Wherever you are, please support the Occupations' right to protest

http://www.coalitionofresistance.org.uk/2011/10/occupy-solidarity/

Please consider signing this online petition in support of the Occupiers' right to protest.  Even if anti-capitalism bums you out, if the State - any state - America or the UK or Australia - can shut down a non violent protest, then things become considerably more frightening for the rest of us.  That is some police state stuff, and then we get into some real problems.  My brother started this blog with me to emphasize two things about the Occupations:  they are (1) nonviolent and they are (2) global.  Let's keep them that way, and whether or not you want to camp, at least put your name down to let them continue to fight for a better world. 

A Message to the City of London and all the Humans in the World

 Please consider reading this.  It is relevant to you only if you are human and seek justice on this earth.  Justice is an idea we have all forgotten, an idea that we are too cynical to believe will ever be a word applicable to any reality we encounter.  And yet.  And yet it is this cry that comes from all of our hearts, it is the highest and best truth in action that makes humanity wonderful.  It is something we have forsaken.  We have forsaken justice for money, we humans, and it is the oldest story in the book but here we are once again.   I ask all of you:  what does justice mean to you?  Where is it?  Do you see it in the government?  Do you find it in your church?  Do you see it in the marketplace?  Does the ordering of the powers of the earth sit well with your soul?  Or are things dark and in fact immoral?  They are dark and immoral for me. 

For all the Mums and Moms Watching the Occupation

Rachel Mariner, a Harvard educated lawyer and mum of two, addressed the general assembly at St Paul's today about occupy half term, which is planned for Wednesday 26 October 2011.  Watch the Video at:
http://vimeo.com/groups/occupy/videos/30960823

If you Were or are a Christian, Please Read

Today the Church of England issued a statement requesting that the protesters leave the camp.  It is super polite, of course, this is England, and it is indirect, but the bottom line is that someone is telling them that they have to shut this down, or at least cease all aid to the Occupation.  They asked Occupy London to get out.
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Official Statement: Occupy LSX

The following initial statement was adopted on October 16th by over 500 people who gathered for the assembly on the steps of St. Pauls.  #OccupyLSX collectively agreed the initial statement below. Please note, however, like all forms of direct democracy, the statement will always be a work in progress.