Anonops #8: Occupy Wall Str.

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Organized Labor is joining the movement. The President of the Professional Staff Congress, a union of 20,000 employees from the City University of New York just arrived and pledged solidarity to the movement.

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Op zaterdag 24 september 2011 01:04 schreef rakotto het volgende:

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Dat gaat wat worden. De vakbonden zijn meestal de drijvende veer achter protesten.

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ScottMcKeeJR twitterde op woensdag 21-09-2011 om 04:36:12 @Evanguilbault Don't give up!! The movement is growing fast now. 4 states. #OccupyFDSF #occupyLA #occupychicago #OccupyMN #occuppywallst reageer retweet

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FBI arrests LulzSec member "recursion" for Sony Pictures hack

The FBI has announced that it has arrested LulzSec member Cody Kretsinger, 23, of Phoenix, Arizona, known as "recursion," charging him with conspiracy and the unauthorized impairment of a protected computer.

Kretsinger is accused of using SQL injection attacks to obtain confidential information from the systems of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Kretsinger and his co-conspirators are then claimed to have disseminated the stolen information via the LulzSec Web site, and publicized it on Twitter. The FBI also asserts that Kretsinger wiped his hard disk in order to avoid detection by law enforcement.

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Latakia, once a beautiful and serene port city, is now a hornets nest of military offensives, demonstrations, and everyday brutalities. Mass arrests are frequent. In early August, security forces arrested and detained thousands of people, forcing them into a football stadium and taking away their identification cards and cell phones. More than 5000 Palestinian refugees were forced from their homes and displaced. The Syrian navy continuously shelled the port city for days. Detained protestors are reprimanded and humiliated in school classrooms that have been converted into temporary prisons. Two year old O'laa Jablawi was shot in the eye and killed as she and her parents attempted to flee the besieged city.

And yet, despite the rising violence and suffering seen in Latakia, Assad continue to promise nothing and do nothing. The rampant corruption and brutality that are the trademarks of the Assad regime continue to flourish in Latakia and surrounding cities. One thing is clear, Assad fears the Syrian people. he fears what they will achieve if they collectively mobilize and demand freedom. And so he continues to use his toy army to strike down the peaceful demonstrators. But as each day brings them closer to the end of Assad’s tyranny and the taste of freedom, we applaud the Syrian people’s courage.

Latakia - CNN Arwa Damon Exposes Syria Army Murder of 2yr old child

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Arrestaties bij betoging Manhattan die al week duurt

De Amerikaanse politie heeft gisteren ongeveer 80 betogers gearresteerd in het financiële district in Manhattan, in New York. Daar wordt sinds 17 september betoogd tegen het financiële systeem, waarin volgens de betogers rijken profiteren ten koste van de rest van de wereldbevolking. Dat meldden Amerikaanse media.

De arrestaties wegens kleine overtredingen vonden plaats toen de menigte van enkele honderden mensen tijdens een protestmars in noordelijke richting liep.

Het initiatief voor het protestkamp kwam van online activistengroep Adbusters, dat mikte op tienduizenden deelnemers, maar de piek lag tot dusver op circa 1500.

Pizza
Een deel van de betogers slaapt sinds 17 september in parken bij het financiële district in the Big Apple en leeft op pizza's die als donaties uit de hele wereld via een pizzeria in de buurt worden bezorgd.

Bekendheden als filmmaker Michael Moore en actrice Roseanne Barr steunen het protest publiekelijk.

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Op zondag 25 september 2011 10:22 schreef Chokeme het volgende:
Fijne OP

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Police crack down on 'Occupy Wall Street' protests

New York police accused of heavy-handed tactics as 80 anti-capitalist protesters on 'Occupy Wall Street' march are arrested

The anti-capitalist protests that have become something of a fixture in Lower Manhattan over the past week or so have taken on a distinctly ugly turn.

Police have been accused of heavy-handed tactics after making 80 arrests on Saturday when protesters marched uptown from their makeshift camp in a private park in the financial district.

Footage has emerged on YouTube showing stocky police officers coralling a group of young female protesters and then spraying them with mace, despite being surrounded and apparently posing threats of only the verbal kind.

