On September 17th 2011 in New York City a group of activists ignited a global protest movement. Occupy: The Movie, caption, Journeyman Pictures 2012
A toxic relationship between big business and media and our government. ibid.
There’s nothing more exciting than occupying the very iconic heart of capitalism which is Wall Street and to start our revolution there. ibid. Kalle Lasn
Banks got bailed out, we got sold out. ibid. protester
The taxpayer is already going to suffer the consequences. ibid. Paulson
This Bill commits up to $700 million taxpayer dollars. ibid. Bush
There are firms in this country which are too big to fail. ibid. Greenspan
Banks: A great vampire squid on the face of humanity. ibid.
You’re never going to be able to live the kind of life your parents lived, and if you want to have any kind of a future, then you have to fight for that future. ibid. Kalle Lsan
What happened on Brooklyn Bridge is going to be a stain on this city for a long time to come. ibid. Stuart Applebaum
The guy [Jamie Dimon] who’s in charge of one of the big banks [J P Morgan] is also in charge of the organisation that’s supposed to be applying oversight to the big banks. ibid. Jesse LaGreca
The term ‘toxic mortgage asset’ was coined in the financial crisis of 2008. ibid. caption
November 15th 2011, Zuccotti Park: …’beating the people with billie-clubs now …’ ibid. commentary
Resources that in the past might have been directed in ways that enhanced the public welfare are now being directed to industries that have participated in the capture of this governmental process. ibid. Lsan
The Koch empire has donated over $196 to Republican front groups. ibid.
Politicians are essentially corporate employees. They run errands for corporate lobbyists. They pass legislation written by corporate lobbyists. And when they get out of office they become corporate lobbyists. ibid. Chris Hedges
People sharing space and love is power to the people. ibid. guy
The biggest threat to the occupy movement in my opinion is the inability to reconcile the reformists with the revolutionaries. ibid.
The power elite has always attempted to crush movements. ibid. Chris Hedges
Everyone in this documentary is living in self-exile from Iran. If they return under the current regime, they could face imprisonment. Some could even receive the death penalty. Rage Against the Regime: Iran I, BBC 2024
In 1979 a revolution took place in Iran, bringing an end to its monarchy. For 45 years the Islamic Republic has ruled the country with strict Islamic laws. The supreme leader has absolute authority. ibid.
These are the people who decided to take a stand. ibid.
As soon as you’re in the spotlight you’re standing out and confronting them; you are a big problem. Rage Against the Regime: Iran II, comment
You can’t force me to heaven if I don’t want to go. ibid.
Setting yourself on fire is actually easier than living in Iran as a woman. ibid.
8th March 1979 when women take to the streets because the Islamic Republic wants to to control their body. ibid.
Women in Iran are required to wear the hijab in public. Morality police are deployed to enforce the law. Anyone caught breaking it can be punished with a fine, prison or flogging. ibid.
The first ‘Girl of Revolution Street’, Vida Movahed, is charged with ‘promotion corruption and depravity’. She is fined an jailed. Over the following months, dozens of Iranian women repeat this act. Authorities make at least 39 arrests. The Supreme Leader describes the protesters’ cause as a ‘trivial issue’. ibid. caption
We gave our eyes for freedom. ibid.
Her name is Mahsa Amini, and she was just 22. She was arrested by the morality police in Tehran. ibid. BBC news
Eyewitnesses say she [Mahsa] was beaten up in the police van. ibid.
They started shooting people with shotguns. People were dying. ibid. comment
We’ve seen terrible things that will not be erased from our minds. ibid.