Anonymous Announces Wall Street Occupation - Sept. 17

[bobbyw24]

We can sit on our collective petards, or we can fight peacefully through protest. The decision is for all of us to make.

Anonymous has now joined forces with AdBusters in calling for a non-violent occupation of Wall Street beginning on September 17th. Simultaneous occupations of financial districts are now being planned in New York City, Madrid, Milan, London, Paris and San Francisco.

http://dailybail.com/storage/anonymous-wall-street.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=131437502075 4

http://dailybail.com/home/anonymous-announces-wall-street-occupation-sep-17.html

[robert9712000]

uh sept 17 is a saturday.so that means theyll do absolutely nothing since wall street will be closed

[pcosmar]

This sounds like it is from the "What is the Plan" folks.

Expect a Bust Trap.

[sailingaway]

That is Constitution Day and Ron's money bomb.

[Elfshadow]

That is Constitution Day and Ron's money bomb.

Yeah that was my first thought.

[Nate-ForLiberty]

NSA is trying hard to disrupt ron pau's campaign aren't they?

[libertybrewcity]

i wonder how they are going to "occupy" wallstreet?

[Petar]

We can sit on our collective petards..

Please don't sit on your collective me.

[ItsTime]

uh sept 17 is a saturday.so that means theyll do absolutely nothing since wall street will be closed

Oops.

[JamesButabi]

haha complete fail.

[Revolution9]

uh sept 17 is a saturday.so that means theyll do absolutely nothing since wall street will be closed

Proof that these groups are cointel ops? They can break into near impenetrable servers but can't distinguish days of the work week?

Rev9

[bobbyw24]

Wall Street firms will be the target of a nonviolent demonstration in which organizers say they want 20,000 people to participate with tents, kitchens and “peaceful barricades” in lower Manhattan.

Dubbed “#OccupyWallStreet,” the goal of the protest scheduled to start today is to get President Barack Obama to establish a commission to end “the influence money has over our representatives in Washington,” according to the website of Adbusters, a group promoting the demonstration. Organizers want participants to “occupy” the area for “a few months,” according to the website.

“People have a right to protest, and if they want to protest, we’ll be happy to make sure they have locations to do it,” New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sept. 15 at a press conference. “As long as they do it where other people’s rights are respected, this is the place where people can speak their minds, and that’s what makes New York New York.”

The New York City Police Department is aware of the protest and is “planning accordingly,” Paul Browne, a spokesman for the department, said in an e-mail.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-16/wall-street-protesters-vow-to-occupy-lower-manhattan-for-months.html

[Legend1104]

Does anyone know how it is going? turn out good?

[orenbus]

http://gothamist.com/2011/09/17/anonymouss_occupation_of_wall_stree.php

I read it starts at noon.

[AZKing]

LOL, since when does Anonymous meet in person in large groups?

Sounds like something the FBI set up to bust some people.

[pcosmar]

LOL, since when does Anonymous meet in person in large groups?

Sounds like something the FBI set up to bust some people.

;)
Anonymous is anonymous.
"What is the Plan" is not anonymous.(they require registration)

[kahless]

Anyone have news on how it is going?

[orenbus]

looks like anywhere between 500 to a couple thousand people near wall street right now, difficult to get exact numbers. Police had to mobilize more officers to barricade the streets surrounding wall street and to protect the bull near bowling green. I believe they had pushed the crowd back to the southern part of bowling green, and the police have switched to citywide channel 2 & 3, are using cell phones to communicate, and have setup a task force to deal with a possible riot and have sent "prison wagons" to potential deal with the protesters.

On the other side over 50 tents have been delivered and the protesters have every intention of setting up camp there to occupy the area for days to come. One can only assume at some point today this will come to a head as the police will start to force protesters to disperse and to remove their camps and tents. This is the information I've picked up today through sporadic reports.

having a hard time getting to the twitter updates for some reason, twitter maybe blocking, but the tags are:
http://twitter.com/search?q=%23takewallstreet
#occupywallstreet (edit: confirmed this tag is being banned/censored by twitter currently)

live stream:
http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

police scanner:
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=8905

police Ten Code list:
http://spiffy.ci.uiuc.edu/~kline/Stuff/ten-codes.html

https://occupywallst.org/media/img/ows-photo1.jpg

http://s1.proxy03.twitpic.com/photos/large/400316263.jpg

[orenbus]

UPDATE: Anonymous says Twitter is blocking #occupywallstreet from trending, use #takewallstreet instead.

