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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=tanstl@hotmail.com href="mailto:tanstl@hotmail.com">David Sladky</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 10, 2012 8:52 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Occupy East End rejects MoveOn Takeover Attempt</DIV></DIV>
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<H2 class=post-title>Occupy East End rejects MoveOn Takeover Attempt</H2><SPAN
class=post-author>by <A href="http://waliberals.org/author/lb/">Linda
Boyd</A></SPAN> <SPAN class=posted-on>on </SPAN><SPAN class=post-date>April
9th, 2012</SPAN> <SPAN class=posted-at>at </SPAN><SPAN class=post-time>1:46
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<DIV class="AWD_facebook_likebutton "> </DIV>Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 16:05:20
-0700<BR>Subject: [SFPJN] Occupy the East End Rejects MoveOn.org Takeover
Attempt<BR><STRONG>PRESS RELEASE: Occupy the East End Rejects MoveOn.org
Takeover Attempt</STRONG><BR>April 8th, 2012<BR>Please disseminate to everyone
in and interested in the Occupy Wall Street movement. Thank you./ /APRIL 8,
2012—FOR<BR><STRONG>IMMEDIATE RELEASE/ *OCCUPY THE EAST END TO MOVEON.ORG:
</STRONG><STRONG>WE WILL NOT BE HIJACKED!*</STRONG><BR>We had been silent. We
had hoped that the organizations that are attempting to co-opt and dilute the
Occupy Wall Street movement would stop. The Occupy movements across the country
are fighting for better lives of the 99% of Americans who work for a living. We
had hoped that these interlopers would recognize that what they are doing is
wrong.<BR>But they have not done the right thing. Now it’s time to speak out and
fight back.<BR>A Democratic Party-affiliated organization, MoveOn.org, is
actively attempting to hijack the Occupy Wall Street movement. This brazen
co-option attempt began by mimicking the Occupy movement’s terminology and
rhetoric, not to embrace it, but to channel our movement’s energies toward
backing Democratic candidates and policies. MoveOn says: “MoveOn stands in
solidarity with the brave protesters at Occupy Wall Street, but we’re not Occupy
Wall Street and we’re not trying to become Occupy Wall Street.” If that’s true,
why are they posting articles with titles like “Which Corporations Occupy
Congress?” and sponsoring events with titles like “We Are The 99%?” This is
“Astroturfing”* at its worst.<BR>MoveOn is creating confusion on
purpose.<BR>Ground Zero in MoveOn’s takeover attempt of Occupy is focused on the
eastern end of Long Island in New York. Occupy the East End represents the OWS
movement in the Hamptons and Shelter Island, which happen to be the most popular
summer playground for the 1%.<BR>Its most recent attempt to co-opt our movement
is by scheduling a “99% Spring Training” by a MoveOn front group called
“99%Spring” on April 15, 2012 at the same location and time where Occupy the
East End has been holding its General Assemblies since the group formed in
October of 2011. Occupy the East End delivered an unprecedented unanimous
block—every OEE member at the GA issued a personal block—to a MoveOn
representative who “asked” OEE to participate—after MoveOn had scheduled the
event. The MoveOn rep refused to change the date or time and informed OEE that
“you will be taken over [by MoveOn] whether you like it or not.”<BR>We cannot be
bought! We will not be co-opted!<BR>Moveon.org is a political lobbying
organization that routinely backs Democratic candidates and was originally
funded by the billionaire George Soros. MoveOn.org is considered the “lead
lobbying group” for Obama’s reelection campaign, and has overt ties to various
Wall Street entities.<BR>Occupy the East End is in no way affiliated with
MoveOn.org, nor does it wish to become so. The attempt to take over OEE is a
hostile takeover attempt to capitalize on the Occupy movement as a whole. Occupy
Wall Street and Occupy the East End as a movement rejects the political system
as a broken structure that needs to be overhauled from the bottom
up.<BR><STRONG>*Call To ACTION*</STRONG><BR>Occupy the East End urgently
requests the support of all Occupations and occupiers to rebuff this attempt to
CO-OPT OUR movement. All Occupiers are asked to join us at the Windmill on Long
Wharf in Sag Harbor, NY on April 15, 2012 at 12:30 pm to make your voice heard
at the General Assembly of the REAL Occupy movement!<BR>*Astroturfing: The
creation of lobbying groups that appear to be separate from corporate interests,
but that are actually funded by them. As opposed to “grassroots” political
activism.<BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>