[Rantman] Occupy Wall Street Manifesto... The 99% document...

[rPauli]

I don't think you will find this in your local newspaper... but I would 
like to be surprised.

The Occupy Wall Street Journal is a newspaper put out by the 
demonstrators on Wall Street.

Finally,  a manifesto.   Be sure to visit the site for the complete 
document.



      An OWS Working Group Committed to Elect a Non-Partisan National
      General Assembly



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WHEREAS THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION PROVIDES:

/Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or 
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of 
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to 
assemble, and to_petition the Government for a redress of grievances_./


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 beginning 
on July 4, 2012 in the City Of Philadelphia.


I._Election of Delegates_:

The People, consisting of all United States citizens who have reached 
the age of 18, regardless of party affiliation and voter registration 
status, shall elect/Two Delegates/, one male and one female, by direct 
vote, from each of the existing 435 Congressional Districts to represent 
the People at the NATIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY in Philadelphia. Said 
Assembly shall convene on July 4, 2012 in the city of Philadelphia.

The office of Delegate shall be open to all United States citizens who 
have reached the age of 18. Election Committees, elected by local 
General Assemblies from all over the United States, shall coordinate 
with the 99 Percent Declaration Working Group 
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the99declaration/) to organize, 
coordinate and fund this national election by direct democratic voting. 
The Election Committees shall operate like the originalCommittees of 
Correspondence 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_of_correspondence> did before 
the first American Revolution.

II._Meeting of the National General Assembly and Deliberation_:

At the NATIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY, the 870 Delegates shall set forth, 
consider and vote upon a PETITION OF GRIEVANCES to be submitted to all 
members of Congress, The Supreme Court and President and each of the 
political candidates running in the nationwide Congressional and 
Presidential election in November 2012.  The Delegates of the National 
General Assembly shall vote upon and implement their own agenda, 
propagate their own rules and elect or appoint committee members as the 
Delegates see fit to accomplish their goal of presenting a PETITION OF 
GRIEVANCES from the 99% of Americans /before/the 2012 elections.

III._Proposed Petition for the Redress of Grievances_:

The PETITION OF GRIEVANCES shall be non-partisan and address the 
critical issues now confronting the People of the United States. The 
Delegates shall deliberate and vote upon proposals for the PETITION OF 
GRIEVANCES in consultation with the People as the delegates to the first 
twoContinental Congresses 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_congress> did. Below is 
a/suggested/list of grievances respectfully submitted by theOWS Working 
Group on the 99% Declaration 
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the99declaration/>. The final version of 
the PETITION OF GRIEVANCES voted upon by the Delegates of the National 
General Assembly_/MAY/_or/MAY NOT/include the following suggested issues:


1. Implementing an immediate ban on all private contributions of money 
and gifts, to all politicians in federal office, from Individuals, 
Corporations, Political Action Committees, Super Political Action 
Committees, Lobbyists, Unions and all other private sources of money to 
be replaced by the fair and equalpublic financing 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_finance#Public_financing>of all 
federal political campaigns. ..
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20. An immediate withdrawal of all troops from Iraq and Afghanistan and 
a substantial increase in the amount of funding needed for veteran job 
placement and the treatment of the physical and emotional injuries 
sustained by veterans in these wars. Our veterans are committing suicide 
at an unprecedented rate and we must help now.


BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that_IF_the PETITION OF GRIEVANCES approved by 
the 870 Delegates of the NATIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY in consultation with 
the PEOPLE, is not acted upon by Congress, the President, and Supreme 
Court, to the satisfaction of the Delegates of the NATIONAL GENERAL 
ASSEMBLY, said Delegates shall organize a THIRD, COMPLETELY 
NON-PARTISAN, INDEPENDENT POLITICAL PARTY to run candidates for every 
available Congressional seat in the mid-term election of 2014 and again 
in 2016 until all vestiges of the existing corrupt corporatocracy have 
been removed by the ballot box.


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*Email us with your ideas for this declaration and petition 
at:*The99Declaration at gmail.com <mailto:The99Declaration at gmail.com> or 
join this Working Group by visiting 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the99declaration/ and the Working Group 
Forum at http://the99delegation.forumotion.com/.

You may also obtain more information at the official OWS NYC General 
Assembly webpage for this Working Group at: 
http://www.nycga.net/members/the99declaration/profile/edit/group/1/

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