Surprise! Soros’ Fingerprints All Over September 17 OccupyWallStreet ‘Demands’

Brenda J. Elliott
Klein Online
9/12/2011

The tipoff for George Soros’ involvement with the September 17 anti-banker OccupyWallStreet direct action comes by way of , an “Expat activist, lover, info-geek” who is “trying to play [her] role on the #globalrevolution.”1

Khatib wrote yesterday — on behalf of the “citizens and non-citizens” of The General Assembly of New York City — in a Take the Square message, that “One of the first concrete steps we have decided to take is to participate in a global day of action against [the] financial capital on September 17, 2011.”

Khatib continues: “We invite you to join us in this action by peacefully occupying the streets and squares surrounding the Wall Street area in New York City beginning on September 17.”

What has been unknown to date is what do “they” want?

As I wrote a few days ago, the plan is to encamp on Wall Street in New York City and internationally in major financial centers. The September 17 target is the banks.

However, the agenda goes way beyond this. Khatib provides a partial list of “demands” that are chock-a-block full of head-scratching suggestions.

At the moment we do not have a specific list of demands. However, the Assembly initiated a conversation through which a number of proposals and perspectives unfolded.

Some of us think that the imposition of a Robin Hood Tax on all financial transactions, tax increases on capital gains, and the reinstatement of the Glass-Steagall Act are three essential measures to reestablish a minimum of fiscal sanity in the United States and abroad.

Some of us think that true autonomy and independence cannot be achieved through fiscal reform.

Some of us believe that we ought to reboot the system, rewrite the constitution, recuse a system of government employed by the rich for the rich. Many of us think that what truly matters at this stage is to create a shared framework which may enable everyone to speak out, be heard, co-evolve and advance with others. If you look through this framework you may not see one defined picture. If you walk through it you will be amazed at the strange world on the other side. It is time to take back our lives. We ask you to join us now in New York City or to start your own General Assembly in your own town.

Let’s explore these “demands” one-by-one…

Read the complete article at Klein Online.

H/T Romanticpoet’s Weblog

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