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Vic Vinegar

(80 posts)
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 03:28 PM Jul 2013

Tax Wall Street Party w/ Randy Credico NYC Mayoral Candidate: Meet him and Tweet Him: #credico2013

I already announced the creation of the Tax Wall Street Party in the "Politics 2013" forum but we need hefty support from social media and physical demonstration to get Randy Credico's platform and new Tax Wall Street Party into the public eye.

Credico is being ignored by the mainstream media and was not listed in Democratic candidate list on the New York Times. He clearly poses a really threat to the NYC establishment and they do not want the public to support him.

Therefore, get the message out and help Randy Credico get on the ballot by getting petitions signatures if you are in the New York State Area or by simply tweeting: #credico2013 , 1% #wallstreetsalestax, and #Taxwallstreetparty. Tweeting does help once something gets trending it is impossible to stop (even if it is the least you can do at least it is something.)

Credico is not obscure or unheard of in New York so this candidate isn't some unattainable goal. It just takes some willingness to promote and not pessimism of the will to defeat Wall Street. If we start with NYC then we can garner a national 1% Wall Street Sales Tax so this is the most important candidate you will ever support; so be part of history and MAKE WALL STREET PAY!

A good agit-prop poster for tweeting
?1374526973

For More Information:
http://www.credico2013.org/

Volunteer to Help (if you are in the NY area)
http://www.credico2013.org/contact

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Tax Wall Street Party w/ Randy Credico NYC Mayoral Candidate: Meet him and Tweet Him: #credico2013 (Original Post) Vic Vinegar Jul 2013 OP
This seems cool. So is he on the ballot for the Sept. 10 Democratic Primary? limpyhobbler Jul 2013 #1
well as of now, Vic Vinegar Aug 2013 #2
Tax Wall Street Bullies David E.H. Smith Jun 2014 #6
No partisan politics in this Group please. Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #3
sure you can lead a horse to water Vic Vinegar Aug 2013 #4
"I am just asking for people to vote" and there's the problem right there. Did you read the Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #5

Vic Vinegar

(80 posts)
2. well as of now,
Fri Aug 23, 2013, 04:23 PM
Aug 2013

I think he is now on the Tax Wall Street Party candidacy because he collected double the sigs he needed to get on the ballot. The name appeals to most New Yorkers. But yes he will be on Sept. 10th primary under "Tax Wall Street Party", that is if the overly technical lawyers try to discredit 60% of their signatures which is impossible.

6. Tax Wall Street Bullies
Sat Jun 28, 2014, 05:41 PM
Jun 2014
Do you think that it takes much of an imagination to see that the article below applies equally to the USA, Europe, China, the Trans Pacific nations, et al? However, do you, your readers & potential members understand how the "information deprivation" section of The W.A.D. Accord is as important to you as it is for the aforementioned groups?
David E.H. Smith; Google
-Researcher
- "Qui tam..."
*******
SECRET TPPartnership, CETAgreement & C-CITreaty & TRIBUNALS are INSIDER TRADING; corp. Canada fears China may Blow "Arrangements" between Can. Lobbyists' Clients & Parties' Executives (W.A.D. Accord*)? NON Shareholders HAVE TO PAY the arranged PENALTIES.

(CAN) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper's attempts to maintain the secrecy provisions in the Canada - China Investment Treaty (C-CIT; FIPPA) & the Canada - European Union CETA may be unraveling by way of the threatened Canadian Senate, et al.

There are several reasons for the secrecy ("omerta&quot of the dispute resolution tribunals.

