KEEP WALL STREET OCCUPIED

Maybe this guy is on to something -- what to do with that credit card offer junk mail.

FORTY COPS ARREST WOMAN FOR OPENING UMBRELLA AT SEATTLE OCCUPY

And the hell of it is, in the midst of this ridiculous and unjust act clearly designed to thwart OWS in Seattle, the cops have such an air of impenetrable dignity as if it is THEY who are the patient ones who must put up with a load of crap. However, I think I did see this self-assurance a little rattled once or twice. This is very powerful video. The camera is right in the cops' faces, absolutely unintimidated by authority.

And notice the anger yet self-restraint of the protestors. They will not be baited. Will this be how fascism of the state and fascism in the heart will be beaten? I think so. I felt enraged at first, a kind of powerless rage. But I am inspired by OWS. My powerless anger became an anger of strength.

COOL ARTICLE

Occupy Wall Street needs all of us.

STILL NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE WALL STREET OCCUPATION

and the massive world-wide Occupy movement? Check out this interview with Chris Hedges and Amy Goodman. This interview is very upbeat and informative. This is just the sort of thing one needs to hear, too, after some idiot tries to tell you that OWS is (I quote more or less accurately here from memory): "the worst political movement, made up of Communists, Nazis, and Obama supporters."

Bloody Hell! But nonsense like this just goes to confirm for me again and again that the critics of OWS don't have a leg to stand on. They make stuff up, avoid the issues, and tie themselves up in knots trying in vain to link the protestors to something objectionable.

NO, IT'S NOT JUST THE BANKING SYSTEM

that is the problem. The problem is capitalism itself. Capitalism is inherently unfair. Check out this brief Youtube presentation of "The Great Money Trick" from The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. This shows in a nutshell how the division of people into workers on the one hand and owners of means of production on the other (the bourgeoisie) really works.

THE TRUE FACE OF THE 1%

Yes, criticize them and you are not even human, apparently. What are those of us in the 99%? "Monkeys," it would seem. Check out this video at the 2:05 mark. Actually the whole thing is good, but at 2:05 we find the 1% and their usual bullshit: yes, without them there would be no jobs! And those of us who question this are "monkeys."

Every ruling class that has ever existed tells lies about its own supposed indispensability. When fascists rule, we are told their imperialist armies are actually protecting us all from war. When priests rule, we are told they are necessary to connect us to God. When aristocrats rule, we are informed that all that is good in life comes from the "bloods" and their distinguished pedigrees.

And when business rules, we are told the rest of us unwashed slobs would have nothing without them.

Such arrogance makes those adopt it insane. And it also promotes in them the deep conviction that those who oppose them are not even human. Hence, the peculiar person in the above video with his repeated cries of "monkey" at one who dared question him.

Let me turn the discussion to a deeper human level. I am a Christian. But not a very good one. I do not love this man and his haughty cries of "monkey." My thoughts about him are decidedly not Christian. But that is one more reason why I so much admire the Occupy movement in the streets: despite provocation they have remained peaceful and determined. I take strength from them. This little man who cries "monkey" assaults his own soul in his worship of false gods.

These false gods are doomed.

Yes, as the above mentioned video says, this is a class war. And it is also a war between those who see human faces all around them, and those who see mostly monkeys. I am convinced those with the better vision shall prevail.

God bless OWS. To the man who cried "monkey": your attitude infuriates at first, but then it works against you. You strengthen our determination, and you help convince those who accept your rule to change their minds. Who is the monkey then, if you are subverting yourself?

ST. PAUL'S IN LONDON CLOSED

because of "health and safety issues" due to the presence of OWS protestors outside? What the hell is the Church talking about?

Yes, I am an Anglican myself. But I can't wonder whether the Church is backing the politics of the establishment here. Here is a quotation from The Guardian:

"Canon Peter Bruinvels, a member of the General Synod, said the financial losses caused by the closure were a tragedy. 'Clearly now the demonstrators should pack up their tents and go. St Paul's is a greater cause than theirs and they should acknowledge that. The cathedral is losing £20,000 for every day it is shut. It gets no state support. It cannot afford to be shut.'"

"St. Paul's is a greater cause than theirs"? Jesus Christ loves everyone without exception, but does he not take sides against the exploitative rich? How is the Occupy movement not the cause of Christ? It sounds to me like Canon Bruinvels has bought into that old and absurd idea that life in Christ has something to do only with transcendance and has nothing to do with how we conduct ourselves in this world. I am afraid the Canon is mistaken.