NEWS: This Sunday #OccupyLA Will #OccupySGRadio For A Very Special Show

CULTURE: This Sunday #OccupyLA Will #OccupySGRadio For A Very Special Show

This is what democracy looks like.

This Sunday (Oct 9) #OccupyLA will #OccupySGRadio for a very special show which will simultaneously be broadcast on Indie1031.com and livestreamed via OWSLosAngeles from 10 PM til Midnight PST...

We’ve witnessed financial theft on a mass scale, yet the only mass arrests on Wall Street have been of those brave enough to protest about it. We’ve seen the laws that were put in place to protect investors eroded, and new laws enacted to protect those that are robbing us blind from prosecution. We’ve seen banks repossess homes they don’t even have the correct paperwork for, and families made homeless while vacant home stocks are at an all time high. We’ve seen corporations gain “citizen” status to buy influence, yet refuse to submit to one of the basic responsibilities of being one – paying taxes. We’ve seen the already obscenely rich get even richer, while an indecent amount of ordinary folks have fallen below the poverty line. We’ve seen tax breaks reward the wealthy, at the expense of the poor. We’ve seen corporations enjoy welfare, while those that own them bemoan the “entitlements” of those who have worked hard and earned their benefits.

In short, we, the 99 percent, have seen enough.

We’re taking to the streets, we’re taking back our country – this is what democracy looks like.

Please join us this Sunday as #OccupyLA takes over the Indie1031 studios to #OccupySGRadio.

Show your support and be sure to friend and follow #OccupyLA on Facebook and Twitter.

We Are The 99 Percent.

XOX

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#OccupyLA Begins - SG Was There...


Briefing before the #OccupyLA kickoff march from Pershing Square to City Hall in DTLA. Here protesters learn a few magic words from representatives from the National Lawyers Guild in case of arrest: “Am I being detained?” “I choose to remain silent” and “Can I talk to a lawyer.”


The new face of democracy.


We're trying.


He's taking back his country, you can too.


Those that complain they've yet to hear #OccupyWallStreet's agenda are just asking us to state the bleeding obvious.


Well, we know why she's here.


This is what happens when corporations fuck you. Does yours hurt too?


The new American Dream.


So are you.


He's part of the 99 percent too. Props to the LAPD for being pretty damn cool (and hot!). Also, thanks to the Los Angeles City Council for this.


Patriotism at its finest.

See photo gallery for more images from #OccupyLA.

I wonder if they're made in China?

Time Warner owns the rights to the mask and from what i could find there is 1 made in Mexico and 1 made in China available.

That's going to be a shock to the British, who've been celebrating Guy Fawkes Day for more than 300 years before there was a Time Warner. The Aussies, too. Oh, and it used to be celebrated in the 13 colonies, before we were America, too. Let's file this one under Spurious Copyright Claims.

The Guy Fawkes mask has become one of the universal symbols for Anonymous. Anonymous is everyone, regardless of race, religion or locations. Time Warner may own the rights for the masks but the owe it all to Alan Moore, since they took his story and completely butchered it.

Back to the main subject, if you want inspiration, check out the revolution that happened, and is still happening, in Iceland in 2008! Talk about a populace not bowing to rules imposed by the global financial system!

Why Iceland isn't in the news

Spurious? How, exactly? Warner Bros. was the studio that pumped out the movie "V For Vendetta", and the mask is based on a design that they own the rights to (even if Dave Lloyd was the original creator of that particular Guy Fawkes mask). Check this out. Oh, and this one too.

That's a strong point you raise regarding that particular Fawkes design being Lloyd's.

It still seems fishy that Warner would claim the copyright when it would presumably belong to Quality Comics. It could also void the copyright if Quality had stopped defending it during the many years that the comic had been out of print since it's 1982 debut and the 2005 film. And the Lloyd's design being copyrightable could still be called into question if out of the countless earlier examples of Guy Fawkes masks, one could be shown to exhibit prior art.

But I expect you're right. Warner likely does have a solid claim to that particular design.

BBC article about the V for Vendetta masks.