1) To Protect the parties to the treaty, &/or, agreement, ie. corporate sponsors, from having to reveal to the non shareholding tax payers the existing arrangements that it has with its own government. For instance, the Canadian W.A.D. Accord suggests that corporate Canada's lobbyists pay considerations to the executives of the political parties for two main reasons:
A) to promote corporate Canada's agenda with governing party(ies) by:
i) reducing its taxes & thus, the "net increase" in taxes for non shareholders
&
ii) increase its funding for "economic development" which covers the cost of, among other things, the present & future advocacy, ie. lobbying & the cost of the considerations that corporate Canada pays out, etc. It may be regrettable that given the source of the accessed "economic development" funds, ie. those 95% - 99% of Canadians who are non shareholding tax payers there is a great deal of room for discretionary spending & its abuse
and
to protect corporate Canada's agenda by paying the other (non governing) political parties considerations in order to limit the scope of the "opposition" to manageable issues that can be compromised in order that "opposing" parties can claim victories (at least a limited victory) for their constituents. Under this arrangement both, the politicians & the lobbyists' clients are protected from scrutiny by the role of the parties' executives.

2) To Protect the parties to the treaty, &/or, agreement, ie. corporate sponsor from having to reveal to the each others' corporate sponsors their existing arrangements that it has with its own government & thus, each counties' corporate sponsors are not obliged to share the benefits & considerations (& future considerations) that they receive from their respective governments ie. their non shareholding taxpayers. Often the benefits are shared as an inducement to conduct business together in the more convenient jurisdictions.

3) To Protect the parties to one treaty, &/or, agreement (referred to as the "original" treaty/agreement) from having to reveal to third parties the nature, &/or, details of their "original" arrangements to other third parties who may want to enter into a treaty, &/or, agreement with either of the parties to the "original" agreement/treaty.That is to say, that acquiring & having privileged information of an outsiders treaties, &/or, agreements will cause contention as the third party will undoubtedly insist upon more favorable terms & conditions to a new treaty/agreement than the original treaty/agreement. For example; "You did this with them, so I insist upon more, or, I'll deal with them, or, others". The European Union is particularly interested in preventing the Canada - European Union CETA from becoming divisive whereby individual EU member countries may be enticed, &/or, coreced into making preferential, but, "very secretive" side deals with corporate Canada, et al.

By preventing the non shareholding taxpayers from learning about the aforementioned reasons for the tribunals' secrecy whereby the non shareholding taxpayers pay for the increase in the value of the shareholders' stocks & dividends is insider trading & stock manipulation.

Therefore, corporate Canada, AFN & their traditional media outlets have more than just a vested interest in the continuation of the most vulnerable Canadians (95% - 99% of Native & non Native Canadians) deprivation of the information such as the comprehensive version of The W.A.D. Accord and the comprehensive versions of the Canada - China Investment Treaty, the Canada - European Union CET Agreement, et al, that include the mechanisms, procedures, practices used in the adjudications of the dispute resolution tribunal & its disbursement of its punitive awards.

It may be regrettable that not all of the 95% - 99% most vulnerable, non shareholders are able, &/or, willing to move to a sovereign Quebec, or, other jurisdictions, in order to:
1) avoid the "unethical" & "inhumane" (see; The W.A.D. Accord), but, "legal" practices
and
2) start getting the relevant & quantitative information regarding the above, et al.

The issue of the secret tribunals raises some interesting questions about the relationship, ie. the"secret congress" between the lobbyists' clients & the executives of the political parties which the "congress" has absolutely no intention of answering. For instance; what do the above arrangements say about the 95% - 99% of Canadians who are non shareholding tax payers & the version of "democracy" that "they" are developing in Canada in the context of the growing "global" economy
and
what do the above arrangements say about the accelerating growth of the disparity of the wealth between the shareholders (1% - 5% of Canadians, et al) & the non shareholders (95% - 99% of Canadians), et al?

What are you, the reader, learning about the Canada - China Investment Treaty that will help you to ascertain whether the Canada - European Union Agreement is better for you & the non shareholders, or, corporate Canada & its shareholders?

What are some of the other questions that the non shareholders need to ask
&
who can answer, &/or, is willing to answer (as opposed to "respond" to) their questions that would make the non shareholders informed & consensual participants & direct beneficiaries of the C-CIT & the CETA?

