Historical Transformation: 'Vision Statement of Occupy Wall Street'
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Don't Sit This One Out - What's Your Vision for Occupy Wall Street?
Tuesday 22 November 2011
by: Michael Moore, MichaelMoore.com | Op-Ed
"" "" Filmmaker Michael Moore talks to protesters with the Occupy
Wall Street movement at Zuccotti Park in New York, Oct. 20, 2011.
(Photo: Michael Kirby Smith / The New York Times)
This past weekend I participated in a four-hour meeting of Occupy Wall
Street activists whose job it is to come up with the vision and goals
of the movement. It was attended by 40+ people and the discussion was
both inspiring and invigorating. Here is what we ended up proposing as
the movement's "vision statement" to the General Assembly of Occupy
Wall Street:
"We Envision: [1] a truly free, democratic, and just society;
[2] where we, the people, come together and solve our problems by
consensus;
[3] where people are encouraged to take personal and collective
responsibility and participate in decision making;
[4] where we learn to live in harmony and embrace principles of
toleration and respect for diversity and the differing views of
others;
[5] where we secure the civil and human rights of all from violation
by tyrannical forces and unjust governments
[6] where political and economic institutions work to benefit all,
not just the privileged few;
[7] where we provide full and free education to everyone, not merely
to get jobs but to grow and flourish as human beings;
[8] where we value human needs over monetary gain, to ensure decent
standards of living without which effective democracy is impossible;
[9] where we work together to protect the global environment to
ensure that future generations will have safe and clean air, water and
food supplies, and will be able to enjoy the beauty and bounty of
nature that past generations have enjoyed." ""
"" Here is what I will propose to the General Assembly of Occupy
Wall Street:
10 Things We Want
A Proposal for Occupy Wall Street
Submitted by Michael Moore ""
"" Let me know what you think. Occupy Wall Street enjoys the support
of millions. It is a movement that cannot be stopped. Become part of
it by sharing your thoughts with me or online (at OccupyWallSt.org).
Get involved in (or start!) your own local Occupy movement.
"" ... ...
"" We are but ten weeks old, yet we have already changed the
national conversation. This is our moment, the one we've been hoping
for, waiting for. If it's going to happen it has to happen now. Don't
sit this one out. This is the real deal. This is it.
Have a happy Thanksgiving! "" ""
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Filmmaker Michael Moore talks to protesters with the Occupy Wall
Street movement at Zuccotti Park in New York, Oct. 20, 2011. (Photo:
Michael Kirby Smith / The New York Times)
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The Democratic Promise of Occupy Wall Street
Monday 28 November 2011
by: William Greider, The Nation | News Analysis
William Greider
William Greider, a prominent political journalist and author, has been
a reporter for more than 35 years for newspapers, magazines and
television. Over the past two decades, he has persistently challenged
mainstream thinking on economics.
For 17 years Greider was the National Affairs Editor at Rolling Stone
magazine, where his investigation of the defense establishment began.
He is a former assistant managing editor at the Washington Post, where
he worked for fifteen years as a national correspondent, editor and
columnist. ... ...
He is the author of the national bestsellers One World, Ready or Not,
Secrets of the Temple and Who Will Tell The People. In the award-
winning Secrets of the Temple, he offered a critique of the Federal
Reserve system. Greider has also served as a correspondent for six
Frontline documentaries on PBS, including "Return to Beirut," which
won an Emmy in 1985.
Greider's most recent book is The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to
A Moral Economy. In it, he untangles the systemic mysteries of
American capitalism, details its destructive collisions with society
and demonstrates how people can achieve decisive influence to reform
the system's structure and operating values.
Raised in Wyoming, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, he graduated from
Princeton University in 1958. He currently lives in Washington, DC.
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