Update 2: #takewallstreet taken off Top Trending list, twitter censorship in full effect.


#OccupyWallStreet #TakeWallStreet Beware of agents provocateurs trying to incite violence. Do not take the bait.

Some anti protestors heating up with discussions, ignore them, keep it peaceful #takewallstreet #occupywallstreet #sep17

Very possible this could become violent soon, police starting to deploy groups near the area in preparation for potential riot.

http://s1.proxy05.twitpic.com/photos/large/400409633.jpg

[pcosmar]

It will be interesting to see if it grows legs, and if they are still there by Monday at opening bell.

[pcosmar]

There are a diverse group/crowd, and there could possibly be Anons among them.
AdBusters, Anonymous, And The Occupation Of Wall Street - Here Is What You Missed
http://www.businessinsider.com/anonymous-occupy-wall-street-2011-9

http://www.thenation.com/blog/163462/occupywallstreet-searching-hope-america
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/day-of-rage-protest-on-wall-street-20110917-gjw
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/17/national/main20107772.shtml

[Anti Federalist]

Well, any "anonymous", are no longer, not after exposing your face to the surveillance grid in NYC.

[pcosmar]

Well, any "anonymous", are no longer, not after exposing your face to the surveillance grid in NYC.

Must be why some people are wearing masks.

http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/4e752e21ecad04f305000036-650/occupy-wall-street.jpg

[Dr.3D]

Well, any "anonymous", are no longer, not after exposing your face to the surveillance grid in NYC.

I have to wonder who is watching whom?

[ghengis86]

Wait. The 'revolutions' in Tunisia, Egypt and Lynia were lauded by the US/Western media for their use of technology - twitter and social networks specifically - but in the birth place of modern 'democracy' twitter is censoring/blocking peaceful protests (just as the tyrannical governments were accused of doing)?

Wake up people!!! Oh wait, they all think they're free.

WTF

[kylejack]

LOL, since when does Anonymous meet in person in large groups?
One of their first major actions was an in-person masked protest of Scientology.

[Anti Federalist]

Wait. The 'revolutions' in Tunisia, Egypt and Lynia were lauded by the US/Western media for their use of technology - twitter and social networks specifically - but in the birth place of modern 'democracy' twitter is censoring/blocking peaceful protests (just as the tyrannical governments were accused of doing)?

Wake up people!!! Oh wait, they all think they're free.

WTF

Up is down.

Get it right, Mundane!

[QueenB4Liberty]

lol they should have done this during the week. That'd be entertaining to watch.

[kylejack]

lol they should have done this during the week. That'd be entertaining to watch.
They're making plans to stay the night and start again tomorrow. They might be able to roll it into Monday.

Live stream at http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution cuts in and out.

The park they're hanging at closes at 10 EST.

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

lol they should have done this during the week. That'd be entertaining to watch.


Or started Sunday. I'm suspicious of this for all the reasons already mentioned.

I love that flyer the guy above is holding.

[Dr.3D]

I suspect they thought it would be good to set up camp on Saturday and see if they can roll it over to Sunday, then if they can, they will try to keep it up for a great deal longer.

[Cowlesy]

Dumbasses. The real wall street guys with the exception of goldman sachs are on Park Avenue from 46 to I'd say, 59th.

The only people down on actual Wall Street on a Saturday are some analysts who got there and in the office long before the protesters got there, and tourists.

[kylejack]

Dumbasses. The real wall street guys with the exception of goldman sachs are on Park Avenue from 46 to I'd say, 59th.

The only people down on actual Wall Street on a Saturday are some analysts who got there and in the office long before the protesters got there, and tourists.
Protests are symbolic and a shot of a bunch of cops protecting the bull is money.

[kylejack]

Behold, the golden calf!
http://i.imgur.com/q6j07.jpg

[Brian4Liberty]

Behold, the golden calf!

Yep. The symbolism is intentional.

[Lois]

You can watch the Live Stream here-

http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

It's a bunch of Liberals - so funny when they interview somebody. All clones - I don't think there's anyone over 30 there.

Someone just gave a speech, "Education is a Universal Human Right" and talked about how we need much more money for education.

All kinds of Anti-Capitalism, Soak the Rich Rhetoric.

