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t r u t h o u t | It feels like we're at the tipping point - there's a real people's movement intending to change the political game fundamentally, in order to bring it in line with our shared values of fairness, care for our fellow humans and the planet. Independent media has been a crucial component of this shift, introducing otherwise unavailable information and bold, transformative ideas to people across the globe who are hungry for change. If you believe in this mission and want to help Truthout continue, we could really use your support. Right now, we're running a little behind on our fundraising goal. Can you help us make our budget?
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Jim Hightower | Wall Street Is Dazed and Confused
http://www.truth-out.org/wall-street-dazed-and-confused/1319028757
Jim Hightower, Truthout: "Astonishingly, some Wall Streeters continue to be clueless about what the Occupy Wall Street movement is protesting. Yoo-hoo, Streeters: Note that the movement's name has the term 'Wall Street' in it. While there is a plethora of particular issues being raised by the protesters - from the corrupting power of corporate money in our elections to the demise of middle-class wages - the unifying theme is that each one adds to the rising tide of economic inequality that's enriching the most privileged few by knocking down America's workaday majority."
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Fight It Out in CNN-Hosted Debate, and More
http://www.truth-out.org/news-thom-hartmann-republicans-fight-it-out-cnn-hosted-debate/1319047828
In today's On the News segment: Republicans fought it out last night in a CNN-hosted debate in Las Vegas, Occupy Wall Street may be close to releasing its demands, Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg has a new proposal - bring back Franklin Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration, the Supreme Court considers giving corporations the right to commit genocide, and more.
Seventy Thousand Greek Workers Launch New Anti-Austerity Strike
http://www.truth-out.org/70000-greek-workers-launch-new-anti-austerity-strike/1319032333
Niki Kitsantonis, The New York Times: "Tens of thousands of Greek workers walked off the job on Wednesday at the start of a two-day general strike to protest a new round austerity measures that the debt-ridden government must pass through Parliament on Thursday to secure crucial aid and avert a default that could shake the euro zone and reverberate through the global economy ... The strike, the second this month, was one of the biggest since Greece first appealed for foreign support two years ago, with even shops, bakeries and gas stations closing."
George Lakoff | Framing Occupy Wall Street
http://www.truth-out.org/how-frame-yourself-framing-memo-occupy-wall-street/1319031142
George Lakoff, Truthout: "Unless you frame yourself, others will frame you - the media, your enemies, your competitors, your well-meaning friends. I have so far hesitated to offer suggestions. But the movement appears to be maturing and entering a critical time when small framing errors could have large negative consequences ... In politics, frames are part of competing moral systems that are used in political discourse and in charting political action. In short, framing is a moral enterprise: it says what the character of a movement is."
Occupy Berlin: In the Shadow of the Reichstag
http://www.truth-out.org/occupy-berlin-shadow-reichstag/1319033583
Dina Rasor, Truthout: "When I had arrived in Berlin late Saturday afternoon, I saw the remnants of the large march that had taken place in Berlin and around the world and also had heard that the police moved in with force when the demonstrators had tried to erect tents in front of the Reichstag for the occupation. But as I walked up to the circle, the police were standing passively in the background and not interfering with the rally. Based on the news reports that I had heard the previous day, I assumed they were chastened and realized that youthful and exuberant Berlin didn't like what it saw the day before."
Michael Moore's "Here Comes Trouble": Celebrity Politics in an Age of Social Protest
http://www.truth-out.org/michael-moores-here-comes-trouble-celebrity-politics-age-social-protest/1318605248
Mark T. Harris, Truthout: "In a mainstream media so bereft of left-wing voices, certainly it's easy to become a fan of Moore's feisty, pro-working class politics. After all, who doesn't enjoy seeing him on CNN or MSNBC taking jabs at the for-profit health care industry? Or denouncing the Iraq war and the president who started it from the stage of the Academy Awards? But at times there's a certain desperation in this fandom, rooted in the fact that Moore is one of precious few with a left-wing perspective to gain access to the mainstream media."
