Occupy Wall Street Global Movement News, Updates, and Your Thoughts

As we reported earlier, the city is coming in to clean Zuccotti Park tomorrow whether Occupy Wall Street likes it or not. (They don't). And now they're stepping up their response another notch: Ray Kelly told reporters that "People will have to remove all their belongings and leave the park." Not only that, they won't be allowed to bring back camping gear or even lie down, thus ending the sleeping part of the occupation. Things might get messy, since OWS shows no signs of giving in.

They've put out an "EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION: Prevent the forcible closure of Occupy Wall Street!" and are urging people to go to Zuccotti at 6 a.m. tomorrow for "non-violent eviction defense."

tristen303 wrote:look I'm sorry to everyone on here I'm just really sad it came to this I'm going to take a break and smoke some pot. This really meant a lot to me and not having it go violent.

tristen303 wrote:It doesn't matter getthem I feel stupid for believing that they were for the UE and long term UE I feel like a fool. I should have known better I’m not into the whole anti-globalization and all the other BS that took us off msg.
You don’t understand, I knew this was how it was going to end up, the party I left wanted this and hoped for it and got it. Now watch what happens, having been in Iraq I watched all kinds of protests even broke some up and the difference in being one that had relevance vs. being just an angry mob was focus and msg.
The UE situation and long term UE is noble and just, something all Americans could sympathize with. We got hijacked in my opinion and now it’s all screwed up and even supported by people on here who rather then fixing it are just as excited to have a revolution.
I saw a chance at real change, now the msg is lost and once again the sides are being drawn; I’m sick of it.

tristen303 wrote:http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/11/02/general-strike-protesters-shut-down-port-of-oakland/

Oakland PD please take the gloves off and teach these assclowns the lesson they deserve; they are not part of the protest but the source of the problem.

To my vet brothers in the movement you know who they are, take them out! Now the cowards we fought overseas are trying to gain an audience here, we know what to do brothers and sisters and it's time we do it; put the movement back on the right track or end it, they are losing the little respect they had at one time stop the anarchists.

tristen303 wrote:It doesn't matter getthem I feel stupid for believing that they were for the UE and long term UE I feel like a fool. I should have known better I’m not into the whole anti-globalization and all the other BS that took us off msg.
You don’t understand, I knew this was how it was going to end up, the party I left wanted this and hoped for it and got it. Now watch what happens, having been in Iraq I watched all kinds of protests even broke some up and the difference in being one that had relevance vs. being just an angry mob was focus and msg.
The UE situation and long term UE is noble and just, something all Americans could sympathize with. We got hijacked in my opinion and now it’s all screwed up and even supported by people on here who rather then fixing it are just as excited to have a revolution.
I saw a chance at real change, now the msg is lost and once again the sides are being drawn; I’m sick of it.

gettheminNOVEMBER wrote:

tristen303 wrote:It doesn't matter getthem I feel stupid for believing that they were for the UE and long term UE I feel like a fool. I should have known better I’m not into the whole anti-globalization and all the other BS that took us off msg.
You don’t understand, I knew this was how it was going to end up, the party I left wanted this and hoped for it and got it. Now watch what happens, having been in Iraq I watched all kinds of protests even broke some up and the difference in being one that had relevance vs. being just an angry mob was focus and msg.
The UE situation and long term UE is noble and just, something all Americans could sympathize with. We got hijacked in my opinion and now it’s all screwed up and even supported by people on here who rather then fixing it are just as excited to have a revolution.
I saw a chance at real change, now the msg is lost and once again the sides are being drawn; I’m sick of it.

I am just getting caught up. Are you ok? This is not like you? Well somewhat but you seem a bit lost?

ranbrow123 wrote:I feel like I have missed something in this thread...

As for the 2:1, why so negative? What have you read that I haven't?

Anyway, I lost that bet by default because I worded it poorly. Instead of saying "the movement won't end," I should have said "the movement won't end in X days/weeks/whatever." Eventually, the movement has to end, either in some negative way (giving up, violence, etc) or with the protesters getting their demands met.

Regardless, why so negative?

X wrote:Hi ranbrow, don't know what you mean by "negative". Please let me know what I've said to give that impression.

I think it's a matter of being realistic. Anyways it's all good - "even steven" on the gamble.

Gotta run out and do some chores. Be back in a bit... Jeff

Jobless_in_Ma wrote:This forum does Not advocate for violence. Going forward posts will be moderated and members warned.
Thanks in advance.

ranbrow123 wrote:

X wrote:Hi ranbrow, don't know what you mean by "negative". Please let me know what I've said to give that impression.

I think it's a matter of being realistic. Anyways it's all good - "even steven" on the gamble.

Gotta run out and do some chores. Be back in a bit... Jeff

Nah all I'm saying is from what I know, I feel the movement is going fine. Some bumps in the road for sure, the occasional trouble-maker all around, but in my mind that was to be expected. Just wondering if you saw something I didn't in the past couple of days to make you feel less optimistic about the movement's chances? Did a large group of protesters go violent or something? My opinion is that unless these protests start becoming violent, they may weaken over the winter months but they won't die completely, and if they do they will come back in the Spring.

Now I'm totally willing to admit that a lot of people in America don't yet know about, care about, or understand anything about the movement. I just don't think that hurts it as much as it may seem. It doesn't take a majority to be heard.