Occupy Wall Street Is Still Here!

CNN) -- Occupy protesters succeeded in shutting down overnight operations at California's port of Oakland on Monday night after a day of similar protests in several other U.S. cities.

The protests in Oakland have "disrupted workers trying to get to work and impaired the port's ability to operate," port spokesman Issac Kos-Read told CNN. Craig Merrilees, a spokesman for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, said the port has told its members not to report for work for the overnight shift because of the mass of protesters at the port.

Earlier Monday, the port authority said in a statement there were "some delays of truck traffic" but said the port remained operational.

"Today's disruptions have been costly to port workers and their families in terms of lost wages and shifts," said Port of Oakland Executive Director Omar Benjamin, who suggested the movement should focus on "real solutions to the problems plaguing our economy."

On a normal night, several hundred people would be working the graveyard shift, Kos-Read said. Day shifts involve several thousand, he said. He said the protests have cost workers their wages, cost the city and region some revenue and could cause shipping firms to divert vessels to other ports.

"What has this accomplished?" he asked. "This is disrupting the 99%"

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan concurred, saying the Occupy movement isn't thinking of the consequences of its actions and who it is actually hurting.

"They are saying ... they have to get the attention of the ruling class. I think the ruling class is probably laughing and people in this city will be crying this Christmas," Quan said. "It's really got to stop."

Oakland has been a flashpoint of the Occupy movement since October, when police used tear gas to break up demonstrators who refused to leave downtown. One demonstrator, a Marine veteran of the war in Iraq, suffered a skull fracture after being hit with a police projectile, according to a veteran's group; police said they acted after the crowd threw paint and other objects at officers.

The ILWU -- which represents 15,000 dockworkers -- has distanced itself from the protest movement. The union "shares the Occupy movement's concerns about the future of the middle class and corporate abuses," ILWU President Robert McEllrath wrote to locals last week -- but he urged the movement to stay out of its dispute with the port of Longview, Washington, and warned against "outside groups attempting to co-opt our struggle in order to advance a broader agenda."

Monday's demonstrations also took place in Los Angeles, Seattle, Houston and Portland, Oregon. Organizers said the goal was to shut down ports in an effort to "disrupt the economic machine that benefits the wealthiest individuals and corporations."

In Houston, police arrested 20 protesters after dozens of police on foot and on horseback confronted a somewhat larger group of Occupy protesters who blocked an interstate on-ramp, authorities said.

Groups of up to six protesters got down on the pavement and interlocked arms and legs, while a larger group stood near them yelling protest slogans. Officers set up barricades to cordon off protesters in an attempt to free the ramp for traffic. The majority of the protesters could be seen moving behind the barricades, with a few exceptions, including those who had lain down.

Police handcuffed some protesters and led them to a police vehicle. Six face felony charges of using criminal instruments to block a public roadway, said Houston Police Department spokesman Victor Senties.

In Long Beach, California, protests caused isolated traffic delays but did not hinder port operations, according to Police Chief Jim McDonnell.

"Two arrests were made -- one for resisting and one for failure to disperse, as well as a number of traffic citations issued to pedestrians," he said.

About 80 protesters demonstrated outside the gate of San Diego's port, but caused no disruption, port spokesman Ron Powell said.

"They were there at a time when we really didn't have a lot of truck traffic coming in and out," he said.

Four people who sat down in the road were arrested, he said. San Diego police did not immediately return a telephone call seeking information on the arrests.

A spokesman for the port in Portland said the protests had partially shut down the port there. In addition to the West Coast port blockades, demonstrators in Salt Lake City and Denver said they were planning to disrupt operations of Walmart distribution facilities. About 40 to 50 people protested at the Denver facility, CNN affiliate KCNC reported.

The demonstrations were part of a nationwide day of protest called in the aftermath of efforts by cities across the country -- including New York, Boston and Oakland -- to clear demonstrators from encampments they had set up in public parks and other locations.

"We are occupying the ports as part of a day of action, boycott and march for full legalization and good jobs for all to draw attention to and protest the criminal system of concentrated wealth that depends on local and global exploitation of working people, and the denial of workers' rights to organize for decent pay, working conditions and benefits, in disregard for the environment and the health and safety of surrounding communities," organizers said on their website.

The port protesters are focusing on terminals owned by SSA Marine, saying it is owed by the Goldman Sachs investment firm, which they argue exemplifies corporate greed and is anti-union.