Occupy Movement Heats Up US South
http://www.truth-out.org/occupy-movement-heats-us-south/1319042374
Matthew Cardinale, Inter Press Service: "As the Occupy Movement spreads like wildfire across the United States and around the world, protests in the US South are facing unique challenges. Occupy protests have sprouted up in countless cities across the US South, including Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia; Columbia, South Carolina; Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Miami, Florida; and New Orleans, Louisiana, to name just a few."
It's Time to Compensate the Victims: Looking Back at Vietnam and Agent Orange
http://www.truth-out.org/scorched-earth-legacies-chemical-warfare-vietnam/1318963345
H. Patricia Hynes, Truthout: "In 'Waiting for an Army to Die,' Fred A. Wilcox ... recounts the stories of Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange and also of Oregon mothers, Arizona potters, and others living near sprayed public lands, all of whom were suffering from a plague of cancers, nervous system effects, miscarriages and birth disorders of their children.... Wilcox takes us inside the tragic, yet gutsy lives of young, working-class vets who were left to die by 'government stonewalling, bureaucratic shell games and the contempt of multinational corporations.'"
Madder at Washington Than Wall Street? Wall Street's the Reason
http://www.truth-out.org/madder-washington-wall-street-wall-streets-reason/1319037754
Isaiah J. Poole, Campaign for America's Future: "A USA Today/Gallup poll published this morning suggests that 'most Americans blame Wall Street for the nation's economic predicament - but they blame Washington more.' Furthermore, when specifically asked who they blame most for the poor state of the economy, '64% of Americans name the federal government and 30% say big financial institutions' ... But the wisdom of the hive that is the Occupy movement is wise, indeed. It is not either Wall Street or Washington. It is Wall Street AND Washington."
Ten Years After the Afghan Invasion: Welcome to the Failed State of Americastan
http://www.truth-out.org/ten-years-after-afghan-invasion-welcome-failed-state-americastan/1318537730
Johnny Barber, Truthout: "As we step off the Turkish Air flight and walk across the dusty tarmac to the terminal, we are greeted by a large billboard. In big, bold English it proclaims, 'Welcome to the Home of the Brave.' It stops me in my tracks. I shake my head, thinking, 'damn weird' and continue in to passport control. After waiting in a short line, I present my American passport to the guard in the booth. He doesn't acknowledge me. He flips through the shiny, new pages until he gets to the visa. He stamps it. He turns to the picture. He gives me a precursory glance and hands the passport back to me. I turn and enter Afghanistan."
Cain's 9-9-9 Plan Would Give Thousands Back to Millionaires
http://www.truth-out.org/cains-9-9-9-plan-would-give-thousands-back-millionaires/1319030207
Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers: "Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan would give every American making more than $1 million an average tax cut of $455,000, according to a new independent analysis ... At the same time, those with incomes below $200,000 - 84 percent of taxpayers - would see their taxes increase under the Cain plan, according to the analysis, which is the first to look at precisely what would happen to different incomes under the proposal."
Activists in New York Target "Governor 1 Percent": Cuomo Under Fire for Refusing to Extend Millionaire's Tax
http://www.truth-out.org/activists-new-york-target-governor-1-percent-cuomo-under-fire-refusing-extend-millionaires-tax/13190
Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet: "It's no surprise that billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg doesn't support the millionaire's tax. It should be a little bit more surprising that Cuomo, son of liberal icon Mario Cuomo, opposes the tax as well. But Cuomo has long had an ambivalent relationship with his own party - and even as momentum created by Occupy Wall Street has politicians from Barack Obama on down realizing that the time is ripe for some economic populism, Cuomo appears committed to protecting the interests of the rich."
Chris Hedges in Times Square, October 15, 2011 (Video)
http://www.truth-out.org/chris-hedges-times-square-october-15-2011/1319030041
On October 15, Occupy TVNY met with Pulitzer prize-winning author and journalist Chris Hedges in Times Square, New York City, where tens of thousands of people assembled on a global day of action. Chris shares his feelings on where the Occupy movement has come from and where it is heading.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
A recent article in the New York Observer (http://www.observer.com/2011/10/citibank-protester-talks-about-undercover-infiltration-in-occupy-wall-street/) highlights the ongoing challenge Occupy Wall Street faces in preventing the New York Police Department (NYPD) and perhaps FBI infiltrators from creating acts of violence that will turn the nation against the movement.
