Occupy Princeton is an open, participatory, democratic, horizontal, peaceful, and nonviolent movement. We join the voices of the 99% who are shut out by a system that punishes middle class, working class, low-income, and un- and under-employed people. We aim to provide an open platform at Princeton University for standing up against economic and social injustices within the institution and outside of it. What we need is not a university in service of the 1%, but a university that is truly “In the Nation’s Service, and in the Service of All Nations.”
Occupy Princeton stands in solidarity with the local community group, Occupy The Streets: Princeton. Visit their Facebook Group.
3 comments
Mitch Norris says:
February 10, 2012 at 12:07 am (UTC 0 )
“Welcome to 2012. The Age of Greed is Over”
That’s a line from the new song, “Occupy”, by the Norris Brothers Band, which was just released on the
Solar Powered Records label. In the first seven days since its release, the song has been played
thousands of times in 68 countries world-wide, and has already been adopted by Occupy movements
around the globe.
The Norris Brothers Band is donating all profit from the sales of this song to the Occupy movement, and
is donating the use of the song to all Occupations, world-wide, for whatever their needs may be. Money
collected from sales will go back to the closest local occupation whenever possible. The song is now
available on iTunes and Amazon, and will be available on all other major online music outlets, world-
wide, over the next few days and weeks.
Here are links to Watch the YouTube video (http://youtu.be/baZ1qnVvwkA), Listen to the song
(http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/song_11461740), and Download a FREE
MP3(http://www.reverbnation.com/832725?exclusive=11461740).
The band also just launched a new website called Rockupy Earth (www.RokupyEarth.com ) that is
encouraging other musicians around the world to do the same.
Music has always played a significant role in helping to unite people behind a cause, and it’s time for
music to help change the world again. The Norris Brothers Band is honored to be able to do our small
part in assisting those on the front lines of Occupations all over the world, who are helping all of us to
wake up to the truth.
Please consider this your permission to use “Occupy” for your local movement, and please post the links
above and pass them along to your members, and to anyone else who may benefit.
Keep up the good work, and stay in touch.
Mitch Norris
warren smith says:
March 6, 2012 at 10:15 pm (UTC 0 )
OCCUPY LINCOLN MEMORIAL AUGUST 8TH…2012 !!!
In resonance with the historic march in Washington in 1963 when Martin Luther King gave his “I have a Dream” speech, a similar event should take place in this year, 2012, on August 8th – picking up where they left off (“We have a dream”). If done correctly this would be a formidable symbolic manifestation of the global Occupy movement. This event at this monument is to express the idea that the Occupy movement is simply a continuation of the social justice aspect of the civil rights movement. We think that this new movement might better be expressed as the Social Justice Movement of the 21st century. For this movement to succeed, we need inspired organizers and those who can eloquently express the ideas and ideals of social justice, in a world dominated by a deceptive economic system that has no provision for social justice at all.
Jean Paul Schweitzer
Warren Smith
william neu says:
July 31, 2012 at 9:22 pm (UTC 0 )
Greetings Occupy Groups,
As an activist fighting GMOs for many years I would like to make a sincere suggestion to your leadership team based on my experiences with this issue.
From the experts in this same battle comes the wise advice that the ultimate way to usher out the GMO era is to convince people not to buy GMOs. With enough rejection of GMOs at the supermarket the tide will turn. One significant problem stands in the way of that happening, and that is consumer knowledge of the issue. Marketplace stealth has thus far been highly successful.
As you are well aware the media is not interested in covering this modern saga of food freedom and transparency. Likewise the politicians are generally not interested in helping out. Our reliance upon social networking, demonstrations, petitions, and other grassroots efforts have so far and will likely continue to fall short of the needed public awareness of GMO stealth. Even the enormous amount of hard work behind a successful truth-in-labeling referendum can be shot down by a corrupt judge(s). The possibility of long court battles and repeated appeals is very probable.
After many years of trying to get leaders of all kinds to step up and do the right thing of standing up for transparency, I have met with enough frustration that I will no longer waste my time hoping for my efforts to move them.
Several weeks ago I started a local door to door literature distribution campaign and have gained the help of 5 other people, plus half a dozen doctors now distribute literature in their offices. Funding has greatly exceeded my expectation as well. I am presently working on more helpers and expect some success shortly.
There is certainly energy for this kind activism and in my opinion there is a far better potential for success than what we are presently attempting in the things mentioned above. *However, I do think truth in labeling could be a huge help IF Monsanto’s influence in the judicial system would not prevail.
I ask that your team consider promoting this kind of effective grassroots activism among your members. The positive energy for change in your ranks can tip the scales for food freedom and transparency.
My team of helpers use this pamphlet – http://www.responsibletechnology.org/docs/140.pdf to educate our communities. On the back panel is a website address for more extensive education, including how to identify and avoid GMOs. In my opinion the pamphlet and website are topnotch.
Please consider this appeal.
Thank you.
P.S. on a related topic I’d like to pass along this eye-opening documentary for your review – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf0khstYDLA