Have you & your family, friends & colleagues sent PM Harper & Mr. DAN HILTON (Executive Director of the Conservative Party), et al, your:

"NOTIFICATION of Preexisting CHALLENGE to the CANADA - EUROPEAN UNION
COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC & TRADE AGREEMENT",
"NOTIFICATION of Preexisting CHALLENGE to the TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP"
and
"NOTIFICATION of Preexisting CHALLENGE to the CANADA – CHINA INVESTMENT TREATY",

in order to enhance your opportunity to exculpate yourself from having to pay for:
1) the aforementioned Compensation that is embodied in The W.A.D. Accord
&
2) the costs, penalties, punitive damages that will be derived from the C-CI Treaty, the CET Agreement, the Trans Pacific Partnership, et al?

In conclusion, it may be regrettable that the C-CI Treaty & the CET Agreement has, so far, been successful at giving corporate Canada & its representatives the much higher degree of legitimacy to their aforementioned secrecy (assisted by way of the international cache) that it needs in order for them to later, & once again, claim (see; NAFTA) that they are doing/did "their best" to protect the non shareholders from the over zealousness of their foreign Treaty, Agreement, &/or, Partnership counterparts.

Is it not easier & just prudent to discuss the preexisting arrangements & challenges to the Treaty, the Agreement, the Partnership, et al, prior to ratifying them in order to determine which is more egregious than the other (or, are both equally egregious) & thus, avoid any of the secret "dispute" resolutions & its "hefty" costs to the beleaguered, non shareholding taxpayers, et al? And, how much will the added costs of the C-CIT's, CETA's & TPP's infra structure, punitive penalties, etc. increase the erosion of the non shareholders health care, educational services, etc. in order to artificially increase the value of corporate Canada's shares & dividends while dramatically reducing the non shareholders' disposable income?

How much has corporate Canada set aside to defend the CHALLENGES, et al, that corporate Canada & the non shareholders are anticipating? How far along are they in collecting this fund & how much more does corporate Canada & its shareholders need to set aside before the non shareholding taxpayers allow corporate Canada & its representatives to proceed?

Similarly, due to a psychiatrist's previous linking of the deprivation of The WAD Accord information with the unconscionably high rates of despair, disenchantment, suicides, unemployment, poverty, etc., that are found in many communities across Canada,what are the various different ways that non shareholders can guarantee that corporate Canada & its shareholders have enough financial reserves set aside in order to pay for the CHALLENGES by the non shareholders and those who will be the new victims of the aforementioned deprivation of information?

On the other hand, are there actually any non shareholding taxpayers who think that corporate
Canada is anxious to explain to them, or, corporate China, or, corporate EU, &/or, corporat trans Pacific nations, just how effective & lucrative their, corporate Canada's, secretive relationship between:
1) lobbyists' of corporate Canada
&
2) the executives of the parties that are operating in Canada,
has been & is continuing to be?

And, finally, without:
1) a meaningful "democratic" forum in which the non shareholders can directly question the direct beneficiaries of the Treaty & the Agreement, ie. corporate Canada & its lobbyists, without the fear of recriminations, etc.,
2) a predetermined list of circumstances whereby corporate Canada can & will terminate the Treaty & the Agreement without penalties, &/or, costs to the harmless non shareholding taxpayers
&
3) et al,

the ratification of the C-CI Treaty & the CET Agreement will eliminate for most Canadians the last remnants of "democratically" effecting the treaty/agreement by the non shareholding taxpayers
& thus,
corporate Canada, et al, will finally be able to give these arrangements the luster of legitimacy that they need that is based upon the logic that "It can't be another gilded cage that will cause another economic melt down like the "derivative type conspiracy"*** that is continuing to debilitate international finance, etc., because there are just too many vanguards of industry promoting the public financing of the C-CI Treaty & CET Agreement".

