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In cooperation with the Colorado Progressive Coalition, Occupy Greeley is collecting stories from people who have been abused by greedy bankers who have stolen their homes. send us your story, call us at 970-324-5128 or send your story to PO Box 338022, Greeley, CO 80633.
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Welcome
The goal of this website is to help facilitate communication about "occupy wallstreet" activities in Colorado and especially in Greeley. We are not formally affiliated with any other group and provide this information on groups and events as a service to all who want to non-violently take back our democracy from greedy wall street brokers, bankers, corporations and the politicians they buy. WE ARE THE 99%!
To provide another opportunity to communicate with us we now have a PO Box. Our mailing address is:
Occupy Greeley, PO Box 338022, Greeley, CO 80633
Contact us by telephone at: 970-324-5128
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click here for video about who really creates jobs
We just learned about a new group of interest. click here to visit the facebook page Coloradoans Against the War on Women
Did you hear that Republicans want to take away the right to vote from poor people, people of color and seniors to avoid "voter fraud"? Check out the video below to see real voting fraud:
click here for lots of information about fracking and oil & gas drilling
Occupy the Roads will be in Greeley tomorrow (5-5-2012)! They will have their RV in our group at the Cinco de Mayo parade and they will be at our booth perhaps doing silk-screening and making buttons.Stop by the Occupy Greeley booth at Cinco de Mayo and meet the dedicated folks. click here to learn more about Occupy the Roads
FRACKING IN IT'S CURRENT FORM IS NOT SAFE!
See our news page to learn about the Friday, May 11th anti-fracking protest in Greeley.
A Fracking accident in Windsor from The Coloradoan
Windsor toxic spill covered by 9 News
A Weld County Commisioner reported that they have had no public complaints about fracking. click here for the truth
Occupy Greeley and affiliated groups will soon be calling for a public action in front of the Greeley office of Ranchers Exploration the company responsible for the toxic event. Keep checking this site, our facebook page and our email newsletter for more details. IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO ALLOW OIL COMPANIES TO POLUTE OUR ENVIRONMENT WITH GOVERNMENT COOPERATION! WE MUST JOIN TOGETHER TO STOP THE CONTINUED POLLUTION OF THE EARTH IN THE NAME OF CORPORATE PROFITS! Download and distribute fylers for the demonstration Click here for PDF version Click here for Word format
Occupy Greeley now has a copy of the film "Koch Brothers Exposed". click here to view trailer. learn how the Koch brothers are funding everything from ALEC, to anti-EPA efforts, to disenfranchising millions of voters, to takovers of education from colleges clear down to local school board elections. The first screening we had in Greeley last week proved the film to be informative and thought provoking. We will be happy to schedule a showing of the film to your group or organization. Call us at 970-324-5128 or send us an email.
OK.....so which administration really created the current deficit?
Oh, the poor rich people are being taxed to death today. I'd feel sooooooo much better if they didn't have such a terrible tax burden. I'll bet that if we started them giving them tax subsidies rather than asking them to pay their fair share that they'd create even more jobs than they did during 2000 - 2008. See the chart below to learn about the horrible tax burden the rich are forced to bear today.
And don't forget, those poor, unfortunate rich people have been really struggling for the last 15 years. Here's a chart of how bad they've been struggling under such unreasonable taxes compared to those of us that have to actually work for a living.
It's obvious that working people and poor people are making out like bandits today.
Get ready for the 99% Spring. click here for information
Video of protest at Wells Fargo shareholder meeting yesterday (April 24th, 2012)
Text of an email we just received:
I know some of you already are aware of what we are doing, but for those of you who dont here is a few links.
We have a serious issue and its going to take alot of people waking up to get things done. the oil and Gas
industry is poisoning our air and our prescious water resources.
Billions of gallons of water are being used to drill
for natural gas and that water will never be available again to anyone.
I am currently working on our Film "The Water Handler" with Producers Austin Lottimer and Hamilton Pevec
concerning Oil & Gas issues.
We are getting alot of support from around the world.