SSA Senior Vice President Bob Watters disputed the protesters' claims, saying Goldman Sachs owns less than 3% of an investment fund that has a minority stake in the company. He also said the company is the largest employer of International Longshore and Warehouse Union members on the West Coast.

In a letter to members sent last month, International Longshore and Warehouse Union president Robert McEllrath said the organization shares Occupy protesters concerns about what they consider corporate abuses, but he said the union was not sanctioning any shutdown.

Protest organizers said on their website that they were acting independently of organized labor only because the unions are "constrained under reactionary, anti-union federal legislation."

Some port workers are also against the planned blockade.

"I'm just barely getting on my feet again after two years, and now I gotta go a day without pay while somebody else has something to say that I'm not really sure is relevant to the cause," trucker Chuck Baca told CNN affiliate KGO.

Port officials say shutting down their facilities will only cost workers and their communities wages and tax revenue.

"Protesters wanted to send a message to the 1% but they are impacting the 99%," said Portland port spokesman Josh Thomas. The stoppage is resulting in "lost shifts, lost wages and delays," he said.

Port of San Diego board chairman Scott Peters issued an open letter to the community on Sunday asking that protesters not disrupt work.

"The Port of San Diego is made up of working people with families who serve the public each day by helping to bring in goods that are important to the people of the San Diego region," Peters wrote.

"They are the 99%, the gardeners, the maintenance workers, the dock workers, the Harbor Police officers, the office workers, the environmental workers -- all working to improve the quality of life in San Diego Bay and on its surrounding lands," he said. "It is these people who would be hurt by a blockade of our Port."

CNN's Greg Morrison, Amanda Watts, Shawn Nottingham and Sara Weisfeldt contributed to this report.

Comment:

Mr. Thomas has a point when he said the protester's actions had a negative effect on the dockworkers who are part of the 99%. On the other hand, I say the dockworkers should have JOINED the protesters, rather than just try and do their jobs.

I'm well aware that they would have been putting their jobs in jeopardy if they did, but if we want real change, then people have to be willing to sacrifice. You can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.

The people of America have, for the most part become soft, spineless weaklings, cowering for their jobs in the shadow of their Lord High Master (their boss). "I can't come to Laurens. I'd have to miss a day of work and my boss might fire me." "I can't protest. If my boss finds out he might fire me." "I have to go to work sick as a dog because my boss might be pissed off if I call in sick because we're short handed." Maybe if they hired more help they wouldn't be short handed in the first place. But noooo, that would cut into the company's profits too much.

The people of America have had their spirits broken from years of abuse and exploitation. Fortunately, that kind of thing takes time, and our young people haven't been broken yet. They are the backbone of "Occupy Wall Street". There are some older people, but mostly it seems to be younger workers.

On the brighter side, most people are followers, not leaders. The more that stand up to the system, the more that will join in, and it will continue to spread like a virus. But this time, it's the elite that will feel the effects, not the working and middle class.

Keep up the good work OWS. We mustn't stop until we achieve victory!

Dan 88!

Occupy Wall Street Is Still Here!

CNN) -- Occupy protesters succeeded in shutting down overnight operations at California's port of Oakland on Monday night after a day of similar protests in several other U.S. cities.

The protests in Oakland have "disrupted workers trying to get to work and impaired the port's ability to operate," port spokesman Issac Kos-Read told CNN. Craig Merrilees, a spokesman for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, said the port has told its members not to report for work for the overnight shift because of the mass of protesters at the port.

Earlier Monday, the port authority said in a statement there were "some delays of truck traffic" but said the port remained operational.

"Today's disruptions have been costly to port workers and their families in terms of lost wages and shifts," said Port of Oakland Executive Director Omar Benjamin, who suggested the movement should focus on "real solutions to the problems plaguing our economy."

On a normal night, several hundred people would be working the graveyard shift, Kos-Read said. Day shifts involve several thousand, he said. He said the protests have cost workers their wages, cost the city and region some revenue and could cause shipping firms to divert vessels to other ports.

"What has this accomplished?" he asked. "This is disrupting the 99%"

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan concurred, saying the Occupy movement isn't thinking of the consequences of its actions and who it is actually hurting.

"They are saying ... they have to get the attention of the ruling class. I think the ruling class is probably laughing and people in this city will be crying this Christmas," Quan said. "It's really got to stop."

