If you go to the website, there's a scroll at the top that tells you what the specific demands are, including "end the wars, bring the troops home":
http://october2011.org/frontpage On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > does this demonstration have any specific demands? it seems unfocused. And > what are the country's ideals, anyway? those of Jefferson or those of his > slaves? > > >... You are going to want your children and grandchildren to know you > helped ignite the change to a new world. ... We need to get off the wrong > path and on to the right one. We need to end the dominance of government by > the political and economic elite when it is obvious that the people can do a > better job. We need to create an economic system where we participate, a > government that responds to the people and a nation that puts the people’s > needs before human greed. ... It begins soon. In less than two weeks > thousands will gather to begin a multi-day encampment that builds on the > revolts being seen in Egypt, Tunisia, Span and Greece, as well as Madison, > WI and Wall Street, NY. The time is right for this moment in history. The > beginning of a massive movement to create a country that reaches its’ > ideals, that becomes the more perfect union that then nation has always > sought to be. ... People will look back at this event and see it as the > beginning – the turning point when the people demanded that the country move > from militarism and war to diplomacy and cooperation; from funneling money > to the wealthiest 1% to sharing the nation’s prosperity among each of us; > and from environmental degradation to the planet’s renewal. It is our > responsibility to get this Nation on the right track. You need to be part of > this.< > -- > Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way > and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
