#99rise

[ryanaasen]

[rbdreams]

The group 99 Rise got into Supreme Court hearings and protested corporate personhood and money = free speech. SCOTUS, with rulings dating back to the 1970′s, have instituted legalized bribery of our political system and elected officials. 

Seeing how most legislation is now written by corporate lobbyists which disenfranchises the working class and the poor, citizens are fighting back. Ironic that those that infiltrated SC hearings were charged with, among other things, conspiracy. Conspiracy to commit democracy?

[okupi-blog]

Sometiems, there’s no choice but to make a choice for change.  A fundamental one most everyone can agree on:  Money Out of Politics.

#GetTheDoughOut

reverse Citizens United

[tobogganable]

Facebook Rant of 1/26/2015 by Adam Hasz, Chair of SustainUS

Posted here with his permission.   "I try not to rant much on Facebook. I post political pieces, and definitely have a partisan outlook in what I contribute. But this moment deserves a rant.

On Monday, the Koch Brothers announced plans to spend $889 million to influence the 2016 elections. That is close to a BILLION dollars by two individuals and their allies to influence our shared political system for their personal financial gain.  See the article here: http://www.nytimes.com/…/kochs-plan-to-spend-900-million-on…

Regardless of your political orientation or personal beliefs about governing philosophy, I do not see how you can believe this is just. This is a fundamental corruption of our democracy and our country. This amount of spending, which is at the SAME LEVEL as the Democrats and the Republicans, destroys any notion that we have a fair system. If you have the money, you can buy the message, control the narrative, control the politicians, and effectively force your agenda into the national debate, public will be damned.

The first act of the new Senate is to approve an oil pipeline that will create 35 permanent jobs. 35 jobs, for a metal pipe that transports some of the dirtiest oil in the world. Is this really the biggest priority facing our country? One might thinking that rising economic inequality, rapid climate disruption, or the stagnating education system might demand a bit more attention. But instead it's a pipeline, which happens to benefit two people in particular - the Kochs: http://www.salon.com/…/the_koch_keystone_connection_brothe…/

The Koch Brothers are not the only people corrupting our democracy. In many ways, the unfair influence of money in politics has already corrupted politicians so much that the line between "legal bribery" of campaign contributions and "illegal bribery" has blurred. Zephyr Teachout argues that campaign contributions are the "gateway drug to bribes... where candidates are trained to respond to campaign cash and serve donors' interests... the structure of private campaign finance has essentially pre-corrupted our politicians, so that they can't even recognize explicit bribery because it feels the same as what they do every day." See here for more: http://www.nytimes.com/…/zephyr-teachout-on-sheldon-silver-…

This has to stop. If you believe in climate justice, if you believe that‪#‎BlackLivesMatter‬, if you believe that Wall Street is too powerful, if you believe in women's rights, or if you believe that government should actually serve the PEOPLE rather than rich campaign donors, then it's time to get money out of politics. A more progressive future is simply not possible without fundamental reforms in our democracy.

Last week, my friend Katherine and 6 others boldly spoke out at the Supreme Court during the 5th Anniversary of the Citizens United, the Supreme Court decision that allows virtually unlimited spending by outside political groups (including SuperPACs. Katherine and the protesters were tackled, hauled off to jail, and kept without food for 36 hours. But their story has widely resonated, being published in the New York Times, the Economist, the Wall Street Journal and elsewhere. Video of their protest is here: http://www.99rise.org/breaking_video_from_inside_supreme_co…

I deeply believe in the potential of this country and of democracy. I deeply believe that people can come together and shape our future, that we can chart a course towards greater justice and peace. But this cannot happen without fair elections. Democracy ceases to exist when the wealthy control the levers of power.

It's time for this movement. It's time to get money out of politics and to reclaim democracy. This won't happen overnight, and it likely won't happen to stop the $889 million in Koch money from corrupting the 2016 election. But we can and must come together to separate wealth and state. With time, we can build the power needed to enact a new Constitutional Amendment, pass new legislation, and change the rules of our democracy. But it starts with us.

If you believe that we need to take back our democracy, sign the pledge of resistance here: http://www.99rise.org/pledge_of_resistance. Then, talk to your friends, your family, your church, your business, your school, and your community. Tell them why you care. Invite them to participate in this movement. 8 in 10 Americans believe we should limit campaign contributions by outside groups. Most likely your friends already agree that we need to get money out of politics. It's your job to get them to act.

Facebook rant complete. Now, back to organizing."

[okupi-blog]

Check out @Tonymauro's Tweet:

[businessvoodoo-blog]

"thou shall not murder"

In the story of "Occupy Wall Street" there are so many stories that deviate from the truth.  Mostly because of the need to control the truth by those who are perpetuating the illusions that grip our ways of thinking that we HAVE to continue with fossil fuels or ??? 

We have to continue to build bigger and badder killing machines for any purpose other than to kill another human being.  

We premeditate murder as policy.  How is that in anyway right?

[womens-rights-in-the-workplace]

A Republican. When they were still largely sane, and before they were corrupt to the core.