Oakland has been a flashpoint of the Occupy movement since October, when police used tear gas to break up demonstrators who refused to leave downtown. One demonstrator, a Marine veteran of the war in Iraq, suffered a skull fracture after being hit with a police projectile, according to a veteran's group; police said they acted after the crowd threw paint and other objects at officers.

The ILWU -- which represents 15,000 dockworkers -- has distanced itself from the protest movement. The union "shares the Occupy movement's concerns about the future of the middle class and corporate abuses," ILWU President Robert McEllrath wrote to locals last week -- but he urged the movement to stay out of its dispute with the port of Longview, Washington, and warned against "outside groups attempting to co-opt our struggle in order to advance a broader agenda."

Monday's demonstrations also took place in Los Angeles, Seattle, Houston and Portland, Oregon. Organizers said the goal was to shut down ports in an effort to "disrupt the economic machine that benefits the wealthiest individuals and corporations."

In Houston, police arrested 20 protesters after dozens of police on foot and on horseback confronted a somewhat larger group of Occupy protesters who blocked an interstate on-ramp, authorities said.

Groups of up to six protesters got down on the pavement and interlocked arms and legs, while a larger group stood near them yelling protest slogans. Officers set up barricades to cordon off protesters in an attempt to free the ramp for traffic. The majority of the protesters could be seen moving behind the barricades, with a few exceptions, including those who had lain down.

Police handcuffed some protesters and led them to a police vehicle. Six face felony charges of using criminal instruments to block a public roadway, said Houston Police Department spokesman Victor Senties.

In Long Beach, California, protests caused isolated traffic delays but did not hinder port operations, according to Police Chief Jim McDonnell.

"Two arrests were made -- one for resisting and one for failure to disperse, as well as a number of traffic citations issued to pedestrians," he said.

About 80 protesters demonstrated outside the gate of San Diego's port, but caused no disruption, port spokesman Ron Powell said.

"They were there at a time when we really didn't have a lot of truck traffic coming in and out," he said.

Four people who sat down in the road were arrested, he said. San Diego police did not immediately return a telephone call seeking information on the arrests.

A spokesman for the port in Portland said the protests had partially shut down the port there. In addition to the West Coast port blockades, demonstrators in Salt Lake City and Denver said they were planning to disrupt operations of Walmart distribution facilities. About 40 to 50 people protested at the Denver facility, CNN affiliate KCNC reported.

The demonstrations were part of a nationwide day of protest called in the aftermath of efforts by cities across the country -- including New York, Boston and Oakland -- to clear demonstrators from encampments they had set up in public parks and other locations.

"We are occupying the ports as part of a day of action, boycott and march for full legalization and good jobs for all to draw attention to and protest the criminal system of concentrated wealth that depends on local and global exploitation of working people, and the denial of workers' rights to organize for decent pay, working conditions and benefits, in disregard for the environment and the health and safety of surrounding communities," organizers said on their website.

The port protesters are focusing on terminals owned by SSA Marine, saying it is owed by the Goldman Sachs investment firm, which they argue exemplifies corporate greed and is anti-union.

SSA Senior Vice President Bob Watters disputed the protesters' claims, saying Goldman Sachs owns less than 3% of an investment fund that has a minority stake in the company. He also said the company is the largest employer of International Longshore and Warehouse Union members on the West Coast.

In a letter to members sent last month, International Longshore and Warehouse Union president Robert McEllrath said the organization shares Occupy protesters concerns about what they consider corporate abuses, but he said the union was not sanctioning any shutdown.

Protest organizers said on their website that they were acting independently of organized labor only because the unions are "constrained under reactionary, anti-union federal legislation."

Some port workers are also against the planned blockade.

"I'm just barely getting on my feet again after two years, and now I gotta go a day without pay while somebody else has something to say that I'm not really sure is relevant to the cause," trucker Chuck Baca told CNN affiliate KGO.

Port officials say shutting down their facilities will only cost workers and their communities wages and tax revenue.

"Protesters wanted to send a message to the 1% but they are impacting the 99%," said Portland port spokesman Josh Thomas. The stoppage is resulting in "lost shifts, lost wages and delays," he said.

Port of San Diego board chairman Scott Peters issued an open letter to the community on Sunday asking that protesters not disrupt work.

"The Port of San Diego is made up of working people with families who serve the public each day by helping to bring in goods that are important to the people of the San Diego region," Peters wrote.

"They are the 99%, the gardeners, the maintenance workers, the dock workers, the Harbor Police officers, the office workers, the environmental workers -- all working to improve the quality of life in San Diego Bay and on its surrounding lands," he said. "It is these people who would be hurt by a blockade of our Port."

