Occupy This Meme

This tumblr is a place to post the memes that have been making their way around the interwebs about the Occupy movement. Posts are taken from news articles, blogs, and facebook shares. I’m just one guy posting what I see out there, but I hope this will help anyone looking in on the movement from outside see the range of ideas represented by it. Maybe it will keep the Occupy movement from being reduced to a polarized issue of black-and-white, rich-vs-poor, employed-vs-unemployed.

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Objects in Mirror are closer than they appear: #Change

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It’s not censorship, it’s marketing: Americans don’t want to be informed.

(via Censorship?)

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Portland pepper spray incident generates iconic Occupy photo

Los Angeles Times A young woman getting a blast of pepper spray during a mostly peaceful Occupy protest in Portland is destined to become an enduring image of the national movement. (The woman is “OK,” Occupy Portland spokesman Reid Parham told The Times.) 

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Police Pepper Spray Peaceful UC Davis Students(VIDEO)

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Come and see the violence inherent in the system!

-Bloody Peasant

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socialismartnature:

“Why is there no maximum wage?”

An interesting question … should one person really be allowed to earn hundreds of millions of dollars in annual income, while others work a full-time job on poverty wages?

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theriverwanders:

I Will Believe Corporations Are People When Texas Executes One. So long, Ronald.

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theriverwanders:

YES! “Too big to fail” has failed.  #ows #p2

liberalsarecool:

The global banking industry failed. Not your local bank, not your regional branch, not your national brand [WaMu anyone?], not investment banks [Lehman?], not just financial services [Merrill Lynch?], or insurance [AIG bailout?], but the ENTIRE - GLOBAL - INDUSTRY.

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nevver:

Penny for the Guy?

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liberalrocker:

Occupy Everywhere.

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patrickbayer:

thedailywhat:

Occupy Oakland News Update of the Day: The thousands of Occupy Oakland protesters who participated in yesterday’s General Strike were ultimately successful in their effort to shut down the city’s port.

The Port of Oakland ceased normal operations yesterday evening after it was flooded with protesters. Work resumed around 8:30 this morning local time, with no reports of injuries or property damage.

International Longshore and Warehouse Union communications director Craig Merrilees said productivity loss was “relatively minor” due to an unrelated issue concerning dangerous containers from Vietnam that had already prevented the evening shift from doing its job.

A notable incident occurred around 7:30 PM, when a silver Mercedes-Benz sedan struck two protesters after the driver allegedly became annoyed at the “streams of marchers” blocking his way. Cell phone footage of the incident — which appears to show a protester hitting the vehicle before being run over — can be seen below:

According to BART Police Deputy Chief Daniel Hartwig, the wounded protesters were taken to Highland Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver was allowed to leave the scene after a brief interrogation. Oakland PD is reportedly conducting an investigation.

The protests became progressively more eventful as the night wore on. While the vast majority of protesters were peaceful, the early morning hours were marred by violent clashes between police and “a roving group of about 100 mostly young men” who walked around downtown committing various acts of vandalism.

“Thanks to a splinter group of protesters in Oakland last night, the news today is leading with imagery of burning barricades and headlines about property destruction,” wrote Salon’s Justin Elliott.

As many as 40 people were arrested overnight, including Susie Cagle, the daughter of influential editorial cartoonist Daryl Cagle. Her father wrote on his blog that Susie was arrested while attempting to peacefully march with others toward the police station. 

Watch a report from Sacramento’s News10 on last night’s violence below:

[photo: occupyoakland.]

This is what being an active citizen looks like kids

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Chicagoist reports that someone at the Chicago Board of Trade blanketed Occupy Chicago protesters with hundreds of McDonald’s applications

mocking the demonstrators camped outside. Employees at the organization — the world’s oldest futures exchange — have heckled Occupy Chicago protesters almost since day one. They’ve proudly hung “We Are The 1%” in their office windows, papered the movement with fliers, and sent out email spam. Now, they seem to have moved on to “job counseling.” Though it may not be very good advice, as McDonald’s recently hired just 60,000 workers out of 1 million applications they received.

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fuckyeahmarxismleninism:

Occupy Oakland shuts down Port of Oakland