OWS is attempting to interrupt traders from entering the NYSE. Apparently they don’t know that the type of trades that got us in this recent financial crisis are done mostly over the counter between financial companies. Perhaps they should try occupying midtown instead? (where most companies trading desks are)
via my cousin (who works in IT at a major NYC bank)

this means even advertisers are part of the movement (and no, it’s not anti-capitalism). my initial thought was which brilliant brand aligned itself with these people, but no it’s the people themselves harnessing the power of the ‘occupy’ brand.

helloyoucreatives:

Occupy Wall Street the commerical. We live in the age of adverts when even protest marches get TV spots done.

Short film featuring Bill Nighy and some clever art from Mutate Britain on the Robin Hood tax.

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Q: What do you get if you mix a simple, brilliant idea with people that include Desmond Tutu, Bill Nighy, Richard Curtis, Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and a global movement of 220 million people?

A: A global campaign of diverse people united in the belief that banks, hedge funds and the rest of the financial sector should pay their fair share to clear up the mess they helped create.