"We have three days to effect change here. Tomorrow Obama is going to give a speech..." "Get Behind Obama.gov, get behind Obama's Millionnaire Tax"

They're trying to organize - 'take advantage of Open Source Technology'. "Was anybody here with the Environmental Group last night that took notes...."

Bunch of Obamabots :)

[00_Pete]

Anon, Wikileaks, Assange, etc...all BS working for the Elite.

[dennis dujac]

just so's everybody's on the same page

Anonymous (used as a mass noun) is a group initiating active civil disobedience and spread through the Internet while staying hidden, originating in 2003 on the imageboard 4chan, representing the concept of many online community users simultaneously existing as an anarchic, digitized global brain. It is also generally considered to be a blanket term for members of certain Internet subcultures, a way to refer to the actions of people in an environment where their actual identities are not known.

In its early form, the concept has been adopted by a decentralized online community acting anonymously in a coordinated manner, usually toward a loosely self-agreed goal, and primarily focused on entertainment. Beginning with 2008, the Anonymous collective has become increasingly associated with collaborative, international hacktivism, undertaking protests and other actions, often with the goal of promoting internet freedom and freedom of speech. Actions credited to "Anonymous" are undertaken by unidentified individuals who apply the Anonymous label to themselves as attribution.

Although not necessarily tied to a single online entity, many websites are strongly associated with Anonymous. This includes notable imageboards such as 4chan, Futaba, their associated wikis, Encyclopædia Dramatica, and a number of forums. After a series of controversial, widely-publicized protests and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks by Anonymous in 2008, incidents linked to its cadre members have increased. In consideration of its capabilities, Anonymous has been posited by CNN to be one of the three major successors to WikiLeaks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_(group)

[00_Pete]

Webster G. Tarpley: "Wikileaks is Cass Sunstein’s “Cognitive Infiltration” Project; Assange plays Justin Bieber for Young Nihilists Across Globe"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ2S6FT5Ask&feature=player_embedded

[dennis dujac]

Webster Tarpley: "Obama can turn off the Internet"

wouldn't you want someone to prevent an anonymous person from hacking into your bank account and cleaning up?

[Travlyr]

wouldn't you want someone to prevent an anonymous person from hacking into your bank account and cleaning up?
It is the job of the banker to prevent that.

[dennis dujac]

It is the job of the banker to prevent that.

with the help of the appropriate authorities

small banks don't likely have the know how, technology or ability to prevent mass ddos attacks

[Elfshadow]

with the help of the appropriate authorities

small banks don't likely have the know how, technology or ability to prevent mass ddos attacks

Then they should not be online. It is their irresponsibility to protect their clients as much as possible... the exact same way they have vaults and security guards.

[Travlyr]

with the help of the appropriate authorities

small banks don't likely have the know how, technology or ability to prevent mass ddos attacks

Maybe the small banks should let their customers know that instead of misleading them to believe their money is safe in their institution.

[pcosmar]

with the help of the appropriate authorities

small banks don't likely have the know how, technology or ability to prevent mass ddos attacks

Small banks are not the target of Anonymous. neither are the citizens of the internet.

Corporations that attack the internet and personal liberty are.
Weather "anonymous" is behind this, or not is still in question. They are no doubt observing and perhaps participating.

From my observation,, there are many groups protesting, from all different political backgrounds. I am watching to see if it grows into anything, or if the powers that be squash it.
It has potential for Ron Paul supporters to educate the crowd and promote Ron's alternatives.

[dennis dujac]

It is their irresponsibility to protect their clients as much as possible.

i think they do that, don't you agree that the risks of being attacked are outweighed by the benefits of having the freedom to get online information, regarding your accounts?




Maybe the small banks should let their customers know that instead of misleading them to believe their money is safe in their institution.

that's a joke, right?




Small banks are not the target of Anonymous. neither are the citizens of the internet.

i agree with that in general, but internet attacks on individuals have taken place, in the name of anonymous

not that i have very much against anonymous, i almost respect some of their stances, but reject many of their methods


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nzRV7Ljlzk&feature=related

[tropicangela]

An Anonymous Message Concerning #occupywallstreet


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM4qu2I3FyY&feature=autoshare

http://youtu.be/VM4qu2I3FyY

[wgadget]

Small banks are not the target of Anonymous. neither are the citizens of the internet.

Corporations that attack the internet and personal liberty are.
Weather "anonymous" is behind this, or not is still in question. They are no doubt observing and perhaps participating.

