The Chaotic, Fractal and Complex City

Many people in the US and around the world have realized that their lives has been taken away by the minority, who continue to use them and get richer.  The unemployment in the US has endured for an extended period that many have run out of unemployment insurance and are now homeless. Those that are still receiving unemployment benefits beyond the normal period could see their unemployment benefits run out in 1 January 2012.  This will mean that those going into poverty will increase an d homelessness would likewise increase.  There are more homeless families that ever before. Yet they are coping with the plight that has been handed to them by the One Percent. Many in the world have adopted the principles that the US were first to promote: Freedom of Speech, Right to Address Grievances, Equality under the law, the Rule of Law (civil society), a military under the control of the people, ability to better one’s  economic state without being hampered by an elite, and t...

According to the preliminary estimates, spending on Black Friday was up. Somehow, this is good news by the media, but actually is covering up the very sad state of  most Americans. On Black Friday, shoppers mobbed stores in a frenzy buying the 'bargains' offered by stores, particularly the 'big box' stores. Americans demonstrated that they were still addicted to the consumerism handed to them by the marketing firms representing the large corporations. There was one case where a woman pepper sprayed her fellow shoppers to get to some cheap waffle makers. My compliments to this woman for showing what has become the hallmark of the Christmas... greed and uber consumerism. Uber consumerism is the desire for useless items for the sake of buying. (see http://wealthartisan.com/2010/04/07/uber-consumerism-explained / .)  No amount of  goods satisfies those who have been drawn in by the myth created by the One Percent. It is an addiction that can never be satisfied leading a p...

Protest consumerism by boycotting ‘big box’ stores, only buy necessities if need be from them, buy in local businesses and thrift shops on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgivings. ) Say thanks to the plutocracy for giving us the opportunity to be your economic slaves.   Protest the minimum wages without benefits of the workers that are forced to work on Black Friday. In addition, tear up your credit cards.  Also (if you haven’t already) transfer your money to a credit union or local bank.  Vote with your pocket books. Send a message to the plutocracy that U.S. public wants fair wages, the end of income disparity, good benefits (if not universal health care for all workers, and outsourcing stopped. As mentioned before, there are small ways to support the Occupy Movement. Ultimately, this is to signal to the One Percent that the Ninety-Nine Percent have the power and your days are numbered  in being able to control our economy and our political system for you o...

As stated in the earlier blog entries, it is now time to transition the Occupy Movement to be part of the everyday life of citizens, to take down the structure that the plutocracy has created from within. While, I still think that a working convention/conference would be the best vehicle to galvanize the Movement, there are other ways to start making change in small ways in your neighborhood, workplace, university, local city councils, online connections etc.   On the other hand, the Movement still needs to keep up demonstrations, but probably relinquish the idea (at least for the winter time) of occupying public spaces to concentrate on broadening support. This occupying of public spaces has become   somewhat of an obsession with some in the Movement and is distracting from the overall message.  In an article by Luis Moreno-Caballud and Marina Sitrin (both participants in Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Madrid) titled “Occupy Wall Street beyond the encampments”in the o...

There is a glimmer of hope coming from the Occupy Movement.  In these turbulent times, the Movement cannot stall but must transform itself quickly to respond to the mounting problems facing the global community.   It can be clearly stated that the U.S. Congress will not act in the best interest of the 99% , neither will other governmental bodies, E.U., IMF etc. who are frantically manipulating financial markets, proposing austerity programs with the gamble that everything will resolve itself.  It is obvious that the world leadership is not equipped to make the necessary changes to correct the situation or are willing or able due to their commitment to the plutocracy; neither are they willing  to engage with the Occupy Movement.  At this crucial juncture, the Occupy Movement and all the entourage that support it must evolve into a more structured organization with key leadership to confront the emerging political situations and the decrepit and self-serving...

There is ‘buzz’ over several online sources about the transition of the Occupy Movement to the arena of real politics.  At first, the major theme of the Occupy Movement was awareness of the domination of the minority (the 1% or the plutocracy) over the majority (the 99%.)  This was not a widely known phenomena or ‘rallying cry’ before the Movement.  However, now one can say the vast majority of citizens in the U.S. and the world understand this undisputable fact and are behind significant reform and transformation of the global political and economic environment. . The  winds of change are in the air in New York, Los Angeles London, Madrid, Cairo, Tunis City, Damascus, Sydney and other numerous locations around the world. The global population is fervently watching  the Movement and hoping that it will blossom into one that will result in a more just world where the Majority (the 99%) are participating and determining decisions affecting their lives, not the Min...

This is a revolution that is individual and personal. On all accounts, the 99% in the U.S. have fallen victim to the environment that the plutocracy has created. They are the: unemployed; under-employed;  families struggling with mortgages; homeless; older persons experiencing employment discrimination; the youth of American being forced into the military due to economic necessity and often coming back from Iraq or Afghanistan disabled mentally or physically and  often unable to find a job; small retailers who are losing their business because of 'big-box' stores; retirees losing or seeing their pensions falling a significant amount of money;  .... .  In Mexican Spanish dialect, the poor are referred to as los marginales (the marginal), not los pobres (the poor)  This distinction is one which means that those who are poor are not only economically deprived but have been pushed to the margins, ignored by society and the government.  They have no voice. In ...

The question for many has been: Who are the leaders behind the Occupy Movement? If one listens to the ‘mouthpieces’ of the plutocracy in the U.S.,  the impression is that those in the Occupy Movement do not represent the majority or the Ninety-Nine Percent, but are a 'rag-tag'  bunch of radical activists conspiring to bring chaos and disaster to 'The American Way of Life' and U.S. democracy. (''The American Way of Life' is now a hollow concept which has been destroyed by the plutocracy. Also, U.S. democracy likewise has been hijacked by them through powerful lobbies and their political machines which have bought politicians, including the U.S. President and all prominent world leaders. To expect any reform from these lackeys that will result in change for the global community is fantasy.)   This is blatant propaganda from the plutocracy meant to distract and diffuse a popular uprising which threatens their stranglehold on the global economy and political env...

In a chaotic, fractal, self-organizing, scale -less   and emerging manner, bearing all the characteristic of a complex entity, it is evident that : The Revolution Has Begun!!     It emerged in Liberty Square (AKA Zuccotti Park) in New   York City on 17 September, 2011 and bore the name “Occupy Wall Street.:” The Occupy movement is now not only in the U.S., but has manifested itself in Canada,   Europe, Mexico and South America. as indicated by a recent map posted by the Guardian on 18 October 2011, (see http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2011/oct/18/occupy-protests-map-world .)   What led up to this moment that has sparked the imagination of the world and is giving some glimmer of hope?   It was not overnight.   It had been building up for at least thirty years.   During this period of time,    the middle class was steadily being eroded; high productivity of workers was not shared by corporate entities, but wen...