Occupy

On the 17^th of September, hundreds of people gathered in Wall Street, New York to protest against the corrupt financial system that has systematically taken over the US government and enslaved the people. This movement became known as Occupy Wall Street and has now begun to spread to hundreds of other locations around the US and the world, including here in Auckland. The video on the right explains in more detail what Occupy is about and how they organise and make decisions with direct democracy.

Consensus

Here are some other good video clips about the Occupy movement.

About the consensus process		Mark Ruffalo shares a first-person account of his experience at Occupy New York		Marianne Williamson speaks out at Occupy LA - City Hall 12 October

Occupy Auckland

15 October 2011 was the international day of action for the Occupy movement and United for Global Change events. We are the 99% and it's time for Auckland to join this growing movement.

OccupyAuckland started with a march from Britomart at 15:00 up to Aotea Square where our occupation began. We held our first general assembly at the occupation to start getting organised.

• Go to occupyauckland.org for more information.
• The flags you see many of the members flying in the picture are 1835 flags, the true national flag of New Zealand.
• Live stream - offline currently

OD news items

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OccupyAuckland sets up in Aotea Square

We at Organic Design fully support the Occupy Movement and after attending the Auckland march and gathering today we were extremely impressed by the organisation and structure the movement has achieved. The general assembly process succeeded admirably in organising the two thousand attendees into system of direct democracy which began the process of channelling the expertise and ideas of many people into comprehensive action.

Before I had attended I had little faith in the Occupy movement, believing that while it was good to see that so many people are awakening to the truth of our failing capitalist system, there would be no answers found in "milling about" waiting for the elite to listen to us and "fix things somehow". But after seeing the Occupy Movement in action today, I feel incredibly optimistic, and feel that this movement really could be the start of a new system being built from the bottom up, by the people, for the people!

It's not too late to join in, there are people camping out in all of the thousands of Occupy sites around the world. Head down and see what's going on in your local region, ask questions or offer your incites. Get more information at the OccupyAuckland official site and from the general Occupy Movement site.

See also:

• Consensus - Direct Democracy @ Occupy Wall Street
• Occupy - our local article about the movement

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OccupyAuckland begins 15^th October

15 October 2011 is the international day of action for the Occupy movement and United for Global Change events. We are the 99% and it's time for Auckland to join this growing movement.

OccupyAuckland will start with a march from Britomart (get directions) at 3pm on 15 October 2011.

We'll be marching up to Aotea Square (get directions) where our occupation will begin. We'll hold our first general assembly at the occupation to start getting organised.

Spread the word

You are the 99%: its up to you to spread the word. Don't forget to RSVP on Facebook.

Download and print our A4 colour poster or leaflet, or make your own. You can pick up copies and join others postering at Unite, 6A Western Springs Road, Morningside from Mon 10 - Fri 15 October at 7pm. You can poster with wheat paste.

Go to occupyauckland.org for more information.

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Occupy Wall Street spreads around the World

On the 17^th of September, hundreds of people gathered in Wall Street, New York to protest against the corrupt financial system that has systematically taken over the US government and enslaved the people. This movement became known as Occupy Wall Street and has now begun to spread to hundreds of other locations around the US and the world, including here in Auckland. Other groups such as Occupy Together, October2011.org, LA Activist and People's Conferences are springing up to help organise people and raise awareness of the problems and groups dedicated to solutions.

For regular news updates on the Occupy movement, see RT news.

Other news items

• #Occupy Movement Being Labeled As "A Domestic Terror Organization" By FBI
• $10 Million a Year: The average salary of an American CEO - 2015-05-25
• Cop fired for protesting with Occupy movement - 2012-05-24
• Keith Olbermann Reads The Statement Released By The Wall Street Protesters - 2011-10-05
• Russia Today on Occupy
• spread to hundreds of other locations around the US and the world

See also

• We are the 99% and we have all the solutions!
• The shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy - The violent police assaults across the US are no coincidence. Occupy has touched the third rail of our political class's venality
• Occupy Geeks Are Building a Facebook for the 99% - by Sean Captain on December 27, 2011
• The Global Square: an online platform for our movement - by Jerome Roos on November 2, 2011
• The Future of Occupy - Under Assemblies what might national, European and global governance look like?

Attachments

• File:Occupy.pdf