Regarding the secrecy of the C-CI Treaty, CET Agreement & TP Partnership arrangements, they are not dissimilar to insider trading (fraud, stock manipulation, et al). In this situation the shareholders, who are on "the inside", use secret, &/or, privileged information to make money for themselves at the expense of the group that is on the "outside", ie. the non shareholding taxpayers, who are being deprived of the aforementioned information & thus, are being deprived of the opportunity to enjoy the direct benefits of the treaty/agreement. Similarly, some of the means to counter these arrangements are also not dissimilar to those counter measures that can remedy insider trading & pay punitive damages, etc. to the harmless non shareholders. And, while it is likely that the "coveted" Chinese investor**** may have enough of the insider information regarding the more "unethical", &/or, "inhumane" arrangements in the C-CI Treaty, et al, to navigate the mechanisms of the secret dispute resolution tribunal in his favor & at the peril of corporate Canada, et al, it may be regrettable that it is highly unlikely that the European Union & the nations of the Trans Pacific have been as fortunate regarding the CETA & TPP arrangements.

This disparity between China's benefits from the C-CI Treaty & the benefits that the EU, et al, may derive from their CETA will continue to be dangerously contentious.

And, finally, it may also be regrettable that there is yet another vulnerability that corporate Canada, especially its Alberta chapter, is particularly desperate to be kept secret for as long as possible and it only remains to be seen when it will be most advantageous to "leak" the secret & by which party.

* C-CI Treaty; Canada - China Investment Treaty (FIPA) & CET Agreement; Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement (Canada-European Union)

** The W.A.D. Accord; Reference:

For those who may not be familiar with The WAD Accord, &/or, its recent developments, The Accord can be accessed on line by way of the submission entitled:

"Towards a More Informed Opinion regarding the Environmental Impact & Context of the NGP (Pipeline), et al", Researched & Submitted by D.E.H.S., July 24, 2012 to the Enbridge Co.'s NGP Joint Review Panel..

Contact:
Ms. Colette Spagnuolo,
GatewayProcessAdvisor@ceaa-acee.gc.ca
Process Advisor, Northern Gateway Project
GatewayProcessAdvisor@ceaa-acee.gc.ca

*** "derivative type conspiracy"; "The $58 Trillion Elephant in the Room" by Jesse Eisinger. Upstart Business Journal, October 15, 2008, 8:00am EDT. Re; the "industrialized credit derivatives"

For the more information that may lead the non shareholders, corporate China and corporate European Union & their shareholders & the non shareholders, et al, to a greater certainty regarding what corporate Canada may be sharing with you regarding the accessing of the aforementioned, information & Canadian natural resources, et al, I can be contacted at:
Facebook; "David Smith, Sidney, BC",
&/or,
Google "David E.H. Smith", for the accessing RECENT ARTICLES, CORRESPONDENCES & NOTIFICATIONS.
See also, below;
36) Thank you President Jose Barroso (EU Commission), President Herman Van Rompuy (EUCouncil), President Schulz (EU Parliament), citizens of the European Union, et al; The European Union's Commission's receipt of: "The NOTIFICATION of Preexisting CHALLENGE to the EU - Canada Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement (CETA)"; EU may consider "Renditioning Info" as Condition of CETA Deal to Minimize "Unethical & Inhumane" Arrangements between Canadian lobbyists' clients/parties' executives; CHINA Unprotected with C-CITreaty? (CAN)

Non shareholders & the other potential participants in the CET Agreement, C-CI Treaty, & TPPartnership can access more of the relevant articles that have been researched & posted on Facebook & Google.

GOOGLE; RECENT ARTICLES, LETTERS & NOTIFICATIONS by DEHS.
(Last Edited; June 24, 2014)
1) Financial & Human Rights News; SECRET TPPartnership, C-CITreaty & CETA TRIBUNALS are INSIDER TRADING; corp. Canada tells China to "Hit the Road" if Chinese style anti-corruption Blows "Arrangements" between Can. Lobbyists' Clients & Parties' Executives (W.A.D. Accord*)? NON Shareholders HAVE TO PAY the arranged PENALTIES. Non SHAREHOLDERS, Native & Non Native, are WHINING CAMP FOLLOWERS?

