This ppt was prepared to be displayed during a coloquio for the Subject "LANGUAGE II" at IFDC San Luis (Profesorado de Inglés).

1. OCCUPY WALL STREET MOVEMENT
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A presentation for ENGLISH/ LANGUAGE
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09 NOVEMBER 2011
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Adela Pérez del Viso

2. WHAT O.W.S. IS:
O.W.S. Is a leaderless resistance movement
 With people of many colors, genders and
political persuasions
 They say they are the 99 % that will no longer
tolareate the greed and corruption of the 1 %
 They fight for dignity against neoliberal
displacement “from East Harlem to Chiapas and
beyond. “
 They fight against house seizures due to
morgage executions.
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3. WHAT ARE O.W.S. TACTICS?
Use of “Arab Spring Tactic”
 Encourage the use of nonviolence
 Maximize the safety of all participants
 They create “general Assemblies”
everywhere (“in e.backyard, on e. street
corner”)
 They receive donations and pass them to the
“disenfranchised by our society”.
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4. MANIFESTATIONS OF THE O.W.S.:
Worlwide movement: Manifestations in
Madrid, London, France, and even Japan.
 In E.U.: “Occupy” everything: Occupy
Edmonton; Occupy Dallas; “Occupy El
Bario”; Occupy Mosier (very little town in
Oregon with no more than 430 inhab.) There is a global arising also in
Tunisia, Iran, Egypt.
 They say : 1500 cities with the “occupy” mov.
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5. SOME IDEAS FROM THE O.W.S. MOVEMENT:
They say e.o. has the right to occupy space
safely.
 We should empower real people to create
real change from the botton up
 We do not need polititians to build a better
society.
 Woman and Homosexuals: part of the
movement devotes to fight harassment
against them.
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6. ORGANS OF THE O.W.S. MOV:
They say they do not have hierarchy or
formalized structure.
 “Spokes Council”: Moment to discuss ideas.
 General Assembly.
 Local elected officials and leaders from every
community.
 Partic.of labor union representatives and
grassroots activists
 Plus : Volunteers.
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7. ACTIONS TAKEN BY O.W.S. MOV. MEMBERS:
Occupying public space, commencing at
LIBERTY SQUARE, in Manhattan´s Finantial
District.
 Building tents/ Encouraging donations of
food and clothes/ distributing clothes.
 Guerrilla Gardening: occupat.of ill-used land
to support communities and eco-system.
 MARCHs from N.Y. to the WhiteHouse.
Discussion about tax-cuts (they say
t.c.benefit only to the richest 1 % ).
(Highway)
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8. OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Association with “PEOPLE OF COLOUR
WORKING GROUP” (immigrants, workingclass members, Spanish working
group, Labor outreach Committee and The
Anti Racism Allies Group; Movement of
JUSTICE IN EL BARRIO (immigrant and
people of color-led , grassroots community
organization that fighgniy) .
 “Fun Exchange”.
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9. INTELLECTUAL SUPPORTERS:
U.S. Army Veterans
 Marine Veterans (one Marin, Scott
Olsen, was injured by a Police bullet).
 Slavoj Zizek
 Noam Chomsky.
 Cornel West. (phylosopher)
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