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kingofrim: Montreal student protesters baiting riot police with...

Sat, 05 May 2012 13:20:14 -0400

kingofrim:

Montreal student protesters baiting riot police with donuts.

occupyallstreets: WikiLeaks Uncovers Homeland Security Report...

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:40:44 -0500

occupyallstreets:

WikiLeaks Uncovers Homeland Security Report on Occupy Movement

The transparency organization WikiLeaks has published an assessment report from the Homeland Security Department (DHS) on the Occupy movement that was put together in October of last year. The assessment was attached to a Stratfor email, one of five million or so emails the organization obtained and has been releasing since February 27.

The release of the report is timely, as it is being released just as Occupy supporters are mobilizing for demonstrations against the suppression of the Occupy movement by law enforcement and political leaders in the United States.

Put together by the Office of Infrastructure Protection under DHS, the report seems to have put together with the following presumption in mind, which appears in bold at the top of the report:

“Mass gatherings associated with public protest movements can have disruptive effects on transportation, commercial, and government services, especially when staged in major metropolitan areas. Large scale demonstrations also carry the potential for violence, presenting a significant challenge for law enforcement.”

The report proceeds to break down the risks and threats the Occupy movement poses to “critical infrastructure” by looking at their “impacts” on financial services, commercial facilities, transportation, emergency services and government facilities. The breakdown relied on news reports from sources like the New York Daily News, CBS, Associated Press, CNN, Chicago Tribune, Reuters, New York Times, Boston Globe, etc.

In the report’s summary, DHS concluded:

“The growing support for the OWS movement has expanded the protests’ impact and increased the potential for violence. While the peaceful nature of the protests has served so far to mitigate their impact, larger numbers and support from groups such as Anonymous substantially increase the risk for potential incidents and enhance the potential security risk to critical infrastructure (CI). The continued expansion of these protests also places an increasingly heavy burden on law enforcement and movement organizers to control protesters. As the primary target of the demonstrations, financial services stands the sector most impacted by the OWS protests. Due to the location of the protests in major metropolitan areas, heightened and continuous situational awareness for security personnel across all CI sectors is encouraged.”

Much like the threat government officials might allege WikiLeaks releases pose to national security, the threat is, for the most part, hype. Though the protests had been “peaceful,” Homeland Security determined that the fact that more and more citizens were turning out to support the cause of Occupy posed a possible threat to critical infrastructure and public order. The presence of supporters of Anonymous, which the FBI has been investigating, led Homeland Security to believe “potential incidents” or “potential security risks” could transpire. But, while Anonymous has claimed responsibility for cyber attacks, it has absolutely no history of violence in the world of non-virtual reality.

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thepeoplesrecord: Noam Chomsky on Wikileaks & Julian...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:42:44 -0500

thepeoplesrecord:

Noam Chomsky on Wikileaks & Julian Assange

“Julian Assange should be congratulated for carrying out the responsibilities of a citizen in democratic societies, where the population should be aware of what their selected representatives are doing and planning.

The Wikileaks revelations have surely advanced such awareness and understanding, and are a valuable contribution for that reason.”

The winter of our discontent

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:26:14 -0500

anoninfowarfare: Anonymous Message To The Citizens Of...

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:46:53 -0500

anoninfowarfare:

Anonymous Message To The Citizens Of Oakland

Citizens of Oakland -

Anonymous has been watching. Since the inception of Occupy Oakland,
We have been actively monitoring your behavior, and exposing the identities and sensitive
information of Officers of the Oakland Police Department;
as they have continued to act in an unprofessional and violent manner.
You tear gassed Us. You shot Us with your weapons. You arrested Us. You beat Us.
You also did this to Our Friends, and to Our Families.
We watched as you cut budgets, cut Our jobs, closed Our schools,
Our parks, and Our libraries, while leaving your own salaries alone.
We are shocked and disgusted by your behavior.
Before you commit atrocities against innocent people again, think twice.

You should have expected Us.

Press Release: http://pastebin.com/csU8PR5G

AnonInfoWarfare Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnonInfoWarfare
AnonInfoWarfare Tumblr: http://anoninfowarfare.tumblr.com/
AnonInfoWarfare Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Anonymous-Information-Warfare-Division/22248924…

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Occupy America

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:27:42 -0500

Occupy America

Occupy Infographic

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:07:24 -0500

Happy Birthday Bradley Manning!

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:54:34 -0500

“A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth...

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:49:33 -0500

“A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having” - V.

How did I miss this one?

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:26:40 -0500

How did I miss this one?

AWESOME.

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:49:35 -0500

AWESOME.

“There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious—makes you so sick at...

