Tuesday, October 11, 2011

About OCCUPY TOGETHER

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Welcome to OCCUPY TOGETHER, an unofficial hub for all of the events springing up across the country in solidarity with Occupy Wall St. As we have followed the news on facebook, twitter, and the various live feeds across the internet, we felt compelled to build a site that would help spread the word as more protests organize across the world. We hope to provide people with information about events that are organizing, ongoing, and building across the U.S. as we, the 99%, take action against the greed and corruption of the 1%.

We will only grow stronger in our solidarity and we will be heard, not just in New York, but in echoes across the world.

For more information about us, the movement, and answers to questions, please check out our FAQ.

Important note: Occupy Together will never ask for any monetary donations. We suggest that, if you want to donate monetarily, that you visit this site to help those who currently Occupy Wall St.

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#OccupyWallStreet from home | Revolution begins in your kitchen — Lindsay's List

Revolution begins in your kitchen — Lindsay's List

#OccupyWallStreet from home

October 3, 2011 By Lindsay Curren 5 Comments

Make soup, deliver soup, share soup. DIY soup. Revolutionary soup. Image: Rantipole via Flickr.

I’ve received a number of queries from young moms and others who want to know what they can do to support the #OccupyWallStreet movement even though for logistical reasons — particularly having little kids —they can’t get to New York, D.C. or even a local event.

The rising tide of sympathy for good old fashioned, red, white and blue American protest is a refreshing addition to our national conversation.

It’s great to know how many people back the protests, how many more are finding ways to actually physically be in one location or another to lend their voice to the chorus, and how many will do what they can from the sidelines.

Clearly being there isn’t possible for everyone, but there are very practical ways to help the cause from the comforts of home. The low hanging fruit first. You can:

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If you blog, blog about it, even if yours is not otherwise a seemingly activist or political blog. Show your solidarity with words!
Buy (or make) a button like this and dress up in your best clothes to wear it wherever you go—to pick up the kids, grocery shopping, sports events. (Make extras to give away.)| Read Full Post Here | Revolution begins in your kitchen — Lindsay's List

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Bill Berry: Awards remind us our lives depend on our land

A throaty autumn wind rushed across the countryside, buffeting the old Buick, heading home from Madison.

Leaves and branches skipped across the rain-slicked highway. Great banks of clouds whirled in the black sky. The wind from this storm hit 70 mph. It was a wonderful drive.

What a night it had been. Three-hundred-plus conservationists were out for Gathering Waters Conservancy’s awards reception. Kathleen Falk got one, and her remarks were engrossing, as she read from a newspaper column by Mel Ellis, a venerable Milwaukee Journal outdoor writer of the last century.

Falk, former Dane County executive, said thanks by turning her policymaker-of-the-year award back to the people in the crowd, for their lifelong commitments to conservation. Then she read from Ellis. She had grown up with his kids near the Ellis Little Lakes retreat in Waukesha County. He was writing upon the occasion of her earning a law degree with an environmental emphasis, remembering back to the days his daughters and Kathy had a clubhouse. They were 10-ish, and had named their group the Conservation Club, devoted to the love of all things living, recycling and other important causes in the minds of girls and other smart people.

Brown signs human right to water bills « Dan Bacher

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October 8, 2011

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Brown signs human right to water bills

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by Dan Bacher

Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 983, The Access to Safe Drinking Water Act, on October 7 as part of the Human Right to Water bill package backed by a broad coalition of environmental justice advocates.

The Governor also signed three other bills in the package: AB 938 by Assemblymember V. Manuel Pérez (D-Coachella), AB 1221 by Assemblymember Luis Alejo (D-Salinas) and SB 244 by Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis).

Assemblymember Henry T. Perea (D-Fresno) introduced The Access to Safe Drinking Water Act to provide disadvantaged communities with the opportunity to apply for state grants that fund the entire cost of desperately needed water infrastructure projects they otherwise couldn’t afford.

