REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER, 2014

If you are fan of the movie or graphic novel "V For Vendetta" (or you are in the British Commonwealth) you are probably familiar with the nursery rhyme about Guy Fawkes:

"Remember, remember the Fifth of November..."

Of course, OPTINSTL, and the "Hacktivist" group Anonymous, and protestors worldwide have adopted the Guy Fawkes mask worn by V as their own.

The March Against Corruption, planned for this November 1-8, is specifically about getting money (big money) out of politics.  I daresay if we accomplished that we could regain control of our government (and agencies like Metro and Bi-State) without blowing up any buildings.

http://marchagainstcorruption.com/

On November 5th, there is "Million Mask March" planned, a call for one million people to flood the streets wearing a Guy Fawkes mask.

WHO WE ARE The March Against Corruption is an international campaign to raise awareness about the corrupting influence of money and special interests in governance and public policy making; to provide a forum for people, to organize and speak out against corruption; and to educate the public about the consequences of corruption. “The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.” ― Tacitus...

Read more at: marchagainstcorruption.com/

WHO WE ARE The March Against Corruption is an international campaign to raise awareness about the corrupting influence of money and special interests in governance and public policy making; to provide a forum for people, to organize and speak out against corruption; and to educate the public about the consequences of corruption. “The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.” ― Tacitus...

Read more at: marchagainstcorruption.com/

WHO WE ARE The March Against Corruption is an international campaign to raise awareness about the corrupting influence of money and special interests in governance and public policy making; to provide a forum for people, to organize and speak out against corruption; and to educate the public about the consequences of corruption. “The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.” ― Tacitus...

Read more at: marchagainstcorruption.com/

http://theantimedia.org/support-building-for-2014-million-mask-march-on-november-5th/

OPTINSTL would like to suggest going one (or a few) steps further.  The 5th will be the day AFTER the elections, a day when basically no work gets done in the offices of elected officials (whether lame ducks or winners).

The OPTINSTL "Jam Metro's Phone Lines" leaflet, updated for the November 5th revolution:
http://optinstl.blogspot.com/2014/03/jam-phone-lines-leaflet-for-use-and-to.html

Whether you take to the streets or not DON'T RIDE METRO.  DON'T GO TO WORK OR SCHOOL.  DON'T BUY ANYTHING.  Spend the day "blowing up the phone lines" (or jamming the email and comments servers) of every elected official, every "corruption corporation" and signing as many petitions as you can, on every issue important to you.

Feel free to target locals like Rex Sinquefield,  (hedge fund investors are some of the worst economic predators in our world), or work on preventing anymore "Koch being shoved down our throats."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/09/koch-brothers-liberal-counterpart_n_5113492.html
http://ourfuture.org/fact_sheet/koch-brothers-exposed-why-we-must-act-and-how
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/05/rachel-maddow-koch-brothers_n_4545202.html

Our country-- our world!-- has been completely hijacked by a few greedy individuals, but the worst part is WE LET THEM DO IT!

They need our labor.  They need us as consumers.  They need our votes.  They need us to not disrupt their "business as usual."

Without violence, without doing anything illegal, we can take back our power by withholding our time and our money, and by joining the "Armchair Revolution." 

Start with elected officials.  Yes, get out and vote, and then call them, write them, give them your feedback and suggestions, make demands and inquiries, monitor what they are doing.  Demand that people's petitions become their primary source of legislative action.

There are more of us than there are of them.  Without us, the wealthy have no workers, no products, and no consumers.  One day of a nationwide strike and boycott would display that much more than any protest in the streets.  Think of it-- the police would have no tickets to write, the courts would hear no cases (get a continuance as soon as you can if the 5th is a court day for you), the businesses would have no profits.
 
Yes, yes, a nationwide total strike is unrealistic, but even 3.5% of us withdrawing from "business as usual" would be very threatening.

And if we demand that politicians work for us instead of the wealthy, that public policy protect us instead of shareholder profits and corporate interests, then until they are able to make this country a corporate dictatorship (which is looming ever closer), they will have to make changes, beginning with answering the calls of their constituents.... And this might be a good time to remind them that their constituents are NOT just the people that voted for them!  They work for all of us, and we pay for them whether we vote or not.

Remember, this Fifth of November, that "Ideas are bulletproof."

REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE (ARMCHAIR) REVOLUTION. 
REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE THE ONE WITH THE REAL POWER: WORDS. THE ENUNCIATION OF TRUTH.

"THERE IS SOMETHING TERRIBLY WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY..."

November 5, 2014, the day everything changed.

WHY OCCUPY?

Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is a non-violent people's movement for change, centered around Wall Street and the culture of greed that is running our country, and the world, into the ground.

OWS is credited with coining the terms "1%" and "99%".  The 1% of the world's wealthiest, that live on the backs of the rest of us, the 99%.

I started the Occupy Public Transportation in St. Louis action because I saw that NOTHING was going to change without someone standing up and demanding it.

There are a lot of things I want to change, but Public Transit is an immediate need for many people.  And few public entities are as entwined with the 1% and the politicians they manipulate as public transit.

The whole world needs change.  There are more of us than there of them -- and we don't have to resort to violence to get the changes we need.

WE JUST HAVE TO START OCCUPYING OUR OWN LIVES!

For some of us that may mean camping out in Zuccotti Park and protesting Wall Street greed.  But for a lot more of us, what it means is investigating the structure of society that we take for granted.

Changes can be made, but WE will have to do the changing!

Join the WORLDWIDE WAVE OF ACTION, THE MOVEMENT OF MOVEMENTS, NOW! APRIL 4TH THROUGH JULY 4TH, BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD!

Please keep checking back! 

How to change the world: http://optinstl.blogspot.com/2014/04/how-anyone-can-change-world-outlined-in.html

From the Worldwide Wave of Action website: 


Here’s a basic list of tactics… 

> Mass gatherings, demonstrations;
> Marches, parades;
> Flash mobs, swarms;

> Shutdown harmful corporate and governmental operations;

> Worker Strikes;

> Hunger strikes;

> Sit-ins;

> Strategic defaults, debt strikes;

> Foreclosure prevention;

> Boycotting corrupt corporations;

> Move your money out of the big banks and the stock market;

> Use alternative currencies and economic systems;

> Cancel your cable television and support independent media;

> Use independent online tools that don’t sell your info / protect privacy;

> Online civil disobedience, Anonymous operations;

> Leak information on corruption;

> Use alternative energy;

> Build urban and hydroponic farms, or get your food from them;

> Support local businesses;

> Join local community organizations;

> Take part in food banks and help develop community support systems;
> Start or join intentional and autonomous communities;

> Experiment with new governing systems, Liquid Democracy;

> Host teach-ins;

> Organize socially conscious events;

> Make conscious media;
> Guerrilla postering, messages on money;

> Help inspiring groups and organizations spread their message;

> Random acts of kindness and compassion;

> Mass meditations, prayer sessions and spiritual actions.

You know what you can do to play a part. Do whatever you feel inspired to do. Amplify what you are already doing. Think about what you are willing to do to be the change we urgently need to see in the world, and then do it.