Have you read Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals? Read this passage and then read the plans below of the Occupy Wall Street Crowd . Sound familiar?
“A busy Saturday shopping date was selected. Approximately 3000 blacks all dressed up in their good churchgoing suits or dresses would be bused downtown. When you put 3000 blacks on the main floor of a store, even one that covers a square block, suddenly the entire color of the store changes. Any white coming throught the revolving doors would take one pop-eyed look and assume that somehow he had stepped into Africa. He would keep right on going out of the store. Rules for Radicals pp. 146-147
Demonstrators Plan to Occupy Retailers on Black Friday
Published: Tuesday, 22 Nov 2011 12:27 PM ET
By: Cadie Thompson
Producer, CNBC.com
Some demonstrators are planning to occupy retailers on Black Friday to protest "the business that are in the pockets of Wall Street."
Organizers are encouraging consumers to either occupy or boycott retailers that are publicly traded, according to the Stop Black Friday website.
The goal of the movement is to impact the profits of major corporations this holiday season.
"The idea is simple, hit the corporations that corrupt and control American politics where it hurts, their profits, " states the Occupy Black Friday Facebook page.
A few of the retailers the protesters plan on targeting include Neiman Marcus, Amazon and Wal-Mart.
Their website states the following:
"Keep in mind that we are not occupying small businesses or hardworking people—we must make a distinction between the businesses that are in the pockets of Wall Street and the businesses that serve our local communities.
We are NOT anti-capitalist. Just anti-crapitalist.
Below is a shortlist for publicly traded large businesses to Occupy or to boycott on Black Friday. Luckily, most of them don't have good presents anyway. If you want to see the top 100 retail businesses for 2010 to boycott, click here.
On Black Friday, Occupy or boycott:
- Abercrombie & Fitch
- Amazon.com (yes, we have to stay away from Amazon, too!)
- AT&T Wireless [
- Burlington Coat Factory
- Dick's Sporting Goods (I was surprised, too!)
- Dollar Tree
- The Home Depot
- Neiman Marcus
- OfficeMax
- Toys R'Us
- Verizon Wireless
- Wal-Mart
Solidarity!"
This is not the first time the demonstrators have taken action against corporations by using their money as weapon for change.
On Nov. 5th many demonstrators participated in "Bank Transfer Day" and moved their money from banks to credit unions.
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6 comments:
I agree with some of the Occupiers points. These corps are making big profits while a hugh majority of their employees make such low wages they qualify for some type of government assistance.
On another note, it appears as though Perdue is throwing the Hudson's out to the wolves and blaming their cows for the manure runoff problem.
So why are they not Occupying Congress if that's the problem?
I don't know 7:57 but it's a good question. I saw an interview with one on the news and he was using Walmart as an example of major profits, upper managenment hugh salaries and those who actually work in the store getting below poverty level wages and the middle class tax payers footing the bill since they qualify for food stamps, renters assistance and Medicaid.
I find that a very good point.
9:18, are you saying that Walmart holds their employees in slavery and does not allow them to look for higher paying jobs elsewhere? These people agreed to take the job at that salary; nobody forced them to take it.
It's the tax payers that end up subsidizing the employees in the form of food stamps, WIC, subsidized housing. Wal*Mart benefits directly from these practices therefore Wal*Mart should bear a larger portion of the tax burden.
As far as 10:57's slavery comment. Where are the jobs that you would have Wal*Mart associates change to? There are fewer manufacturing and skilled labor jobs in Salisbury than there were 25 years ago, and those that are left have a captive workforce...and no need to compete for labor.
9:36...the fact that there aren't many jobs here - or anywhere for that matter - doesn't mean that walmart is responsible for paying higher salaries or offering better benefits. The real problem is that there are so many socialist programs out there that actually make it possible for businesses to be less competitive in the area of benefits. If the government would get the hell out of the way, businesses could compete and workers with skills and solid work ethic could negotiate these issues with their prospective employers. Government IS the problem not the solution.
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