“When we talk about the need for clean water, we are not talking about far away third-world countries, we are talking about communities not far from where we all live,” Assemblymember Perea said. “Funding for these projects shouldn’t be a hurdle that prevents families from enjoying clean, safe drinking water.”

How Much Do Americans Really Know About Democracy? Turns Out We Could Learn a Few Things From Nature | | AlterNet

AlterNet / By Ellen LaConte

How Much Do Americans Really Know About Democracy? Turns Out We Could Learn a Few Things From Nature

Democracy is not something we have but something we do, together; how we organize ourselves and relate to and behave with each other. And it's not unique to humans.

October 10, 2011 |

This post is adapted from LaConte's article in the Fall/Winter 2011 issue of the international journal Green Horizon.

"Our capacity for democracy grows from our connection with nature. As we lose that connection, isolation, fear, and the need to control grow-and democracy inevitably deteriorates. It's easy to forget that a deep connection with nature provides the inspiration for genuine democratic thinking." -- Peter Senge in Presence: Exploring Profound Change in People, Organizations and Society

In my book Life Rules I make the case that the prognosis for global or even national-level solutions for the syndrome of economic, environmental and political/social crises we presently face is poor. I take the recent debt-ceiling fiasco as further proof of the pudding. Variously inept, corrupt, craven, bought and paid for, ideologically intransigent, and ignorant of or unwilling to face hard realities, our leaders are evidently incapable of comprehending or coping with the complexity of the issues before them. They fail to see, or at least fail to say that they see, the connections between and among these crises. They exhibit an almost pathological inability or refusal to recognize the seriousness of consequences of the convergence of these crises: economic and ecological breakdown and worldwide chaos. Full Article Here | AlterNet

A Surprising Town Is Now America's Top Bike City | | AlterNet

AlterNet / By Jay Walljasper

A Surprising Town Is Now America's Top Bike City

Despite its cold weather and spread-out development patterns, here's how a Midwestern city beat Portland, San Francisco and Boulder for the title of #1 Bike City.

September 29, 2011 |

Minneapolis’s Midtown Greenway is popular with both commuters and recreational bikers.

People across the country were surprised last year when Bicycling magazine named Minneapolis America's "#1 Bike City," beating out Portland, Oregon, which had claimed the honor for many years. Shock that a place in the heartland could outperform cities on the coasts was matched by widespread disbelief that biking was even possible in a state famous for its ferocious winters.

But this skepticism fades with a close look at the facts. Close to four percent of Minneapolis residents bike to work according to census data. That's an increase of 33 percent since 2007, and 500 percent since 1980.

At least one-third of those commuters ride at least some days during the winter, according to federally funded research conducted by Bike Walk Twin Cities. Even on the coldest days about one-fifth are out on their bikes.

Minneapolis also launched the first large-scale bikesharing sytem in U.S. -- called Nice Ride -- and boasts arguably the nation's finest network of off-street bicycle trails. It was chosen as one of four pilot projects (along with Marin County, California; Columbia, Missouri; and Sheboygan County, Wisconsin) for the federal Non-Motorized Transportation Program, which aims to shift a share of commuters out of cars and onto bikes or foot. Read More Here | AlterNet

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A Surprising Town Is Now America's Top Bike City | | AlterNet

AlterNet / By Jay Walljasper

A Surprising Town Is Now America's Top Bike City

Despite its cold weather and spread-out development patterns, here's how a Midwestern city beat Portland, San Francisco and Boulder for the title of #1 Bike City.

September 29, 2011 |

Minneapolis’s Midtown Greenway is popular with both commuters and recreational bikers.

Occupy Wall St. Police are trying to shut down occupations in Boston, New Mexico, Iowa, Oregon, and likely many other cities.

This is a live link to the post from Occupy Wall Street | Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/OccupyWallSt/posts/133877970047327 k

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Police are trying to shut down occupations in Boston, New Mexico, Iowa, Oregon, and likely many other cities. As our movement gains momentum, we should expect this. We know the proud tradition of civil disobedience in the struggle for justice, and we will not be intimidated. We will get stronger. Our cause is just and we are in it for the long haul. Stay Strong fellow occupiers.

