Here it is, as posted on OWS.
AMERICA OCCUPIES THE CAPITAL
January 17 at 9 am
Capitol Hill
[IMAGE of a Poster here announcing: "You Don't Represent Us" and "occupyyourcongress.info, "17 January 2012"]
Washington, DC—On January 17 Americans from across the nation and the world will assemble in the shadows of a broken system to participate in real democracy.
At 9 am on the opening day of Congress, Occupy Congress will convene for a day of action against a corrupt political institution. Actions include a multi-occupational General Assembly, teach-ins, an OCCUParty, a pink slip for every congressional “representative” and a march on all three branches of a puppet government that sold our rights and our futures to the 1%.
This is an illegitimate system. Around half of the nation’s population doesn’t participate in electoral politics. More than 6 million Americans who want to vote are disenfranchised, including the entire populace of the District of Columbia. There is consensus that we are on the wrong track and that our “leaders” do not have our interests at heart.
All “elected” officials bought their way into gerrymandered seats with Wall Street money. These bankers’ henchmen have shown themselves both unwilling and unable to take on the tremendous, systemic issues in our country, our place in this world.
In the face of this endemic corruption, the Occupy movement is about organizing locally to discuss and change these problems from the ground up. We came to show the 1%’s Congress what democracy looks like.
Our nation, and our world, is in crisis and our “elected” officials have failed us. They refused to hold their bankrollers—Wall Street—responsible for the financial crimes that bankrupted our nation and destroyed the global economy. This last legislative cycle was the least productive in recorded U.S. history; 90% of the country disapproves of these “elected” officials.
We refuse to accept the grim future that Wall Street’s cronies have designed. We refuse to be the 1%’s captive citizenry. We stand together to show that the 99% are creating a better world.
The 99% will no longer be complacent. Our many voices will be amplified on the steps of Capitol Hill. We shall have a nation by, for, and powered by the people once again. We are building it.
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BROKEN. CORRUPT. ILLEGITIMATE.
That describes the Halls of Criminality our compatriots are protesting before today.
I extend my overflowing gratitude to those who have sacrificed to be there on our behalf, as well as to those from the neaby occupations on (Freedom Plaza (14th and Pennsylvania) and at McPherson Square on K street and 15th, which are both involved in Occupy Congress today. Their respective slogans are:
Stop the Machine! Human, Needs Not Corporate Greed (Freedom Plaza)
Occupy DC for Revolution (McPherson Square)
I encourage (and thank in advance) anyone who can support these occupations in any way possible. And, as with OWS, the work in D.C. is incredibly important because of the significance of the available target locations for protest.
D.C. is a great location to press this movement's grievances. It is incredibly target rich. In addition to the Capitol Building, there are The Federal Reserve, visited yesterday as part of the Occupy the Dream event, The Supreme Court, to be visited this Friday for Occupy the Courts, the White House, the Senate and House office buildings, the Pentagon, K Street, the secret Intelligence offices nearby, and on and on. And not just government buildings, but also a full slate of banks and numerous other corporate offices, including, of course, defense contractors.
VIVA LA REVOLUTION!