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“Occupy Oakland attempts to reflect the processes, politics, and debates which are occurring in Oakland and the broader Occupy Wall Street movement.”           #OccupyOakland   Powered by Occupy Oakland   First Video Source: zsazsainc on YouTube Second Video Source: Democracy Now! on YouTuvbe Third Video Source: Matt Kresling on YouTuvbe Featured Image Source: KQED Public Media for Northern CA

We are the 12 percent. We are union. We built the American middle class. We stand side by side with the rest of the 99 percent in occupation of the streets. We ask that the rest of the 99 percent stand side by side with us in occupation of the workplace. The spirit driving the Occupy Wall Street movement has been alive in the United States for over 150 years….

    D-Wattz – Move the Population (feat. MOS & Ted James) All lyrics written by MOS, Ted James, and D-Wattz. Verse One: MOS When you step in live, throw your fist up high, ‘Cuz you got the need to fight for what’s right, It’s a revelation when we move the population to get involved. We’re falsely dominated by money conversations, party nominations, Support the Movement! It’s time to heal…

Dr. Cornel West Arrested at the Supreme Court on 10/16/11 while protesting the “Citizens United” decision as part of the Occupy movement. West was in Washington D.C. participating in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial dedication.     #OWS Video Source: D Train on YouTube Featured Image Source: Diverse Education

The revolutionary in me wants badly to endorse the Occupy Movement, but the intellectual in me just can’t do it yet. While I applaud what they’ve accomplished on an activate the masses level, they have stated ‘it will last until the country changes’ but they have not adopted a specific set of changes or policies that they support. In other words, what ‘changes’ would constitute the end game? I’m sorry,…

Let us count the reasons…     #OWS Video Source: D.C. Douglas on YouTube Featured Image Source: CBS News

“We will open our union halls and community centers as well as our arms and our hearts to those with the courage to stand up and demand a better America.” -AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka #OccupyAustin

One of the best ways to change the world is to create tools that allow so many others increased opportunity to also change the world.

To the September 17 Occupiers: “Moneyman” By Lupe Fiasco September 14, 2011 Hey Moneyman the crowd is outside. The past, the future and the now is outside. The teachers and cooks and the drop-outs too. Word on the street is they looking for you… Hey Moneyman they saying whats the score? And how much blood have you spilled on the butcher shop floor? Those numbers keep running but what they…