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Hanging With Michael Moore and Occupy Friends Last Night

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We saw the stage début of Michael Moore at The City Winery last night as he capped off a celebration of artists who will be appearing on the Occupy This Album 4 CD recording. He was an energizing force for the core Occupy participants who assembled in the house.

Thank You Sandi Bachom for filming this segment and adding to our memories of this historic event.

The Occupy This Album Record Release Party was a two and one-half hour celebration of the Occupy movement. Music and art now establishes an important voice for Occupy.

We witnessed a diverse cavalcade of artists with unique performing styles and textures. Reflecting today on who we saw and heard, as several performances were striking and novel.

First artist we got our groove on with was Taj Weekes & Adowa, funky reggae party, alright.  A little later we caught the legendary David Amram for the first time. His music is timeless and he is a wonderful multi-instrumentalist.

I was happy to see my Facebook friend Dylan Chambers, with his Dad, Lester Chambers of Chambers Brothers fame perform together.

Nanci Griffith did a fun song for us entitled, “Hell No (I’m Not Alright)”.

A band by the name of Ace Reporter rocked my socks off. Great energy.

Matt Pless played twice for us last night.

Much credit goes to Jason Samel, founder and executive director at Music for Occupy. We are grateful recipients of free tickets for last night’s event.

Jason, I placed our pre-order this morning, can’t wait to get the Occupy This Album 4 CD set.

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Occupy This Album, CD and T-Shirt

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Occupy Wall Street (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Occupy This Album, a 4 disc compilation of music by, for, and inspired by, the Occupy Wall Street movement and the 99% available May 15th, 2012. Preorder this bundle now to receive the following: Occupy This Album CD and a MFO Shirt. 

We’ll be attending the Occupy This Album Record Release Party and Concert at the City Winery in New York City. It will be featuring Nanci Griffith, Michael Moore, Richard Barone and more on 5/8/12.

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Occupy The Dream, People Have The Power

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“We occupy Wall Street, we occupy the dream, and we occupy the future for our children.” - Former head of the NAACP, Dr. Benjamin Chavis Jr.

Occupy The Dream achieves its impetus from combining the messages of Occupy Wall Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I love the solidarity between the two organizations as this unification strengthens the cause and the message that must be heard.

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An important step in the unification strategy between Occupy Wall Street and Occupy The Dream took place in New York City on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 83rd birthday.

Several hundred people packed into the historic Riverside Church in the Morningside Heights section of New York City on Sunday night, January 15, 2012 for an Occupy Wall Street vigil honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  The event featured performances by Patti Smith, Steve Earle, Stephan Said, Global Block, and St. Christopher’s Gospel Choir, among others. Russell Simmons, civil rights attorney Norman Siegel, Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Jr. and Sumumba Sobukwe addressed the crowd.

A powerful moment occurred when Patti Smith took the pulpit and brought tears to the hearts with her moving presentation of solidarity. She poetically combines her poetic song Peaceable Kingdom with People Have The Power then meshes this with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words.

The Occupy movement has gained new momentum.  Never doubt for a minute that people have the power because we do!

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Occupy This Album – Mystic Bowie

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Nevah Kiss & Tell CD

Giving Props to our music friend Mystic Bowie! He is putting his energy and music towards the cause of Occupy. His lively track “Free” from his latest CD, Nevah Kiss & Tell has been re-recorded for Occupy This Album.

Mystic Bowie your activism and voice truly aid the efforts of Occupy. We are very proud of you. Rosemary and I were both born in Norwalk, Ct. Its  great to see our city’s favorite son stepping up for Occupy!

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Statement of Autonomy

Passed by the General Assembly at Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street is a people’s movement. It is party-less, leaderless, by the people and for the people. It is not a business, a political party, an advertising campaign or a brand.  It is not for sale.

We welcome all, who, in good faith, petition for a redress of grievances through non-violence.  We provide a forum for peaceful assembly of individuals to engage in participatory as opposed to partisan debate and democracy.  We welcome dissent.

Any statement or declaration not released through the General Assembly and made public online at www.nycga.net should be considered independent of Occupy Wall Street.

We wish to clarify that Occupy Wall Street is not and never has been affiliated with any established political party, candidate or organization.  Our only affiliation is with the people.

