PLEASE NOTE corrected confrence call number: 605-475-4850

This is an exciting time! Thousands of mainly young people have been occupying Wall Street for three weeks already, and the “Occupy Movement” has spread to more than 200 other cities. On Oct. 6 the actions spread to our nation’s capital.

The Communist Party USA (CPUSA) will hold a national teleconference to discuss it:

Arturo Cambron
The Communist Party and the Occupy L.A. Movement
Tuesday, October 11, 8 pm Eastern
Teleconference number: 605-475-4850 (please note this is the corrected number. ignore previous.)
Access code: 1053538#

Southern California Party leader Arturo Cambron will share how the CPUSA and Young Communist League (YCL) are working in “Occupy Los Angeles.”
 
This movement, also known as the “99% movement,” is being hailed across the country. Movements and organizations are reaching out in solidarity. The AFL-CIO is opening union halls and offering other material assistance. Ordinary people are donating food, money and materials.
 
In many areas, the “Occupy Movement” is linking up with the National American Wants to Work Week of Actions, Oct. 10-16.
 
No doubt the “Arab Spring” demonstrations and those that exploded in Wisconsin, Ohio and elsewhere have inspired it. But underlying it all is the economic crisis, the massive unemployment and growing realization that nothing is getting better, and in fact we may be slipping into a “double dip” crisis. The crushing student debt and the feeling of being locked out of society with no future compound this.
 
The movement is the newest wrinkle in the all-people’s upsurge against the banks and corporations and reflects a new level of class-consciousness.
 
While there is a wide range of political and ideological trends, there is a consensus against corporate greed, getting money out of politics, taxing the rich and putting people before profits.
 
A big challenge for the CPUSA and left, progressive movements is to link these demonstrations with the labor led all-people’s coalition and help deepen understanding that the path to progress must be through electoral and political action including defeating Republican Tea Party reaction in 2012.
 
Of primary importance is linking it with the burgeoning fight for jobs and especially passage of the American Jobs Act.
 
We can also play a role in offering more advanced programmatic ideas like nationalizing the banks and socialism.
 
To have a positive impact, the CPUSA and YCL must be a part of the “Occupy” movement, participating at every level and building greater local support for the actions among labor and progressive forces.

See you all on the call October 11!

We have many materials at cpusa.org that can be downloaded including:

Feeling Locked Out of the American Dream?(PDF)
 
Tax the Rich flyer(PDF)
 
American Jobs Act petition(PDF)

Jobs Act Fact Sheet(PDF)

Check here to see how you can get linked up to the action on Wall Street and nationally:

www.occupywallst.org
www.occupytogether.org (National Occupy website)

Check here for excellent coverage in the People’s World:

L.A. joins the ‘We are the 99 percent’ movement
Unions help Wall Street ‘occupiers’ rock New York
Wall Street occupation: And the walls will come tumbling down
Spotlight is on jobs as “occupy” protests intensify
Occupy Chicago: ‘For as long as it takes to end corporate greed’
‘Occupy’ demonstrations erupt in St. Louis

Photo: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 — Oct. 1 in Los Angeles. Rossana Cambron/PW

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