{"id":1154,"date":"2011-10-22T19:05:50","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T02:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1154"},"modified":"2011-11-12T05:23:33","modified_gmt":"2011-11-12T13:23:33","slug":"occupy-the-world-and-spank-the-bankers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1154","title":{"rendered":"Occupy the World, spank the bankers! KPFA Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Jailed Occupy Sacramento<\/strong> protestor, Kevin Carter, <\/strong>issues a challenge to Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson<\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

OCCUPYSACRAMENTO_SHAWNHAMILTON_KPFA_22OCTOBER2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Audio): Kpfa 94.1 fm san francisco<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(4 minutes, 20\u00c2\u00a0seconds into broadcast)<\/p>\n

(Script):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anchor’s Into: THE SACRAMENTO VERSION OF THE OCCUPY WALL STREET MOVEMENT TODAY PROTESTED IN FRONT OF DOWNTOWN BANKS, INCLUDING BANK OF AMERICA AND WELLS FARGO. THE OCCUPY WALLSTREET MOVEMENT WAS STARTED BY A FEW ACTIVISTS A MONTHS AGO IN LOWER MANHATTAN TO DRAW ATTENTION TO WHAT IT CONSIDERS WALL STREET GREED, AND THE MOVEMENT HAS GROWN TO INCLUDE 16 HUNDRED CITIES GLOBALLY. THE SACRAMENTO\u00c2\u00a0 GROUP, WHICH HAS ESTABLISHED ITS BASE AT CESAR CHAVEZ PARK NEAR THE CAPITOL, HAS BEEN FUNCTIONING SINCE OCTOBER 6, AND POLICE HAVE BEEN REGULARLY ARRESTING PROTESTORS ON ANTI VAGRANCY LAWS. SHAWN HAMILTON REPORTS FROM SACRAMENTO:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“SOME BANKS LOCKED THEIR DOORS TODAY WHEN A SMALL GROUP FROM OCCUPY SACRAMENTO PROTESTED IN FRONT OF THEIR LOCATIONS, ECHOING A GRIEVANCE SHARED BY PEOPLE WORLDWIDE THAT BANKS AND WALL STREET HAVE COLLUDED TO TRANSFER TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF WEALTH FROM 99% OF THE POPULATION TO THE TOP 1%.<\/p>\n

KEVIN CARTER IS AN ACTIVIST WHO ATTENDED A SACRAMENTO CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON TUESDAY IN WHICH THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO KEEP ON THE BOOKS AN ANTI-VAGRANCY LAW THE CITY WAS USING TO JAIL PEOPLE WHO REFUSED TO LEAVE THE PARK AFTER MIDNIGHT. CARTER ADDRESSED MAYOR KEVIN JOHNSON, CITING MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S \u00e2\u20ac\u0153LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL\u00e2\u20ac\u009d IN WHICH KING OUTLINED HIS RATIONALE\u00c2\u00a0FOR COMMITTING CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IN ALABAMA. KING WAS ARRESTED FOR PARADING WITHOUT A PERMIT. CARTER SAID THE MAYOR NEEDS TO INFORM HIMSELF BETTER ON PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION AND ISSUED THIS CHALLENGE:<\/p>\n

CARTER: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I CHALLENGE THE MAYOR. I WENT TO JAIL ALREADY, BUT I WENT TO JAIL WITH THE CONSTITUTION. I CHALLENGE YOU MAYOR JOHNSON–THIS IS BROTHER CARTER–I CHALLENGE YOU TO COME AND SIT WITH ME IN THE PARK AT ELEVEN O’ CLOCK AND GET ARRESTED WITH ME LIKE DR. KING AND LET’S SIT DOWN\u00c2\u00a0AND GO OVER THE CONSTITUION TOGETHER INSIDE OF THE JAILHOUSE. I CHALLENGE YOU AND URGE YOU TO TAKE THAT OVER WITH WITH COMPASSION AND LOVE.” (soundbite: 0:22)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