CNN's Greg Morrison, Amanda Watts, Shawn Nottingham and Sara Weisfeldt contributed to this report.

Comment:

Mr. Thomas has a point when he said the protester's actions had a negative effect on the dockworkers who are part of the 99%. On the other hand, I say the dockworkers should have JOINED the protesters, rather than just try and do their jobs.

I'm well aware that they would have been putting their jobs in jeopardy if they did, but if we want real change, then people have to be willing to sacrifice. You can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.

The people of America have, for the most part become soft, spineless weaklings, cowering for their jobs in the shadow of their Lord High Master (their boss). "I can't come to Laurens. I'd have to miss a day of work and my boss might fire me." "I can't protest. If my boss finds out he might fire me." "I have to go to work sick as a dog because my boss might be pissed off if I call in sick because we're short handed." Maybe if they hired more help they wouldn't be short handed in the first place. But noooo, that would cut into the company's profits too much.

The people of America have had their spirits broken from years of abuse and exploitation. Fortunately, that kind of thing takes time, and our young people haven't been broken yet. They are the backbone of "Occupy Wall Street". There are some older people, but mostly it seems to be younger workers.

On the brighter side, most people are followers, not leaders. The more that stand up to the system, the more that will join in, and it will continue to spread like a virus. But this time, it's the elite that will feel the effects, not the working and middle class.

Keep up the good work OWS. We mustn't stop until we achieve victory!

Dan 88!

Occupy L.A. Protesters March on City Hall Again

It Isn't Over Yet!

KTLA News, Los Angeles, November 30, 2011

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Sanitation workers clean out City Hall Park (KTLA-TV)KTLA News8:08 p.m. CST, November 30, 2011

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- A group of about 100 protesters have gathered at City Hall Wednesday evening. The protesters marched from Pershing Square to City Hall.

LAPD officers have set up a skirmish line around City Hall as a precaution, but so far, the protest has been peaceful. Southbound Spring Street, however, was closed to traffic.

Protesters who spoke with KTLA say this latest march is simply a vigil, and protesters plan to leave the park before the 10:30 pm closing time.

The National Lawyers Guild is now calling for the immediate release of the nearly 300 protesters arrested in the police raid of Occupy L.A. overnight.

The NLG says California law is clear: it is mandatory that anyone charged with a misdemeanor be released with a written notice to appear.

NLG Board Member Carol Sobel condemned the action of the LAPD. Sobel said, "The Los Angeles Police Department is deliberately refusing to release anyone arrested in the Occupy raids... The city is holding them in jail on $5,000 bail until they can be arraigned by a judge, which can take up to 48 hours. This punishes people for exercising their First Amendment rights."

More than 1,400 LAPD officers moved into the park around City Hall shortly after midnight Wednesday, arresting 292 protesters who refused to leave, and ending the 60-day occupation of the park.

Sanitation workers moved in Wednesday morning to begin the massive clean-up effort. Officials say they expect to haul away 30 tons of debris from the Occupy L.A. encampment –- everything from clothing to heaps of garbage to miscellanious items including books, CDs, luggage, boom boxes, chairs, cellphones and electric razors -- all left behind by the protesters who lived at the City Hall tent city for up to two months.

During the raid, there were no major injuries to any police officers or protesters.

"I couldn't be prouder of what I believe is maybe the finest moment in the history of the Los Angeles Police Department," Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said in a news conference on Wednesday morning.

Villaraigosa said the raid was "meticulously planned as part of a larger strategy, closely coordinated with multiple city departments." He said the eviction was carried out "in a professional, restrained manner."

"The activists' fundamental rights were respected, and the result was a peaceful and orderly end to the encampment at City Hall," the mayor said.

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck also spoke at the news conference.

"The world as watching last night," Beck said. "What the world saw was an elegant operational plan that was brilliantly executed by America's best police force."

He credited the peaceful nature of the raid to "relationships that we have built over the last two months and promises made on both sides that were kept."

He thanked the members of the Occupy L.A. movement for keeping their promises and "staying on message during a difficult night."

The eviction was set in motion Tuesday night, when officers handed out flyers around City Hall Park, stating that the park closed at 10:30 p.m.

By 10:35 p.m., officers had given a final order to protesters to disperse. Shortly after midnight, officers issued their final warning to get out or get arrested.

Within minutes, police in riot gear and hazmat suits circled the park.