Mayor Bloomberg and the FBI know that nothing will change the mood of support for Occupy Wall Street faster than having them portrayed as a "violent mob." So, there have been ongoing incidents of what appear to be provocations by the police or infiltrators to create an image of an unruly group of lawbreakers. (Just remember the Brooklyn Bridge incident for one.)
BuzzFlash at Truthout warned of this likely ongoing effort in a commentary on October 4, "The NYPD and FBI Are Trying to Infiltrate Wall Street Protest to Discredit It: Of This You Can Be Sure." (http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/13048)
Among the recurring reports of police infiltration and provocateurs is an account today of the incident that led to the NYPD arrest of more than 20 protesters trying to close their Citibank accounts over the weekend.
One of the persons arrested at the Citibank branch, Marshall Garrett, told the Village Voice: (http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/10/marshall_garrett_citibank.php)
"But what was unknown to us and to a lot of people that day, including those in Times Square, was that there were undercover cops already there, paid to be disruptive and to be loud. One undercover cop present [at Citi] was louder than the entire group.
He arrested one of the protestors outside, and slammed her into the wall, and pushed her back into the bank. We all saw him at the precinct with us. He was laughing with the fellow white shirt cops, telling them about what we'd been saying, basically. It was a bit startling how inside their information was - how they were being paid to go to these protests and put us in situations where we'd be arrested and not be able to leave."
In fact, you can see one of the undercover police officer provocateurs in this alarming video. (http://vodpod.com/watch/15558382-citi-bank-arrests?u=buzzflash&c=buzzflash). Watch through to the point where this plainclothes NYPD cop arrests a young woman, who is a Citibank customer, for merely being outside the bank branch because she was involved in the protest, but not inside the branch building. It is quite chilling indeed. Four or five NYPD officers just make the woman disappear.
The biggest challenge for Occupy Wall Street will be to uproot covert efforts to discredit the movement by law enforcement agencies that are supposed to protect the Constitution instead of subverting it.
Mark Karlin
Editor, BuzzFlash at Truthout
Seventy-Two Percent of New York City Voters Support the Continuation of Occupy Wall Street
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/13086
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
Bank of America Puts US Taxpayers on the Hook for $75 Trillion in Derivatives
Read the Article at Bloomberg News
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-18/bofa-said-to-split-regulators-over-moving-merrill-derivatives-to-bank-unit.html
Beyond the Battlefield: Unprepared for Wave of Severely Wounded, Bureaucracy Still Catching Up
Read the Article at The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/19/beyond-the-battlefield-8-bureaucracy_n_1010688.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
Murdoch Family Feud Threatens Chaos for News Corp.
Read the Article at The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/business/media/murdochs-infighting-clouds-future-of-news-corp.html?hp
It's Time to Institute a Financial Transaction Tax
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/13087
Poll: Ohio Poised to Reject Anti-Collective Bargaining Proposal
Read the Article at Public Policy Polling
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2011/10/ohio-sb-5-headed-for-rejection.html
Thanks to the 99 Percent Movement, Media Finally Covering Jobs Crisis and Marginalizing Deficit Hysteria
Read the Article at ThinkProgress
http://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/10/18/346892/chart-media-jobs-wall-street-ignoring-deficit-hysteria/
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<font><strong>Jim Hightower | Wall Street Is Dazed and Confused </strong></=
font><br />
Jim Hightower, Truthout: "Astonishingly, some Wall Streeters continue to be=
clueless about what the Occupy Wall Street movement is protesting. Yoo-hoo=
, Streeters: Note that the movement's name has the term 'Wall Street' in it=
. While there is a plethora of particular issues being raised by the protes=
ters - from the corrupting power of corporate money in our elections to the=
demise of middle-class wages - the unifying theme is that each one adds to=
the rising tide of economic inequality that's enriching the most privilege=
d few by knocking down America's workaday majority."<br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D8xEwM7=
p8v3Bfpza%2F%2BfueAEJ0dmL8NxA0"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</f=