From my observation,, there are many groups protesting, from all different political backgrounds. I am watching to see if it grows into anything, or if the powers that be squash it.
It has potential for Ron Paul supporters to educate the crowd and promote Ron's alternatives.

Yep. I've been tweeting all KINDS of good stuff about Ron Paul! It's the PERFECT AUDIENCE. They're down on Obama.

[james1906]

Podunk County Credit Union is NOT a target.

[fisharmor]

wouldn't you want someone to prevent an anonymous person from hacking into your bank account and cleaning up?

I'm against having imaginary money which has "mild" inflation as its intentional primary characteristic.
Tearing your robes about how people might steal your imaginary guaranteed-to-lose-value funny money seems kind of like a waste of time.

[AuH20]

Anonymous look like a bunch of keyboard jockeys. Saviors? Please...

[PaulConventionWV]

with the help of the appropriate authorities

small banks don't likely have the know how, technology or ability to prevent mass ddos attacks

Are you really arguing for government regulation of the internet? Something I thought no Ron Paul "supporter" would ever touch...

[Carson]

Behold, the golden calf!
http://i.imgur.com/q6j07.jpg

I had no idea that sucker was so big.

[MRK]

with the help of the appropriate authorities

small banks don't likely have the know how, technology or ability to prevent mass ddos attacks

rofl.

Do you know what a ddos attack is? What is the government going to do, bring in FEMA 2 weeks later to deliver a server farm and a team of technicians? Write a check to cover the cost of emergency tech personnel and cloud hosting services?

[MelissaCato]

I was watching the live stream and chat yesterday and it appears they are not Ron Paul friendly in the chat. One of the mods said Ron Paul, Palin, Perry are all figureheads. Lot's of ending capitalism being praised, burn it all down etc. I dunno, I don't think anonymous is limited government (what I thought it was) after watching the chat. JMO.

[Revolution9]

with the help of the appropriate authorities

small banks don't likely have the know how, technology or ability to prevent mass ddos attacks

Nobody does except by pulling the plug somewhere along the packet route. Also..the best defensive brains against real hacking are not found amongst "authorities". The government doesn't pay them what they can get on the open market for their particular skillset.

HTH
Rev9

[PastaRocket848]

yeah there is no way to "prevent" a ddos short of not offering user-facing services in the first place. they can only be "shut down" so to speak once their known to be occurring, as rev9 stated. of course ddos is not "hacking", it's a script. real hackers are far more difficult to deal with.

[dennis dujac]

how do you think the people that were arrested got caught?

[fisharmor]

Nobody does except by pulling the plug somewhere along the packet route. Also..the best defensive brains against real hacking are not found amongst "authorities". The government doesn't pay them what they can get on the open market for their particular skillset.

HTH
Rev9

Yep - the state employs very few, if any, of these types. Contractors do - I actually know quite a few really clever contractors. But then you've tainted the situation with market economics, and done nothing more than create a layer of overhead between the bank and the professionals who can cope with the IT, which can only make the service more expensive, nullifying the argument.

No, the state specializes in transforming mouth-breathers into six-digit employees. There's a reason why things are the way they are. The state rewards incompetence, not just at the department level, but on the individual level as well.

[pcosmar]

Anonymous look like a bunch of keyboard jockeys. Saviors? Please...

Who said "Saviors" ?
Not I, and I did not read that in any news piece.

They are protesters. Some anons may have had a hand in organizing it. Or it could be others using the Anonymous name.

But who implied they were any kind of saviors? They are just another front in the battle for Liberty.

[Dianne]

Small banks are not the target of Anonymous. neither are the citizens of the internet.

Corporations that attack the internet and personal liberty are.
Weather "anonymous" is behind this, or not is still in question. They are no doubt observing and perhaps participating.

From my observation,, there are many groups protesting, from all different political backgrounds. I am watching to see if it grows into anything, or if the powers that be squash it.
It has potential for Ron Paul supporters to educate the crowd and promote Ron's alternatives.

The Democratic Underground was promoting this effort all weekend. Keith Olberman gave a speech; but then again, I did read comments from a couple that attended; that all they saw were a bunch of Paultards (the nickname they've given us, lol) and Anarchists. So it was a very diverse group.

[pcosmar]

how do you think the people that were arrested got caught?

:confused::confused:
Do you assume that people who were arrested were guilty?

Do you assume that those who are making arrests are not?

