Hello and hoping you all had a meaningful Martin Luther King Day! I write with several things in mind, including the recent desecration by Occupier(s) of a church that was offering housing to OWS. I also write regarding the fact that most of you have not seen me for a while, and you may or [...]
Documents For: Principles of Solidarity Consolidation
Letter to Occupy Wall Street from Rabbi Chaim Gruber
Hello and hoping you all had a meaningful Martin Luther King Day! I write with several things in mind, including the recent desecration by Occupier(s) of a church that was offering housing to OWS. I also write regarding the fact that most of you have not seen me for a while, and you may or [...]
Principles of Solidarity Draft 4 (2): a different voice/structural approach
OCCUPY WALL STREET: PRINCIPLES OF SOLIDARITY (October 21, 2011draft) We are the 99, the voices of all those world-wide who will no longer accept a democracy governed by money and a capitalism ruled by greed. We say enough! and we will be heard. We will occupy, stay, protest peacefully until we are heard. We reject [...]
Principles of Solidarity Draft 4 (expanded version of draft 3 which reached GA consensus on 9/23)
PRINCIPLES OF SOLIDARITY [Working draft 10/25/2011] On September 17, 2011 we as individuals rose up against political corruption and social and economic injustice. We spoke out, resisted, and successfully occupied Wall Street. Today, we proudly remain in Liberty Plaza and are constituting ourselves as autonomous political beings, engaging in non-violent civil disobedience, and building solidarity [...]