Please take a few minutes to check out the links I have provided you.
Thank you for your time and thank you for caring about YOUR Water and the Health of others!
We are also offering discounted Water Quality Testing.
Post Independent article
http://www.postindependent.com/article/20120310/VALLEYNEWS/120309875
Articles I wrote on Hubpages
http://electricpros.hubpages.com/hub/Frac-Water-Toxic-Waste
http://electricpros.hubpages.com/hub/Frac-Water-Toxic-Waste
http://electricpros.hubpages.com/hub/Garfield-County-Broke#comment-7781969
Petition to Classify FlowBack Toxic Waste
http://www.change.org/petitions/classify-production-and-reclaimed-frac-water-toxic
Our kickstarter Film Trailer for our documentary! Its Almost Funded!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/358880437/the-water-handler?ref=email
KDNK Radio Interview "March 15th Interview"
http://www.kdnk.org/publicaffairs.cfm
There is a group of people obtaining signatures for a ballot initiative known as Intiative #52 here in Colorado. Essentially the initiative would allow all people regardless of documentation or immigration status to obtain a Colorado driver's license. This is a very important issue because if a person does not have a driver's license they cannot obtain car insurance. If a person without car insurance is involved in an accident the consequences are serious, both for the person with no insurance and the insured driver. As the Occupy movement supports social and economic justice it would seem logical to support Initiative #52.
Please contact Nacho Ramirez at 720-935-6148 or Homero Ocon at 303-437-7805 for more information and/or to schedule a presentation in your area. click here to send them an email. Here's a link for more information
OWS calls for a General Strike to commemorate International Workers Day on May 1st, 2012. Click here to read more.
Watch a memorial for the Bill of Rights done by Occupy Ft Collins, Colorado: click here
Become a sponsor of the Saving American Democracy Amendment to eliminate the Citizens United decision treating corporations as people. click here.
Here's another thought: if corporations really ARE people, shouldn't the corporation, it's officers and directors be subject to criminal prosecution for crimes such as fraud, theft, deception, murder (think Shell Oil in Nigeria among others), conspiracy and all the other crimes for which real people might be convicted? If I were to walk into a Wall Street brokerage with a gun and demand $1,000 I would probably go to prison far a long time. On the other hand, if I'm a Wall Street banker that steals millions from people's investment and retirement accounts I won't be prosecuted because I'm not personally liable. Somehow that doesn't seem like "equal justice", does it?
Oh well, like Woody Guthrie wrote, "some people rob you with a six-gun and some use a fountain pen". Let's demand that if corporations are people, they (meaning their officers and directors) should be prosecuted as criminals when they committ crimes. No more of this "civil charges" BS and then levy fines! Let's hold the people that control the "corporate person" individually responsible for the "corporate person's" criminal actions. In other words, charge the people that control the "person" as criminals. I'd bet a good lawyer could make a case under the RICO act to put a lot of bankers in jail, just like they did with the Mafia and organized crime figures.
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Here's something I didn't think to mention earlier: If you're considering joining us for the Occupation but are concerned about the chaos being reported in other cities, we have a permit from both the Greeley Police Department and the City of Greeley for our occupation. We are NOT breaking any applicable laws. You can join us without fear that something ugly will happen here in Greeley. Please see our guidelines for conduct click here if you're interested.
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An internet search found the following information for various Colorado occupy groups:
occupy Colorado Springs on facebook
occupy Grand Junction on facebook
…Strategies of Wisdom, Successfully Implemented…
(c/o An Anonymous 1960’s Activist)