ont></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Fight It Out in C=
NN-Hosted Debate, and More</strong></font><br />
In today's On the News segment: Republicans fought it out last night in a C=
NN-hosted debate in Las Vegas, Occupy Wall Street may be close to releasing=
its demands, Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg has a new proposal - bring b=
ack Franklin Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration, the Supreme Court c=
onsiders giving corporations the right to commit genocide, and more.<br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DRlwMAI=
d4Q4xDrQTQuVr%2BwTP0LXkNrLNI"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Watch the Video and R=
ead the Transcript</font></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Seventy Thousand Greek Workers Launch New Anti-Austerity Stri=
ke</strong></font><br />
Niki Kitsantonis, The New York Times: "Tens of thousands of Greek workers w=
alked off the job on Wednesday at the start of a two-day general strike to =
protest a new round austerity measures that the debt-ridden government must=
pass through Parliament on Thursday to secure crucial aid and avert a defa=
ult that could shake the euro zone and reverberate through the global econo=
my ... The strike, the second this month, was one of the biggest since Gree=
ce first appealed for foreign support two years ago, with even shops, baker=
ies and gas stations closing." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DnjR970=
IVRVG1wtDsHGoQJzP0LXkNrLNI"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>George Lakoff | Framing Occupy Wall Street</strong></font><br=
/>
George Lakoff, Truthout: "Unless you frame yourself, others will frame you =
- the media, your enemies, your competitors, your well-meaning friends. I h=
ave so far hesitated to offer suggestions. But the movement appears to be m=
aturing and entering a critical time when small framing errors could have l=
arge negative consequences ... In politics, frames are part of competing mo=
ral systems that are used in political discourse and in charting political =
action. In short, framing is a moral enterprise: it says what the character=
of a movement is." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DzBpvLE=
VNo8514P9ITgSqGkJ0dmL8NxA0"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Occupy Berlin: In the Shadow of the Reichstag </strong></font=
><br />
Dina Rasor, Truthout: "When I had arrived in Berlin late Saturday afternoon=
, I saw the remnants of the large march that had taken place in Berlin and =
around the world and also had heard that the police moved in with force whe=
n the demonstrators had tried to erect tents in front of the Reichstag for =
the occupation. But as I walked up to the circle, the police were standing =
passively in the background and not interfering with the rally. Based on th=
e news reports that I had heard the previous day, I assumed they were chast=
ened and realized that youthful and exuberant Berlin didn't like what it sa=
w the day before."<br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D8ijK5z=
%2FzfvFQztqYQTsrFTP0LXkNrLNI"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</fon=
t></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Michael Moore's "Here Comes Trouble": Celebrity Politics in a=
n Age of Social Protest</strong></font><br />
Mark T. Harris, Truthout: "In a mainstream media so bereft of left-wing voi=
ces, certainly it's easy to become a fan of Moore's feisty, pro-working cla=
ss politics. After all, who doesn't enjoy seeing him on CNN or MSNBC taking=
jabs at the for-profit health care industry? Or denouncing the Iraq war an=
d the president who started it from the stage of the Academy Awards? But at=
times there's a certain desperation in this fandom, rooted in the fact tha=
t Moore is one of precious few with a left-wing perspective to gain access =
to the mainstream media."<br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DZi7O1k=
zHs4xZQlkGysf2SjP0LXkNrLNI"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Occupy Movement Heats Up US South</strong></font><br />
Matthew Cardinale, Inter Press Service: "As the Occupy Movement spreads lik=
e wildfire across the United States and around the world, protests in the U=
S South are facing unique challenges. Occupy protests have sprouted up in c=
ountless cities across the US South, including Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia=
; Columbia, South Carolina; Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Miami, Florida; an=
d New Orleans, Louisiana, to name just a few."<br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DCf83hD=
2aRHSqd5pbaCYrVDP0LXkNrLNI"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>It's Time to Compensate the Victims: Looking Back at Vietnam =
and Agent Orange</strong></font><br />
