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Because we have had diffiulty coming up consensing on a new statement for our canvassing material, we are using excerpts from statements that have already been consensed upon. We want everyone's opinion on the material (sorry about mess--I had to cut and paste from flier--see next post for curvey...it looks alot better on paper, you'll see soon):
As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights... let these facts be known [about the tyrannical forces of corporationss]
· They have taken our houses through an illegal foreclosure process, despite not having the original mortgage.
· They have taken bailouts from taxpayers with impunity, and continue to give Executives exorbitant bonuses.
· They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the workplace based on age, the color of one’s skin, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.
· They have poisoned the food supply through negligence, and undermined the farming system through monopolization.
· They have profited off of the torture, confinement, and cruel treatment of countless animals, and actively hide these practices.
· They have continuously sought to strip employees of the right to negotiate for better pay and safer working conditions.
· They have held students hostage with tens of thousands of dollars of debt on education, which is itself a human right.
· They have consistently outsourced labor and used that outsourcing as leverage to cut workers’ healthcare and pay.
· They have influenced the courts to achieve the same rights as people, with none of the culpability or responsibility.
· They have spent millions of dollars on legal teams that look for ways to get them out of contracts in regards to health insurance.
· They have sold our privacy as a commodity.
· They have used the military and police force to prevent freedom of the press.
· They have deliberately declined to recall faulty products endangering lives in pursuit of profit.
· They determine economic policy, despite the catastrophic failures their policies have produced and continue to produce.
· They have donated large sums of money to politicians, who are responsible for regulating them.
· They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil.
· They continue to block generic forms of medicine that could save people’s lives or provide relief in order to protect investments that have already turned a substantial profit.
· They have purposely covered up oil spills, accidents, faulty bookkeeping, and inactive ingredients in pursuit of profit.
· They purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the media.
· They have accepted private contracts to murder prisoners even when presented with serious doubts about their guilt.
· They have perpetuated colonialism at home and abroad.
· They have participated in the torture and murder of innocent civilians overseas.
· They continue to create weapons of mass destruction in order to receive government contracts.*
*This list is not all-inclusive.
(excerpt, The Declaration of Occupation)
To the people of the world,
Exercise your right to peaceably assemble; occupy public space; create a process to address the problems we face, and generate solutions accessible to everyone.
To all communities that take action and form groups in the spirit of direct democracy, we offer support, documentation, and all of the resources at our disposal.
Join us and make your voices heard!
(excerpt, Occupy Los Angeles solidarity statement).
If you support Occupy, please sign and print your name below.
Name:______________________________
Contact info:_________________________
Can you help organize in your area?_________
Please share with us issues that affect you and your community and how you want to help:
Locally_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________
Statewide___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Nationally___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
To “vote” on some of the national objectives we are considering, mark the boxes below.
(X=YES 0 = NO ? = NOT SURE)
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To “vote” on some of the national objectives we are considering, mark the boxes below.
(X=YES 0 = NO ? = NOT SURE)
o 
Stop all the wars and dismantle the military-industrial complex; bring our troops home
o Ensure prosecution of those here responsible for violations of U.S. and international laws on war and torture, including here at home.
o Expand the rights of labor.
o Create a new, just kind of economic system.
o Prosecute and take fair remuneration from those responsible for the foreclosure crisis.
o Create a “green” jobs program.
o Make housing, healthcare, education and safe food and water human rights.
o Ensure safe healthcare, including holistic/alternative approaches, for all.
o Legalize medical marijuana.
o Stop discrimination in our society based on race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, immigrant status or any other labels.
o Redefine the value of “women’s work”.
o Free political prisoners, stop police brutality, end political repression, and dismantle the prison-industrial complex.
o Use the most effective, natural models for education, including parental involvement.
o Protect rights for animals and the environment.
o Transition to safe natural energy; e.g., wind, solar, and land-efficient biofuels.
o Ban nuclear power and weapons.
o Encourage local, organic agriculture and sustainable development.
o Create a new more egalitarian, open political system which truly represents the people.
(FOR A MORE DETAILED SURVEY, INCLUDING STATE AND LOCAL GOALS, SEE OUR WEBSITE.)
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AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR TRANSPARENT, HORIZONTAL/EGALITARIAN, DEMOCRATIC PROCESS:
PLEASE COME TO THE
LOS ANGELES GENERAL ASSEMBLY (G.A.)
PERSHING SQUARE
MON., WED., FRI., 7:30 pm
Themed GA: SAT., 4:00 PM
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Unite for: peace with justice; economic and social justice; labor rights; housing, education and healthcare as human rights; the environment; civil liberties; money out of politics; an end to foreclosures
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