This Monday, January 2, 2012, following the Rose Parade, Cindy Sheehan brings an important message to Occupy Wall Street (and Main Street) from the west steps of Pasadena City Hall: How trillion dollar wars serve the interests of the 1% at the expense of the 99%. Specifically – as described in the Occupy LA announcement: Cindy will speak about “the relationship between the Military-Industrial-Congressional complex and the Fortune 500 and Wall Street Banks.”
Good, because up until now that has not been the focus of the OWS movement. While it has been busy targeting the dominance and corruption of the 1% on the domestic side, it has inadvertently given those same people a massive free pass on the foreign policy side. This needs to change. The two cannot be separated, because they control the war economy and the civilian economy.
One obvious example of how these interconnected policies impact us is with funding: austerity measures for the civilian economy are prescribed by the elites and dutifully emphasized by the mainstream media and voted on by politicians as the only remedy for budget shortfalls – that is called sound fiscal policy, while simultaneously funding for the national defense and security apparatus is protected, justified as essential in waging the war on terror.
In short, it will take both movements working together to change these skewed priorities, not to mention stop the next war.
Case in point, entering into another military adventure so soon after ending the Iraq debacle is not an abstract or distant possibility, nor is it insane from our rulers’ point of view. For them, it makes sense, since Iran always was the main target in the Middle East region, nor would such a war pass without some people making out like bandits.
At the very least it will feed the war economy while burying the OWS movement as the focus shifts to rallying behind the troops. Beyond that, if there is a major escalation leading to a full-scale war with Iran, then it is not inconceivable that today’s OWS occupiers will be tomorrow’s draftees.
That said, short of hostilities breaking out with Iran, the overall Bush Doctrine of projecting American dominance globally remains in play for the long term as the Pentagon pursues a long war strategy. Therefore, flare-ups are possible down the road at any time and in any number of regions, each one capable of sucking us into empire support operations. Wherever American interests are deemed vital and there is an uncooperative regime, our leaders are quick to assert our national security interest to justify military action.
Who defines that interest?
I wouldn’t be surprised if they were the same people guiding the crackdown on OWS encampments around the nation.
By the way, do not think for a moment that, in the case of Iran, President Obama is going to save us if there is a sudden escalation. Should military hostilities break out in the Straits of Hormuz, he will behave like all Presidents do: retaliate. And then, we’re really in for it, because Iran is not Iraq. To imagine you can Iraq Iran and get away with that is to live in a dream world, and yet that is the confrontation our government is gearing up for.
So let’s listen to Cindy Sheehan on Monday (and to Marcy Winograd who will also speak to this issue), because when she lays out the centrality of the war economy to foreign policy decisions by the 1% and the consequences the 99% shall suffer, she knows first hand what that means, having lost her son in the last just war. And she also knows something about the courage it takes to stand up to those who expect us to fight and support their noble causes.
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Those wishing to march with OLA should gather from 7 to 9:30 a.m. at Singer Park (about 8 blocks south of Norton Simon) — Sign assemblage starts at 7 a.m. and continues to 9 a.m. on-site in Pasadena’s Singer Park (1 block east of Orange Grove (by intersection of St. John’s and California Avenue – about 6 blocks due South of the central Norton Simon location). We will gather for assemblage of Occupy’s 5 part “Human Float” float#44 / #99. We march to join the parade procession at 9:30 am. Organizers will have 500 + flags available to those who arrive on-site first as well as several hundred Occupy T-Shirts. Again, first come get the available flags/t-shirts.
Those wishing to march with OLA should gather from 7 to 9:30 a.m. at Singer Park (about 8 blocks south of Norton Simon) — Sign assemblage starts at 7 a.m. and continues to 9 a.m. on-site in Pasadena’s Singer Park (1 block east of Orange Grove (by intersection of St. John’s and California Avenue – about 6 blocks due South of the central Norton Simon location). We will gather for assemblage of Occupy’s 5 part “Human Float” float#44 / #99. We march to join the parade procession at 9:30 am. Organizers will have 500 + flags available to those who arrive on-site first as well as several hundred Occupy T-Shirts. Again, first come get the available flags/t-shirts.
THE 2012 “OCCUPY HUMAN FLOAT” IS OTRP’S MAIN EVENT. WE MARCH PROMPTLY AT 9:30 AM. BRING LARGE SIGNS & BANNERS. Drummers, other musicians, please join us as well! Coordinators – Activist David Cutter dcutter@aceweb.com or phone (626) 260-1615). British Artists Janet & Matt Driggs janet38@earthlink.net or via phone (213) 300-1421
The rally at Pasadena City Hall after the parade is from 11am to 2 pm. Proceed to the West Side of City Hall for the Occupy LA Media Outreach & Occupy Press Conference. Cindy Sheehan will speak regarding the relationship between the Military-Industrial-Congressional complex and the Fortune 500 & Wall Street Banks. A separate Occupy Music Concert (Michelle Shocked; others) will follow with an end celebratory party at the local Yard House restaurant (2 blocks from Pasadena City Hall).