[hubze]

Anonymous look like a bunch of keyboard jockeys. Saviors? Please...

I would not go so far as to call them saviors, but I have to applaud them for actually getting off their asses and doing something about it. I think it is awesome and I hope that even if small, they have an impact because there are many messages being sent right now to the establishment and that message is WE ARE MAD AS HELL, AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE! :)

[ZMoney]

As far as I can tell this protest was organized by David Degraw from his website http://ampedstatus.org/

From there he has a splinter group from Anonymous called A99. They seem to be a bit more on the left of the political spectrum and only focus on US politics. Earlier this year they tried a similar protest called #OpESR (Empire State Rebellion) which was largely a fluke.

OccupyWallStreet was looking like it would also be a flop but recently gained support from AdBusters (Anarchist publication). With their support and numbers the protest has taken place.

I think we need more Ron Paul supporters and anarchro-capitalists down there to show solidarity and work together with these groups!

David Degraw is running the livestream from http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

[ctiger2]

As far as I can tell this protest was organized by David Degraw from his website http://ampedstatus.org/

From there he has a splinter group from Anonymous called A99. They seem to be a bit more on the left of the political spectrum and only focus on US politics. Earlier this year they tried a similar protest called #OpESR (Empire State Rebellion) which was largely a fluke.

David is not Anonymous. DeGraw's website was DDOS and Anonymous came to help him fight it and get the site moved to a safer loc. DeGraw said he's never met them and has no idea who they are. It seems they are working together for the same cause now. Which is taking on the fascist banking cartel.

It's discussed here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2kiprZTG0g


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0diluornKfE

[dennis dujac]

Do you assume that people who were arrested were guilty?

no, i assume they were arrested for a reason and will get due process

[pcosmar]

no, i assume they were arrested for a reason and will get due process

Everyone is arrested for a reason.

Hell, the Jews in Germany were arrested for a reason.
July4patriot was arrested for a reason (just not the reason claimed)

The Hutaree were arrested for a reason. Schaeffer Cox was arrested for a reason.

You really need to look at the reason.

[orenbus]

In addition to Adbusters and Anonymous, Ron Paul supporters, supporters of Bradley Manning, members of the Socialist Party, self-described anarchists, and Lyndon LaRouche supporters are all being represented in the on-going demonstrations.

http://www.munciefreepress.com/node/24483

[kahless]

The NY Daily News has an article that says they are arresting people for wearing masks.
http://www.nydailynews.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=146537

[dennis dujac]

Everyone is arrested for a reason.

do you assume they're not guilty?

[pcosmar]

do you assume they're not guilty?
Yes.

I assume they are not guilty until PROVEN that they are.

"Innocent until proven guilty" has long been the standard in this country.

Do you assume people are guilty just because they are arrested?

[tropicangela]

Yes, diverse group. Pro-Obama social democrats are jumping in on this. They would never protest him, but they want Wall Street to "give their money to them,"but not to "give their stolen money back to them."

[pcosmar]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/19/us-wall-street-protests-idUSTRE78I51D20110919


Up to 150 protesters near the New York Stock Exchange held up signs saying "we must end corporate tyranny and corruption" and "debt is slavery".

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/19/national/main20108397.shtml

One of the demonstrators, Robert Siegel, said that eight years working as a consultant for an investment bank was enough to turn him into a protester.

"I just shuffled other people's money around and took a cut. Nothing was being contributed. A lot was just being taken out," he told Silverman. "[I] watched the silliness compound on itself. At some point, I wanted a lifestyle that didn't consist of going up to computers to deal with angry people."

Four men and one woman were taken into custody Monday morning for disorderly conduct.

According to The New York Times, New York City Police confirmed that arrests were made under provisions which make it illegal for two or more individuals to wear masks.

Another woman was arrested as she wrote on the sidewalk in chalk.

[Kylie]

Hate to see the tazings that will come on Halloween.

Little terrorists everywhere!!!!!!

[ZanZibar]

Ron Paul on the Occupy Wall Street protest - a blog by Doug Wead, Sr Adviser to the Ron Paul 2012 Campaign:
http://dougwead.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/ron-paul-and-the-occupy-wall-street-protest/




Ron Paul discusses it with Reason Magazine:
http://reason.com/blog/2011/10/01/ron-paul-talks-about-the-occup



And Jack Hunter discusses it on Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano last night:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3kcxARJ1YzQ