H. Patricia Hynes, Truthout: "In 'Waiting for an Army to Die,' Fred A. Wilc=
ox ... recounts the stories of Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange and=
also of Oregon mothers, Arizona potters, and others living near sprayed pu=
blic lands, all of whom were suffering from a plague of cancers, nervous sy=
stem effects, miscarriages and birth disorders of their children.... Wilcox=
takes us inside the tragic, yet gutsy lives of young, working-class vets w=
ho were left to die by 'government stonewalling, bureaucratic shell games a=
nd the contempt of multinational corporations.'"<br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DIknLYG=
AC7S90j0Amb1%2B4KTP0LXkNrLNI"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</fon=
t></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Madder at Washington Than Wall Street? Wall Street's the Reas=
on</strong></font><br />
Isaiah J. Poole, Campaign for America's Future: "A USA Today/Gallup poll pu=
blished this morning suggests that 'most Americans blame Wall Street for th=
e nation's economic predicament - but they blame Washington more.' Furtherm=
ore, when specifically asked who they blame most for the poor state of the =
economy, '64% of Americans name the federal government and 30% say big fina=
ncial institutions' ... But the wisdom of the hive that is the Occupy movem=
ent is wise, indeed. It is not either Wall Street or Washington. It is Wall=
Street AND Washington."<br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DKSG4PT=
QLOdjZY1Z1uRZADDP0LXkNrLNI"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Ten Years After the Afghan Invasion: Welcome to the Failed St=
ate of Americastan</strong></font><br />
Johnny Barber, Truthout: "As we step off the Turkish Air flight and walk ac=
ross the dusty tarmac to the terminal, we are greeted by a large billboard.=
In big, bold English it proclaims, 'Welcome to the Home of the Brave.' It =
stops me in my tracks. I shake my head, thinking, 'damn weird' and continue=
in to passport control. After waiting in a short line, I present my Americ=
an passport to the guard in the booth. He doesn't acknowledge me. He flips =
through the shiny, new pages until he gets to the visa. He stamps it. He tu=
rns to the picture. He gives me a precursory glance and hands the passport =
back to me. I turn and enter Afghanistan."<br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DFQ9FBI=
yFrELVhZBY4TTvJDP0LXkNrLNI"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Cain's 9-9-9 Plan Would Give Thousands Back to Millionaires</=
strong></font><br />
Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers: "Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan would gi=
ve every American making more than $1 million an average tax cut of $455,00=
0, according to a new independent analysis ... At the same time, those with=
incomes below $200,000 - 84 percent of taxpayers - would see their taxes i=
ncrease under the Cain plan, according to the analysis, which is the first =
to look at precisely what would happen to different incomes under the propo=
sal."<br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DRgjeOC=
t5kjwSPCKipjzrrTP0LXkNrLNI"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Activists in New York Target "Governor 1 Percent": Cuomo Unde=
r Fire for Refusing to Extend Millionaire's Tax</strong></font><br />
Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet: "It's no surprise that billionaire New York City May=
or Michael Bloomberg doesn't support the millionaire's tax. It should be a =
little bit more surprising that Cuomo, son of liberal icon Mario Cuomo, opp=
oses the tax as well. But Cuomo has long had an ambivalent relationship wit=
h his own party - and even as momentum created by Occupy Wall Street has po=
liticians from Barack Obama on down realizing that the time is ripe for som=
e economic populism, Cuomo appears committed to protecting the interests of=
the rich."<br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DxmhvOj=
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alist Chris Hedges in Times Square, New York City, where tens of thousands =
of people assembled on a global day of action. Chris shares his feelings on=
where the Occupy movement has come from and where it is heading.<br />
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<p>A recent article in the <a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia=
/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3Dheors4SDQYf3dlTtaCOFBTP0LXkNrLNI"><font color=3D"#cc00=
00">New York Observer</font></a> highlights the ongoing challenge Occupy Wa=
ll Street faces in preventing the New York Police Department (NYPD) and per=
haps FBI infiltrators from creating acts of violence that will turn the nat=
ion against the movement.</p>