Comment:

I watched the eviction last night on TV. There were hundreds of protesters being evicted, and the cops outnumbered them at least three to one. Although there were no incidence of violence, it came close. I saw one cop start to reach for his baton when a protester refused to move and before he could get it out another cop grabbed his arm and shook his head. The cop backed off after that, and the defiant protester was carried away by two other officers.

For those of you who are disappointed that there was no violence, there was good reason. Not fear of the cops. Occupy L.A. is planning a huge class action lawsuit against the city, as well as the National Lawyers Guild. The Constitution guarantees every citizen the right to peacefully assemble, and to "petition the government for a redress of grievances". Their rights were violated up the wazoo Wednesday morning, and they intend to sue.

If the protesters started a riot - even if the cops provoked them, it would be bad for the lawsuit, as it is in part based on their right to assemble peaceably. A riot is hardly peaceful assembly. Regardless of who started it, the protesters would be made to look bad, and it could cost them the suit. At the meetings, it was made clear that there was to be no violence. Passive resistance only, and it worked like a charm. Three hundred arrests and no violence. They assembled peacefully, and were arrested peacefully. Chalk one up for our side!

Actually, I was quite concerned that some of the low-lifes that were there might screw it up for the rest of them, but fortunately that didn't happen.

Personally, I have absolutely NO faith in ANY branch of the government - including the judicial, so I'm not holding my breath. However, every once in a while the courts surprise me. Maybe this will be one of those. At the very least, they can tie up the courts, and cost the government money, and be a general pain-in-the-ass without breaking the law. EVERYONE has the right to his day in court, however little that might mean. It will continue to let ZOG know that the People haven't given up.

It's true that attendance was down today, but Wednesday morning was pretty intense. I don't blame anyone for wanting to take a day or two off, but I believe more will return in the next few days.

Occupy Wall Street is spreading like a cancer in the body of ZOG. Just as with actual cancer, treatments may beat it back for awhile, but often it's temporary and the cancer comes back. It's the same with the protesters. Yesterday's action beat them back a bit, but they'll be back. More and more will filter back in, and in a week, they'll probably have several hundred out there, and even more later.

ZOG got themselves a slight reprieve in L.A., but it won't last for long.

Occupy L.A. Protesters March on City Hall Again

It Isn't Over Yet!

KTLA News, Los Angeles, November 30, 2011

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Sanitation workers clean out City Hall Park (KTLA-TV)KTLA News8:08 p.m. CST, November 30, 2011

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- A group of about 100 protesters have gathered at City Hall Wednesday evening. The protesters marched from Pershing Square to City Hall.

LAPD officers have set up a skirmish line around City Hall as a precaution, but so far, the protest has been peaceful. Southbound Spring Street, however, was closed to traffic.

Protesters who spoke with KTLA say this latest march is simply a vigil, and protesters plan to leave the park before the 10:30 pm closing time.

The National Lawyers Guild is now calling for the immediate release of the nearly 300 protesters arrested in the police raid of Occupy L.A. overnight.

The NLG says California law is clear: it is mandatory that anyone charged with a misdemeanor be released with a written notice to appear.

NLG Board Member Carol Sobel condemned the action of the LAPD. Sobel said, "The Los Angeles Police Department is deliberately refusing to release anyone arrested in the Occupy raids... The city is holding them in jail on $5,000 bail until they can be arraigned by a judge, which can take up to 48 hours. This punishes people for exercising their First Amendment rights."

More than 1,400 LAPD officers moved into the park around City Hall shortly after midnight Wednesday, arresting 292 protesters who refused to leave, and ending the 60-day occupation of the park.

Sanitation workers moved in Wednesday morning to begin the massive clean-up effort. Officials say they expect to haul away 30 tons of debris from the Occupy L.A. encampment –- everything from clothing to heaps of garbage to miscellanious items including books, CDs, luggage, boom boxes, chairs, cellphones and electric razors -- all left behind by the protesters who lived at the City Hall tent city for up to two months.

During the raid, there were no major injuries to any police officers or protesters.

"I couldn't be prouder of what I believe is maybe the finest moment in the history of the Los Angeles Police Department," Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said in a news conference on Wednesday morning.

Villaraigosa said the raid was "meticulously planned as part of a larger strategy, closely coordinated with multiple city departments." He said the eviction was carried out "in a professional, restrained manner."

"The activists' fundamental rights were respected, and the result was a peaceful and orderly end to the encampment at City Hall," the mayor said.