NYPD officers strung orange netting across the streets to trap groups of protesters, a tactic described by some of them as "kettling" – a term more commonly used by critics of a similar tactic deployed by police in London to contain potentially violent demonstrations there.

The media here in New York has been accused of being slow off the mark to cover the demonstrations, which have been going on for more than a week.

Here are some links to our coverage over the past week.

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The Face of Occupy Wall Street: Inside the Protests (Video Documentary)

Nobody Can Predict The Moment Of Revolution ( Occupy Wall Street )

Youtube Description: “We want to share insights into the formation of a new social movement as it is still taking shape in real time.

Nobody Can Predict The Moment Of Revolution ( Occupy Wall Street )

The video was shot during the 5th and 6th day of the occupation. This idea to occupy the financial district in New York City was inspired by recent uprisings in Spain, Greece, Egypt, and Tunisia which most of us were following online. Despite of the corporate media’s effort to silence the protests, and Yahoo’s attempt to to censor it in e-mail communication, the occupation is growing in numbers and spreading to other cities in the US and abroad. Please forward our video to likeminded people via email, facebook, twitter – and make the voices of dissent circulate.”

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Op maandag 26 september 2011 11:08 schreef rakotto het volgende:
De grootste nachtmerrie van de Kapitalisten/Amerikanen... Het communisme/socialisme in hun eigen land.

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Anonymous leaks personal details of alleged Wall Street pepper spray cop

Online hacktivist collective Anonymous has posted the personal details of a New York Police Department inspector caught on camera apparently pepper spraying female protestors at an anti-establishment march in Wall Street at the weekend.

The footage, which has been widely circulated, depicted a white shirted police officer who casually walked up to a group of protestors, many of whom were women and penned in behind orange netting, and sprayed them in the face before walking away.

The protests were part of the mainly peaceful Occupy Wall Street campaign supported by Anonymous, which is protesting against the greed of the financial market and the way it has dominated American political discourse over several decades.

In apparent retribution for the attack, Anonymous has now posted details to Pastebin of the officer, which it identified as deputy inspector Anthony Bologna of NYPD's First Precinct.

The details at the time of writing include the names of family members, and possible phone numbers.

"As we watched your officers kettle innocent women, we observed you barbarically pepper spray wildly into the group of kettled women. We were shocked and disgusted by your behaviour," read a note alongside the information.

"You know who the innocent women were, now they will have the chance to know who you are. Before you commit atrocities against innocent people, think twice. WE ARE WATCHING!!! Expect Us!"

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Attention #OccupyWallStreet : BadCop d0x | TARGET: Officer Anthony Bologna #NYPD

As we watched your officers kettle innocent women, we observed you barberically pepper spray wildly into the group of kettled women. We were shocked and disgusted by your behavior. You know who the innocent women were, now they will have the chance to know who you are. Before you commit atrocities against innocent people, think twice. WE ARE WATCHING!!! Expect Us!

———————————TARGET

Anthony Bologna D0x
NYPD Deputy Inspector
Patrol Boro Manhattan South - 212-477-6181


-WAS Commanding Officer of the First Precinct for the past 5 years
———————————Personal

-Possible phone number: (518) 989-9051

———————————Reason for D0x’ing

http://davidscameracraft.(...)-march-violence.html


———————————Relatives

Anthony Linda Bologna
Anthony V Bologna
Anthony Jennings Bologna
Linda S Bologna (family)
Dana M Bologna (family)
Jenna Angelina Bologna (family)
J Bologna (family)
Angelina Bologna (family)
Joanne A Bologna (family)
Anthony C Bologna (family)

———————————Schools

St. Paul’s High School (1970-1974)

———————————Last Known Addresses

5 Sawyer Ave, Unit A, Staten Island, NY, US
119 Slater Blvd, Staten Island, NY, US
5 Sawyer Ave, Staten Island, NY, US
1309 Lake Ave, Metairie, LA, US
Jennings Hill Rd, West Kill, NY, US
Catskill, NY, US
Lexington, NY, US
New York, NY, US
5314 8th Ave, Brooklyn, NY, US
236 E Gibson St, Covington, LA, US
134 N Carrollton Ave, New Orleans, LA, US
22072 8th St, Abita Springs, LA, US
6 Saint Jean De Luz, Mandeville, LA, US
1000 53rd St, Brooklyn, NY, US
1224 Lake Ave, Apt 205, Metairie, LA, US
10122 Lakewood St, New Orleans, LA, US
24 Claudia Dr, Covington, LA, US
6906 13th Ave, Unit 2f, Brooklyn, NY, US

