Crushing the Occupy Movement - How Wall Street Used Government Forces to Suppress Political Dissent

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Saturday March 28, 2015 · 8:32 AM PDT

2015/03/28 · 08:32

It has been over two years since the Occupy Movement was brutally destroyed by a coordinated national effort led by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. Since that time, much documentation has been released under the Freedom of Information Act. Even though they are heavily redacted, these documents provide a frightening window into how far corporate America along with the federal, state, and local governments acting as their agents were willing to go to destroy a populist social movement like Occupy.

Despite all the documentation we have, there are still many out there who are in denial about these facts. After reading some recent comments that misrepresent what happened to the Occupy Movement, I decided to review how Occupy was so brutally squelched by Wall Street and corporate America using government forces as their agents acting upon their behalf.

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Sunday April 21, 2013 · 8:45 AM PDT

2013/04/21 · 08:45

Asheville is a wonderful blue spot in a sea of red. It is a lively center for the arts, music, and craft beers among other things. Kossacks randallt, davehouck, and Joieau organized our first Asheville kossack meetup. As promised, they cast a very wide net and we had kossacks in attendance from as far away as Roanoke, the greater Charlotte area, and Johnson City, Tenn. To say that this meetup was a great success is an understatement.

Friday had been a miserable rainy day all day, but Saturday was beautiful with blue skies and sunshine. The temperature was cold and there was a wind, but it was still a perfect day for a picnic and for meeting new friends and seeing a few old ones too.

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Friday January 11, 2013 · 8:14 AM PST

2013/01/11 · 08:14

Good Day!

I just received the following kosmail from our dear Vet Wife and she has asked that I pass it along to all the members of Dkos Florida. A short diary is probably the best way to do this because it will show up in everyone's Stream.

For those of you just reading this for the first time, Vet Wife has organized a meet up for those of us in the Dkos Florida group and anyone else who is interested in attending. It is scheduled for Fort Cooper State Park near Inverness, Florida on Saturday, February 9. The cost to access the park is $3 per car. We will have use of the meeting room at the park which has a kitchen. We are planning on trying to eat around 1 PM and are encouraging people to bring a covered dish or other needed supplies.

Please contact Vet Wife to RSVP and coordinate food, etc. Also if you wish to help defray the cost of rental of the meeting space (approx. $100) please let her know.

The tentative list of Florida kossacks attending is currently around 18 plus one surprise guest, but we would love to see and meet even more of you. Hope to see you there.

My 90 Year Old Mother Rocks!

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Sunday November 04, 2012 · 12:45 PM PST

2012/11/04 · 12:45

I am a child of the 1950's. I grew up in a traditional nuclear family with one younger sister. My father worked in an office at an eight to five white collar job and my mother stayed home to raise us girls. Our first home was a small house that my parents bought with a VA loan because my father was a combat veteran of World War II.

The town that I grew up in was a very politically conservative and my family traditionally voted Republican, regardless of the candidate. My earliest memory of politics was when I was a young child and went with my mother to cast her vote for Dwight Eisenhower for President in 1952. I distinctly remember standing behind the blue curtain with her as she voted. Our family "liked Ike!"

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Thursday October 18, 2012 · 8:39 AM PDT

2012/10/18 · 08:39

A week ago, Mitt Romney paid a visit to Billy Graham at his home in Montreat, just outside Asheville, NC. Also present at that meeting was Graham's son, Franklin, who now heads up Billy Graham's ministry. During that meeting, Romney and the Grahams prayed together and then Billy Graham told Mitt Romney that he would do whatever was needed to help Mitt Romney win the Presidency. As result of that meeting and Dr. Graham's endorsement of Mitt Romney, we witnessed a great example of the type of hypocrisy that seems to go hand in hand with evangelicals. Follow me over the fold for more.

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Wednesday February 29, 2012 · 3:30 AM PST

2012/02/29 · 03:30

We're known as the MOTley Crew and you can find us here every morning at 6:30 Eastern. Feel free to volunteer to take a day - permanently or just once in awhile. With the auto-publish feature you can set it and forget it. Sometime, the diarist du jour shows up much later, that's the beauty of Open Thread...it carries on without you! Just let us know in the comments. You can click on the Morning Open Thread "heart" if you'd like us to show up in your stream every day.

Doing one of these diaries is a good way to get your feet wet if you have been hesitant about writing a diary. You can write as much or as little as you want. The audience here is always supportive.

Today's diary is a very different and personal one for me. Please bear with me while I share some introspection I have been doing lately.

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Wednesday February 22, 2012 · 3:30 AM PST

2012/02/22 · 03:30

Doing one of these diaries is a good way to get your feet wet if you have been hesitant about writing a diary. You can write as much or as little as you want. The audience here is always supportive

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Wednesday February 15, 2012 · 3:30 AM PST

2012/02/15 · 03:30

Doing one of these diaries is a good way to get your feet wet if you have been hesitant about writing a diary. You can write as much or as little as you want. The audience here is always supportive.

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Wednesday February 08, 2012 · 3:30 AM PST

2012/02/08 · 03:30

Doing one of these diaries is a good way to get your feet wet if you have been hesitant about writing a diary. You can write as much or as little as you want. The audience here is always supportive.

As an intro to this diary, I want to preface that each local Occupy Movement is reflective of both the values of the community in which it is located, and also the political climate in the community. What is happening in Tallahassee is unique to Tallahassee and we are very fortunate to be able to look at big picture ideas such as Transition Towns because of our community's acceptance of Occupy Tallahassee.

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Wednesday February 01, 2012 · 3:30 AM PST

2012/02/01 · 03:30

I am writing this Tuesday night, but by the time this publishes it will be the morning after a very long and busy Tuesday. There is a chance that I may be late logging on in the morning as I am very tired and slightly sunburned from the events of Tuesday. If so, please feel free to carry on without me.

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Wednesday January 25, 2012 · 3:30 AM PST

2012/01/25 · 03:30

I try to do three mile power walk each day through my neighborhood. I don't wear headphones or anything to distract me while I am walking. My neighborhood is fairly quiet, so it is usually just me, nature around me, and my thoughts. It is often during these walks that I come up with the subject for my Wednesday Morning Open thread diary.

UPDATE: As per this comment, I have updated this diary to remove references to environmental problems with using chemical herbacides on kudzu. I am not a biologist and personally never use herbacides or pesticides, so I made that ssumption that the chemicals used to kill kudzu had a negative impact to the environment. Apparently at least some herbicides break down and become inert.

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Friday January 20, 2012 · 4:29 AM PST

2012/01/20 · 04:29

On Wednesday, Dr. Cornel West had to be in Tallahassee, Florida for a paid speaking engagement at Florida State University that evening. Dr. West had notified Occupy Tallahassee that he would like to come by the camp to speak prior to heading over to FSU.

The Occupy Tallahassee camp is located (with permission) on a vacant piece of City of Tallahassee owned property in the downtown area between the FSU campus and and the state Capitol. Unlike many occupations, the relationship between Occupy Tallahassee and city officials has been cordial thus far.

Occupy Tallahassee camp is relatively small as far as the number of permanent Occupiers, but there are many people who support the group on a regular basis without actually camping on site. For Dr. West to want to visit Occupy Tallahassee was a great honor indeed.

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