<p>Mayor Bloomberg and the FBI know that nothing will change the mood of su=
pport for Occupy Wall Street faster than having them portrayed as a "violen=
t mob." So, there have been ongoing incidents of what appear to be provocat=
ions by the police or infiltrators to create an image of an unruly group of=
lawbreakers. (Just remember the Brooklyn Bridge incident for one.)</p>
<p>BuzzFlash at Truthout warned of this likely ongoing effort in a commenta=
ry on October 4, <a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp=
?v=3D2&c=3D%2FxxBWg%2BIrlTh5JJNB2IjBTP0LXkNrLNI"><font color=3D"#cc0000">"T=
he NYPD and FBI Are Trying to Infiltrate Wall Street Protest to Discredit I=
t: Of This You Can Be Sure." </font></a></p>
<p>Among the recurring reports of police infiltration and provocateurs is a=
n account today of the incident that led to the NYPD arrest of more than 20=
protesters trying to close their Citibank accounts over the weekend.</p>
<p>One of the persons arrested at the Citibank branch, Marshall Garrett, <a=
href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D8a3PmCNy=
oR%2FAb422lIIFMTP0LXkNrLNI"><font color=3D"#cc0000">told the Village Voice<=
/font></a>:</p>
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<p>But what was unknown to us and to a lot of people that day, including th=
ose in Times Square, was that there were undercover cops already there, pai=
d to be disruptive and to be loud. One undercover cop present [at Citi] was=
louder than the entire group.</p>
<p>He arrested one of the protestors outside, and slammed her into the wall=
, and pushed her back into the bank. We all saw him at the precinct with us=
. He was laughing with the fellow white shirt cops, telling them about what=
we'd been saying, basically. It was a bit startling how inside their infor=
mation was - how they were being paid to go to these protests and put us in=
situations where we'd be arrested and not be able to leave.</p>
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<p>In fact, you can see one of the undercover police officer provocateurs i=
n <a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D03Xq=
1xVBFwxPJYa3301z6TP0LXkNrLNI"><font color=3D"#cc0000">this alarming video</=
font></a>. Watch through to the point where this plainclothes NYPD cop arre=
sts a young woman, who is a Citibank customer, for merely being outside the=
bank branch because she was involved in the protest, but not inside the br=
anch building. It is quite chilling indeed. Four or five NYPD officers just=
make the woman disappear.</p>
<p>The biggest challenge for Occupy Wall Street will be to uproot covert ef=
forts to discredit the movement by law enforcement agencies that are suppos=
ed to protect the Constitution instead of subverting it.</p>
<p>Mark Karlin<br />
Editor, BuzzFlash at Truthout</p>
</em></p>
<p><strong>Seventy-Two Percent of New York City Voters Support the Continua=
tion of Occupy Wall Street<br />
</strong><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=
=3DLAjOwK0urVyVcWUkykIGoTP0LXkNrLNI" target=3D"_blank"><font color=3D"#cc00=
00">Read the Article at BuzzFlash</font></a></p>
<p><strong>Bank of America Puts US Taxpayers on the Hook for $75 Trillion i=
n Derivatives<br />
</strong><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=
=3DxKgj3P72l5PC1kTXdJcXsUJ0dmL8NxA0" target=3D"_blank"><font color=3D"#cc00=
00">Read the Article at Bloomberg News</font></a></p>
<p><strong>Beyond the Battlefield: Unprepared for Wave of Severely Wounded,=
Bureaucracy Still Catching Up<br />
</strong><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=
=3DP8isT7297WcdEb%2FLzwljuzP0LXkNrLNI" target=3D"_blank"><font color=3D"#cc=
0000">Read the Article at The Huffington Post</font></a></p>
<p><strong>Murdoch Family Feud Threatens Chaos for News Corp.<br />
</strong><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=
=3D3LMoApsduo2YrwFn%2BV%2BcYjP0LXkNrLNI" target=3D"_blank"><font color=3D"#=
cc0000">Read the Article at The New York Times</font></a></p>
<p><strong>It's Time to Institute a Financial Transaction Tax<br />
</strong><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=
=3DXYGcotSr72GmjcBQDJuwpTP0LXkNrLNI" target=3D"_blank"><font color=3D"#cc00=
00">Read the Article at BuzzFlash</font></a></p>
<p><strong>Poll: Ohio Poised to Reject Anti-Collective Bargaining Proposal<=
br />
</strong><a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=
=3DEcyUjcJn%2BRtjzwnIJknbHzP0LXkNrLNI" target=3D"_blank"><font color=3D"#cc=
0000">Read the Article at Public Policy Polling</font></a></p>
<p><strong>Thanks to the 99 Percent Movement, Media Finally Covering Jobs C=
risis and Marginalizing Deficit Hysteria<br />
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00">Read the Article at ThinkProgress</font></a></p>
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