Re: Was F29 a Success?

[Glen Springer]

i think hit people with something they care about and can see for themselves
gas prices

the word is contango

In 2008, Koch called attention to itself for “contango” oil market manipulation.

from here

http://exiledonline.com/koch-industries-lackeys-admit-to-manipulating-oil-prices-and-gloat-about-it-too/

Some of the Oil and gas companies are also among some of the members of ALEC

from here

http://fredericacade.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/koch-industries-bp-alaska-and-conocophillips-filed-in-2011-to-raise-cost-of-interstate-transport-of-crude-oil-effecting-what-you-pay-while-fighting-taxes-they-have-to-pay-complete-wording-of-docu/

Goldman Sachs told its clients that it believed speculators like itself had artificially driven the price of oil at least $20 higher than supply and demand dictate

from here

http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/04/13/174989/sachs-speculators-gas-prices/

there you go the few are screwing the many,
we are the many not the few
off to a song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-M07v8N_eU&feature=autoplay&list=PLC1FA9D00F7C94FC8&lf=plpp_video&playnext=1

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Subject: Re: Was F29 a Success?

the first job of a revolutionary is patiently to explain.”

 

Thanks

Stevi

Stevi Carroll
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Sent: Mon, Mar 5, 2012 9:56 am
Subject: Re: Was F29 a Success?

I agree, Pablo and Maddie, and believe we’ve got to discuss the necessity of power.  Corporations legally bribe politicians; politicians pay back with votes favorable to corporate interests; working people and their interests are manipulated and ignored, leading to frustrated reactions like “they’re all crooks;” “the game’s rigged;” “a plague on both their houses.”  Door knock enough and you can’t help but hear these expressions of powerlessness.

 

A famous revolutionary said, “the first job of a revolutionary is patiently to explain.”

 

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Subject: Re: FW: Was F29 a Success?

 

I think these few lines pinpoint a very specific discussion topic for our group moving forward. It's too much for most folks to get the everyday connection of how corporations are degradating their lives; the impact has to be right here, right now.

thanks for the article, Pablo; it will spark a good conversation tomorrow night.

M

On 3/4/2012 10:10 AM, Pablo Oliva wrote:

In order to survive as a movement Occupy must move beyond symbolism and education to building power. Clear demands that reflect what most working people view as their most important issues must be put forth so that the 99% can directly relate to them and thus be drawn into struggle.