. Maybe “functions” would have been a better word to use?
Capitalism isn’t working. Now.
That isn’t to say certain tenets of capitalism in partial usage couldn’t be beneficial when combined with limitations on its role in society. I fully believe that no proscriptive theory will be able to function realistically in actual practice and we need to look more at the complexity of human nature and ever-changing technological ability. The real questions I grapple with are 1. what is the role of the market? 2. how do we uphold that?
(Source: wifwolf)
Reblogged from thenewwomensmovement.
“For every person on the street non-violently protesting, there are scores more at home who (either through distance or circumstance) find that they are unable to be there. This does not mean that you cannot help.
In fact, you are needed. We are all needed.
To beat these Goliaths, we are going to need all the slings we can get.
This group aims to give all of you who cannot be on the streets the tools to help the cause from wherever you are. Your support is greatly needed.
We are going to focus, on overflowing the mailboxes of our government and our media with focused mass mailings. You can find the first assignment on the NOTES page. A form letter is even provided for you if you need it. You need only follow the directions and spread, spread, spread the word!
This first letter will be sent en masse on MONDAY, OCTOBER 17th.
Let’s knock down some giants.”
Reblogged from stfupenguins.
My wife and I both worked hard in school and went on to earn graduate degrees. Now together we earn over $100K. We own our house and we are raising two wonderful children. We are proud of the success we have earned.
BUT, we recognize that those below us on the income ladder are also working hard or are seeking work.
We recognize that the society we live in needs people who will stock store shelves, clean the floors, drive delivery trucks, operate cash registers, and do many other low paying tasks.
Since these jobs need doing, we recognize that the workers who do them deserve to be able to live lives of dignity – that is, lives that are not blighted by poverty or crippling financial insecurity or lack of health care.
So WE THE PEOPLE must provide a safety net for each other. It is simple decency, not to mention justice.
Mm sister-in-law needs to read this and have a good, hard think.
Reblogged from zhounder.
Reblogged from zhounder.
Most images were taken by Amy today. A couple are mine but she carried the burden today.
Occupy Philly - Day 4 (part 2 of 2)
Reblogged from zhounder.
Most images were taken by Amy today. A couple are mine but she carried the burden today.
Occupy Philly - Day 4 (part 1 of 2)
:D that’s me!
