OWS Pop-Up Art Show Set for Sat. 10/8/11, 3-9, at 23 Wall Street, NYC

From an email:

I am writing to invite you to a remarkable moment. Protest artists from all over the city - and the world - have converged onto #LibertyPlaza. You've seen their vast collage of signs, tshirts, video projections and more. Now it's time to take them to Wall Street:

On Saturday, Oct. 8, for 6 hours only, Wall Street will be occupied with art. Not profiteering or credit default swaps. Not disenfranchising The 99% to prop up an unaccountable elite that peddles in influence over our schools, neighborhoods and public spaces. Just art. #OccupyArt.

The site of this magnificent exhibit couldn't be more symbolic: the historic JP Morgan House, gutted and left for years to decay as our financial system collapsed. Inside 23 Wall Street, steps from the world's largest stock exchange, another exchange is happening. A peaceful, non-destructive exchange of creative ideas.

Please come join us from 3-9pm at 23 Wall St. as we, the occupiers of Wall Street, exhibit #NoComment: a pop-up art show inspired by the #OccupyWallStreet movement.

See also these links:
http://www.nocommentartshow.com/
An art show will appear at 23 Wall Street, opposite the New York Stock Exchange:
http://occupywallst.org/article/no-comment-art-exhibit-inspired-occupy-wall-street/
excerpt from the above:

A fledgling arts community has sprung up in the niche world of Occupy Wall Street, showcasing musicians, dancers, visual artists and spoken word performers, not to mention the thousands of words and pictures that have emerged from the weeks of protest.

“It’s really only a matter of time before a New York Times culture reporter comes down here,” protester Paolo Mastrangelo told Raw Story about the virtual artist’s colony the protest has become. “People show their art, the whole park is a stage, there’s a library, people play music and recite poetry. It’s only a matter of time before there’s a feature on the front page of the Times art section.”

Indeed, a pop-up gallery hosting art inspired by Occupy Wall Street, called “No Comment,” will open across the street from the New York Stock Exchange. Twelve removable, graffiti-covered walls will surround the gallery and then will be displayed near the protest’s heart at Zuccotti Park.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/06/occupy-wall-street-fights-vampire-squid-bankers-with-art/

Occupy Wall Street Resources; Russell Simmons, Susan Sarandon Join Protests

(SCROLL DOWN for directory of Wall Street protests resources)
From Mogulite, also the source for the above photo; Simmons is sitting on right, eyes closed or gazing down.
(Scroll below Simmons for Susan Sarandon story.)

Who’s that sitting right there with the determined Occupy Wall Street protesters (or meditators, rather)? It’s Russell Simmons.

Just a quick question. Do these very non-violent protesters have any idea what Simmons is worth? $340 million. Do they know that he wrote a book about how to get rich? Really, it’s called Super Rich: A Guide to Having It All.

Apparently Simmons forgot a bunch of these facts too, as he’s suddenly decided to join the Occupy Wall Street protesters, who are protesting the uneven distribution of wealth (or something like that, they’re not quite sure either). Though we thought at first that the devoted yogi just wanted to get his zen on, he actually (strangely enough) seems committed to the cause. He wrote the following explanation on his website Global Grind:

“Today I will join in solidarity the peaceful protesters at Liberty Plaza in New York City who are “Occupying Wall Street.”

For far too long in this country we have allowed the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer.

I believe in a nation where everyone gets a fair share of the fruits of our labor and where everyone pays a fair share for what they receive.

I am asking the United States government to raise my taxes and not allow the Republicans to use this economic recession as an opportunity to strip the basic programs that protect our most vulnerable.

Lastly, I am demanding that the big banks and corporations stop unduly influencing our government to make decisions that are not in the best interest of the majority of our citizens.

We need to re-examine our whole American political system that allows corporations and their lobbyists to rule over the people.”

Susan Sarandon at Occupy Wall Street, Christian Sci. Monitor, 9/28/11, "Susan Sarandon lends star power to Wall Street protests: Susan Sarandon joins Wall Street protests to 'educate' herself. Visits by Sarandon and other high-profile activists are helping 'Occupy Wall Street' gain attention"

OCCUPY WALL STREET RESOURCES
From DemocraticUnderground.com:
"Occupy Wall Street resources. With list of states & cities."
(Keep updating this notice for new organizing notices for this weekend and next week: http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2015441

Daily updates, links for donations, and an agenda calender. Also, chat, forum, photos & conference.
OccupyWallSt.org
https://occupywallst.org /
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144937025580428
Twitter
http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23occupywallstreet

Adbusters, the group that originally called this action.
http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/occupywallstreet
Twitter
https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyWallStNYC

OccupyTogether.org
A Great Resource For Finding Info About Sister Occupations And Protests
With a caveat... Please scroll down the page to see links to ongoing and organizing cities When you open the site a few actions are highlighted on the right but a comprehensive list is down a bit further. Links on the list take you to your local organizing committee sites.
http://occupytogether.org /

The Dissenter live blogging every day at Fire Dog Lake
http://dissenter.firedoglake.com /

Roar Magazine, Reflections of a Revolution
Commentary, links and updates from actions around the world.
http://roarmag.org /
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/roarmag

US Day of Rage: http://www.usdayofrage.org/help-us-organize-or-participate.html

Twitpic sharing photos of the revolution
http://twitpic.com/tag/occupywallst?page=1

Live streams
http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

Video: Michael Moore (in Fin'l Dist.) joins Barr and Olbermann as Major Figures for Occupy Wall Street Protestors; 2 Days After Police Violence

ZUCCOTTI PARK AND UNION SQUARE SHAPE UP AS NEW YORK'S TAHRIR SQUARE!

Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore joined Occupy Wall Street Protestors at Zuccotti Park, just blocks north of Wall Street, on the evening of Monday, September 26, 2011.
Go to lower half of article for coverage of Saturday, Sept. 24 protests and New York Police Department violence against protestors.

Video is available in this link. The audio is frustrating, owing to the ban on megaphones. The audience responds with a repeated response, akin to that of a religious congregation repeating a prayer.
The key parts of Moore's statement:

"100 years from now people will remember that you came down to this plaza and started this movement." He said, surrounded by protesters echoing it all. "Thank you very much. I am honoured to be in your presence."

At another point he said,

"I'm so impressed by what I see here. You have done something very historic and very important. It had to happen somewhere, it might as well be here."
"I want to see the people responsible for destroying the lives of millions of people in handcuffs; and led away to justice."

Transcription from Suite101.

Earlier in the week Roseanne Barr gave a rousing supportive speech on September 17, Day 1 of the protests. (See previous blog post on this blog.)

And Keith Olbermann on September 21 criticized the mainstream media for blacking out the hot story of the intense street protests of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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Desperate late capitalism unraveling: NYPD brutality against peaceful Free Speech protestors on Day 8 of Occupy Wall Street Protests

Saturday, September 24, 2011 New York Police Department officers got brutal against protestors in New York City's Union Square, which is just north of Greenwich Village.

Highlights, or low-lights, are
*police dragging people in connection to arrests (especially see 3:28 on the video): See "Sharpest 11:41."
*WABC-TV news coverage of the brutality
*NYPD macing or pepper-spraying women protestors. Note how the positions of woman keeled over, screaming (at 1:01), is reminiscent of the 1970 Kent State University protests over the Vietnam War.

NYC Cop Muzzles Free Speech at Day 4 of Wall Street Protest

On Tuesday, September 20, Day 4 of street protests at Wall Street turned tense as New York Police Department police arrested man with megaphone on Broadway, adjacent to Wall Street, near the Lexington Avenue 4 and 5 line Wall Street Station. Click to this link or watch the video at the right.

Video: 9/17/11 March on Wall Street Protestors Jeer Luxury Restaurant Patrons

View the video at the right on to see the best September 17, 2011 (9/17/11) march on Wall Street that I have found on Youtube. Other videos are just dull shots of protesters standing about on streetcorners.
Or input this URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rfuvDr2wJQ

A linefeed across the bottom of the screen asserts that Twitter had censored the protest.
The revolution won't be on the mainstjavascript:void(0)ream media or Twitter; it will be live.

The video with Bush's "Wall Street got drunk" comments

Well, well, well, we have suspected that Bush is disregarding the hurt and pain that people feel in the economy.  If this is how people feel, shouldn't elected officials speak in a sensitive manner on the issue?  

Not so with George W. Bush, the Decider.  Here we have Bush speaking candidly, flippantly about Wall Street's meltdown this year.  He was speaking last weekend, on July 18, 2008, at a fundraiser for Republican challenger Pete Olson for Texas' 22nd Congressional District.  (Olson is challenging Democrat Nick Lampson.  The suburban Houstan district has a high median income of $57,932.  This had been tragic former House Majority Leader Republican Tom DeLay's seat.  The seat became an easy snatch for the Democrats because the Republicans only had a write-in candidate in the special election, as DeLay's resignation came in too late.)

Thank you to Houston's abc13.com (WTRK) Miya Shay for uploading the speech along with her report.  Watch out for those cameraphones!  

It is uncertain, there’s no question about it.

Wall Street got drunk, it got drunk, (it’s one of the reasons I asked you to turn off your tv cameras.) It got drunk and now it’s got a hangover. The question is how long will it sober up, and not try to do all these fancy financial instruments. 
           And more, see the video, here:

http://politicalblog.abc13.com/2008/07/what-did-bush-s.html