Occupy Cleveland - Press Release - For Immediate Distrobutution
Occupy Cleveland - Press Release - For Immediate Distrobutution
Occupy Cleveland - Press Release - For Immediate Distrobutution
com #OccupyCleveland Press Contact: Jacob Wagner P: 440.231.6323 Email: [email protected] www.occupycleveland.com
We have seen the effects of "regulation" written by lobbyists, drafted with enough loopholes to make the law look like a piece of Swiss cheese. We have seen these wealthy elites flex their economic power to create laws that protect their wealth at the expense of the more than 200 million American citizens who struggle every day to make ends meet and provide for themselves and their families. We stand today where so many Americans have stood throughout our history, to exercise our inalienable rights to demand change here, in our city. In doing so we honor those who gave their lives that we might stand here today and defend the spirit of liberty and justice for all that is slowly being silenced. We are the 99% and we have had enough. About Occupy Wall Street Occupy Wall Street is a leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%. We are using the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic to achieve our ends and encourage the use of nonviolence to maximize the safety of all participants. General Assembly Principles of Solidarity (from NYC) 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 perpetuated by the economic and political elites. On the 17th we as individuals rose up against political disenfranchisement and social and economic injustice. We spoke out, resisted, and successfully occupied Wall Street. Today, we proudly remain in Liberty Square constituting ourselves as autonomous political beings engaged in non-violent civil 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 individuals and crafted these principles of solidarity, which are points of unity that include but are not limited to:
Engaging in direct and transparent participatory democracy; Exercising personal and collective responsibility; Recognizing individuals inherent privilege and the influence it has on all interactions; Empowering one another against all forms of oppression; Redefining how labor is valued; The sanctity of individual privacy; The belief that education is human right; and Endeavoring to practice and support wide application of open source.
We are daring to imagine a new socio-political and economic alternative that offers greater possibility of equality. For more information or an interview, please contact Jacob Wagner at 440.231.6323 or [email protected]. Also, visit us on the web at www.occupycleveland.com.