Solidarity with the Occupy Movement in U.S.

EN SOLIDARIDAD CON EL MOVIMIENTO ‘OCUPA’ EN ESTADOS UNIDOS

CARTA ABIERTA DESDE MÉXICO

Al movimiento OCUPA en Estados Unidos:

 Nosotros, integrantes de la Coalición por los Derechos Políticos de los Mexicanos en el Extranjero (CDPME), enviamos nuestra solidaridad con la resistencia pacífica que iniciara el movimiento Occupy Wall Street el 17 de septiembre de 2011 en la ciudad de Nueva York, y cuya inspiración se repite hoy en cientos de ocupaciones en ciudades estadunidenses. Saludamos este movimiento porque su lucha contra la supresión de los derechos políticos y contra las injusticias económicas y sociales, ha sido parte fundamental de nuestra lucha, la lucha del pueblo mexicano sin fronteras, la lucha de millones de migrantes mexicanos que viven en Estados Unidos.

Los mexicanos en ambos lados de la frontera, nos solidarizamos ante la represión policíaca contra los participantes y simpatizantes de este movimiento durante las protestas pacíficas. Condenamos la brutalidad policíaca en los desalojos de los campamentos OCUPA desde Los Angeles hasta Nueva York. Si bien estos actos son reprobables, muestran también la complicidad y la coordinación nacional concertada de los cuerpos de policía para defender y mantener el orden, los valores, y el sistema capitalista de privilegios que ha arrastrado a la sociedad estadunidense –y al resto del mundo– a la incertidumbre económica, el desempleo, la merma de derechos políticos, y la destrucción de los sistemas de seguridad social a una escala global.

Occupy and the immigrant communities

David Bacon
OAKLAND, CA  (12/5/11) -- When Occupy Seattle called its tent camp "Planton Seattle," camp organizers were laying a local claim to a set of tactics used for decades by social movements in Mexico, Central America and the Philippines.  And when immigrant janitors marched down to the detention center in San Diego and called their effort Occupy ICE (the initials of the Immigration and Custom Enforcement agency responsible for mass deportations), people from countries with that planton tradition were connecting it to the Occupy movement here.

The banners at Occupy Seattle

        This shared culture and history offer new possibilities to the Occupy movement for survival and growth at a time when the Federal law enforcement establishment, in cooperation with local police departments and municipal governments, has uprooted many tent encampments.  Different Occupy groups from Wall Street to San Francisco have begun to explore their relationship with immigrant social movements in the U.S., and to look more closely at the actions of the 1% beyond our borders that produces much of the pressure for migration.
   Reacting to the recent evictions, the Coalition for the Political Rights of Mexicans Abroad recently sent a support letter to Occupy Wall Street and the other camps under attack.  "We greet your movement," it declared, "because your struggle against the suppression of human rights and against social and economic injustice has been a fundamental part of our struggle, that of the Mexican people who cross borders, and the millions of Mexican migrants who live in the United States."

War Times analyzes Occupy Movement

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Occupy has changed the country.  People are fighting back.  And the developments are happening faster than anyone could have guessed even a few months ago. The Occupy movement has gone from a few dozen in Zuccotti park in New York to thousands of participants in hundreds of cities.  Across the country occupations have become pitched battles between the people’s movement and municipal police forces. 

The speed with which this unfolded, the degree of brutality leveled against the occupiers, and the resilience of the Occupy movement are all remarkable.  In times like this the movement outstrips the best expectations of organizers and organizations.  And while these developments defy simple explanation, their impact is undeniable.  People are no longer talking about deficits and budget cuts, but about Wall Street and the one percent. 

So it is with Occupy.  It has bypassed traditional forms of political mobilization, leaving more established organizations trying to play catch up. And the movement has changed form, from public occupations, to marches and rallies, civil disobedience and city-wide strikes – all faster than anyone would have expected. 

But the forces opposed to Occupy are moving fast too. Occupiers have faced serious police repression around the country, with pepper spray attacks in Seattle and Davis, California, life-threatening injuries in Oakland, and in Seattle a miscarriage caused by police violence.

Meanwhile, Wall Street’s agenda of austerity for the poor and attacks on the public sector has not yet been derailed.

Beyond the Washington Consensus on the economy

Democratic Socialists Hold Convention in Washington-

Responding to the Economic Crisis: Beyond the Washington Consensus.

  

“Occupy Wall Street and the Struggle for a Democratic Society-“

A plenary session at 1:30 PM  on Friday  will kick off the national convention of DSA, the Democratic Socialists of America to be held from  Nov. 11 through Nov. 13 at the Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner located at 8661 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA.

DSA, the U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International, is the largest socialist political organization in the country with more than  7000 members and active locals in more 40 U.S. cities and college campuses. DSA members reside in all 50 states. 

A public outreach event “Equality and Jobs for the 99%: Economic Justice for All” featuring speakers including labor leader and immigration reform activist Eliseo Medina, author John Nichols, Josyln Williams of the AFL-CIO,  Maria Svart and additional progressive activists,  occurs at 7 p.m. on Nov. 11 at the St. Stephen and Incarnation Church at 1525 Newton St. NW, Washington, D.C.

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