MONA SALIMI\u00c2\u00a0SAYS MEDIA AND THE CITY COUNCIL OFTEN ASK WHAT THEIR DEMANDS ARE. SALIMI NOTES THAT NOT GIVING PUBLIC MONEY TO PRIVATE BUSINESS INTERESTS WOULD BE A GOOD START. IN ANY CASE, SHE SAYS, SOMETHING MUST BE DONE:<\/p>\n

SALIMI: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153THERE HAVE BEEN STRIKES AND WORKERS’ PROTESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS SINCE PRETTY MUCH THE INCEPTION OF OUR COUNTRY, AND AS MUCH AS WE’D LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE FREE, AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS–ALL OF THAT GOOD, WARM AND FUZZY STUFF, THE REALITY IS WE REALLY NEED TO GET UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.”\u00c2\u00a0(soundbite: 0:29)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ARYA RASHID\u00c2\u00a0SAID THE DEBT-BASED MONETARY SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BY SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR SOCIETY AS A WHOLE\u00e2\u20ac\u201dNOT JUST A TINY FRACTION OF IT. HE REPEATED A QUOTE THAT SAYS PLUTOCRACIES THINK ECONOMIC SLAVERY IS GREAT BECAUSE PHYSICAL SLAVERY REQUIRES THAT YOU FEED AND HOUSE YOUR SLAVES, BUT WITH ECONOMIC SLAVERY, THE SLAVES HAVE TO FEED AND HOUSE THEMSELVES. RASHID SAYS HIS GENERATION IS REALLY WORRIED:<\/p>\n

RASHID: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I THINK IT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S EXTREMELY UPSETTING SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE’RE REALLY\u00c2\u00a0STARTING TO\u00c2\u00a0FEEL LIKE WE’RE BECOMING A LOST GENERATION. WE DON’T SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL FOR US, AND IT’S VERY UNCOMFORTABLE\u00c2\u00a0FEELING LIKE WE HAVE NO POWER AND NO CONTROL OVER WHERE OUR FUTURE IS GOING.\u00c2\u00a0IT’S GROWN FROM, IT STARTED OFF AS KIND OF JUST A\u00c2\u00a0DEPRESSIVE STATE AND NOW\u00c2\u00a0MOVED ON TO–A LOT OF US ARE\u00c2\u00a0PRETTY UPSET.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (soundbite: 0:25)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

IN A RELATED ACTION, NOVEMBER 5TH HAS BEEN DECLARED \u00e2\u20ac\u0153BANK TRANSFER DAY,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d AN EFFORT STARTED BY 27-YEAR-OLD KRISTEN CHRISTIAN TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAD AT THE BANKS TO WITHDRAW THEIR MONEY. THE IDEA, SHE SAID ISN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T TO HIDE THE MONEY UNDER A MATTRESS BUT TO TRANSFER IT TO A CREDIT UNION OR SMALLER, LOCAL BANKS NOT INVOLVED IN THE LARGER-SCALE SWINDLES. WHILE THE EFFORT WASN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T FORMALLY STARTED BY THE OCCUPY WALL STREET GROUPS, MOST OF THE OCCUPY GROUPS ARE PROMOTING IT.<\/p>\n

SHAWN HAMILTON, PACIFICA RADIO, SACRAMENTO”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jailed Occupy Sacramento protestor, Kevin Carter, issues a challenge to Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson! OCCUPYSACRAMENTO_SHAWNHAMILTON_KPFA_22OCTOBER2011 (Audio): Kpfa 94.1 fm san francisco\u00c2\u00a0(4 minutes, 20\u00c2\u00a0seconds into broadcast) (Script): Anchor’s Into: THE SACRAMENTO VERSION OF THE OCCUPY WALL STREET MOVEMENT TODAY PROTESTED IN FRONT OF DOWNTOWN BANKS, INCLUDING BANK OF AMERICA AND WELLS FARGO. 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