Starting Date: 03-30-2012
Washington, District of Columbia 20003
United StatesMarch 30, 2012, people from across the country will gather for an American Spring in Washington, DC. The National Occupation of Washington, DC (NOW DC). We join together to actualize government of the people, for the people and by the people. We oppose: The corruption of both parties in conducting U.S. domestic and foreign policies; The destruction of the Bill of Rights, and the Supreme Court allowing our Constitution to be subverted. We unite against a corporate-controlled government that has failed to promote the public well-being and will demonstrate our commitment to creating a new world where the people, not the 1%, rule.
NOW DC—education, protest and mobilization—will begin with an inspiring Occupy Social Forum to bring together the experience, knowledge and thinking of the 99%. Occupiers from across the country will present workshops on socially relevant areas, including political and policy issues, strategies for shifting power from the 1% to the 99%, ending wars and militarization, and the strengths and weaknesses of the Occupy movement, as well as concrete descriptions of how to organize communities, hold General Assemblies, live-stream and create your own media and other practical necessities for successful occupations.
The civil resistance of NOW DC will focus on the power structure in Washington, DC. The first phase of the Occupy Movement showed that people acting in solidarity have power and can change the direction of the country. NOW DC aims to unite occupations in a focused nonviolent campaign to demonstrate to elected officials in Washington, DC, and K Street and corporate interests that the people no longer trust or accept their rule, that a radical transformation to a participatory democracy operating under the rule of law is essential.
The reign of money in government has fostered policies that throw people out of their homes and drive families into bankruptcy, impoverish whole communities, deny access to medical treatment and wage unending wars abroad. Worst of all, the policies of greed are literally destroying our planet. All this must change soon and change dramatically. The political puppets now occupying public space will not bring about this change. Only a united, courageous and enlightened public can do this.
Join us in Washington, DC, beginning on March 30 for NOW DC and Occupy Power!Geographical Scope: National Other |
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