Revolution Day on Fremont St. - Occupy Las Vegas - October 15, 2011

( http://occupylasvegas.org/ and http://www.facebook.com/occupylasvegas for updates, pictures, and videos.)

Occupy Las Vegas Hits Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada

LAS VEGAS - Channel 8 News Las Vegas - Fremont Street is known for its unusual sights, but it's not often that hundreds of chanting, shouting protesters march up and down the tourist destination for hours.

The Occupy Las Vegas movement is in its second week, with a wide range of political opinion. Most of their frustration and anger is at the massive corporate profit of financial institutions in the midst of Nevada's foreclosure crisis.

Local union laborers joined forces with the Occupy Las Vegas Movement, wearing their yellow shirts in solidarity.

Metro police reports no incidents of disorderly conduct during this protest. There was an increased presence of officers, but the department says due to scheduling changes, it does not come at an additional cost to county taxpayers.

March Path for Revolution Day on Fremont St. (Click photo to enlarge)

IN THE NEWS

Las Vegas Sun - Occupy Las Vegas comes out for Round 2

CBS - Occupy Wall Street: More popular than you think

Fox News - 'Occupy Wall Street' -- It's Not What They're for, But What They're Against

Occupy Las Vegas Blvd -(The Strip) - From October 6, 2011 - Video and photos

My video of Fremont Street from previously where I make a cameo appearance at 1:50 into the clip)

Occupy Las Vegas Mission Statement  (Spanish Version Below) WHO are we? We are the 99% of Americans who have not benefited from the various financial bailouts, tax breaks, and other subsidies that the dominant 1% of the population have gained over the past several years. We are students, workers, veterans, the unemployed, those on Social Security benefits, and those whose savings and investments were either wiped out or greatly diminished by the economic fluctuations starting in 2007. We are those who have had our homes foreclosed upon or are about to have it done to us, those whose homes are now worth a fraction of what we paid for them, and those who have never owned a home and now don’t expect to ever be able to. We are the newly poor who wonder how everything for which we worked hard vanished so quickly and how we and our families are going to survive. We are the long-time poor, who have never had much of a chance, let alone a voice, to make our own way in our current social and economic system. We come from all backgrounds, races, and religions. We are concerned about, and more than a little scared by, the directions in which we see our lives, and the lives of our families, friends and neighbors going - and the directions in which we see our nation and the whole planet going. And we are angry with those who have taken us in those directions. We are part of a much larger global and national movement that wants real changes in how the world is run. In short, we’re you, and you are one of us. WHAT do we want? We want an end to corporate money’s influence in politics, whether through campaign donations, PACs, or other groups. Money is not speech. We want truly effective campaign finance reform, so that corporations and other interests have no overwhelming advantage over the rest of us in any part of American politics. We want far greater legal accountability for public officials and corporate executives, and we demand that, if found guilty of committing crimes while in office, they are made to pay for those crimes in full, like anyone else. We want equal treatment from our justice system at all levels, and at every stage from investigations, through trials and sentencing for everyone, regardless of origins or social class. We want a moratorium on foreclosures, an end to the continual attacks on our social safety net and on the rights for workers to organize themselves and, if need be, to strike to get better pay, benefits, and working conditions. We want secure and sustainable investments and improvements in our social infrastructure, like schools and libraries, and to create an America where everyone may actually live in a decent and dignified manner, an America where everyone's rights count and are respected by all. This is who we are and what we want. We ask for no more and shall take no less. We are the 99%, and we will not be silenced.

¿Quiénes somos?

Somos el 99% de los estadounidenses que no se han beneficiado de los rescates financieros diversos, exenciones fiscales y otros subsidios que el discurso dominante del 1% de la población ha adquirido en los últimos años.

Somos estudiantes, trabajadores, desempleados, y los que benefician de la Seguridad Social, aquellos cuyos ahorros e inversiones fueron eliminados ya sea con o reducido en gran medida por las fluctuaciones económicas a partir de 2007.

Nosotros somos los que hemos tenido nuestras casas en ejecución hipotecaria, están a punto de tener que hacer a nosotros, o cuyas casas ahora valen una fracción de lo que pagamos por ellos.

Somos los nuevos pobres, que se preguntan cómo todo lo que hemos trabajado duro desapareció tan rápidamente, y cómo nosotros y nuestras familias van a sobrevivir.

Somos los pobres desde hace mucho tiempo, que nunca han tenido mucha oportunidad, mucho menos una voz, para hacer nuestro propio camino en nuestro actual sistema social y económico.

Venimos de todas las procedencias, razas y religiones.

Nos preocupa, y mucho más que un poco de miedo por las direcciones en que vemos nuestras vidas, las de nuestras familias, amigos, vecinos, nuestra nación y el planeta entero se va, y estamos enfadados con ellos, como todos nos han sido tratados en el pasado, y están siendo tratados ahora.

En resumen, usted, y usted es uno de nosotros.

¿Qué queremos?

Queremos poner fin a la influencia del dinero corporativo en la política, ya sea a través de donaciones de campaña, los PAC y otros grupos.

Queremos una reforma de financiamiento de campaña realmente efectiva, por lo que las corporaciones y otros intereses no tienen ninguna ventaja abrumadora sobre el resto de nosotros en cada parte de la política estadounidense.

Queremos que la rendición de cuentas mucho mayor seguridad jurídica para los funcionarios públicos y ejecutivos de empresas, y exigimos que, si son hallados culpables de cometer crímenes durante su mandato, se les hace pagar por ellos en su totalidad, como cualquier otra persona.

Queremos igualdad de trato de nuestro sistema de justicia en todos los niveles y en todas las etapas de las investigaciones, a través de juicios y condenas para todos, independientemente del origen o clase social.

Queremos poner fin a los continuos ataques a nuestra red de seguridad social, y sobre los derechos de los trabajadores a organizarse y, si fuera necesario, a la huelga para conseguir mejores salarios, beneficios y condiciones de trabajo.

Queremos inversiones seguras y sostenibles y la mejora de nuestra infraestructura social, como escuelas y bibliotecas, y para crear un país donde todo el mundo realmente puede vivir de una manera decente y digna, y contar con sus derechos y sean respetados por todos.

Esto es lo que somos y lo que queremos. Pedimos nada más, y no tomará menos. Somos el 99%, y que no será silenciada. "