—————————————-Legal Trouble

Plaintiff: Posr A. Posr
Defendants: Tulio Camejo, Anthony Bologna, Michael R. Bloomberg, Raymond W. Kelly, Joseph J. Esposito, The City of New York and Connie Fishman

Case Number: 1:2007cv07583
Filed: August 27, 2007

Court: New York Southern District Court
Office: Foley Square Office
County: NewYork
Presiding Judge: Judge P. Kevin Castel

Nature of Suit: Civil Rights - Other Civil Rights
Cause: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act
Jurisdiction: Federal Question
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff

———————————————-Until Next Time Folks…

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Op maandag 26 september 2011 20:18 schreef rakotto het volgende:
Hehehe, overheden terroriseren normaal volk --> Normaal volk terroriseert overheden

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Don’t dismiss the Wall Street occupation

It would seem that a populist uprising against corporate greed would find a widely approving audience, yet the current occupation of Wall Street has mostly been received with a mix of muted support and mockery. The now week old protest, which has been reported to have attracted several hundred activists this past weekend, is struggling to be understood.

There is no leader, by design, and the demands are still being formed by General Assemblies, a loose group of protesters who gather to discuss their grievances with what they see as a system that takes from the middle class and poor and protects the rich. They represent what they call “the 99%,” the population outside of top 1% of income earners.

Protesters complained early on that they were not receiving attention from mainstream media, so they took to social media, using the hashtag #occupywallst (and apparently spreading to #occupyboston #occupyLA #occupydenver #occupytexas #occupynola #occupychi #occupyphoenix as well,) sharing minute by minute accounts on Twitter, posting photos and video, and live streaming nearly the entire time.

The claims that there is a lack of mainstream coverage doesn’t seem to hold water, and could simply be a ploy to encourage even more coverage. The protests have been covered by Reuters, The New York Times, and major networks. Anonymous and Ad Busters are major promoters and loose organizers of the protests but the movement doesn’t appear to be born directly from the groups.

Are they a mob of over-privileged, unemployed trustafarians? Many of them likely are. Does it matter? Dismiss them if you will, they’re motivated and mobilized. An apathetic population asked to foot the bill for the fallout from credit default swaps is exactly what the 1% ordered. The last few years the country has been told to fear an economic collapse if the masses fail to fork over what amounts to corporate welfare, and more recently, that more jobs will be lost if we close tax loopholes. Many claim that these protesters are anti-capitalist, but most are simply disillusioned by a form of capitalism they suggest is so far out of whack that the opportunity for bootstrap pulling is nearly non-existent. They propose that the current environment unapologetically favors the richest of the rich.

There is concern, by people like Ginia Bellafonte the New York Times, that these protesters are simply flakes. These are a “noble but fractured and airy movement of rightly frustrated young people.” She refers to the gathering as a “carnival” and uses quotes of ridiculous demands, to “get rid of the combustion engine” and their muddled unfocused kaleidoscope of “liberal” causes: “concerns about the death penalty, the drug war, the environment.”

Bellafonte paints the picture so it can be easy for the comfortable Times readers to dismiss these seemingly misguided youth. Where have I heard this before? If you’re someone of my age, a thirty-something, ask your parents. Chances are they were once young and “misguided” and maybe even motivated by the likes of merry pranksters like Abbie Hoffman. Many of them likely would easily have identified with these so-called court jesters. Every movements starts somewhere and often it begins with very lofty ideas and few well-defined tactics. A week in, their goal was simply to do exactly what their namesake describes: occupy and control the public space in or near Wall Street, to have their presence felt and voices heard, even while they haven’t yet found the words.

To give Bellafonte the benefit of the doubt, even a supporter, in the form of successful tech entrepreneur Tim O’Reilly, was disheartened by the attire and approach of the protesters, if not the cause. If only the protesters dressed more formally, acted like grownups and came with a power-point presentation outlining their demands, maybe they’d be taken more seriously.