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck also spoke at the news conference.

"The world as watching last night," Beck said. "What the world saw was an elegant operational plan that was brilliantly executed by America's best police force."

He credited the peaceful nature of the raid to "relationships that we have built over the last two months and promises made on both sides that were kept."

He thanked the members of the Occupy L.A. movement for keeping their promises and "staying on message during a difficult night."

The eviction was set in motion Tuesday night, when officers handed out flyers around City Hall Park, stating that the park closed at 10:30 p.m.

By 10:35 p.m., officers had given a final order to protesters to disperse. Shortly after midnight, officers issued their final warning to get out or get arrested.

Within minutes, police in riot gear and hazmat suits circled the park.

Comment:

I watched the eviction last night on TV. There were hundreds of protesters being evicted, and the cops outnumbered them at least three to one. Although there were no incidence of violence, it came close. I saw one cop start to reach for his baton when a protester refused to move and before he could get it out another cop grabbed his arm and shook his head. The cop backed off after that, and the defiant protester was carried away by two other officers.

For those of you who are disappointed that there was no violence, there was good reason. Not fear of the cops. Occupy L.A. is planning a huge class action lawsuit against the city, as well as the National Lawyers Guild. The Constitution guarantees every citizen the right to peacefully assemble, and to "petition the government for a redress of grievances". Their rights were violated up the wazoo Wednesday morning, and they intend to sue.

If the protesters started a riot - even if the cops provoked them, it would be bad for the lawsuit, as it is in part based on their right to assemble peaceably. A riot is hardly peaceful assembly. Regardless of who started it, the protesters would be made to look bad, and it could cost them the suit. At the meetings, it was made clear that there was to be no violence. Passive resistance only, and it worked like a charm. Three hundred arrests and no violence. They assembled peacefully, and were arrested peacefully. Chalk one up for our side!

Actually, I was quite concerned that some of the low-lifes that were there might screw it up for the rest of them, but fortunately that didn't happen.

Personally, I have absolutely NO faith in ANY branch of the government - including the judicial, so I'm not holding my breath. However, every once in a while the courts surprise me. Maybe this will be one of those. At the very least, they can tie up the courts, and cost the government money, and be a general pain-in-the-ass without breaking the law. EVERYONE has the right to his day in court, however little that might mean. It will continue to let ZOG know that the People haven't given up.

It's true that attendance was down today, but Wednesday morning was pretty intense. I don't blame anyone for wanting to take a day or two off, but I believe more will return in the next few days.

Occupy Wall Street is spreading like a cancer in the body of ZOG. Just as with actual cancer, treatments may beat it back for awhile, but often it's temporary and the cancer comes back. It's the same with the protesters. Yesterday's action beat them back a bit, but they'll be back. More and more will filter back in, and in a week, they'll probably have several hundred out there, and even more later.

ZOG got themselves a slight reprieve in L.A., but it won't last for long.

The Banksters Are Getting Frightened

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Occupy Wall Street movement is a big enough problem for U.S. banks that they should pay for opposition research into the political motives of protesters, said a firm that lobbies for the industry.

Clark Lytle Geduldig & Cranford, a Washington-based firm, proposed the idea in a memo to the American Banking Association, an industry group which said on Saturday that it did not act on the idea.

The four-page memo outlined how the firm could analyze the source of protesters' money, as well as their rhetoric and the backgrounds of protest leaders.

"If we can show they have the same cynical motivation as a political opponent, it will undermine their credibility in a profound way," said the memo, according to a copy of it on the website of TV news channel MSNBC, which first reported on it. (See MSNBC's report http://upwithchrishayes.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/19/8896362-exclu

Comment:

This PROVES that OWS is having an effect. If it weren't, then the banksters wouldn't even have considered such a proposal. Who's to say they haven't? If they were plotting to undermine OWS, it would be done with the strictest security.

Activism DOES work. We must continue to support them, and continue with our own grassroots activism as well. Keep that literature flowing. On line activism is good too, but let's not put all our eggs in one basket. If one is good, both are better. Well, you can take Thanksgiving off. You've all earned that. But let's get back to work next week. The enemy surely will, so we must as well.

Also, let's keep those pledges and donations coming. Remember yesterday's post on Gingrich? He made those inflammatory statements about OWS at a fundraising dinner. All political parties solicit donations to keep going. The ANP is no different in that respect. We need operating funds too.

