As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights, and those of their neighbors; that a democratic government derives its just power from the people, but corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people and the Earth; and that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power. We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.Followed by the grievances, which are many.
The main website for this effort is Occupy Together, which lists info for the various protests ordered by region in the right hand sidebar.
(I read the NYTimes blogpost, which might as well have been written in 1968, and not only do I want to sing "Ballad of a Thin Man" [off-key] at Mr. C, I want to say that this concern with clothing and mission statements is very...fogyish. [Although buried deeply in the piece is some concern for workers.] Jill at B@B makes some of the same points, but she is making them from the perspective of someone who has been in the fight. Also, yesterdayI saw the local encampment!)
In other news, while my opinion of Ross Douthat could ride the back of a gnat without altering its aerodynamics, it would appear that we agree on one thing. (Not about the baseball gods. About the inadvisability of an extra wild card round. Just so we're clear.)
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