2) FINANCIAL & HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS: EU - CAN. Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement (CETA): 'EU may consider "Renditioning Info" as Condition of CETA Deal to Minimize "Unethical & Inhumane" Arrangements between Canadian lobbyists' clients/parties' executives; CHINA may follow in C-CITreaty'?,

3) WHY the AFN may be "DRAGGING its HEELS" on CRITICALLY N.B. ISSUES & Causing the Formation of a New First Nations Group?,

4) "NATIVE SUICIDES LINKED TO INFO. DEPRIVATION" HELP IS ON THE WAY?,

5) C-CI Treaty; "It's Now SAFE..." CETA... Euros cautioned about corporate Canada,

6) (RSN) "CHINA'S KIND HELP from its MINISTRY of STATE SECURITY (MSS) maybe ACCEPTED by CSIS..."?,

7) > “.. WE ARE RACIST when it comes to dealing with CANADIANS...” FINANCIAL & HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS; DEHS, Re; "A Response..." is not an answer to the questions raised in "C-CI Treaty; SPY/AGENT PROVOCATEUR...or, The RELUCTANT (Ethical & Humane) PATRIOT?,

8) FINANCIAL NEWS: Canada-European Union - Trade and Investment Enhancement Agreement (TIEA) The taxpayers/voters of Europe are cautioned... arrangements with corporate Canada,

9) (RSN) CSIS; PRIVY COUNCIL; "The THREAT ASSESSMENT"; CSIS; re; NAFT Agreement, C-CI Treaty, CET Agreement, TP Partnership, et al. (Edited; Jan., 2014),

10) > Have you HELPED YOUR FAMILY & Friends by sending your NOTIFICATION of a PREEXISTING CHALLENGE?,

11) (RSN) SPY/AGENT PROVOCATEUR for corp. China-Canada, & their Investors, or, The RELUCTANT (Ethical & Humane) PATRIOT for the Most Vulnerable (99%) of Canadians-Chinese, et al?; The Mechanism for Ascertaining & Vote to stop, &/or, Improve the Canada-China FIPPA,

12) "A Response..." is not an answer to the questions raised in "C-CI Treaty..."; a Letter to an MP,

13) USING The WAD ACCORD to IMPROVE, &/or, ELIMINATE the C-CI Treaty (FIPPA); Response to Ms. Elizabeth May - MP, Nov. 2, 2012 letter; ("China treaty uproar signals growing rift between Ottawa, grassroots conservatives&quot ,

14) (RSN) TIRED of Political BELIEFS; why not ask QUESTIONS that can form the basis for more INFORMED OPINIONS? See; Response to Ms. Elizabeth May - MP, Nov. 2, 2012 letter.A DIAGNOSTIC TEST of Canada's Version of "DEMOCRACY"; SIMPLE, "DEMOCRATIC" QUESTIONS for "our&quot ?) Members of Parliament, et al.,

15) (RSN) SECRET C-CITreaty & CETA TRIBUNALS are INSIDER TRADING,

16) >"WELL, YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN". - George H.W. Bush. Re; American police to operate on Canadian soil; arrangements between corporate America & corporate Canada; CETA & C-CIT.,

17) >The RED HERRING; The SENATE "SCANDAL",

18) "Indigenous Economies" & "MUNICIPAL EMANCIPATION",

19) (RSN) Non SHAREHOLDERS, Native & Non Native, are WHINING CAMP FOLLOWERS?,

20) "CONSIDERATIONS' paid to ALL PARTIES to PROMOTE C-CITreaty & CETA, et al and to LIMIT "OPPOSITION" (see; The WAD Accord)?,

