December 2011
10 posts
Crisis and Representation - ten years to the Argentinian uprising →
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“Since the social crisis of December 19 and 20, 2001, all the parks and other public spaces in Buenos Aires began to be enclosed with fences and security cameras. The guards blow their whistles to control and kick people out of the parks. The action consisted in distributing hundreds of whistles among the people, blowing them at the same time as the security guards and thus creating an urban sound intervention against repression and for the free use of public spaces.” (Frederico Zukerfeld and Loreto Garin Guzmán)
The action took place on December 19 and 20, 2011 at Parque Centenario in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Link: New York - this is what class war looks like! →
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from Occupy | Decolonize | Liberate
Independent Budget Office report on New York city income disparity.
- The poorest tenth (decile) of the city’s population has an average income of $988, and claim 0.1% of the city’s total income.
- The richest 10% of New Yorkers have 58% of total income, and the richest 5%, 49%.
- The average income of the poorest 30% is $6,373, on a par with Egypt and about $1,200 below China’s.
- The city’s median income—the level at which half the population is richer and half is poorer—is $28,213. That’s roughly the level of Greece.
- The average income of the top 10% (a category that begins at $105,368) is $387,259.
- The average income of the top 1% (a category that begins at $493,439) is $2,247,515.
How does the city’s income distribution compare with that of Brazil, a country with a worldwide reputation for stunning inequality?
- The income of the top 20% of New Yorkers is 64 times that of the bottom 20%. In Brazil, that ratio is 17 times.
- The income of the top 10% of New Yorkers is 582 times that of the poorest 10%. In Brazil, that ratio is 35 times.
New York City General Statement of Autonomy
Passed by the General Assembly at Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street is a people’s movement. It is party-less, leaderless, by the people and for the people. It is not a business, a political party, an advertising campaign or a brand. It is not for sale.
We welcome all, who, in good faith, petition for a redress of grievances through non-violence. We provide a forum for peaceful assembly of individuals to engage in participatory as opposed to partisan debate and democracy. We welcome dissent.
Any statement or declaration not released through the General Assembly and made public online at www.nycga.net should be considered independent of Occupy Wall Street.
We wish to clarify that Occupy Wall Street is not and never has been affiliated with any established political party, candidate or organization. Our only affiliation is with the people.
The people who are working together to create this movement are its sole and mutual caretakers. If you have chosen to devote resources to building this movement, especially your time and labor, then it is yours.
Any organization is welcome to support us with the knowledge that doing so will mean questioning your own institutional frameworks of work and hierarchy and integrating our principles into your modes of action.
SPEAK WITH US, NOT FOR US.
Occupy Wall Street values collective resources, dignity, integrity and autonomy above money. We have not made endorsements. All donations are accepted anonymously and are transparently allocated via consensus by the General Assembly or the Operational Spokes Council.
We acknowledge the existence of professional activists who work to make our world a better place. If you are representing, or being compensated by an independent source while participating in our process, please disclose your affiliation at the outset. Those seeking to capitalize on this movement or undermine it by appropriating its message or symbols are not a part of Occupy Wall Street.
We stand in solidarity. We are Occupy Wall Street.
Theory & Event Occupy Wall Street Supplement - Out Now! →
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Photo by Accra Shepp
Theory & Event Occupy Wall Street Supplement with contributions by Franco Berardi, Wendy Brown, John Buell, William Connolly, Jodi Dean, Richard Grusin, John Protevi, McKenzie Wark and Slavoj Zizek will be available by open access for three months, starting today.
See more here.
US government declares war on the American People →
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The National Defense Authorization Act which was passed by the US senate on December 1st 2011, declares the entire USA to be a “battleground”.
Thanks to Gilad Melzer for the link