I. Power is not only what you have but what The Opposition thinks you have.
II. Never go outside the experience of your people.
III. Whenever possible, go outside the experience of The Opposition.
IV. Make The Opposition live up to their own book of rules.
V. Ridicule is man’s most potent wisdom.
VI. A good tactic is one that your people enjoy.
VII. A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.
VIII. Keep the pressure on with different tactics and actions, & utilize all events of the period for your purpose.
IX. The threat is usually more terrifying then the thing itself.
X. The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon The Opposition.
XI. If you push a negative hard and deep enough, it will break through into its counter-side.
XII. The price of a successful aggression is a constructive alternative.
XIII. Pick the issue, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.
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INFORMATION IS CONTAGIOUS – HELP THIS GO VIRAL
In Solidarity With The 99%
-- THE OCCUPIED STATES OF AMERICA PROPAGANDA COMMITTEE --
Here are some links to broader information:
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations statement
Declaration of the New York City GA
New link: Occupy Boston on-line newspaper
live stream form the global revolution
Reflections on a Revolution: Roarmag.org
Quick guide on group dynamics in people’s assemblies
If you're "fed up with being fed on" join us.
Good video explaining to the 1% about occupy Wall Street
The Occupy Together principles, they are:
1) Nonviolent discipline, no matter what. Zero tolerance for any violence whatsoever, including verbal.
2) Unity of message & across organizations and people. There should be a consistent message & demands coming out & activists should know it & share it.
... 3) There must be a long-term and coherent strategy, not just tactics and actions (no matter how clever) that are not connected in some way.
4) Security forces/police should be seen as potential recruits to movement, not as adversaries. Ultimately they are accountable to the people.
5) Keep larger audience (national and international) in mind when framing the message. The goal is to win people over, not to alienate.
6) Defensive strategies never win. Don’t respond to verbal attacks or hostile propaganda by using the language of the opponent. Reframe.
7) Claim victory whenever possible. It’s important for morale and enthusiasm. Keep anger/rage in check with humor and solidarity actions.
This statement is ours, and for anyone who will get behind it. Representing ourselves (not the movement as a whole), we bring this call for revolution.
We want freedom for all, without regards for identity, because we are all people, and because no other reason should be needed. However, this freedom has been largely taken from the people, and slowly made to trickle down, whenever we get angry.
Money, it has been said, has taken over politics. In truth, we say, money has always been part of the capitalist political system. A system based on the existence of have and have nots, where inequality is inherent to the system, will inevitably lead to a situation where the haves find a way to rule, whether by the sword or by the dollar.
We agree that we need to see election reform. However, the election reform proposed ignores the causes which allowed such a system to happen. Some will readily blame the federal reserve, but the political system has been beholden to political machinations of the wealthy well before its founding.
We need to address the core facts: these corporations, even if they were unable to compete in the electoral arena, would still remain control of society. They would retain economic control, which would allow them to retain political control. Term limits would, again, not solve this, as many in the political class already leave politics to find themselves as part of the corporate elites.
We need to retake the freedom that has been stolen from the people, altogether.
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If you agree that freedom is the right to communicate, to live, to be, to go, to love, to do what you will without the impositions of others, then you might be one of us.
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If you agree that a person is entitled to the sweat of their brows, that being talented at management should not entitle others to act like overseers and overlords, that all workers should have the right to engage in decisions, democratically, then you might be one of us.
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If you agree that freedom for some is not the same as freedom for all, and that freedom for all is the only true freedom, then you might be one of us.
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If you agree that power is not right, that life trumps property, then you might be one of us.
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If you agree that state and corporation are merely two sides of the same oppressive power structure, if you realize how media distorts things to preserve it, how it pits the people against the people to remain in power, then you might be one of us.
And so we call on people to act
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We call for protests to remain active in the cities. Those already there, to grow, to organize, to raise consciousnesses, for those cities where there are no protests, for protests to organize and disrupt the system.
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We call for workers to not only strike, but seize their workplaces collectively, and to organize them democratically. We call for students and teachers to act together, to teach democracy, not merely the teachers to the students, but the students to the teachers. To seize the classrooms and free minds together.
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We call for the unemployed to volunteer, to learn, to teach, to use what skills they have to support themselves as part of the revolting people as a community.
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We call for the organization of people's assemblies in every city, every public square, every township.
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We call for the seizure and use of abandoned buildings, of abandoned land, of every property seized and abandoned by speculators, for the people, for every group that will organize them.
We call for a revolution of the mind as well as the body politic.