21) (RSN) INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE, or, INTELLIGENT SHARING; The Edge, or, Illusion for Who?,

22) (RSN) DEATH of FIRST NATIONS; NOW "SUE-ABLE" NATIVE "FIRST MUNICIPALITIES"; "EMANCIPATION" & "Indigenous Economies&quot ?,

23) (RSN) The Termination Plan for Native Canadians, ET AL; The COUNTER OFFER REFERENDUMS; The WAD Accord, The Notification of C-CI Treaty (CETA & TPP), The Termination Plan, The T.P. Counter Offer, et al,

24) GLOBAL LOBBYISTS' MANAGERS ACKNOWLEDGE & understand REFERENDUMS on; "The WAD ACCORD's COMPENSATION", "NOTIFICATION of Preexisting CHALLENGES to C-CI Treaty" (& CET Agreement, TP Partnership, et al,) "The COUNTER OFFER to The Termination Plan for Native Canadians, ET AL", et al?,

25) CHAIRMAN MAO'S LAST LAUGH? / The GREEN PARTY of CANADA, et al, LEAKs...,

26) (RSN) An OPEN LETTER to Canadian NON SHAREHOLDERS (both; Native & non Native), et al.145 years of corporate Canada using non shareholders' tax dollars to be used to REWARD SHAREHOLDERS with punitive penalties paid by NON SHAREHOLDERS via NAFTA, C-CIT, CETA, TPP, et al, SECRET TRIBUNALS,

27) (RSN) TOWARDS A MORE INFORMED OPINION; The SHAREHOLDERS of the Global Corporate Economy VS. the NON SHAREHOLDERS; The Acceleration of The FINAL DISPARITY between the Rich & the Poor; Enbridge's Northern Gateway (Pipeline) Project

28) (RSN) "HELP IS ON THE WAY?; The INHUMANELY HIGH RATES of SUICIDES, etc. in Canada"

29) "Global corp. economy's Old KREMLIN STRATEGY works for corp. Canada's political leaders; 'DISAPPEARED' & 'SUICIDE-D' Activists along 'DEATH-POTS' Highway (#16)
gives new meaning to 'RED OCTOBER' as corp.Can Desperate to KILL WAD Accord's COMPENSATION INFO Re; TPP, C-CIT, CETA, NAFTA, Shareholders arrangements?"

30) LINE UP for IPOs re; TPPARTNERSHIP's derived ENTERPRISES, just got Shorter. PREVENTION of RACIAL "STEREOTYPING" with DISTINCTION may HELP RECOVERY? Human Nature; How Cultures & Traditions can be used to try & explain Bullying & Info Deprivation to Protect the Power of “Death-Pots”.

31) Grand Chief Shawn Atleo's "sudden" Departure.

32) "DONATIONS vs. LOBBYISTS' CONSIDERATIONS..."

33) Is YOUR Member of Parliament getting enough CONSIDERATION for YOU for LIMITING his/her “OPPOSITION”?

34) YOUR Notification to PM HARPER & WHERE to LEARN for TAX CREDIT?

35) CETA; IS corporate CANADA JUST continuing its "SUCKING UP" (via theC-CITreaty) & shi..."PURGING DOWN?
36) Thank you President Jose Barroso (EU Commission), President Herman Van Rompuy (EUCouncil), President Schulz (EU Parliament), citizens of the European Union, et al; The European Union's Commission's receipt of: "The NOTIFICATION of Preexisting CHALLENGE to the EU - Canada Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement (CETA)"; EU may consider "Renditioning Info" as Condition of CETA Deal to Minimize "Unethical & Inhumane" Arrangements between Canadian lobbyists' clients/parties' executives; CHINA Unprotected with C-CITreaty? (CAN)
*******