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TO better define who is creating Class Warfare
Submitted by Jim Evanhoe on
To The OCCUPY FORCES Members of America's Future
by James P. Evanhoe December 2011
Subject: Freak - Financial Terrorist - Social Terrorist - Pervert, (Perv)
these types of politicians and businesses must be convicted
and thrown out of office, their Public Corruption of our Government,
Banking, Defense and Justice Institutions has completely failed.
Who are the Freaks the Terrorists...penning the label of facts
on those that need to be clearly defined as a Freak or Terrorist.
They are former & current politicians, their supporters and taskmen.
They all have to be identified and watched, in part so they do not
corrupt the vote in 2012.
Over a life time almost 64 years I have followed both the Democrats
and the Republicans. Can an Independent Candidate win the
Presidency this time? ABSOLUTELY.
I am an Independent Voter.
But my older brother Michael P. Evanhoe ran fundraising for California Governor Jerry Brown in the 1970's and early 80's for all of Northern California, my late Father Carl R. Evanhoe did like wise years earlier but for the Republicans,
President Eisenhower and California Governor Earl Warren, who later
became Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, that said I propose
the following to ALL supporters and activists of Occupy in the USA.
HERE are some of the MEASUREMENTS for what is a FREAK, FINANCIAL TERRORIST, SOCIAL TERRORIST; or a PERV.
FREAK ......................................definition of a political freak
A politician currently in office or out, that is or has been associated with criminal activities during their stay in office or otherwise. Republican or Democrat.
FINANCIAL TERRORIST.........definition of a financial terrorist
A politician, business person, or company associated through direct involvement in criminal activities through investor fraud, mortgage fraud, falsely rated investment instruments, etc. Here Occupy Forces with direct knowledge like Nomi Prins, Matt Taibbi, Michael Moore and many others
add to this description. And through these criminal actives the entire Nation went into a Recession 1988,89,90,91, Recession 2000,01,02, & the Depression of 2008,09,10,11--- the deliberate destruction of our financial system and our social systems.
Social Terrorist...........................definition of a social terrorist
A politician, business person, private individual, corporation, organization
or group supporting efforts to undermine the social stability of OUR Country,
State, City & Towns, Neighborhoods, Families, Friends, Organizations. Through Needless Wars, Laundering Drug Cartel money, collusion through
a group of people in any form or individual with a direct & deliberate action to destroy OUR Social System for their own greed and perversion.
PERVERT.... Perv .....................definition of a Perv
A politician who's social class thought states the crimes they commit
are for the good of the masses. The false and delusional behavior of
a pervert.
Examples of a FREAK.................................Mitt Romney,
Spiro Agnew, George Bush Sr., Rod Blagojevich, George Bush Jr.
Example of a Financial Terrorist.................Henry Paulson
he lead Goldman-Sachs into destroying the Tech Boom, then became
Bush Jr's US Treasury Secretary, Goldman-Sachs and Bill Gates, Microsoft, Gate's Representative from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation sat on the Board of Directors of Goldman-Sachs March of 2000, the date they started the sell off of Tech Stocks yet through investor fraud told their Small to Mid Cap Investors to keep buying Tech, Lloyd Blankfein CEO of Goldman-Sachs at the height of criminal fraud activities, selling fraudulent investment instruments.
Example of a Social Terrorist.................................The Bank HSBC for laundering Drug Cartel money, destroying our neighborhoods, families and friends, Goldman-Sachs, the Bush Family, Dick Cheney, Leaders who voted to go to War: the Iraq War, the Vietnam War, the Invasion of Panama.
Prime example of a Perv.......................................George H. Bush....
he will go down in American History as The Greatest Pervert...........through
his orchestrated and deliberate actions Millions of People are Dead, through
needless wars, drug cartel money laundering, the corruption of our legal system, bribery and kickbacks, as CIA Director, Vice President, President
and through the actions and greed of the Carlyle Group and the Bush Family and associates.
Who is a FREAK, FINANCIAL TERRORIST, SOCIAL TERRORIST AND PERV. penned this day the 30th of December 2011.
.......by James P. Evanhoe.
In order to define who has and is creating Class Warfare, who is profiting
from the destruction and deliberate Chaos.
"ABSOLUTE CHAOS"
We move forward every day!
The Victory over Public Corruption is Ours to Win!
Get every American to Occupy!
JAMES P. EVANHOE
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