Liberty Square Blueprint
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The Liberty Square Blueprint is a collection of loosely defined goals authored by about 250 Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street is an ongoing series of demonstrations initiated by the Canadian activist group Adbusters which began September 17, 2011 in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street financial district...

 protesters. It was started around October 4, 2011 and is a wiki style document. As of October 18, 2011, the Blueprint had 11 core visions including:
  • embracing open-source technology,
  • ending all wars,
  • eliminating "discrimination and prejudice," and
  • reappropriating "our business structures and culture, putting people and our Earth
    Earth
    Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...

     before profit.
  • helping the poor

It also has specific goals for New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

.

Supporters of the Liberty Square Blueprint see it as an alternative to the 99 Percent Declaration
99 Percent Declaration
The 99 Percent Declaration or 99% Declaration is a document associated with Occupy Wall Street. It calls for a "National General Assembly" to convene on July 4, 2012 in Philadelphia. The attendees will be 876 delegates elected by direct vote. There will be a man and a woman from each of the 435...

which they regard as too specific and short term.

External links

  • Wiki, Freenetworkmovement.org
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