This weekend, the police, who up until then had been relatively docile, began to flex their muscles. Photos and videos documented alleged incidents of police brutality:

(links via Pantless Progressive)

Police pen up and mace female protesters [Raw Story]

Young man arrested simply for walking down the street [laurasthinkingwithportals]

Protester thrown over barricade by police [Video shot by Daniel Fitzsimmons, link via evanfleischer]

Protester shouts, “Is this what you’re about?”, gets cuffed [@LibertyPlazaRev]

Officer pushes sitting protester, man stands up, cops arrest him [@LilKing420s]

Cops Tackle, Mace Wall St. Protesters for No Obvious Reason [Gawker]

The movement has been steadfast in imploring members to remain non-violent, in response to apparent police violence.

For every Ginia Bellafonte, they have a Chris Hedges, a Noam Chomksy and an Amy Goodman. While Bellafonte found the silliest in the crowd to quote, Goodman found David Graeber who teaches at the University of London.

“For the last 30 years, we’ve seen a political battle being waged by the super-rich against everyone else, and this is the latest move in the shadow dance, which is completely dysfunctional economically and politically. It’s the reason why young people have just abandoned any thought of appealing to politicians. We all know what’s going to happen. The tax proposals are a sort of mock populist gesture, which everyone knows will be shot down. What will actually probably happen would be more cuts to social services.”

Perhaps that kind of quote doesn’t fit into the neat narrative of misguided, yet noble, cast of characters wasting their wealthy parents money at a sleepover in the park that Bellafonte was looking to portray. I’m not naive enough to think Graeber is representative of the crowd as a whole, but I also haven’t had the last ounce of idealism beaten out of me to think the inmates are completely running the asylum. The answer, I think, lies somewhere in between and if successful and given time to evolve, could inspire others in America to find the will and motivation to finally stop allowing themselves to be taken advantage of.

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Operational proposal for #occupywallstreet

On Saturday, I was arrested near Union Square in the immediate chaos of the kettling. I will not share who I exactly am to protect those mentioned below. It may be controversial to say, but getting 80 people arrested is probably the best thing that could have happened to our movement. Prior to this, the blue NYPD did not know what we were about. They were in fact only being told that feds were coming and to prepare for a state of emergency. They were left with their minds to run wild wondering what we are about and fearing the worst. Told indirectly that we are terrorists and violent extremists, they of course did not feel safe talking to us in Liberty Plaza.

With us in cuffs however, they got a chance to watch us, to observe us. To see that we're not screaming out Allah's name or anything. They got to watch me and my fellow detainees debate and discuss, sing and smile and laugh. After a while, they seemed to get curious. Individuals approached us, always blue uniformed cops and seemed legitimately curious. Invariably, when we explained our position they were in full support. As a direct result, our treatment seemed to DRAMATICALLY increase and nearly instantly. A captain who for his own protection will not be named had our cuffs cut off and replaced looser, our hands in FRONT of us instead of behind us, and allowed us to use the water fountain after hours with no water and physical abuse and torture.

Suddenly, we weren't being treated like Guantanamo terrorists anymore. Our paperwork was done expediently and efficiently. One officer shared contact information with me and has been giving me a VERY valuable look inside the NYPD. The explanations 60 people have a hundred officers who sat down and listened are circling inside the NYPD. They individually are slowly realizing that we are the 99%, and so are they. If you are arrested, do not speak about your arrest and demand a lawyer of course, but also realize this gives you a VALUABLE opportunity to sit down with a cop and have a peaceful discussion where they do not feel threatened. The move we spread our message INSIDE the NYPD, the more hesitant the large groups of them will be to accept orders to violate the laws and our rights. The more individual superiors doubt their orders will be carried out, the more consious superiors will be of our rights and the law.

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Report: 100 New York Police Officers Boycott In Solidarity with Wall Street Protesters
Are New York Police Boycotting to Protest Violence?

After New York’s finest brutalized peaceful Wall Street protesters, rumor has it that police officers are boycotting.

Occupy Wall Street notes:

Today we received unconfirmed reports that over one hundred blue collar police refused to come into work in solidarity with our movement. These numbers will grow. We are the 99 percent. You will not silence us.

But the 1% will certainly try to silence the 99%.