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:52:10 -0500

“There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious—makes you so sick at heart—that you can’t take part. You can’t even passively take part. And you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve got to make it stop. And you’ve got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it that unless you’re free, the machine will be prevented from working at all.” - Mario Savio, Berkeley, December 2, 1964

Show up. Show support. Be heard.

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:24:23 -0500

Show up. Show support. Be heard.

America [ ]

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:35:00 -0500

(With apologies to Allen Ginsberg)

America I’ve given you all and now I’m nothing.
America two dollars and sixty-seven cents December 1st, 2011
I can’t stand it any longer.
America when will we end these pointless wars?
I won’t write my poem till I’m in my right mind.
America when will you come to your senses?
When will you call me? I’ve been waiting by the phone.
America when will you be worthy of your Constitution?
America why are your streets full of teargas?
These aren’t tears of joy; I have pepper spray in my eyes.
I’m sick of your insanity.
America I’ve deposited all my money in your banks -

where is my free toaster?
Your red tape is too much for me.
America when will you lower tuition and forgive student loans?
America when was the last time you read the Port Huron statement?
There must be some way to settle these arguments.
America when will you admit that Julian Assange is being persecuted
for spilling your shameful secrets to the world
and not for using his Scandinavian sex-appeal

to seduce those pretty Swedish girls?
Is this some form of practical joke?
America you said McCarthyism was dead

but you’ve been keeping it hidden in the cupboard this whole time
and feeding it Reese’s Pieces.

America stop telling me I know don’t know what I’m doing.
America there is frost on the ground at Zuccotti Park.
This is the winter of our discontent.
Everyday someone else is beaten senseless by the police,
the Republicans carry on about the homosexual menace,
and the Christians keep rescheduling The Rapture.

On the news today they said that

The Lizard is leading in the polls,
but I’m afraid the Marlboro Man will win.

Either way they’ll deport all the Mexicans
and fill the Rio Grande with alligators.
America this is getting quite serious.

America when I was six I met Rosa Parks

and gave her a dozen yellow roses.

Last week on the bus someone forced me to give up my seat and I wept
not because I’d just come from the hospital

where I couldn’t pay for treatment
But because it made me think of the thousands of people

who have been forced from their homes.
America when will it end?
America I spend half my paycheck on health insurance each month
and when I get sick they charge me more.

You’ve got the middle class on so many uppers and downers

it’s given us vertigo.
America I did the math; at this rate if I get lucky
I can pay off my student loans by 2025. I will be forty-two.

America my mind is made up there’s going to be trouble.
This is a North facing revolution;

our weapons are tents and sleeping bags.
America I go camping every chance I get and I’m not sorry.
Are you going to let your life be run by Fox News?

America, did you send Michelle Bachmann back from the future

to kill John Connor? America This is the impression I get

from looking in the television set.
America is this correct?

America people are dying in the streets everyday in Egypt.
America how can I write this poem with my hands

zip-tied behind my back?
Scott Olsen served two tours in Iraq and when he got back

you shot him in the head
fracturing his skull and damaging his brain
now he can’t pronounce your name. America is this right?
America John Pike must pay for what he did to those kids in Davis.
America free Bradley Manning!

It occurs to me that I am America
and I’m talking to myself again.

America, Ronald Regan appointed Captain Industry, Lee Iacocca

to look after the Statue of Liberty and tend her flame.
Today there has been a recall on civil liberties;

apparently they were too incendiary.
America why are you evicting your poor and hungry huddled masses?
America I thought this was the land of opportunity?
but maybe I misunderstood; my English is not very good.

America I’ve forgotten all the history I learned in public school;
The pilgrims came to America to persecute the heathens
and Monsanto taught the pilgrims to farm using pesticides.
Nathan Hale said he was sorry he could only die once for his country
before being executed by lethal injection in the Lone Star State;
The Boston tea party was forcibly disbanded
by the British Army using India rubber balls.
America, am I getting any of this right?

America I tried to call you the other day for help
but I was redirected to a call center in New Delhi
and someone named Rajeesh asked me for my serial number
and suggested that I try re-booting.

~ Written By Sarah Hope Williams
December 1st, 2011 in San Francisco

Hooverville, New York, 1930s. They occupied because they had...

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:43:42 -0500

Hooverville, New York, 1930s.

They occupied because they had to;

We are occupying in their honor;

They were the 99%.

This Is Just Beginning.

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:13:59 -0500

This Is Just Beginning.

think-progress: Before and after at Occupy LA. Credit: LA...

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:56:24 -0500

Before. [AP]

After. [LA Times]

think-progress:

Before and after at Occupy LA.

Credit: LA Times