Webster Tarpley and Michel Chossudovsky on Occupy Wall St. Protests
YouTube – Press TV
October 10, 2011
“Manufacturing Dissent”: The Corporate Financing of the Protest Movement
Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research
October 15, 2011
In the light of recent developments regarding the Occupy Wall Street Movement, we are reposting Michel Chossudovsky’s article on Manufacturing Dissent. Below are selected excerpts. To access the complete article click here
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“Manufacturing Dissent”: the Anti-globalization Movement is Funded by the Corporate Elites
The People’s Movement has been Hijacked
– by Michel Chossudovsky – 2010-09-20
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The People’s Movement has been Hijacked
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“By providing the funding and the policy framework to many concerned and dedicated people working within the non-profit sector, the ruling class is able to co-opt leadership from grassroots communities, … and is able to make the funding, accounting, and evaluation components of the work so time consuming and onerous that social justice work is virtually impossible under these conditions” (Paul Kivel, You Call this Democracy, Who Benefits, Who Pays and Who Really Decides, 2004, p. 122 )“We need to challenge the right of the “Globalizers” to rule. This requires that we rethink the strategy of protest. Can we move to a higher plane, by launching mass movements in our respective countries, movements that bring the message of what globalization is doing, to ordinary people? For they are the force that must be mobilized to challenge those who plunder the Globe.” (Michel Chossudovsky, The Quebec Wall, April 2001)
The term “manufacturing consent” was initially coined by Edward S Herman and Noam Chomsky.
“Manufacturing consent” describes a propaganda model used by the corporate media to sway public opinion and “inculcate individuals with values and beliefs…”:
read the rest of these excerpts at: Global Research
Occupy Wall Street: Who Wants to Hijack the Movement?
Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D.
TARPLEY.net
October 7, 2011
Media spokesmen for the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations claimed that their operation is totally transparent, with everything subject to democratic discussion in a general assembly of all comers. But eyewitness reports from experienced observers on the ground in lower Manhattan indicate a much different reality behind these bland assurances. Forces appeared to be at work behind the scenes to manipulate the protest movement into a posture of supporting the presidential candidacy of Wall Street puppet Obama.
Eyewitness observers suggest that the deliberations of the general assembly are largely a diversion, and that real power is being increasingly concentrated in the hands of about 20 mysterious and anonymous individuals who appear to make up a kind of covert steering committee that pulls the strings on the general assembly, or else goes around it completely. The members of this cadre of mysterious operatives are not as young as the average demonstrator. The secret leadership is made up of people ranging in age from 25 to over 40, with the older ones occupying the key posts. Many of them appear to be active duty or recently retired military.
Occupy Wall Street and “The American Autumn”: Is It a “Colored Revolution”?
Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research
October 13, 2011
There is a grassroots protest movement unfolding across America, which includes people from all walks of life, from all age groups, conscious of the need for social change and committed to reversing the tide.
The grassroots of this movement constitutes a response to the “Wall Street agenda” of financial fraud and manipulation which has served to trigger unemployment and poverty across the land.
Does this movement constitute in its present form an instrument of meaningful reform and social change in America?
What is the organizational structure of the movement? Who are its main architects?
Has the movement or segments within this movement been co-opted?
This is an important question, which must be addressed by those who are part of the Occupy Wall Street Movement as well as those who, across America, support real democracy.
Occupy Nova Scotia Oct 15th
Occupy Nova Scotia
EVENT HAPPENING TODAY – October 15, 2011
Location:
Grande Parade Square, in front of Town Hall, Halifax.
Schedule:
| 11.00am | Setup + Snacks |
| 12.00pm | Speeches (5 minutes each) |
| 2.00pm | Arts+Crafts, sign making |
| 3.00pm | Teach-ins |
| 4.00pm | Talk time, meet new people |
| 5.00pm | Working groups (find a way to help out the cause) |
| 6.00pm | Supper |
| 7.00pm | General Assembly at Grand Parade Square |
#OccupyWallStreet: Open-mic Demo about Fiat Currency on the First Day of Occupy Wall Street 9/17/11
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October 11, 2011
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