If you can't or won't get out there and give out literature, at least give as much as you can. Every cent is appreciated and put to good use, and absolutely NOTHING goes into anyone's personal pocket. Thank you.

Dan 88!

The Banksters Are Getting Frightened

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Occupy Wall Street movement is a big enough problem for U.S. banks that they should pay for opposition research into the political motives of protesters, said a firm that lobbies for the industry.

Clark Lytle Geduldig & Cranford, a Washington-based firm, proposed the idea in a memo to the American Banking Association, an industry group which said on Saturday that it did not act on the idea.

The four-page memo outlined how the firm could analyze the source of protesters' money, as well as their rhetoric and the backgrounds of protest leaders.

"If we can show they have the same cynical motivation as a political opponent, it will undermine their credibility in a profound way," said the memo, according to a copy of it on the website of TV news channel MSNBC, which first reported on it. (See MSNBC's report http://upwithchrishayes.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/19/8896362-exclu

Comment:

This PROVES that OWS is having an effect. If it weren't, then the banksters wouldn't even have considered such a proposal. Who's to say they haven't? If they were plotting to undermine OWS, it would be done with the strictest security.

Activism DOES work. We must continue to support them, and continue with our own grassroots activism as well. Keep that literature flowing. On line activism is good too, but let's not put all our eggs in one basket. If one is good, both are better. Well, you can take Thanksgiving off. You've all earned that. But let's get back to work next week. The enemy surely will, so we must as well.

Also, let's keep those pledges and donations coming. Remember yesterday's post on Gingrich? He made those inflammatory statements about OWS at a fundraising dinner. All political parties solicit donations to keep going. The ANP is no different in that respect. We need operating funds too.

If you can't or won't get out there and give out literature, at least give as much as you can. Every cent is appreciated and put to good use, and absolutely NOTHING goes into anyone's personal pocket. Thank you.

Dan 88!

Washington's Enemy Doesn't Exist!

Washington’s enemy ‘doesn’t exist’

Published: 09 November, 2011, 15:21

Pakistani radical Mulsims burn the American flag during a demonstration near a local mosque in down town Peshawar after performing Friday noon prayers protesting against the US-led air strikes on Afghanistan 12 October 2001 (AFP Photo / Tariq Mahmood)

Americans are in the crosshairs of terrorists worldwide purely due to Washington’s policy in the Muslim world, not because there is an Islamic enemy whose only aim is to kill Americans for their freedoms and lifestyle, insists a former CIA officer.

Historian Michael Scheuer, an author of "Through our enemies’ eyes", who worked for the agency for over 20 years till 2004 and at one time was the chief of the CIA’s ‘Bin Laden unit’, says America’s greatest enemy – radical Islam – never existed: neither when Bin Laden was alive, nor now.

Israeli lobby drag America into wars

Actually, “it is America’s relationship with Israel that is causing this war [on Islam]”, and until Americans accept this, “we are not going to defeat this enemy,” the author says.

Michael Scheuer believes it is the Israeli lobby in America that is dragging the US into wars.

“In Israel itself as a country, it is not a problem. The real problem is the leaders of the Jewish American community in the US, who influence and corrupt our Congress to support Israel when we have no interest there,” he states.

“The American political establishment is caught between two things. They are extremely pro-Israel and they are almost Marxist in their belief that the spread of democracy is inevitable in all places, in all peoples, in all time,”evaluates the former CIA officer, adding that in their desire to protect Israel, the US establishment cannot tell what’s real.

Radical islamists will benefit

Michael Scheuer predicts that in countries caught up in the Arab Spring like Tunisia, Libya and Egypt, “there is not going to be a democracy that in any way resembles democracy in the west.”

At the same time, the anarchy being created in the Muslim world will make radical Islamists the only beneficiaries of the chaos engulfing the Arab countries.

According to Michael Scheuer, further radicalization of Islamist groups, particularly in Africa, is inevitable – thanks to guns becoming more affordable.

The endless flow of uncounted weapons and the opened prisons in the above countries have reinforced Islamist groups around the world, believes Scheuer.

“Their [American political establishment’s] mindless pursuit of secular democracy at the end of the day endangers the stability of the region and probably the whole world,” he says.

If Syria falls to Islamists – Israel will go down

As for the situation in Syria – it has been interfered in by the US unconscionably.

“Until they [the Syrians] removed the US ambassador, he was running around their country trying to encourage groups to overthrow the Syrian government. That is not the role of any diplomat, US, Russian, Chinese or British,” the author points out, saying that “Syrians were urged onto the streets cold-bloodedly,” without mention of the possibility of being shot dead by the government.

