PRINCIPLES OF SOLIDARITY -- A "coherent message" from New York City Occupy Wall Street

[vets74]

Another message here at DU notes that the panel at the Bill Maher show mocked the OWS "hippies."

Alan Grayson Gets Standing Ovation While Bill Maher Panel Mocks Occupy Wall Street ‘Hippies’

The NYCGA includes all attendees. However we are frequently observed to be coherent. Thus:

PRINCIPLES OF SOLIDARITY

The following Principles of Solidarity has been adopted by the New York City General Assembly (at Liberty Park) as a "living document: that will be revised through the democratic process of the N.Y.C. General Assembly.

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On September 17, 2011, people from all across the United States of America and the world came to protest the blatant injustices of our times perpetrated by the economic and political elites. On the 17th we as individuals rose up against the political disenfranchisement and social and economic injustice. We spoke out, resisted, and occupied Wall Street. Today we proudly remain in Liberty Square constituting ourselves as autonomous political beings engaged in non-violent political disobedience and building solidarity based on mutual respect, acceptance, and love. It is from these reclaimed grounds that we say to all Americans and to the world: Enough! How many crises does it take? We are the 99% and we have moved to reclaim our mortgaged future.

Through a direct democratic process, we have come together as individual and crafted these principles of solidarity, which are points of unity that include, but are not limited to:

- Engage in direct and transparent democracy

- Exercise personal and collective responsibility

- Recognize individuals' inherent privilege and the influence it has on all interactions

- Empower one another against all forms of oppression

- Redefine how labor is valued

- Sanctify individual privacy

- Support a belief that education is a human right

- Endeavor to support wide application of the Open Source concept

We are daring to imagine a new socio-political and economic alternative that offers greater possibility of equality. We are consolidating the other proposed principles of solidarity, after which demands will follow.

-- from the Occupied Wall Street Journal, Saturday, October 8, 2011.

Principles first, then demands.

We are the 99%.

DU was represented this morning at 11 AM at the Red Cube -- Saturday 11 AM @ Red Cube corner is on for October 14th !!

[mod mom]

1. 11 recommendations & not a single comment? k&r

just watched Maher. Thanks to Alan Grayson for standing up for the 99%ers!

[socialist_n_TN]

2. Sounds good. So how do we get there?

nm

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Thank you for representing DU. Surely you were not the only one?

[PETRUS]

4. K&R nt