Here Comes Occupy Wall Street 2.0?
Posted by Paul Constant on Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:43 AM [via slog]

{I freakin' love this!!}

A website called The 99% Declaration has just popped up. It begins:

BE IT RESOLVED THAT WE, THE NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in order to form a more perfect Union, by, for and of the People, shall elect and convene a NATIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY the week of July 4, 2012 in the City Of Philadelphia to prepare and ratify a PETITION FOR A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES on behalf of the Ninety-Nine Percent of the People of the United States to be served upon the United States Congress, United States Supreme Court and President of the United States prior to November 6, 2012.

It's a hugely ambitious plan, announcing that the people "shall elect two Delegates, one identifying as male and one identifying as female, by direct democratic vote, from each of the existing 435 Congressional Districts, to represent the People" at this assembly.

Frankly, I'm surprised the teabaggers didn't pick up on that "petition for a redress of grievances" stuff. It's powerful Constitutional language. The site goes on to list 21 different issues that may or may not wind up in the formal petition at the end of the national general assembly, including "Elimination of the Corporate State," "Term Limits," "Debt Reduction," "Jobs for All Americans," and "Review and Reform of the Federal Reserve Banking System." Will this become the second iteration of Occupy Wall Street?

And what do you think?

Oh, yeah, Occupy Portland is still in effect, they stay in touch w/ other groups and aren't going anywhere. No camping yet, might start up again, though.

I really hope we send delegates to this thing, and what's more, get action. Some of that stuff is just blue sky grievances, but quite a bit is doable. Change the government, then you can change bad decisions (let's hope)...

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg
“I would not look to the United States Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012.”

{I believe she suggested South Africa's, 'smore modern.}

Makes for some incredible reading dunnit? Thanks for posting this here. What's the action plan? Anything for you locally where you are dave?