36) Thank you President Jose Barroso (EU Commission), President Herman Van Rompuy (EUCouncil), President Schulz (EU Parliament), citizens of the European Union, et al; The European Union's Commission's receipt of: "The NOTIFICATION of Preexisting CHALLENGE to the EU - Canada Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement (CETA)"; EU may consider "Renditioning Info" as Condition of CETA Deal to Minimize "Unethical & Inhumane" Arrangements between Canadian lobbyists' clients/parties' executives; CHINA Unprotected with C-CITreaty? (CAN)

see also;
1) (RSN) PRIME MINISTER HARPER, et al, YOU HAVE BEEN SERVED with;
"NOTIFICATIONS of Preexisting CHALLENGES to the EU – Canada CETAgreement, C-CI Treaty" & TP Partnership et al.

and

2) A) PRESIDENT XI JINPING (CHINA); YOU HAVE BEEN SERVED with "The
NOTIFICATION of Preexisting CHALLENGE to the C-CITreaty",

B) PRESIDENTS; H.V. ROMPUY (EU Council), J. BARROSO (EU Commission) & M.
SCHULZ (EU Parliament); YOU HAVE BEEN SERVED with "The NOTIFICATION of
Preexisting CHALLENGE to the CETAgreement",

C) PRESIDENTS/PRIME MINISTERS Trans Pacific nations; YOU HAVE BEEN SERVED
with "The NOTIFICATION of Preexisting CHALLENGE to theTPPartnership".

*********
 

Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)
3. No partisan politics in this Group please.
Fri Aug 23, 2013, 05:48 PM
Aug 2013

It's a great initiative and Occupiers can vote or not vote as they please but Occupy is specifically non-partisan:

Statement of Autonomy
http://www.nycga.net/resources/documents/statement-of-autonomy/

Passed by the General Assembly at Occupy Wall Street. November 10, 2011
and passed revision by the General Assembly at Occupy Wall Street, March 3, 2012

Occupy Wall Street is a people’s movement. It is party-less, leaderless, by the people and for the people. It is not a business, a political party, an advertising campaign or a brand. It is not for sale.

We welcome all, who, in good faith, petition for a redress of grievances through non-violence. We provide a forum for peaceful assembly of individuals to engage in participatory democracy. We welcome dissent.

Any statement or declaration not released through the General Assembly and made public online at www.nycga.net should be considered independent of Occupy Wall Street.

We wish to clarify that Occupy Wall Street is not and never has been affiliated with any established political party, candidate or organization. Our only affiliation is with the people.

The people who are working together to create this movement are its sole and mutual caretakers. If you have chosen to devote resources to building this movement, especially your time and labor, then it is yours.

Any organization is welcome to support us with the knowledge that doing so will mean questioning your own institutional frameworks of work and hierarchy and integrating our principles into your modes of action.

SPEAK WITH US, NOT FOR US.

Occupy Wall Street values collective resources, dignity, integrity and autonomy above money. We have not made endorsements. All donations are accepted anonymously and are transparently allocated via consensus by the General Assembly or the Operational Spokes Council.

We acknowledge the existence of professional activists who work to make our world a better place. If you are representing, or being compensated by an independent source while participating in our process, please disclose your affiliation at the outset. Those seeking to capitalize on this movement or undermine it by appropriating its message or symbols are not a part of Occupy Wall Street.

We stand in solidarity. We are Occupy Wall Street.

Vic Vinegar

(80 posts)
4. sure you can lead a horse to water
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 01:13 PM
Aug 2013

sure you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.

I am just asking for people to vote and an Occupyier or whoever can make the decision to vote for him but it would be just be backwards not to advertise the Tax Wall Street Party.

 

Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)
5. "I am just asking for people to vote" and there's the problem right there. Did you read the
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 01:22 PM
Aug 2013

Statement of Autonomy I posted directly above? Please do so and then reply.

Yes, all Occupiers can vote or not vote as they so choose, and thank you for working to make a difference (I've seen your same post in other DU fora) but this Group is not for gathering votes for Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Kang OR Kodos.

That's all. Thank you for your understanding. Lead horses to water elsewhere. Hope you win!

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