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99% Movement has Broad Support

From Think Progress:

As the Occupy Wall Street protest and growing 99 Percent Movement enters its second month, poll after poll shows public support for the movement. 

Here’s the rundown.

82… percent of New York State voters think it’s OK for the Occupy Wall Street protesters to protest.
67… percent of Americans think it would be a “bad idea” to lower taxes on large corporations.
66 …percent of Americans think the distribution of money and wealth in this country should be “more evenly distributed among more people.”

65 …percent of Americans think taxes should be raised on millionaires.
58 …percent of New York State voters agree with the views of the Wall Street protesters.
46 …percent of Americans think the 99 Percent Movement “reflect[s] the views of most Americans,” compared to just 34 percent who say it does not.
43 …percent of Americans agree with the views of protesters, compared to just 27 percent who disagree.
68 …percent of millionaire investors support raising taxes on millionaires.
61 …percent of investors with a net worth of more than $5 million support raising taxes on millionaires.
69 …percent of Americans think that the policies of the Republicans in Congress “favor the rich.”  

9 …percent of Americans think that the policies of the Republicans in Congress“favor the middle class.”   

2 …percent of Americans (who apparently don’t get out much) think that the policies of the Republicans in Congress “favor the poor.”

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• Occupy Wall Street is now being supported by MoveOn, a 2 million strong progressive organization, the AFL-CIO, the Teamsters, and a whole bunch more.
• #OWS endorsed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.
• An Occupy Wall Street Library has now opened- no library card required!
• Unlike Congress and President Obama, the public has a favorable opinion of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
• The march today went quite well, police got a little carried away at times, but protesters showed great restraint: 

Goethe

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."

• Anti-Wall Street protests spreading to cities large and small.
• Fannie Mae, the mortgage finance giant, knew as early as 2003 of extensive foreclosure abuses.
• Send food and supplies to those occupying Wall Street.
• #OccupyUSA live blog.  Wednesday will be fun. 
• A manifesto of sorts has emerged from Occupy Wall Street:

  As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies.

  As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights, and those of their neighbors; that a democratic government derives its just power from the people, but corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people and the Earth; and that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power. We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.

Zizek!

With protests and revolutions spreading across the world, what better time to start thinking about the type of world we want to construct?  Some interesting ideas come from Slavoj Zizek,  a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana and a professor at the European Graduate School, considered to be one of the world’s leading intellectuals, and currently the "hip" philosopher of our time. And some Golden Gopher pride, Zizek formerly taught at the University of Minnesota. 


Zizek has had more impact than just in the classroom and theory, individuals such as Julian Assange, the publisher of Wikileaks, cite Zizek’s philosophical outlook as influential in their work.  A Sundance documentary on Zizek can be watched on YouTube.

#OccupyWallStreet

Here comes the American Autumn:

• More than 700 protesters were arrested yesterday in New York.
• The New York Transit Workers Union, the United Federation of Teachers, Workers United and the local Service Employees International Union have in the last 48 hours joined the Occupy Wall Street movement.
• Statements of solidarity have been issued by the United Steelworkers and National Nurses United, among others.
• The local SEIU chapter will be providing meals and medical training to protesters for the next week.
• Fuck the politicians, but props to the one's fighting the good fight: Senator Bernie Sanders, former President Jimmy Carter, former Vice President Al Gore, Elizabeth Warren, Representative Keith Ellison.
• People are starting to organize across the country - check out Occupy Together to learn about events taking place in your neighborhood.
• Message from Anonymous regarding #OccupyWallStreet: