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00:02:10Blogs, e-books sold on Amazon, YouTube, Vimeo, other sources
00:02:16And many of these new media outlets have continued to thrive post-Occupy Wall Street
00:02:22And they still cover things in the activist world
00:02:26Not limited to Occupy Wall Street
00:02:27So I think that's the most positive change that Occupy Wall Street has had
00:02:32In terms of it's led people to the media sources and I think it's great
00:02:37My biggest criticism of Occupy Wall Street is that I think it's failed its most vulnerable members
00:02:42It sort of glorified homelessness, we hate money, we hate money, we hate money
00:02:47But if you've got no money, the only way to fix your situation is to get money
00:02:51To get a job, go to school, get an education
00:02:54These are things that will fix your homelessness
00:02:56Ultimately the only things that will fix your homelessness
00:02:58And Occupy Wall Street, some in Occupy Wall Street, not everybody
00:03:03Were so anti-everything, anti-capitalist, anti-everything
00:03:07That they wanted to basically throw away everything
00:03:11They considered themselves anarchists
00:03:15They basically wanted to throw away all structural authority
00:03:17But if you throw away everything, you even throw away food production
00:03:20Such as agriculture, you throw away food, transportation, refrigerators, and electricity
00:03:24You're left with nothing
00:03:26And unfortunately some people have taken it to the extreme
00:03:29And have been in some very unsafe circumstances
00:03:32Basically living homeless
00:03:34In New York City and other large cities
00:03:36And that's extremely unfortunate, that doesn't have to be that way
00:03:39To those people that are just urging to rejoin the rest of society
00:03:43But anyway
00:03:44I really hope you enjoyed this film
00:03:46And I hope you check out those other sources of information on Occupy Wall Street
00:03:52Including my book
00:03:52Occupy Wall Street, The Leftist Anarchist Cult
00:03:55An e-book that gives more favorable coverage to Occupy Wall Street is
00:03:59Every Time I Check My Message Is Somebody Thinks I'm Dead by Daniel Levine
00:04:03And again, check out Lee Spanahan's work on Breitbart.com
00:04:09Check out some articles from the Huffington Post
00:04:13Check out other articles on Occupy Wall Street from Breitbart
00:04:16Check out Citizen Journalist by Nicaragua
00:04:19He's done a lot of coverage on Occupy Wall Street
00:04:21Mandi Nagy again at Breitbart.com has done excellent coverage
00:04:26Just check out a variety of sources across the political spectrum on Occupy Wall Street
00:04:31And you'll get a full picture of all the things that went on
00:04:35To hire musicians
00:04:40To hire musicians
00:04:42To hire musicians
00:04:44To hire musicians
00:04:45To hire musicians
00:04:46To hire musicians
00:04:48He's up
00:04:50He's up
00:04:51He's up
00:04:52Hey, look, if you're really worried about this
00:04:57You can all come in for a garage
00:04:59We are ready to bring for you Sallie Mae
00:05:05My own paycheck goes to Sallie Mae
00:05:08Thank you
00:05:11Mine, too
00:05:12My son, two
00:05:13Thank you for signing your futures away
00:05:15You, you, you, you, you
00:08:28As well as the Tibetan people's devotion and love to the Penchen Hama
00:08:31You're my root lama
00:08:35Please return to the land of snows
00:08:39Your holiness Penchen Hama
00:08:42Who else could I offer this pure white scarf
00:08:44To who else could I sing this heartfelt song
00:08:47For each drop of my tear
00:08:49I think and think
00:08:50I feel really sorry
00:08:52You're my root
00:08:55Please return to the land of snows
00:08:59Your holiness Penchen Hama
00:09:01Who else could I offer this pure white scarf
00:09:04To who else could I sing this heartfelt song
00:09:07For each drop of my tear
00:09:08I think and think
00:09:10I feel really sad
00:09:12That was an English translation to a song by Sonam Tashi
00:09:21Who is a well-known Tibetan singer
00:09:24Musician inside Tibet
00:09:25Who sang openly about
00:09:27About his devotion
00:09:29To the Penchen Hama
00:09:31Second I would like to ask Lucy
00:09:34To come share the poem
00:09:36So
00:09:42Therrin Woser
00:09:43Is a Tibetan poet
00:09:45A writer and a blogger
00:09:47Who lives in Beijing
00:09:49She writes reports
00:09:51On the situation in Tibet
00:09:52And is a courageous voice
00:09:54Amplifying the messages
00:09:56Of the Tibetans
00:09:57Living in Tibet
00:09:58Despite the constant harassment
00:10:01She receives from the Chinese government
00:10:03According to Woser
00:10:05This poem was written
00:10:06One day in October 2005
00:10:08When she had finished reading
00:10:10The Search for the Penchen Lama
00:10:12By a female British journalist
00:10:14If time could cover up a lie
00:10:19Is ten years enough?
00:10:23A child matures into a clever youth
00:10:26But like a parrot
00:10:27Mumbles by rote
00:10:29The phrases that will please his masters
00:10:31The other child
00:10:34Where is he?
00:10:36The scar-like birthmark on his wrist
00:10:39Recalls his previous life
00:10:41Before
00:10:41When for ten years
00:10:43He sat trussed with tight handcuffs
00:10:45In some Beijing cell
00:10:49No ray of light could reach
00:10:51What ruses mar him now
00:10:54The child no one hears from
00:10:56If there are nine levels to the darkness
00:10:59At which one are they trapped?
00:11:02He and the other
00:11:03If there are nine levels to the light
00:11:06To which do they aspire?
00:11:08He and the other
00:11:09Perhaps in each phase of darkness
00:11:11And of light
00:11:12Where one is trapped
00:11:13The other aspires
00:11:15Kunchuk-sam
00:11:17The world's turned upside down
00:11:19That the pain of impermanence
00:11:22Of samsara
00:11:23Has struck home
00:11:24To the Penchen Lama
00:11:25For those of you who are just joining us
00:11:41We are here celebrating the birthday
00:11:43Of Tibet's Penchen Lama
00:11:45Tibet's 11th Penchen Lama
00:11:47Who is a very important religious leader
00:11:50A spiritual leader of Tibet
00:11:51Who was kidnapped in 1995
00:11:54When he was a six-year-old boy
00:11:56And today he is turning 23 years old
00:11:59This is the 17th birthday
00:12:01He is spending in captivity
00:12:03This is the 17th birthday
00:12:04He is spending
00:12:05Against his will
00:12:08Can I ask
00:12:14Also what we are doing right now
00:12:15Is sharing poems
00:12:17Sharing music
00:12:18Sharing lyrics
00:12:20From songs
00:12:21That Tibetans inside Tibet
00:12:22As well as Tibetans in exile
00:12:24Have written
00:12:25In expression
00:12:26Of their love
00:12:27And devotion
00:12:27To Tibet's Penchen Lama
00:12:29The Stolen Child
00:12:30Can I ask
00:12:32Namgyella
00:12:32To come up
00:12:34And share another
00:12:35Share the lyrics
00:12:36To another song
00:12:38Hello everybody
00:12:45My name is Namgyella
00:12:46Thank you all for joining us
00:12:48I'm going to read
00:12:49The English translation
00:12:50Of the song
00:12:51Yirekyo
00:12:53By
00:12:54Kunga
00:12:55Kunga
00:12:57A widely popular Tibetan singer
00:12:59Was born
00:13:00On September 3rd
00:13:021981
00:13:02In Eastern Tibet
00:13:04Kunga
00:13:05Is one of many Tibetan singers
00:13:07Including
00:13:08Yadong
00:13:08And
00:13:09Jamyam Ki
00:13:10Who have vowed
00:13:11Never to sing
00:13:12In favor of
00:13:13The Chinese
00:13:14Communist Party
00:13:15The following song
00:13:17Yirekyo
00:13:18Which means
00:13:19Heart
00:13:19Saddened
00:13:20By Kunga
00:13:21Calls for
00:13:22The return
00:13:23Of the Dalai Lama
00:13:24To Tibet
00:13:25And sings
00:13:26In reverence
00:13:27To the Dalai Lama
00:13:29Penjin Lama
00:13:30And the Kamapa
00:13:32Kunga
00:13:33Refers
00:13:33To
00:13:34The Dalai Lama
00:13:35And the kidnapped
00:13:36Penjin Lama
00:13:37With concealed
00:13:38Analogies
00:13:39The Dalai Lama
00:13:40To the sun
00:13:41And the Penjin Lama
00:13:43To the moon
00:13:43So here's the translation
00:13:45Of the song
00:13:46Sun sets
00:13:48Behind the sudden mountains
00:13:50The white moon
00:13:51Gets consumed
00:13:52By the clouds
00:13:53And the stars
00:13:55Have fallen
00:13:56Amid rain
00:13:57And clouds
00:13:57Heart
00:13:58Saddens
00:13:59Unable
00:14:00To meet you
00:14:01Three
00:14:01Heart
00:14:02Saddens
00:14:03Unable
00:14:04To meet you
00:14:05Three
00:14:05Oh
00:14:06The sun
00:14:07The moon
00:14:08And the stars
00:14:09The stars
00:14:09Have fallen
00:14:10Amid rain
00:14:11And clouds
00:14:12Heart
00:14:13Saddens
00:14:13Unable
00:14:14To meet you
00:14:15Three
00:14:15Heart
00:14:16Saddens
00:14:17Unable
00:14:18To meet you
00:14:19Three
00:14:19At the center
00:14:21Of the planet
00:14:21Earth
00:14:22Come
00:14:23Eastern Tibet
00:14:24Echoes
00:14:25The reverent
00:14:26Lama's
00:14:27Teaching
00:14:27Now
00:14:28I'm left alone
00:14:30And unable
00:14:31To hear
00:14:32Such teaching
00:14:33Heart
00:14:34Saddens
00:14:34I'm unable
00:14:35To see
00:14:36My Lama
00:14:37Heart
00:14:38Saddens
00:14:39I'm unable
00:14:40To see
00:14:40My Lama
00:14:41Oh
00:14:42My Lama
00:14:43Now
00:14:44I'm left alone
00:14:45And unable
00:14:46To hear
00:14:47Your teachings
00:14:48Heart
00:14:49Saddens
00:14:49I'm unable
00:14:50To see
00:14:51My Lama
00:14:52Heart
00:14:53Saddens
00:14:53I'm unable
00:14:54To see
00:14:55My Lama
00:14:55My dear
00:14:57Old father and mother, fashion hair, close to departure. Now your kindness yet to be repaid. My youthful heart saddens. My youthful heart saddens. Old father and mother, now your kindness yet to be repaid. My youthful heart saddens. My youthful heart saddens. Thank you.
00:15:27For those of us joining us, we are Tibetans in exile and our supporters here at Union Square to celebrate the 23rd birthday. The 23rd birthday of Tibet's Pension Lama.
00:15:45The Pension Lama is one of the most important religious leaders of Tibet. Him, the Pension Lama, and the Dalai Lama are one of the two most important religious leaders of Tibet.
00:15:55The Pension Lama, Gendin Chukin Yima. He was six years old when he was recognized as Tibet's Pension Lama, the reincarnation. At six years old, in 1995, he was abducted by the Chinese government.
00:16:11At six years old, he was the youngest political prisoner. Him and his family were abducted by the Chinese government. And it has been years since anybody has heard anything from him or seen anything about him or know his whereabouts.
00:16:28And the Chinese government refuses to give that information over. Today is his 23rd birthday. 17th birthday in captivity. 17th birthday kidnapped. 17th birthday since his kidnap by the Chinese government.
00:16:47What we are doing here is asking everybody, asking our New York friends, our New York neighbors, to join us in calling for his release.
00:16:59Alright, so do you see Occupy as changing things in this country?
00:17:06Yes.
00:17:08Alright, how long have you been in Occupy?
00:17:11Since September 17th.
00:17:15Have you been in a lot of direct actions?
00:17:19Not really.
00:17:20Okay, you just kind of hold down the port?
00:17:22Yeah.
00:17:23Okay, did you stay in any of the squats?
00:17:25Yeah.
00:17:26How was that?
00:17:27Terrible.
00:17:30I hated it.
00:17:31Wow, is it true about people who were like, fighting and being raped and all that?
00:17:35Yep.
00:17:36Wow, anybody know?
00:17:38Nope.
00:17:39Okay, but you heard people tell you what happened to them, right?
00:17:43Yeah.
00:17:43And it was pretty bad.
00:17:46Yes, it was.
00:17:48Was it just girls being assaulted or guys too?
00:17:51Both.
00:17:52Both were being assaulted, wow.
00:17:54So it was a very unsafe condition, right?
00:17:58Yeah, basically.
00:17:58Unsafe place.
00:17:59But I tried my best.
00:18:00You tried your best.
00:18:02Well, you did what you had to do.
00:18:03Well, I'm glad you're out of it.
00:18:04Are you now sleeping out on Wall Street or somewhere else?
00:18:07I'm sleeping out here on Wall Street.
00:18:09Well, actually, this is Wall Street and Broad Street.
00:18:15On the corner of Broad Street.
00:18:18Broad Street, okay.
00:18:20So, that's good though.
00:18:22I mean, like, everyone is back again because in the wintertime it was pretty cold and it
00:18:25seems like a lot of people went away.
00:18:27Yeah.
00:18:27But to me, it looks like a lot of people are coming back now that it's warm and now Occupy
00:18:31is in the news again.
00:18:33So, all good, right?
00:18:35Yep.
00:18:36All good.
00:18:37All right.
00:18:38One last question.
00:18:39Where do you think Occupy will be by the fall?
00:18:42Be by the fall?
00:18:43Yeah.
00:18:44Hmm.
00:18:47Hopefully in a mass number that 500,000 people come.
00:18:54All right.
00:18:54And overwhelm the police.
00:18:56The police don't have enough police for 500,000 people.
00:19:02Yeah, New York City only has 40,000 police, so 500,000 people would be significant.
00:19:05And it would be, it would be like, hello, we're marching down here if you like it or
00:19:12not.
00:19:13You are not arresting all of us.
00:19:16That, yes.
00:19:18We'll march down every street, every corner, every alleyway, every inch of the sidewalk we
00:19:24just take up.
00:19:26Okay.
00:19:26And then, and then people will turn around and say, wow, 500,000 people, 40,000 cops,
00:19:35who's going to win this one?
00:19:38And most likely they're going to have to call in the National Guard.
00:19:41Mm-hmm.
00:19:43And, and assist, help from all the neighboring states to spare any police officers that they
00:19:52can, which New Jersey doesn't do it because they hate New York City.
00:19:56New York State, the state of New York won't do it.
00:20:03From New, from Pennsylvania all the way up to Maine won't even do it.
00:20:08Won't even help New York.
00:20:10Yes.
00:20:11Basically, New York is stuck by itself.
00:20:13New York City's stuck, stranded in the middle of the ocean, by itself with no backup.
00:20:19With no backup.
00:20:19So, step on the National Guard, and then we can have a few days.
00:20:24Okay.
00:20:25That'll be, um, very, um, interesting to see.
00:20:29So, we have to wait and see.
00:20:31Um, thank you.
00:20:31You're welcome.
00:20:33This is the infamous Nan Terry in front of Bank of America.
00:20:36How are you doing, Nan?
00:20:37I am blessed.
00:20:39Very busy.
00:20:40Extremely, extremely blessed.
00:20:42Um, been taking care of business, like always.
00:20:45And keep up following up with, um, the movement online.
00:20:51And also, my working groups have, I send out people to basically following up and do what
00:20:56they need to do.
00:20:57And that makes me want to take care of all the things.
00:20:59Okay.
00:21:00Can you tell us more about your working group, Strong Women Rules?
00:21:03What do they do?
00:21:03Um, Strong Women Rules Working Group, we deal with women, um, that got raped during, um,
00:21:08when we were in the park.
00:21:09Um, right now, we have several trials that have been taking place, um, bringing those,
00:21:15uh, when justice for the victims, uh, for those who basically that have been victimized
00:21:21by the rape work.
00:21:23Um, we have a couple trials.
00:21:24One of the trials coming up is a mid, so a tiny child.
00:21:28Uh, I'm so excited.
00:21:29I can't wait, um, to see it.
00:21:30We just had another trial just finished.
00:21:32Um, and we're also going to go after, um, David Parker.
00:21:36Dave Parker, who actually raped besides Lauren with the blue hair, but other people also,
00:21:42who was, other women who was actually at the park.
00:21:44Okay, that's good.
00:21:46So, um, I'm hoping, I'm sure the courts will, um, do the right thing and convict these men
00:21:49for the crimes they've done.
00:21:51But, um, they will, yes.
00:21:53So, um, I'm just wondering, um, Strong Women's Rule is doing good work.
00:21:57Why is, why was there such opposition against you at, um, Occupy?
00:22:01Um, great question, because I tell the truth.
00:22:05Um, I don't sell myself to the devil, you want to call it that way?
00:22:09Okay.
00:22:09I'm straight to the point.
00:22:10I don't have time for BS.
00:22:12I can smell a BS in my eyes away.
00:22:13Um, they couldn't manipulate me.
00:22:16Um, they couldn't brainwash me.
00:22:18And they tried to silence me in any way possible, from bribe me, to silence me, to basically try
00:22:24to destroy my reputation.
00:22:26But in reality, when those who really know me, they know exactly what I have done, and
00:22:31they know my work.
00:22:32And no matter what, other people might, who doesn't know me, might not, you know,
00:22:36probably listen to the haters.
00:22:38I would suggest people to actually get to know me, then, um, just go by what they said.
00:22:45Um, I basically did not put up.
00:22:48I saw what was coming, and I've been calling out, well, exactly what was coming.
00:22:51Um, I told people, you know, that sounds fishy.
00:22:54I listened to my inner guts, and my inner guts never, never, never failed me.
00:22:59And whenever there was something like, for example, a sport concert, that sounds fishy,
00:23:04I would ask questions.
00:23:05If that question was not satisfied to me, I would continue to ask questions.
00:23:09If I had to raise my voice, and several times they tried to basically silence me when I was
00:23:13trying to do that.
00:23:14And I would not, you know, remain silent, because, like I said, I am for the real 99%.
00:23:20Not the fake 99%, but the one, the true 99%.
00:23:24Those people who actually, that are struggling, that are basically can't pay their bills, or
00:23:29that lost their homes, that lost everything, because of the economy, because of the greed.
00:23:33I am for those people.
00:23:35Like I have said before, I am for them.
00:23:37I will die for the 99%.
00:23:38I stay with the 99%, and I do sleep among the 99%.
00:23:41But I would, besides helping the victim, the rape victim, we have them provide shelters,
00:23:48we have them bring them back to society.
00:23:51Occupy Wall Street never, never, ever could do something like that.
00:23:55Because really, those people right now who claim the occupiers, who are in Occupy Wall Street,
00:24:00they don't care for the 99%.
00:24:01If you honestly want the truth, at nighttime, go to Union Square.
00:24:06Watch them laying down, you know, lay them for themselves, lay down.
00:24:09The poor 99%, the homeless, those people who were part of, actually part of the movement
00:24:14that made the movement what it was, watch them on the street, how they're laying down
00:24:18in, you know, in a, in a, whatever they're laying down, cardboard, whatever they use to
00:24:23lay down.
00:24:23If 99% was for the true 99%, one other thing I can say is, let's get a building.
00:24:29Well, accounting refused to do that.
00:24:30Accounting comes with all kinds of excuses, so they can squash their money.
00:24:33They waste their money on stupidity.
00:24:34They waste their money on, um, what if, what that damn group called, the group that basically
00:24:40saying they're doing, uh, action, direct action.
00:24:42Direct action is a joke.
00:24:43Because direct action, all they do is flourish and cuss people to go to, go to jail for nothing.
00:24:48One of the, one of the things people do not understand, when you go to jail, you might
00:24:51say, oh, it's nothing, you know, it's a little fine here and there.
00:24:53But down the road, that will come, that could come down and haunt you.
00:24:57You know why?
00:24:57Because if you do decide to start a business or get a job or whatever it is, when they're
00:25:03doing the background, background service.
00:25:05They'll find it about your criminal record.
00:25:06Exactly.
00:25:07And then people don't understand cooperation, big companies nowadays, in order to have a
00:25:12business, you got to go to the government.
00:25:14So they have to have what they call a tax ID, a business tax ID.
00:25:18So a company will look at that, they'll look at the business and they'll look at you.
00:25:22They'll pick the next person that don't have a record that deal with, um, disobedience,
00:25:26evil disobedience.
00:25:26That's true.
00:25:27And the other thing is, depending on what the person got convicted for, if you're a
00:25:30convicted felon, um, a company like a bank, for example, cannot hire you.
00:25:35They're not committed to.
00:25:35Exactly.
00:25:36By the government.
00:25:37Exactly.
00:25:37With the market right now, now and there, it's really hard and more harder for any felon
00:25:43to get jobs.
00:25:44And if those felon who manage to get jobs, they either bless, number one, or they have to
00:25:49struggle, or they have to get out of connection.
00:25:51It's really, really hard.
00:25:52So then people need to really start thinking and start basically let people push them.
00:25:56with the other kids.
00:25:57Those who basically, who have apartments, who have, you know, who have money, who have
00:26:01mom and dad that can take care of them.
00:26:03They need to really look at themselves.
00:26:05Yeah, the movement is wonderful.
00:26:07We have a movement.
00:26:08Great.
00:26:08But when you look at different movements during the years, like in the hippie days, in the
00:26:1360s, in the 40s, when you look at all those movements that were wise that we had, and then
00:26:17what happened?
00:26:18Because there is God going back to living their life.
00:26:21But nowadays, we have the technology.
00:26:23We got more restrictive rules, and regulations, and laws, and stronger government, and that
00:26:28will affect you.
00:26:28I think it's kind of ironic that anarchists, who do have money because they're being supported
00:26:33by their parents, were in such opposition to occupy doing something for people to get
00:26:37jobs, because homeless people need money, they need income.
00:26:40They were saying, oh, we don't want people to be wage slaves, but we all need money.
00:26:46You can't go to a grocery store for free.
00:26:48Your clothes, someone had to pay for them.
00:26:51Be able to communicate with people that you love, like your family, your friends.
00:26:55Someone has to pay your cell phone bill, your internet connection.
00:26:57Well, they're lazy.
00:26:58You don't need money.
00:26:58It's all come down to laziness.
00:27:00They want somebody to take care of them while, you know, they're saying, yeah, we're part
00:27:03of the 99%.
00:27:04But, you know, they're not only lazy, but they're hypocrite.
00:27:06Because if you really want to be part of 99%, live like one.
00:27:10I have lived on the 99%.
00:27:12So have I.
00:27:13So people who knows me, they know that I only slept in the churches with them.
00:27:18I help them.
00:27:19I give them everything they want.
00:27:21I go out my own ways to make sure that they got what they needed.
00:27:24So those people who are saying that, oh, yeah, you know, I'm an anarchy.
00:27:27I got my parents.
00:27:29I got my trust from babies.
00:27:30Let's do this.
00:27:31Let's do that.
00:27:31Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:27:33And, you know, and yeah, it's hypocrite.
00:27:35It's really hypocrite.
00:27:35You really need to understand how somebody you feel walking that person's shoes.
00:27:40That's all I have to say.
00:27:42Okay, good.
00:27:42Well, thank you very much, Nan.
00:27:44And this was a splendid interview.
00:27:46And I'm sure everybody will like to hear your side of the story.
00:27:50It was wonderful.
00:27:51We all enjoyed it.
00:27:52It was a pleasure talking to you.
00:27:53They can follow me on Twitter, StormmentWheels1, on Twitter.
00:27:57Or they can send us an email, StormmentWheelsWorkingGroup at either Yahoo or Gmail.com.
00:28:01All right.
00:28:02Okay, everybody, you know how to contact Nan for more information.
00:28:06And we're out.
00:28:07I'm live now.
00:28:08What do you think about the move to Union Square?
00:28:11I think it was a good idea at the time.
00:28:13Like, at the time, I thought it was a good idea.
00:28:15And I still think that it was a good idea.
00:28:17And right now, I'm just sorry that there was not more support from the people that control the website.
00:28:24But Union Square does activism, outreach, conversations.
00:28:32We used to do an open mic here all the time.
00:28:35Union Square is a good place to have conversations about all kinds of things.
00:28:39It's a good place to have it.
00:28:40Okay, and in terms of, like, any future financing coming in, do you think occupiers are being taken care of?
00:28:48Are things going well in that end?
00:28:50I don't think that occupiers should be taken care of, like, pets.
00:28:53But I do think that if you're showing video footage of an occupation and you're doing reporting on an occupation, an actual encampment, and then money comes in,
00:29:05If you're taking that money, it's your responsibility to get that money to the occupation that you're, you know, that you're letting everybody know about.
00:29:13Okay, so that occupation should be funded towards any money that's being raised.
00:29:16Those people, because they're occupying, obviously deserve the money because they're doing all the work occupying, right?
00:29:20Not so much deserve the money, but it's like, not to use the corporate language, but if money was communication,
00:29:27then the people that are donating are trying to communicate their support, and we're not getting those communications.
00:29:32Even the letters that, even the letters of support that we get, we never got to see them.
00:29:37Like, we rarely got to see, the actual people that were camped out never got to see letters from anyone in America.
00:29:45And I got to see them because I went into a room somewhere and I looked around, and under a pile of, like, tarps and slogan flyers, I saw some letters.
00:29:55But no one ever handed those out or made copies of those.
00:29:58I don't know if I'm really, I don't know if I'm really getting across the idea that's in my head,
00:30:02but the point is, is that there's a middleman between America and the actual Occupy Wall Street encampment,
00:30:09and those middlemen need to get out of the way.
00:30:12One last question, do you know who those middlemen are?
00:30:13On my website, there's a video of the first General Assembly at, at Zuccotti Park.
00:30:27Yes.
00:30:29So, you know, I know the people who think that they created the General Assembly,
00:30:35and I know the people who think that, who think that they're the ones that created the Wall Street.
00:30:42And that info is on your website.
00:30:45Well, there's a, there's a, there's a video of somebody doing,
00:30:48on the, on the video is, is like the first General Assembly,
00:30:51and I asked the, the, the two, the two facilitators, I was like,
00:30:55who are you, who are you affiliated with, and why are you standing up there?
00:30:59You know, and they, they laughed, like, like, they had some sort of, like, innate authority.
00:31:04And I was like, you know, why didn't you ask for volunteers to, to, to facilitate?
00:31:09I can facilitate a meeting, other people can facilitate a meeting.
00:31:12They're just, let's just say that the people that are good at socializing,
00:31:15those guys, the socializing people.
00:31:18The socializing people kind of took over from everybody else.
00:31:20Yeah.
00:31:21Occupy Wall Street is not anti-capitalist.
00:31:23It's just the anti-capitalists that are so good at socializing together and, and, and controlling the message.
00:31:29Oh, so a, quote, a bunch of anti-capitalists or anarchists, whatever they call themselves, took over from everybody else.
00:31:34Not so much took over, but just created something that looked legitimate.
00:31:39And, you know, the, the media manipulators, the people that can manipulate the media,
00:31:43the people that can manipulate the message.
00:31:45Okay.
00:31:45As usual.
00:31:46The same thing that happens in the big, in the macro chasm, happened in the micro chasm.
00:31:50Okay.
00:31:53All right, thank you, Sage.
00:31:55No problem.
00:31:55All right, Zach, how do you think Occupy has helped the country?
00:31:59Or do you think Occupy has done anything for the regular person?
00:32:02I believe Occupy Wall Street has helped bring attention, like, a lot of corruption within our country
00:32:10and a lot of problems that we're facing with.
00:32:13that, um, that, um, that shed light on another side of America that's, that's kind of twisted
00:32:19and corrupted.
00:32:20And I, I think it's helping, helping the country realize that.
00:32:24And they're helping the world realize that.
00:32:26So, they're coming down on our country, asking them to, like, stop messing with us so much.
00:32:32All right.
00:32:32Do you think Occupy has helped you?
00:32:34And if so, how?
00:32:34Um, Occupy has helped me a lot to become more self-sufficient on the streets and surviving,
00:32:41um, like, within a community, like, like, support system.
00:32:46It's like, it's like always having people there for you.
00:32:49Like, like, if I don't have an extra pair of socks, where do I go?
00:32:52I go to Occupy Wall Street and somebody has an extra pair of socks.
00:32:55Or if I'm starving, or I go to Occupy Wall Street, somebody's got something to put in my stomach.
00:33:01You know, I mean, if I'm lonely, you go to Occupy Wall Street.
00:33:05There's people here, you know, support system, friends.
00:33:08So, Occupy has been a big, um, support system, not only emotionally, but physically.
00:33:12Like, physical needs, like food, um, clothes, et cetera.
00:33:16Yeah, everything.
00:33:17They've helped me out a lot.
00:33:19So, I mean, uh, I think that, I think Occupy Wall Street is turning into a good thing.
00:33:25Instead of a bad thing, the way the media portrays us.
00:33:29I think the best thing about Occupy Wall Street is, despite whatever problems we may or may not have,
00:33:34um, the support system is probably really important.
00:33:38And, I guess, the social network without money.
00:33:41Because, normally in a big city like this, you have to go out to the restaurant or the bar
00:33:44and submit a lot of money.
00:33:45But, Occupy's can socialize with each other for free.
00:33:50Yeah, a lot of people have to spend a lot of money to show off in front of people.
00:33:53and that's the only way they can gain friends or companionship.
00:33:59Because it's lonely when you have all that money and nobody to share it with.
00:34:04And then you have to, you have to go out there and oppress people
00:34:07and, and act like something that you're not.
00:34:10Instead of being yourself and just being a natural person.
00:34:13And just enjoying nature, enjoying, enjoying the greater things in life that money can't buy.
00:34:19All right, thank you, Zach.
00:34:22All right, hi Felix.
00:34:24Hi.
00:34:26So, has Occupy Wall Street changed your life at all?
00:34:30Well, uh, it has changed my life so much that
00:34:35I couldn't even go back to my old life.
00:34:39Like, there's a lot of protesters yesterday saying,
00:34:41Oh, I, I want to go back to my old life but I can't yet.
00:34:45In my opinion, I'm like, the way I feel is like,
00:34:48Yes.
00:34:48I have changed so much in my life.
00:34:50Uh-huh.
00:34:52Um, there's no option for me to do what I'm doing until
00:34:57things are the way we're hoping to be.
00:34:59Because, more than anything, me, myself, have changed for these last six months.
00:35:07Um, I am very proud of everything I've done.
00:35:13And, I did not find this software.
00:35:17Yes.
00:35:19Okay, and, um, where do you think Occupy will go in the future?
00:35:24Um, well, I'm not really low.
00:35:27Um, but, I will tell you that wherever direction we're taking,
00:35:36which is since, like, expanding here and here,
00:35:40we already have, like, two locations here.
00:35:42We have here, uh, Union Square, and we have down Wall Street.
00:35:47We're trying to hold onto the port down there, too.
00:35:50Um, it seems like we actually tried to, uh,
00:35:54to, uh, make satellite, uh, locations onto the city.
00:35:58And, so we can actually bring the message out.
00:36:01And, we are mostly directly now, I guess,
00:36:05toward a social justice, uh, aspect.
00:36:10Because, um, I feel like, not only, I mean,
00:36:16the money is just the root of the problem,
00:36:18but just have to branch out to so many ways, like,
00:36:24like, housing, and, marriage equality, and,
00:36:28and, so many things out there, like,
00:36:32healthcare, childcare, education,
00:36:35all these things, I mean, for me, improve, um,
00:36:40Um, and, what I see, what I was here doing is,
00:36:46frankly, find ways to be self-sustainable,
00:36:50teach other people to be self-sustainable,
00:36:53and, what I see here, I'm going to fix this, like,
00:36:58somehow, small co-ops, um,
00:37:01requires, like, making working groups as a cooperator,
00:37:05actually, um,
00:37:07fish, like, how to build community.
00:37:11Yeah, I've heard of Occubank, from one on, right?
00:37:13Yes.
00:37:14And, um, there's some other things, too.
00:37:16And, I've heard from some young Occupies, Occupy Farms,
00:37:20that Occupy has showed them how to find food,
00:37:22how to find clothes,
00:37:23it's, like, shows them how to find resources,
00:37:25they have friends,
00:37:26you don't have to spend a lot of money in the bar,
00:37:28just to hang out with your friends,
00:37:29you have your friends that you actually work with an Occupy,
00:37:31or whatever you're working on.
00:37:32Yes.
00:37:33And, um,
00:37:35so, Occupy has been good for a lot of people, um,
00:37:37myself included,
00:37:38I've been writing a lot of one because of Occupy,
00:37:40and, um,
00:37:41interviewing another people because of Occupy,
00:37:43so,
00:37:44Occupy certainly has had a lot of good effects,
00:37:46um,
00:37:47we're all a bunch of controversial people,
00:37:50but,
00:37:51that's what it takes.
00:37:51Yes, we are.
00:37:53Um,
00:37:54it's interesting seeing the,
00:37:56the melting pot in Occupy,
00:37:59how we're coming from all different
00:38:02walks of life,
00:38:04and all spiritual or religious backgrounds,
00:38:07Yes.
00:38:08and non-religious or non-lust spiritual backgrounds,
00:38:11Yes.
00:38:12And,
00:38:12there are even capitalists around,
00:38:16among our mess,
00:38:17which is,
00:38:17Yes.
00:38:18strange,
00:38:19but they have their own ideas of how to make it work,
00:38:21so,
00:38:21we're going from the capitalists to the anarchists,
00:38:24all together here,
00:38:25trying to figure out a middle point.
00:38:27And so far,
00:38:29the only thing we have in common,
00:38:31and that we can agree on,
00:38:33is that things are fucked up and bullshit,
00:38:37Yes.
00:38:37and that we all want pizza.
00:38:39We all want pizza,
00:38:40yes,
00:38:41everybody waits until the store is closed,
00:38:43and we all want pizza.
00:38:45That's one of the best things about Occupy,
00:38:46the pizza.
00:38:49Yeah,
00:38:50fucked up,
00:38:51things are fucked up,
00:38:52and we need pizza,
00:38:52that's what we're done.
00:38:54Other than that,
00:38:55um,
00:38:55we are trying to,
00:38:58I guess,
00:38:59find a middle ground,
00:39:00a safe program,
00:39:01where we can actually,
00:39:02work,
00:39:04and,
00:39:04um,
00:39:06I,
00:39:09I'm pretty happy about,
00:39:11the outcomes,
00:39:12um,
00:39:13we're not sneaking on the sidewalks,
00:39:14it's a fostering more,
00:39:16but,
00:39:16we still share presence over there,
00:39:18share presence in New Square,
00:39:21um,
00:39:21and as May Day gets closer,
00:39:24um,
00:39:25we're projecting that there's going to be more sites on the city,
00:39:30where we are going to be able to make a presence,
00:39:33even places that we want to target,
00:39:36um,
00:39:37and I'm not going to mention them right now,
00:39:39but,
00:39:40a few places that we are not too much in love with,
00:39:45that we may be able to target,
00:39:46or just places that where we can,
00:39:48are just going to be able to gather,
00:39:50and just be visible,
00:39:52um,
00:39:52I feel very hopeful,
00:39:56among all the craziness here,
00:39:58and,
00:39:58the fights that we sometimes have among each other,
00:40:01we,
00:40:01I am pretty happy about this happening,
00:40:03and I'm very happy for the move to Union Square,
00:40:06because Union Square already had a lot of protesters,
00:40:08and all types of people already came to Union Square,
00:40:10from students,
00:40:11to,
00:40:12um,
00:40:13working people,
00:40:14to people who don't have a place to stay,
00:40:15Union Square already had all types of people,
00:40:18so I think it was a good fit for Occupy,
00:40:19although we do have other locations too,
00:40:21downtown,
00:40:22and,
00:40:23I'm sure other locations,
00:40:24like you said,
00:40:24will pop up,
00:40:25um,
00:40:27it'll be interesting to see where Occupy evolves,
00:40:29because,
00:40:30in the fall,
00:40:33Occupy in each city was about a central camp in the city,
00:40:35and now it's,
00:40:37something that's become more,
00:40:38um,
00:40:38decentralized,
00:40:39yes,
00:40:41well,
00:40:41we've always been decentralized,
00:40:42we've always been decentralized,
00:40:44yeah,
00:40:44but we always had a,
00:40:46central place of meeting,
00:40:47during that first two months,
00:40:49that,
00:40:52not having the part,
00:40:53kind of like,
00:40:54really,
00:40:56put us,
00:40:57like haywire,
00:40:58like running like,
00:40:58she goes to the heads for a while,
00:41:00but,
00:41:01um,
00:41:03we learned that,
00:41:04there's actually power,
00:41:06in the central station,
00:41:07it is,
00:41:08and it doesn't power the whole,
00:41:10leaderless movement,
00:41:11and,
00:41:11um,
00:41:13we are sure,
00:41:14as long as it's within our,
00:41:15guidelines,
00:41:16and our agreements,
00:41:17it's okay,
00:41:18to go to do autonomous,
00:41:19actions,
00:41:20yes,
00:41:21um,
00:41:22which they spun out,
00:41:23here and there,
00:41:23once in a while,
00:41:25well,
00:41:25the one good thing,
00:41:26that we,
00:41:26did also,
00:41:27the bureaucracy,
00:41:28and Occupy,
00:41:28the spokes council,
00:41:29and dinner assembly,
00:41:31everybody quit that bullshit,
00:41:32um,
00:41:33we all,
00:41:34uh,
00:41:34a lot of the work,
00:41:35is being done,
00:41:36by working groups,
00:41:37on people,
00:41:38who are doing,
00:41:38individual autonomous actions,
00:41:40when people decided,
00:41:41to camp downtown,
00:41:43a bunch of people,
00:41:43just said,
00:41:43let's go,
00:41:44and they did it,
00:41:44in terms of decision-making,
00:41:48Occupy has gotten better,
00:41:49and faster,
00:41:50well,
00:41:50um,
00:41:52the original GA,
00:41:54kind of dissolve,
00:41:55and so this spokes,
00:41:56spokes is up for GAD,
00:41:58yes,
00:41:59mostly because the people,
00:42:01who were running that,
00:42:02were not the core occupiers,
00:42:05but there's some talks,
00:42:06about how the GAD,
00:42:07is running out soon,
00:42:09yes,
00:42:09just because apparently,
00:42:10there,
00:42:11since we started,
00:42:12on the one,
00:42:13some kind of,
00:42:14Paypal account,
00:42:15was established,
00:42:16for,
00:42:16by Wall Street,
00:42:18but,
00:42:19that one is not,
00:42:20going to be released,
00:42:21until we actually organize,
00:42:23now that we have people,
00:42:25that,
00:42:25we,
00:42:26probably see that,
00:42:27we can be more,
00:42:27on the same page,
00:42:29because we're actually,
00:42:30occupying,
00:42:31we want to have our,
00:42:33basic needs met,
00:42:34like,
00:42:35food,
00:42:36and,
00:42:36food,
00:42:38medical supplies,
00:42:39maybe,
00:42:41even leave a small,
00:42:43battery pack,
00:42:44to charge our funds,
00:42:44stuff like that,
00:42:46just like,
00:42:47not a ridiculous amount,
00:42:49of 2,000,
00:42:493,000 dollars,
00:42:50for an action,
00:42:51and we don't know,
00:42:51what money,
00:42:52we went for,
00:42:53because,
00:42:55we don't really,
00:42:56need that much money,
00:42:56for an action,
00:42:57really,
00:42:58we just need,
00:42:59people to show up,
00:43:00and let them be rowdy,
00:43:02and do whatever,
00:43:02they need to do,
00:43:04um,
00:43:04but,
00:43:06and,
00:43:06set up,
00:43:07fun aside,
00:43:08for just more,
00:43:10would be great,
00:43:10like,
00:43:11the alpha,
00:43:12and,
00:43:13just more,
00:43:13but,
00:43:15um,
00:43:15that money,
00:43:16that came to that,
00:43:17paypal account,
00:43:18we would like it to have,
00:43:19for,
00:43:21uh,
00:43:21basic needs,
00:43:22as soon as,
00:43:23we can actually,
00:43:23go to RGA,
00:43:24that,
00:43:27that will not be,
00:43:28run by 10%,
00:43:29or so,
00:43:29okay,
00:43:30you're right,
00:43:31well,
00:43:31you know,
00:43:32kitchen,
00:43:32can get money directly,
00:43:34because they serve the food,
00:43:35so,
00:43:35maybe,
00:43:36um,
00:43:36if somebody,
00:43:36would have donated money,
00:43:37to kitchen directly,
00:43:38or donate food,
00:43:38even,
00:43:39to kitchen,
00:43:39um,
00:43:40anybody,
00:43:40who wants to donate money,
00:43:41to occupiers,
00:43:42on the ground,
00:43:43such as yourself,
00:43:44can give food directly,
00:43:45or can give money directly,
00:43:46they can look you guys up,
00:43:47um,
00:43:48this is Felix Rivera,
00:43:49to be treated,
00:43:50um,
00:43:50you know,
00:43:51hit him up online,
00:43:52to find out how to help,
00:43:53um,
00:43:53how to give direct donations,
00:43:55um,
00:43:56or whatever's needed,
00:43:57to help,
00:43:57um,
00:43:58him and others,
00:43:59to keep up the good fight,
00:44:00yeah,
00:44:01um,
00:44:02I'm in Facebook,
00:44:02okay,
00:44:03I'll,
00:44:03got Turkish guy inspired you,
00:44:06Turkish guy inspired me,
00:44:07yes,
00:44:07um,
00:44:08so,
00:44:10what makes you talk,
00:44:10you pie?
00:44:11Um,
00:44:13well,
00:44:13it started the movement,
00:44:14and this seems like,
00:44:1510 to 15 years ago,
00:44:17uh,
00:44:18as a kind of a culture jamming thing,
00:44:20and that was something,
00:44:21I knew how to do,
00:44:21I know a lot about perception,
00:44:23or,
00:44:23I think I know a lot about,
00:44:24I perceive myself as a,
00:44:25nowhere perfect perception,
00:44:27and I came here to participate,
00:44:29in this major issue,
00:44:31and,
00:44:32I can't lie to you,
00:44:35between that time and now,
00:44:37I've been like 50 things,
00:44:39and I don't know why,
00:44:42and I feel kind of like,
00:44:43I've lived in like,
00:44:44a very trashy reality show,
00:44:46okay,
00:44:47so,
00:44:49you,
00:44:50um,
00:44:51how do you feel about,
00:44:52Occupy's move to Union Square?
00:44:54Good,
00:44:54because I had a connection,
00:44:56to Union Square,
00:44:56prior,
00:44:57to Occupy.
00:44:59Okay,
00:44:59and,
00:45:01has Occupy,
00:45:02had any influence,
00:45:03or change on your life,
00:45:04has it changed at all?
00:45:06Yes,
00:45:07it's,
00:45:07it's,
00:45:08it's wrecked me,
00:45:09it's been my ruin.
00:45:12It's been your ruin?
00:45:13Yes.
00:45:14How has it ruined you?
00:45:15I've been here on and off,
00:45:16for six months.
00:45:18So,
00:45:19it stopped you,
00:45:20from doing other things?
00:45:21Um,
00:45:22yeah,
00:45:22it's,
00:45:22it's been important,
00:45:24I mean,
00:45:24this world,
00:45:25is about,
00:45:26um,
00:45:27in a way,
00:45:28different things,
00:45:29much of the time.
00:45:30Yeah.
00:45:30And,
00:45:30uh,
00:45:31the Greek word,
00:45:32philio,
00:45:32I believe it,
00:45:33the kind of friendship,
00:45:34has grown on me.
00:45:36Yeah.
00:45:36Um,
00:45:37I would say,
00:45:39it's like,
00:45:39it's transformed me,
00:45:40a compassionate,
00:45:41decent person.
00:45:42Uh-huh.
00:45:42I wasn't that bad,
00:45:43to begin with.
00:45:44Okay.
00:45:44But it gave me some opportunities,
00:45:46to connect in important ways.
00:45:48So,
00:45:48it's connected you to other people,
00:45:49and,
00:45:50Yes,
00:45:50it has.
00:45:50Improved your social skills.
00:45:53I think mine are good.
00:45:54Other people don't.
00:45:55That's their problem,
00:45:56but,
00:45:57um,
00:45:58they hold many of the cards,
00:45:59in these matters.
00:46:01Um,
00:46:02no,
00:46:02but the whole thing,
00:46:03is,
00:46:03um,
00:46:03on a number of levels,
00:46:04been important.
00:46:06Um,
00:46:06I mean,
00:46:07there's been a change,
00:46:08in,
00:46:08uh,
00:46:09discussion,
00:46:10and that's been good.
00:46:11We've had opportunities,
00:46:12of such magnitude,
00:46:14um,
00:46:14it's hard to wreck it,
00:46:15and we've,
00:46:16not always,
00:46:17let's say,
00:46:18done stuff,
00:46:19with them.
00:46:19Uh-huh.
00:46:20And,
00:46:21um,
00:46:21there's a lot more,
00:46:22to be said,
00:46:22but I think that's enough,
00:46:23for now.
00:46:24Okay,
00:46:24that's good.
00:46:24There may be a part two,
00:46:25because I know the man,
00:46:26behind this camera.
00:46:27Okay,
00:46:28good.
00:46:28Well,
00:46:29thank you very much,
00:46:30George.
00:46:32Alright,
00:46:32there is a Trayvon,
00:46:33Modern March Day,
00:46:34and there's one tomorrow.
00:46:35Um,
00:46:36specifically,
00:46:37um,
00:46:38what are people doing,
00:46:38on this march?
00:46:41Uh,
00:46:41well,
00:46:41like,
00:46:41uh,
00:46:42the march today,
00:46:42it was like,
00:46:43organized by the TWU,
00:46:45Uh-huh.
00:46:45and I guess it was like,
00:46:46to, uh,
00:46:47raise awareness.
00:46:48Yes.
00:46:48And in solidarity,
00:46:49with like,
00:46:50other actions,
00:46:50uh,
00:46:51happening throughout the country.
00:46:52Yes.
00:46:53And,
00:46:53the one tomorrow,
00:46:54which is,
00:46:54uh,
00:46:56at six o'clock,
00:46:56the rally,
00:46:57and then at seven o'clock,
00:46:58and then at seven o'clock,
00:46:58is,
00:46:59uh,
00:47:00I think that the grand jury's gonna convene.
00:47:02Yes.
00:47:02But I heard that they,
00:47:03they're not gonna convene.
00:47:05I heard that the grand jury's not even gonna go through,
00:47:07but they're still having a rally tomorrow here,
00:47:09and a march,
00:47:10that's leaving at seven o'clock,
00:47:11and basically,
00:47:12that's in solidarity with other actions going on throughout the country,
00:47:15and that's also like,
00:47:16uh,
00:47:17the black community,
00:47:18and like,
00:47:19uh,
00:47:19other disenfranchised communities coming out,
00:47:21and speaking out against police brutality,
00:47:24or speaking out against other state-sanctioned,
00:47:27uh,
00:47:29brutalities against people of color.
00:47:31Okay.
00:47:31Like,
00:47:32uh,
00:47:32tomorrow,
00:47:33specifically,
00:47:34the reason why I agree with,
00:47:35uh,
00:47:35with,
00:47:36uh,
00:47:37rallies and marches like this,
00:47:38is because it raises awareness about,
00:47:40like,
00:47:40core issues of,
00:47:42of what's going on in the black community,
00:47:43Yes.
00:47:44and like,
00:47:44other minority communities that are disenfranchised.
00:47:47You know,
00:47:47you have systematic discrimination,
00:47:49and you have like,
00:47:50you have systematic,
00:47:51uh,
00:47:52disenfranchisement,
00:47:53through,
00:47:54brutality.
00:47:55Stopping,
00:47:56like,
00:47:57for example,
00:47:57you have stop,
00:47:58stop with frisk,
00:47:59you have,
00:47:59um,
00:48:00other,
00:48:00like,
00:48:00policies that target specifically these,
00:48:02disaffected communities.
00:48:04Do you feel that,
00:48:05uh,
00:48:05not,
00:48:06that I'm advocating drug use,
00:48:08I'm totally against this,
00:48:09but,
00:48:09do you feel that the war of drugs,
00:48:11totally,
00:48:11um,
00:48:13what's the word,
00:48:13uh,
00:48:14this has disparate impact on poor people,
00:48:16or people in poor communities,
00:48:17let's say somebody has like,
00:48:19a small amount of marijuana,
00:48:20and then they get stopped on that,
00:48:21and they get locked up in jail,
00:48:22do you think that's,
00:48:23uh,
00:48:24is that negatively affecting these communities?
00:48:27Uh,
00:48:27yes,
00:48:27I'll say it was negatively affecting the community,
00:48:30like,
00:48:30even like the,
00:48:31um,
00:48:31the limited amount of,
00:48:33uh,
00:48:33benefit it has on the community,
00:48:35like,
00:48:35just,
00:48:35or like,
00:48:36busting of,
00:48:36like,
00:48:36drug dens,
00:48:37of,
00:48:37uh,
00:48:38busting of,
00:48:38like,
00:48:38uh,
00:48:39drug corners,
00:48:40yes,
00:48:41that's,
00:48:41yes,
00:48:42that's a very limited benefit,
00:48:45because at the same time,
00:48:46you're really not addressing,
00:48:48like,
00:48:48uh,
00:48:48the deep,
00:48:48uh,
00:48:49problems,
00:48:50of why people are using drugs,
00:48:52because you're just criminalizing the issue,
00:48:55and you're arresting people that have,
00:48:56like,
00:48:56a bag of marijuana,
00:48:57for example,
00:48:58you're,
00:48:59you're clogging up the traditional system,
00:49:02and,
00:49:02um,
00:49:03you're messing up these people's,
00:49:04like,
00:49:04uh,
00:49:04records,
00:49:05and,
00:49:05uh,
00:49:06futures,
00:49:07possibly.
00:49:07Possibly with convictions,
00:49:09they may have a hard time getting a job or going to school,
00:49:11right?
00:49:11Exactly,
00:49:12because that's already hard enough,
00:49:14if you don't have that,
00:49:15so having that is definitely,
00:49:16like,
00:49:16an extra,
00:49:17like,
00:49:17uh,
00:49:19impediment,
00:49:19for,
00:49:20uh,
00:49:20for your advancement in this society,
00:49:22So I guess it's sort of weird,
00:49:24because often,
00:49:25when people talk about limited government,
00:49:27you know,
00:49:27the government is shooting in this country,
00:49:28blah, blah, blah, blah,
00:49:29we hate the government,
00:49:30it seems ironic that the government would punish people for doing,
00:49:34um,
00:49:35marijuana,
00:49:37I'm not saying become a podhead,
00:49:38or become an alcoholic,
00:49:39or become a this,
00:49:40or become a that,
00:49:40but,
00:49:41that seems like,
00:49:42it seems like,
00:49:43um,
00:49:43a choice should be left up to you to do that.
00:49:45Yes,
00:49:46it is a contradiction,
00:49:47like,
00:49:47a lot of,
00:49:47like,
00:49:47so-called,
00:49:48like,
00:49:48uh,
00:49:48Republicans,
00:49:49yes,
00:49:49or so-called conservatives,
00:49:50that they, like,
00:49:51pride themselves on limited government,
00:49:53it shows the hypocrisy,
00:49:54because the only time they want limited government,
00:49:56is when the government is actually going in,
00:49:57and busting up monopolies,
00:49:59or going in,
00:49:59and providing,
00:50:00uh,
00:50:00poor people with social services,
00:50:02like,
00:50:02Medicare,
00:50:03SSI,
00:50:04as section 8.
00:50:05However,
00:50:06like,
00:50:06when the government's,
00:50:07uh,
00:50:07trying to regulate what women do with their body,
00:50:09as an abortion,
00:50:10or when the government's trying to regulate,
00:50:12the amount of drug use people use,
00:50:14which is something personal,
00:50:15and at best,
00:50:16a sickness,
00:50:17these same people,
00:50:18are saying that the government should arrest them,
00:50:21uh-huh,
00:50:21convict them,
00:50:22and harass them.
00:50:24So,
00:50:24it shows the contradiction,
00:50:25right,
00:50:25it shows,
00:50:26like,
00:50:26the blatant and inherent contradiction,
00:50:28and their position.
00:50:29And arguably,
00:50:31if you want to make government smaller,
00:50:33if you reformed the drug laws,
00:50:35let's say,
00:50:35not locking people up for marijuana,
00:50:36for example,
00:50:37you would have a lot less government spending,
00:50:39because I know people talk about,
00:50:41they hate taxes.
00:50:42Um,
00:50:42uh,
00:50:43we've all worked,
00:50:43nobody likes having taxes cut out of your paycheck.
00:50:46So,
00:50:47I mean,
00:50:47yeah,
00:50:48so somebody commits a serious crime,
00:50:49murder,
00:50:49theft,
00:50:50lock them up,
00:50:50but kids smoking marijuana,
00:50:52arguably,
00:50:54by throwing so many people in jail for that,
00:50:55or even prosecuting them,
00:50:56even if they don't go to jail,
00:50:57that's a huge waste of,
00:50:58um,
00:50:59taxpayer money,
00:51:00wouldn't you say?
00:51:00Yeah,
00:51:01I'll say,
00:51:01like,
00:51:01it's a big,
00:51:02uh,
00:51:02use,
00:51:02but,
00:51:03like,
00:51:03you have to consider also,
00:51:04too,
00:51:04like,
00:51:04um,
00:51:05let's take an example,
00:51:07uh,
00:51:07what's going on now,
00:51:08like,
00:51:08uh,
00:51:09in Zuccotti,
00:51:09and what's going on in Union Square,
00:51:11where all these police doing overtime.
00:51:12You know,
00:51:13a lot of times,
00:51:13these institutions,
00:51:14they need something to justify funding.
00:51:17Oh,
00:51:17they're continuing existence,
00:51:18and preservation,
00:51:20like,
00:51:20take the DEA,
00:51:21you know,
00:51:22the DEA and other,
00:51:23like,
00:51:23organizations like that,
00:51:25they want the war on drugs to continue.
00:51:27Why?
00:51:27Because it funds them.
00:51:28You know,
00:51:29it's a career for them.
00:51:31It's the same thing,
00:51:32like,
00:51:32uh,
00:51:32the war on terror.
00:51:33Yes.
00:51:34You know,
00:51:34you want a war on terror,
00:51:35because if you own,
00:51:36like,
00:51:36a surveillance camera,
00:51:38uh,
00:51:39company,
00:51:40you're gonna get that funding from the government,
00:51:42or if you like a company,
00:51:43like,
00:51:43let's say,
00:51:43the Chinese company,
00:51:45um,
00:51:45what's the company's name?
00:51:46Halliburton.
00:51:49Halliburton.
00:51:50Yeah.
00:51:51Or KBR.
00:51:52Yeah.
00:51:52Well,
00:51:52if you have this running on so-called war on drugs,
00:51:55you know,
00:51:56it's good for your coffers,
00:51:57for your pockets.
00:51:58You know,
00:51:58you really don't care about the issue,
00:52:00but you care about what the issue's doing for you.
00:52:03Like,
00:52:04not my brother,
00:52:05like,
00:52:05not my father,
00:52:06not my cousin,
00:52:08not you,
00:52:09not him,
00:52:09not him,
00:52:10not her,
00:52:10not anybody.
00:52:12Never again,
00:52:13when I lose,
00:52:14I lose to anybody.
00:52:15What is it?
00:52:16You know what I mean?
00:52:16The freedom of all these mothers should never be,
00:52:19or never have one,
00:52:19her shot.
00:52:20No one should lose their kids to an unjust system that doesn't want us to be here,
00:52:25but brought up here to these slaves and worthless.
00:52:27If you didn't want to be,
00:52:28you shouldn't have brought up here.
00:52:29You shouldn't have brought up here.
00:52:31There's what you would be on my back.
00:52:34Now you're coming as my grandma.
00:52:36She makes that shit work.
00:52:38So trying to choose as my grandma.
00:52:40These people are my family.
00:52:43All of you are my family.
00:52:44Every last one of you black,
00:52:46white,
00:52:46I don't care what the fuck you're going to fight.
00:52:48You use my language.
00:52:49I'm just very upset.
00:52:51And she was right.
00:52:52We can't wait for the council to tell us what to do.
00:52:55We can't wait and call.
00:52:56Phone calls are not enough.
00:52:58We have to get up and get out here.
00:53:00And I brought us out here to make that a statement.
00:53:02And this is just the beginning.
00:53:04We're going to march.
00:53:05We're going to walk.
00:53:06We're going to hold up our signs,
00:53:07our flags,
00:53:08our fiddle fingers,
00:53:09our feet,
00:53:09whatever.
00:53:10I don't care what you do.
00:53:11You're just going to walk,
00:53:12and you're going to scream at the top of your lungs.
00:53:13Every single person you have walked into this system.
00:53:16Every single person that's locked up right now,
00:53:18and you know shouldn't be there,
00:53:19you say their name while you walk.
00:53:21I don't care if you cry.
00:53:22I'm crying in front of all of you right now.
00:53:24It means nothing.
00:53:25No one should be in jail
00:53:27for no reason other than they committed a crime.
00:53:29It's another form of slavery.
00:53:31It is.
00:53:31You're right.
00:53:32It is.
00:53:33So follow us as we march down here towards Washington Square Park.
00:53:37And we're going to hold up our flags,
00:53:39take pictures.
00:53:40Thank you.
00:53:41And thank you all for coming out to support me.
00:53:42I really do appreciate it.
00:53:44We are Trayvon Martin.
00:54:07We are Trayvon Martin.
00:54:10We are Trayvon Martin.
00:54:13We are Trayvon Martin.
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01:01:25February 10, Manuel Loggins Jr.
01:01:3131, San Clemente, California.
01:01:41February 13, Johnny Warren.
01:01:4943, Durham, Alabama.
01:01:55February 26, Trayvon Martin.
01:02:0117, Sandburg, Florida.
01:02:06February 29, Raymond Allen.
01:02:1134, Jackson, Texas.
01:02:19March 1, Justin Sipp.
01:02:2320, New Orleans, California.
01:02:29March 1, Dante Prince.
01:02:3525, Dayton, Ohio.
01:02:41March 1, Melvin Longhorn.
01:02:4526, Karshaw County, South Carolina.
01:02:51March 3, Bo Morrison.
01:02:5720, Westbound, Wisconsin.
01:03:03March 5, Nehemiah Dillard.
01:03:0929, Gainesville, Florida.
01:03:15March 5, Wendell Allen.
01:03:1920, New Orleans, Louisiana.
01:03:23March 7, Michael Lombard.
01:03:2922, New Bern, New York.
01:03:35March 10, Marquez Smart.
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