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Remember special declaration assembly 3pm today @ Flagstaff Gardens!

First Declaration of Occupy Melbourne

We stand in solidarity with the people in the Occupy movement in Australia and across the globe. In the name of freedom and democratic processes, we stand resolutely in opposition to unjust and unsustainable systems and practices world-wide. 

Our Vision 

We recognise that we occupy already occupied land and that Indigenous sovereignty has never been ceded. The formation of a treaty, together with acknowledging the ongoing impacts of colonisation, must be the basis of solidarity with Indigenous peoples. We seek the creation of a just and equitable society in which political and economic power is not concentrated in the hands of a small minority. 

We seek broad social change and aspire to end all forms of exploitation, oppression, war and marginalisation throughout the world. We envision an economic, financial and monetary system that is sustainable, democratic and just. We believe this requires fundamental changes to the current system and to structures of state and global corporate power. 

We believe that there is nothing more powerful than an engaged people inspired by the vision of a better future. Our vision is of a world in which all beings, present and future, have the opportunity to flourish peacefully, harmoniously and respectfully on the living entity that is our planet. 

To realise this vision, we occupy Melbourne and reclaim public space. Through this Declaration we invite people to participate and engage with this Occupation. 

Our Occupation

We are an open and evolving grassroots people’s movement. We welcome, support, and are comprised of people of all ethnicity's, cultures, abilities, genders, ages, sexualities, and faiths. We embrace our differences and choose not to be affiliated with any political party or organisation. 

Our Process 

We seek to understand and learn from one another and to open up spaces for discussion and dialogue. Our movement is leaderless and non-hierarchical. 

We make decisions through an inclusive, participatory, and direct democratic process. We aspire to consensus-based decision-making in which all voices inform and direct the decisions made. 

We do not believe it is enough to demand change from the top down nor wait for change to arrive. We strive to live our values to the best of our ability, by reflecting our commitments to inclusive democracy, justice, community and sustainability in all our actions and pursuits.

Today #OccupySydney & #OccupyMelbourne joined forces and Mic Checkeced the ALP conference in Sydney interrupting Anthony Albanese in his speech on the future of Uranium mining, it was repeated 4 times with no arrests, they then joined the Anti Uranium rally outside the conference.

Here's what they said:

Mic Check! Mic Check! We are Occupy Sydney We are Occupy Melbourne We are occupy the world We are the 99%

Today We occupy the ALP National Conference We are here to talk to you You know who your are You know you should listen In March this year Yvonne Margarula Of Jabiluka country Wept Wept And Wept For the people of Fukushima For all the people of Japan For the damage done  By the yellow rocks Taken by force from the land  Against the Will of the Mirrar people.

Will you You know who you are Will you stand by again While the Kookooda people weep For the people of India When the inevitable happens And the people of India Like the people of Japan Suffer the consequences of the dangerous yellow rocks Stolen from the land of the first people From Roxby downs Form Olympic Dam For the profit of BHP Will you act now? Will you stop the weeping Will you stop the shipping out of the yellow rocks? Will you listen?

Very powerful stuff lets see if anyone listens or will the ALP continue on not listening to the people! 

THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN Ms GILLARD!

#OMEL - USA now, Australia next? pt.1/7

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