The people who are working together to create this movement are its sole and mutual caretakers.  If you have chosen to devote resources to building this movement, especially your time and labor, then it is yours.

Any organization is welcome to support us with the knowledge that doing so will mean questioning your own institutional frameworks of work and hierarchy and integrating our principles into your modes of action.

SPEAK WITH US, NOT FOR US.

Occupy Wall Street values collective resources, dignity, integrity and autonomy above money.  We have not made endorsements.  All donations are accepted anonymously and are transparently allocated via consensus by the General Assembly or the Operational Spokes Council.

We acknowledge the existence of professional activists who work to make our world a better place.  If you are representing, or being compensated by an independent source while participating in our process, please disclose your affiliation at the outset.  Those seeking to capitalize on this movement or undermine it by appropriating its message or symbols are not a part of Occupy Wall Street.

We stand in solidarity.  We are Occupy Wall Street.

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Occupy This Album, Music Unites Us

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In the spirit of  solidarity I proudly share that music artists unite for a major common cause once more. This time it is for the worthy cause of Occupy and Occupy Wall Street. Some legendary names in music and art are voicing their support for the Occupy movement, with a music compilation record called Occupy This Album. 

 

 

 

The environmentally-friendly digital release will feature David Crosby, Graham Nash, Jackson Browne, Devo, Third Eye Blind, Ya Lo Tengo, Lloyd Cole, Pete Seeger, The Guthrie Family,  Toots and the Maytals, and filmmaker/activist Michael Moore, the producers said in a press release. Michael Moore singing, this is a first ;)

The album was inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement and will “provide an anthem and rallying cry for the protesters involved in the uprising,” producers say.

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https://www.facebook.com/MusicForOccupy

Producers of the album say all the proceeds will benefit the Occupy movement. 50% of the proceeds will be donated to the Occupy Wall Street General Fund. The other half of money generated will be distributed evenly among the major occupations across the country, according to Jason Samel of Music for Occupy, who is producing the album.  They hope to raise anywhere from $1-3 million dollars with this recording.

I plan to buy a copy and I hope you will too!!!

“The Occupation movement is really the voice of the people, it’s an idea that’s been a long time coming. I fully support their non-violent protests against a system that is carefully crafted in favor of the rich one percent,” Nash is quoted as saying.

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Occupy Musicians Joins The Movement!

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On Monday November 21, 2011 an important voice, music has been added to the Occupy Wall Street and global Occupy movements.

Their public statement of support.

We, the undersigned musicians and all who will join us, support Occupy Wall Street and the Occupy Movement around the world.

The press release can be found here:

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The Web site is designed as a petition and has been signed by many musicians. I expect the list to grow extensively and for music to be actively contributed to the Occupy campaigns.

The Occupy Musicians project is a mirror of the very successful work going on at Occupy Writers (http://occupywriters.com/) and Occupy Film Makers (http://www.occupyfilmmakers.com/), with a similar statement. Inspired by, and with help from Ginny Suss and Vanessa Wruble at the website Okay Player, they have launched the website Occupymusicians.com as a public statement of support for the Occupy Wall Street movement, and all Occupy movements.
In addition to the public statement of support, OccupyMusicians will serve as a resource:
• to facilitate performances at Occupy spaces and events
• provide links to media wishing to interview Occupy-supporting musicians
• host testimony and other writings of musicians for why they both are and support the 99 percent
• host embedded media to Occupy-related songs and music videos
• network musicians to Occupy locations and Occupy fund raisers
Twitter at @weoccupymusic
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The Theme Song for Occupy Together – Steppenwolf’s Monster

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Occupy Together continues to gain momentum from the impetus of Occupy Wall Street.  I suggest the insightful song by Steppenwolf, “Monster/Suicide/America” as the theme song for the Occupy Together movement.

The words reinforce our understanding about who we know the Mon$ter to be. Who will not obey. Greed.

And though the past has it’s share of injustice
Kind was the spirit in many a way
But it’s protectors and friends have been sleeping
Now it’s a monster and will not obey…..

America where are you now?
Don’t you care about your sons and daughters?
Don’t you know we need you now
We can’t fight alone against the monster

Lyrics by John Kay, Copyright 1970 MCA Records Inc.

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