Occupy Des Moines: Dozens Arrested In Iowa, Including A 14-Year-Old

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Dozens were arrested at the first Occupy Des Moines event Sunday night, including a former Iowa state representative and a 14-year-old girl. All but one of them have pleaded not guilty, and some are now asking how much the state's governor knew beforehand.

Why Danes Are So Much Happier Than Americans | | AlterNet

AlterNet / By Kerry Trueman

Why Danes Are So Much Happier Than Americans

Danish happiness has been attributed to their legendary income equality -- but there's more to it than that.

October 9, 2011 |

"Americans may be deeply divided about what ails our country, but there's no denying we're a nation of unhappy campers.

Danes, on the other hand, consistently rank as some of the happiest people in the world, a fact attributed at least in part to Denmark's legendary income equality and strong social safety net.

Forbes recently cited another possible factor; the Danes' "high levels of trust." They trust each other, they trust 'outsiders,' they even trust their government. 90% of Danes vote. Tea party types dismiss Denmark as a hotbed of socialism, but really, they're just practicing a more enlightened kind of capitalism.

In fact, as Richard Wilkinson, a British professor of social epidemiology, recently stated on PBS NewsHour, "if you want to live the American dream, you should move to Finland or Denmark, which have much higher social mobility."" Read Full Article Here | AlterNet

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5 Conservative Economic Myths Occupy Wall St. Is Helping Bust | | AlterNet

October 10, 2011 |

For decades the corporate media has force-fed “conventional wisdom” free-market economic nonsense to the American public. We have been told that it’s good to give more and more to the wealthy few, that it’s good to send jobs and money out of the country, and especially that that the people who run the big corporations are better and more “efficient” at deciding what’s best for the rest of us. As those decades passed we watched as the wealthy few get wealthier and fewer, while the rest of us – the 99 percent – fall further and further behind. But we have had it explained to us that our lying eyes aren’t seeing what they are seeing, and that the obvious isn’t what it is. We have been seemingly powerless to change this.

Asleep

While time passed and these economic time-bombs messed up the economy, it seemed as if this fog of propaganda had lulled people to sleep. The uncontested repetition of free-market slogans led many to a bland acceptance that there was no alternative. Many of us even incorporated the concepts into our own thinking. Others seemed to accept the cutbacks, the fees, the scams, the disappointments and the obviously false statements as the way things are.

Occupy Wall Street has changed all that. You can take that stuff and stuff it, they said. We’re tired of this. We aren’t going to listen anymore. We won’t passively accept the economic nonsense the corporate media tries to feed is and that we can see just doesn’t work. At least, it doesn’t work for 99 percent of us.

The Top Five

Here are five “conventional wisdom” doses of economic nonsense that we have been fed: Full Article Here | | AlterNet

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The BRAD BLOG : Republican Election Director Calls Into 'Malloy Show' on Probs With PA County's E-Voting Systems

Jeannie Dean

5:38am Oct 11

BREAKING from Brad Friedman (www.bradblog.com): "Republican Election Director Calls Into 'Malloy Show' on Probs With PA County's E-Voting Systems Venango County's Craig Adams says candidates reported to have received ZERO votes on ES&S voting machines in 2008 election..." http://www.bradblog.com/?p=8834

"On Friday night, as I was guest hosting the nationally-syndicated Mike Malloy Show last week, Adams was kind enough to call in to the show. [Audio posted below.] We didn't know we'd hear from him, but when he called in I was delighted to take his call, as he had more information to share on what had led to his Election Board --- currently comprised of two Republicans and one Democrat --- fighting together to move to paper ballots, and to see their machines independently examined.

"It started with an election in 2008 when the machines were basically showing a large number of undervotes," he explained. "And then there were candidates for positions in the county and they had zero votes, but there was like 250 or 260 undervotes..."

"Wait a minute," I interrupted. "There were people who had zero votes on the ballot? Is that normal?," I asked.

