[GPSCC-chat] Fw: Occupy Wall Street

Sun Oct 2 15:36:43 PDT 2011

       We are planning to leaflet Bank of America in San Jose this 
Thursday, Oct. 6.  For more information, including our "No Credit Card" 
bookmark and trifold, see "www.cagreens.org" including the Resources 
page.  The theme is NOT to stop using credit cards but to liquidate any 
credit card debt and transfer away from major banks who are primarily 
responsible for the current global economic disruption to a local credit 
union.


       The only people I know in the "we" who are planning to leaflet 
BoA are Caroline, Merriam, plus my wife, Betsy, and I.  Betsy and I plan 
to meet Caroline and Merriam at the time an place indicated on the web 
site, then perhaps divide up the literature and Betsy and I may go to 
another branch.  If more people are interested please let me know and I 
can print more bookmarks and trifolds.  Or you can download the PDF or 
Open Office documents for the fliers and bookmark and print your own.  
The Open Office version allows you to edit it any way you want, e.g., 
giving contact information for some other organization and someone other 
than me.


       Spencer


On 10/2/2011 3:15 PM, Eric A. Meece wrote:
> The Green Party should be on board with this.
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Van Jones, Rebuild The Dream <mailto:moveon-help at list.moveon.org>
> *To:* Eric Meece <mailto:eric at philosopherswheel.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, October 02, 2011 2:45 PM
> *Subject:* Occupy Wall Street
>
> Rebuild the Dream, Powered by MoveOn.org Civic Action
>
> Dear Eric,
>
> Wall Street has long been the home of the biggest threat to American 
> democracy. Now it has become home to what may be our best hope for 
> rescuing it.
>
> For everyone who loves this country, for everyone whose heart is 
> breaking for the growing ranks of the poor, for everyone who is 
> seething at the unopposed demolition of America's working and middle 
> class: the time has come to get off the fence.
>
> A new generation has gone to the scene of the crimes committed against 
> our future. The time has come for all people of good will to give our 
> full-throated backing to the young people of the Occupy Wall Street 
> movement.
>
> So this Wednesday, we're joining with MoveOn, and labor and community 
> groups in New York for *a massive march down to the Occupy Wall Street 
> encampment*. And for those who can't make it to New York, we're also 
> holding *a huge online "Virtual March on Wall Street" in solidarity 
> with the brave protesters in New York*.
>
> *Click here to sign up for Wednesday's Virtual March and we'll send 
> all the details.* 
> <http://www.moveon.org/r?r=264653&id=31653-17451352-WQn9aox&t=1>
>
> Occupations are springing up all over the country as well. You can see 
> if there's one near you by clicking here:
>
> http://www.occupytogether.org/
>
> Our movement was born after Madison, Wisconsin, to stand up for middle 
> and working class families. We've engaged 130,000 people to 
> crowd-source our own jobs agenda---the Contract for the American 
> Dream. In August, tens of thousands of us demonstrated for jobs in 
> rallies across the nation. And *this week in Washington, D.C., we host 
> our first national gathering: the Take Back The American Dream 
> conference*.
>
> The cccupation of Wall Street---and the occupations throughout the 
> country---are expressions of the same spirit and dynamic. And these 
> particular demonstrations, perhaps uniquely, contain the spark to grow 
> into a movement that can be transformative. They are the first, small 
> step in the creation of a movement that can restore American 
> democracy, and renew the American Dream.
>
> Now is our time to choose. Will we keep rewarding those whose 
> financial manipulations have brought us to ruin? Or will we stand with 
> those whose democratic innovations are breathing life into our finest 
> ideals? Both groups are within blocks of each other in downtown Manhattan.
>
> For the past 30 years, the country has stood behind the titans on Wall 
> Street and their values. We listened when they said that their banks 
> were too big too fail. Today, there is only one thing that's too big 
> to fail: the dreams of this new generation, finding its voice in 
> Liberty Park. All of America should now stand with them.
>
> Thank you for being a part of, and believing in, this movement.
>
> --Van, Natalie, Billy, Jim, Ian, Somer, and the rest of the Rebuild 
> the Dream team
>
> P.S. I had a wonderful opportunity to talk about the American Dream 
> Movement on Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday. You can see a clip 
> and share it on Facebook here: 
> http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=271913736162194
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