Could #OccupyWallStreet Be Infiltrated by Political Groups?

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Could #OccupyWallStreet Be Infiltrated by Political Groups?

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We are fighting to make damn sure it is not co-opted. After watching this great interview – Thanks Andrew! – checkout our proposed statement here.

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Anonymous said:

It is much more of a greater danger that right wing organizations will infiltrate the street movements and provoke counter-productive reactionary activity that would legitimate and justify suppression. Provocateurs of this type have always showed up to disturb and disrupt the directions of protest movements and to coordinate covert activity against leaders and successful individuals that they target. This is historically established, and must be carefully screened out from mere opportunists.

October 8th, 2011 at 6:03 pm
Anonymous said:

Remember that social media is a two edged sword, and while it can be a powerful tool for freedom and democracy, it can easily be co-opted as a false flag device to misdirect as well. Brothers and Sisters…stay the course !http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Kingdom_of_God_is_Within_You ; BY LEO TOLSTOY.
Tolstoy apparently impacted M. Gandhi and MLK with this
passive/resistant -anarchist position statement on morality and teaching
a doctrine of “non-resistance” against evil.
SEE also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy

October 8th, 2011 at 6:08 pm
Occupy Wall Street: “We Will NOT Be Co-Opted” said:

[...] Could #OccupyWallStreet Be Infiltrated by Political Groups? [...]

October 8th, 2011 at 6:27 pm
Anonymous said:

WORTH NOTING SERIOUSLY IN REGARD TO A UNITED INTENTIONALITY AND PURPOSE:
http://www.commondreams.org/vi… (MAIN ARTICLE)

essential reading for purposes of agreement on the issues and solidarity:
Please ALSO read the Principles of Solidarity working draft
http://nycga.cc/2011/09/24/pri...

Published on Sunday, October 2, 2011 by NYC General Assembly

Declaration of the Occupation of New York City

by NYC General Assembly

This document was accepted by the NYC General Assembly on September
29, 2011, with slight adjustments in wording on October 1, 2011:

October 8th, 2011 at 7:06 pm
Anonymous said:

WORTH NOTING SERIOUSLY IN REGARD TO A UNITED INTENTIONALITY AND PURPOSE:
http://www.commondreams.org/vi… (MAIN ARTICLE)

essential reading for purposes of agreement on the issues and solidarity:
Please ALSO read the Principles of Solidarity working draft
http://nycga.cc/2011/09/24/pri...

Published on Sunday, October 2, 2011 by NYC General Assembly

Declaration of the Occupation of New York City

by NYC General Assembly

This document was accepted by the NYC General Assembly on September
29, 2011, with slight adjustments in wording on October 1, 2011:

October 8th, 2011 at 7:06 pm
Tinwirth said:

I think its more likely that those “actors” whatever the organization is will be intelligence operatives, FBI, CIA, NYPD, possibly even foreign intelligence. We know the RMCP had provocateur operatives in the G20 demos in Canada.

October 8th, 2011 at 11:56 pm
Bruce E. Woych said:

@Tinwirt
all too true. It has been a fact of American history as well and is well documented. Awarness is vital, but it also contextualizes a pretext for paranoia that can also be exploited.
Hopefully this “SWARM” is too strong a storm to manipulate so easily. As it surges across the nation it will surely create a tidal wave that will not pivot on any one center. That is actually the best defense against the false flag antics of our illustrious intel-community and their cold war games.

October 9th, 2011 at 8:04 am
Der amerikanische Frühling ? : Mathias Broeckers said:

[...] brauchen keine Führer, wir brauchen keine Lobbyisten, wir sind 99%.” Die Bewegung will sich nicht infiltrieren und kooptieren lassen, nicht von Parteien und NGOs, nicht von Stiftungen und Thinktanks – und sie weiß warum. [...]

October 9th, 2011 at 12:45 pm

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