"No. No, it is not normal," he responded bluntly. "And so, ya know, that was a red flag"..." Read More | The BRAD BLOG

Investigate WI for beating and false arresting protesters over laws in violation of the US Constitution. | The White House

#OccupyWallStreet to Create a New Currency – This Is What Revolution Looks Like! | AmpedStatus

Occupy Atlanta Silences Civil Rights Hero John Lewis! - YouTube

Anonymous Message To Homeland Security, Smithsonian, NYPD, and Others - YouTube

Barbara With
THANK YOU SO MUCH Anonymous for standing up for Segway Jeremy Ryan and the protesters who were pepper sprayed at the Smithsonian!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh5Maz0kXMY

Anonymous Message To Homeland Security, Smithsonian, NYPD, and Others

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Ben Manski If you're interested in hearing from and talking with folks around the world | Occupy Madison

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Activists in jail after refusing terms of signature bonds related to charges from August incident at Capitol | Dane101

"Three activists are in jail this evening after an initial court appearance to set the conditions of signature bonds regarding an August 25 incident at the Capitol that resulted in misdemeanor charges.

CJ Terrell, Thi Le, and Damon Terrell were given the option of signing the bonds or spending time in jail while awaiting their court date, but refused over terms stipulating that they not violate any administrative codes in the future.

One other defendant, Alexander Oberley, agreed to sign the bond with objections and was let go. Two others, Jenna Pope and Jeremy Ryan, are currently out of state and have been given a 10 day period in which they must either sign the bond or turn themselves in to be taken to jail." Full Article Here| Dane101

Geraldo Rivera Met With Chants Of 'Fox News Lies' At Occupy Wall Street (VIDEO)

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/10/geraldo-rivera-fox-news-lies-occupy-wall-street_n_1003523.html?ref=occupy-wall-street

Geraldo Rivera Met With Chants Of 'Fox News Lies' At Occupy Wall Street (VIDEO)

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Fox News' Geraldo Rivera faced a hostile crowd over the weekend when he went to Lower Manhattan to report on the Occupy Wall Street protests. Rivera had been to the encampment the week before, but this time his report was met with an endless chant of "Fox News lies!"

Occupy Seattle: Mayor McGinn's speech 10-10-11 - YouTube

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‎10.10.11 Mayor McGinn at Westlake Park.

Occupy Seattle: Mayor McGinn's speech 10-10-11

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Mayor McGinn gives a speech at Westlake Plaza showing his support for the protesters of Occupy Seattle. HOWEVER... ...according to #OccupySeattle, this eveni...

"No arrests will occur tonight. | Occupy Seattle

Occupy Seattle
‎"No arrests will occur tonight. "The Mayor's Office has come down to Westlake to let everyone know that, but they "can't say the same for tomorrow night."

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

#OccupyWallStreet from home

Brown signs human right to water bills

How Much Do Americans Really Know About Democracy? Turns Out We Could Learn a Few Things From Nature

A Surprising Town Is Now America's Top Bike City

A Surprising Town Is Now America's Top Bike City

Why Danes Are So Much Happier Than Americans

Barbara With THANK YOU SO MUCH Anonymous for standing up for Segway Jeremy Ryan and the protesters who were pepper sprayed at the Smithsonian!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh5Maz0kXMY

Ben Manski If you're interested in hearing from and talking with folks around the world - Occupiers and wavers and a strikers and more . . . REGISTER NOW: http://libertytreefoundation.org/register-teleconference-global-wave

Meagan Angus ‎10.10.11 Mayor McGinn at Westlake Park.

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Barbara With
THANK YOU SO MUCH Anonymous for standing up for Segway Jeremy Ryan and the protesters who were pepper sprayed at the Smithsonian!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh5Maz0kXMY

Ben Manski
If you're interested in hearing from and talking with folks around the world - Occupiers and wavers and a strikers and more . . . REGISTER NOW: http://libertytreefoundation.org/register-teleconference-global-wave

Meagan Angus
‎10.10.11 Mayor McGinn at Westlake Park.