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| 99 Percent Declaration | |
|---|---|
 Website logo and Washington State Route 99 road sign | |
| Created | October 7, 2011 |
| Ratified | October 15, 2011 |
| Location | the99declaration.org |
| Author(s) | Occupy Wall Street Demands Working Group |
| Purpose | To convene a national general assembly to petition for the redress of twenty suggested grievances and amend the United States Constitution |
The 99 Percent Declaration is a document which includes a list of grievances its organizers hope to eventually get protesters of the Occupy Wall Street movement to vote on at their governing body, known as the New York City General Assembly. Co-author David Haack, introduced a proposal outlining demands during the early planning stages of the protests but were was struck down in late August.
The document calls for a United States general assembly on July 4, 2012 in Philadelphia to support public works programs, tax hikes on the wealthiest, debt forgiveness, ways to get money out of politics, and an amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
On October 15, 2011, the Occupy Wall Street Demands Working Group published the Declaration of demands, goals, and solutions. However, New York City General Assembly official statements are agreed upon by consensus, and not all participants agree with issuing demands. The Goals Working Group may produce an alternative document.
On October 31, 2011 the "Working Group" disappeared from the New York City General Assembly website. Later that evening a member of the group began making disparaging remarks about the site administration team and the movement overall. The server logs showed the group was self deleted by one of their own controlling members. The Official NYC GA website, "Site News" stated that administrators of groups have the ability to delete that group at any time and "This story gets especially intriguing, though, when the other group admin decided to blame the movement". According to political commentator, Taylor Marsh: "he one thing I’ve seen at OWS, the “working group” isn’t mentioned by name." She goes on to mention postings from OWS and "hat seems to indicate the issuers of the Declaration are not directly tied to OWS.
References
- Notes
- ^ "The 99 Percent Declaration" the99declaration.org
- ^ Kingkade, T. (October 18, 2011) "Occupy Wall Street Protesters Propose A National Convention, Release Potential Demands" Huffington Post. Retrieved 20 October 2011
- ^ Duda, C. (October 19, 2011) "Occupy Wall Street Protesters Call for National General Assembly, Put Forward Possible Demands" Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
- ^ Walsh, J. (October 20, 2011) "Do we know what OWS wants yet?" Salon
- Dunn, M. (October 19, 2011) "‘Occupy’ May Hold National Assembly In Philadelphia" CBS Philadelphia
- Kennedy, A.L. (October 22, 2011) "Protesters Plan to Occupy Williamsburg" Williamsburg Yorktown Daily
- ^ Haack, D. (October 24, 2011) "How the Occupy movement won me over" The Guardian
- Kenworthy, L. (August 20, 2010) "The best inequality graph, updated" Consider the Evidence
- Lopez, L. (October 19, 2011) "Finally! The Protesters Have Drafted A Set Of Demands For The Jobs Crisis" Business Insider
- "The NYCGA-True Hollywood Story: The 99Declaration Group, an Exposé". New York City General Assembly Official Website. Retrieved 11-3-11.
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- Further reading
- Lefcourt, D. (October 21, 2011) "The Essence of the Occupy Movement, 'Redress of Grievances'" Op-ed news
- Benn, J. (October 2, 2011) "Occupy protestors make demands in The99Declaration" Rocky Mountain Collegian
- Moore, T. (October 25, 2011) "The Populist's Dilemma" Cornell Sun