#12m15m Let’s take the streets on May 12th. Because we are the 99%

On the 15th of October 2011 we took to the streets in over 1000 cities in 82 countries. We got organized and took the first steps on the road to dignity and global change. That was more than six months ago yet we continue to have to raise our voices to make politicians and bankers understand that they in no way represent us. We are united in our demands: the welfare of the 99% must be respected.

Governments only represent us if they follow the will of the vast majority, not just the privileged few.We are united, we are everywhere, we are where you least expect us.

We demand, firmly but without violence: social justice, wealth distribution and an ethic of commons. We condemn poverty, inequality, environmental devastation and corruption as tools of subjugation by the powerful on society.

We will not stop until we achieve our objectives: the 99% will take to the streets again and again until we have a say in the world in which we live. We want global change. Let’s turn the streets into the world’s biggest loudspeaker on the 12th of May.

Because we are the 99%, we are not owned by politicians and bankers. Take to the streets on May 12th!


Somos el 99%.

El pasado 15 de octubre salimos juntos a las calles en más de 1000 ciudades en 82 países.  Tomamos las calles, nos organizamos y comenzamos un camino hacia un cambio global
Han pasado más de 6 meses y seguimos alzando la voz para dejar claro a políticos y banqueros que no nos representan, que estamos coordinados, pensando juntos y exigiendo  nuestras reivindicaciones para que el bienestar del 99% de la población  sea tenido en cuenta. La legitimidad de nuestros gobernantes reside en  que deben atender los intereses de la inmensa mayoría de la sociedad y no el de unos pocos privilegiados.
Estamos juntos, estamos en todos lados, estamos donde no nos esperan. Reclamaremos con total firmeza y de un modo no  violento la justicia social, la distribución de la riqueza y una ética pública mientras condenamos la pobreza, la desigualdad, la devastación medioambiental, la corrupción como  herramientas de sometimiento de los poderosos sobre las sociedades.
No pararemos hasta  conseguir  nuestros objetivos, los del 99% de la población. Saldremos a la calle  una y otra vez hasta que podamos decidir entre todos el mundo en el que  queremos vivir. Queremos un cambio global.
Convirtamos las calles en el mayor altavoz del mundo el 12 de mayo.
Porque somos el 99%, porque no somos mercancía en manos de políticos y banqueros.

#OccupBoston | 175 Arrests at Occupy Chicago

Sunday October 16,2011 #OccupyChi Occupy Boston Group, gives statement of the Chicago police arrest of 10.15.2011.
Occupy Boston is saddened by the fact that Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Police Department chose to arrest 175 members of Occupy Chicago last night for peacefully occupying Congress Plaza, placing city park ordinances above protestors’ constitutional rights to free speech and free assembly. We stand in solidarity with our sisters and brothers in Chicago and offer them all of the help we can give.
 

#OccupyTO | occupy Toronto | Response to Toronto Sun’s Converage | 10.15.2011

Saturday October 15,2011 World Revolution Day A concerned Occupier replies to the Toronto Sun To: Terry Davidson, Editors of Toronto Sun
Journalism is not about attaching people. It is not divide, and it must not be biased. It is your choice to ignore people’s motives behind the recent protests across US and Canada. But if you chose to ignore the most critical aspect, to dig into their cause, then you have no right to be judgmental; or Instead of sticking to facts, come up with fictitious (be it imaginative) ways of tagging any given movement. No one person has ever stood up and claimed ownership of this movement. It has been made clear time and time again, that this movement is of individuals with different opinions and values, united as one. Therefore, there is no one leader. And, there is no one ideology. Would-be revolutionaries or otherwise. You also make a failed attempt to discredit this movement by referring to the age participants. It is not about rage, sex, race or religion. It is an international understanding, that people have Freedom of Speech. It is irrelevant to focus on age, rather than purpose. Not to mention insulting to your own intelligence! All of this I can understand. You are misinformed and uneducated. But what I don’t understand is you were there. You spend time counting the number of people there (also irrelevant, as even one concerned person must be taken serious). You even took time to guess the age of each person and then average it out! But where were you when it was announced that some of the labour unions have joined the movement. That they have Showed support. If you were paying attention, instead of fantasizing you would have heard that it is NOT only of a bunch of 20 year old Would-be revolutionaries, but of 99% of the population! Oh, and I don’t mind you deleting my comments… TWICE A concerned citizen, as response to your recent article: posted On Thursday, October 13, 2011.