How to Identify an Agent Provocateur. By Bill Heid As governments around the world, including our own, face more and more popular resistance, we’re witnessing a revival of the use of agent provocateurs.
An agent provocateur is the well-used tactic of using undercover military or police to join a dissenting group or protest in order to provoke others in the group to carry out illegal actions and violence. The goal is to discredit the group from the inside. Sometimes the group gets discredited with those outside. Other times the group is enticed into internal divisions and collapses. The most recent and clumsy attempt was the Egyptian government’s use of plain-clothes police officers to incite violence amid the largely peaceful anti-Mubarak protests. In decades past in the U.S., the FBI was exposed for using agent provocateurs to pose as members of right wing groups and the Black Panthers. Would you be able to spot an agent provocateur? Agents will often lack background connections or references.
DefCon speakers guide to #OccupyWallStreet hand signals. Sarah van Gelder: 10 Ways to Support the Occupy Movement. There are many things you can do to be part of this growing movement—and only some of them involve sleeping outside. posted Oct 14, 2011 In Westlake Park, Seattle, shortly before police removed the tent and arrested occupiers.
Sign reads: 250,000 Homeless Vets Is Unacceptable. Photo by Sarah van Gelder. I AM NOT MOVING - Short Film - Occupy Wall Street. Occupy Wall Street Timeline - storify.com. Live Video: Multiple Occupy Movement Sites. Anonymous Calls On Occupy Wall Street To Form A New Political Party. The statement says a vote for either party is a vote for the status quo and the two party system is entirely insufficient to carry the country through its problems and into the future.
This new party would work in the interests of th 99%. The full proposal is below. In my observation of this movement of the American people, I have begun recently to hear/read suggestions that a revolt might be brewing. I understand why people are saying these things, but I think we can all agree that it would be best to avoid such an outcome. So, I have a proposition, a vision for what we as a nation could achieve. Videos from Occupy Wall Street and other Occupy Movements.
Locking Down with Lockboxes. From Crimethinc.'s Recipes for Disaster When it comes to blockading, lockboxes are very useful, assuming you are willing to be arrested.
The design described here has been used in several cities, including some in which the police are experts at "handling" protests, and all the same it can take police hours to move blockaders who use them from a busy street. It is one ofthe simplest designs; there are many other possibilities. You can make lockboxes vrith 90-degree angles in them that accommodate both arms of one individual, so one person can comfortably lock down to a gate, a truck axle, or even a railroad track.
Lockdowns can be used to stop movement into and out of an area, providing a spectacle perfect for attracting media or other attention. Ingredients Lockboxes utilize the width of your torso and arm-span to take up space. We are the 1 percent. The rabble rouser! A special #occupy edition! Hot off the press, this is the #occupy special edition of the rabble rouser!
It's a two-page pdf, special edition of the rabble rouser, prepared as a resource for the #occupy and #occupy Canada actions. The rabble rouser is designed for printing double-sided onto a single piece of paper (and for making copies and distributing). But it is also good for reading online. Click here to download the PDF. The Metta Center for Nonviolence. Human Needs, Not Corporate Greed. Map: Occupy Wall Street Spreads Worldwide, Arrests on the Rise.
The loose-knit protest movement known as Occupy Wall Street has stirred action from New York City to LA and spread overseas.
Here we present an expanding map of protest hot spots and reported arrests, and track the movement's growth. Check back often for updates—and check out all the rest of MoJo's #OWS coverage here. Protests taking place beyond Manhattan: What began as a call for Americans to gather in New York's Financial District has given rise to like-minded actions nationwide and far beyond. Click on the dots for details from more than 462 locations and over 3,200 arrests (last updated: November 20, 9:30 p.m. Know of more locations for this map? General Assembly Guide. We encourage the public to participate and collaborate with each other using NYCGA.net and other digital properties established by the New York General Assembly.
Be advised that all postings, including any links to 3rd-party sites, shall be subject to limited monitoring for violations of this and any other policy. The following types of content are considered inappropriate for posting on NYCGA digital properties: commercial; self-promotional; prurient; abusive; discriminatory speech, including but not limited to, hate speech based on race, gender, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, religion or disability; disclosure of a user’s personal contact information without permission from the user. CHARTS explain OccupyWallStreet.
The "Occupy Wall Street" protests are gaining momentum, having spread from a small park in New York to marches to other cities across the country.
So far, the protests seem fueled by a collective sense that things in our economy are not fair or right. But the protesters have not done a good job of focusing their complaints—and thus have been skewered as malcontents who don't know what they stand for or want. (An early list of "grievances" included some legitimate beefs, but was otherwise just a vague attack on "corporations.
" Given that these are the same corporations that employ more than 100 million Americans and make the products we all use every day, this broadside did not resonate with most Americans). 99 Percent Movement. The World vs Wall Street. Occupy Wall Street Sept. 17, 2011. GlobalRevolution -Livestreaming. Occupy Together. Occupy Wall Street Movement Births Newspaper. New America Media, News Report, Michael Levitin, Posted: Oct 04, 2011 Last Saturday, prior to the thousands-strong march of Wall Street protestors attempting to cross the Brooklyn Bridge, which ended in some 700 arrests, the first edition of The Occupied Wall Street Journal hit New York City’s streets.
Within three days, all 50,000 copies had been snapped up and distributed by volunteers throughout the five boroughs, leading to another print run Tuesday ahead of the paper’s second edition, which comes out Friday. The Journal, a 4-page weekly broadsheet funded entirely through online contributions at Kickstarter.com, is the latest manifestation of a social media-driven movement that is growing in real body numbers and gaining national momentum at alarming speed. On Monday, a march around Wall Street by occupiers dressed as corporate zombies, devouring dollar bills, garnered national media attention.
The Official Website of the GA at #OccupyWallStreet. Occupy Wall Street: List and map of over 200 U.S. solidarity events and Facebook pages. Occupy USA Directory App Using Facebook. Occupy Directory. Occupied Wall Street Journal, Issue 2. On Saturday, October 8, the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators in Lower Manhattan handed out the second issue of the Occupied Wall Street Journal.
Permaculture at Occupy Wall Street. Silenced Majority Portal. The Statement Released By The Wall Street Protesters - 2011-10-05. The OCCUPY Movement Explained. OccupyTV's Channel. Be The Change... Think Global. VIDEOS.