September 26, 2011
Freedom Plaza, Washington D.C., beginning October 6th, 2011
The majority of the American people consistently support the following agenda:
- Tax the rich and corporations
- End the wars, bring the troops home, cut military spending
- Protect the social safety net, strengthen Social Security and improved Medicare for all
- End corporate welfare for oil companies and other big business interests
- Transition to a clean energy economy, reverse environmental degradation
- Protect worker rights including collective bargaining, create jobs and raise wages
- Get money out of politics
The broad agenda for “Stop the Machine: Create a New World” is to end corporatism and militarism and shift power to the people, so basic human necessities can be met.
October2011.org and Veterans For Peace recognize that one demonstration will not accomplish all that is needed to get the country on the right track. In addition to organizing people for the occupation of Freedom Plaza on October 6, 2011 and the days that follow, we seek to educate and organize people for the longer term challenge of creating the world we want to see...A world of PEACE, SUSTAINABILITY AND JUSTICE.