The author recalls that Syria, with its traditional support of Hezbollah, is naturally an Israeli zone of interest, not an American one.

“Syria is a country with no US interest. Since I was a little boy, we’ve been afraid of the Syrians,” the author says, laughing at the fact that “if you look at the map – it’s hard to imagine that this little blat of country called Syria could be a threat to the US.”

Clarifying a possible result of any American success in Syria, Scheuer says that “this is another good example of dichotomy in the thinking of the American leaders. Because as we call for democracy in Syria, if Assad goes – Israel’s security goes straight down.”

Israel sets US plans on Iran

Michael Scheuer reveals that America’s ‘plan on Iran’ depends on that of Israel.

“Both Republicans and Democrats are deathly afraid that Israelis will attack Iran off their own work. If Israel attacks Iran, the Americans will get blamed for condoning it, whether we did or not,” he explains.

“What we are seeing is a slow, almost non-accelerable advance toward some kind of a conflict with Tehran.”

He labels the alleged plot of eliminating a Saudi Arabian ambassador in the US with the help of a Mexican drug cartel“a comic uproar”, saying he can hardly believe Iran would risk a war with the US, Israel and much of NATO, just to kill somebody who is not even a member of the ruling family of Saudi Arabia.

“They’ve come down under belief that democracy is better for everybody. The truth is, American and western foreign policy interests in the Middle East have depended for 50 years on the maintenance of tyranny that gave us access to oil, that protected Israel and persecuted Islamists to protect us. All of that going by the wayside,” acknowledges the author, recalling the Israelis, who were first to realize that democracy might not be good for their security.

‘Libya will be anti-American’

Answering a question about war-torn Libya, the author pointed out that this country is notorious for having its Islamists fighting against the Soviets in Afghanistan, and then the same men encountering the Americans in Iraq and also in Afghanistan. Michael Scheuer is uncertain whether Libya will become a hotbed for terrorists, but “it will decidedly be anti-American and anti-NATO”.

‘We are fighting a religious war’

Despite being largely well-educated and technologically advanced,

“America lacks common sense”

, claims the former CIA officer, maintaining that for the last 20 years, the US has been very efficient in creating enemies and endangering security. The last four American presidents have been telling the population that the wars the US wages abroad are against a bunch of madmen, and in no way religious wars.

“We are definitely fighting a religious war. And until we come to realize that – we are never going to be able to defeat it,” Scheuer concludes.

“Let the Chinese deal with these [Islamist] people for the next 50 years, we’ve had enough of it, but the point is – the Americans cannot get out.”

Comment:

We National Socialists have been saying this for years. All of the United States's enemies are manufactured. ZOG has deliberately set out to MAKE enemies.

If you've read George Orwell's "1984", it's explained quite well. In the book, there are only three countries in the world: Oceania, Eurasia, and East Asia. He said that each of the three countries is at war with one of the other two at all times. The reason for that is that being at war gives the governments an excuse to beef up national security and defense, and impose stricter controls over their respective people's "for their own good." The other purpose is to stir the people's patriotism, and give them all a common enemy to fear. It's the same in the real world.

It's no coincidence that shortly after the Iron Curtain fell, suddenly we were faced with terrorist attacks from Muslim extremists. For the government's sake, there MUST be SOME threat to national security at all times. If one doesn't exist, then it must be created.

ZOG must have SOME excuse for starting wars. We all know that these stupid Middle Eastern wars are for the profit of big business, and to protect Israel. But they have to make the Middle Easterners SEEM more of a threat to legitimize their wars of Imperialism.

This they have done nicely. Studies have shown that Muslims are the most mistrusted group in America today, when in reality, 99% of them are peaceful people, who just want to get along.

It is true that they are taking over Europe. But whose fault is that? It's our White European kin who are allowing it to happen. It's just like how we Americans allowed the Mestizos to gain a huge foothold here. We didn't put a stop to it in the beginning when it would have been easier, and now they are everywhere.

Comrades, our own Folk are dying so the elite can make mega-bucks. We do have the opportunity to stop them. Support the ANP, and Occupy Wall Street. With what's going on right now, if you do nothing, who's to blame if nothing changes? You know the answer. If you don't, you can find it in the nearest mirror.

Thanks again to Comrade Raymond Bxxxxxxx for sending me this story.

Dan 88!