<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><a href="http://techpresident.com/news/23150/rolling-jubilee-occupys-latest-web-enabled-institutional-hack">http://techpresident.com/news/23150/rolling-jubilee-occupys-latest-web-enabled-institutional-hack</a>
<div><br></div><div>Pat wonders if it is legal... Others wonder too. Let's hope it works. .</div><div style="font-size: 18px; "><br></div><div><p style="font-size: 18px; ">Tonight, <a href="http://strikedebt.org/" target="_blank">Strike Debt</a> will officially launch the <a href="http://rollingjubilee.org/" target="_blank">Rolling Jubilee</a> with <a href="http://www.lepoissonrouge.com/lpr_events/peoples-bailout/" target="_blank"><em>the</em> </a><em><a href="http://www.lepoissonrouge.com/lpr_events/peoples-bailout/" target="_blank">People’s Bailout Variety Show And Telethon</a></em> from Le Poison Rouge in New York City.</p><p style="font-size: 18px; ">The event is a new take on the classic telethon, intended to raise
money for the Rolling Jubilee. This project is designed to relieve the
99% of unnecessary and oppressive debt by fund raising to purchase debt
around the country and abolishing it. The event features Janeane
Garafalo, Lizz Winstead, Hari Kondabolu, David Rees, John Cameron
Mitchell, Jeff Mangum, Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth, Kool AD and Dapwell
of Das Racist and many more. So far the Rolling Jubilee has raised
$198,428 and counting which will abolish $3,973,386 of debt. This
evening hopes to push that number even higher. The sold out event begins
at 8pm tonight and will be <a href="http://rollingjubilee.org/" target="_blank">livestreamed at RollingJubilee.org</a>.</p><p style="font-size: 18px; "><iframe id="doc_56406" src="http://www.scribd.com/embeds/105740740/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-7s4wyr78i2ixe3lzm78" data-auto-height="false" data-aspect-ratio="0.646934460887949" align="right" frameborder="0" height="600" scrolling="no" width="400"></iframe></p><p style="font-size: 18px; ">The project is a product of Strike Debt and came out of a series of
assemblies in New York this year geared toward addressing the issue.
Already, the work of this offshoot of Occupy Walls Street is simply
amazing. The <a href="http://strikedebt.org/The-Debt-Resistors-Operations-Manual.pdf" target="_blank"><em>Debt Resistors Operations Manual</em></a> (.pdf link) was released just ahead of the September 17<sup style="font-size: 16px; ">th</sup>
Anniversary and has people all over the country getting educated to
defend themselves against a culture of debt-based oppression. Strike
Debt has followed up with this direct and effective action: in
liberating “debtors” and engaging people in collective resistance.</p><p style="font-size: 18px; ">Debt has become a commodity that can be purchased for pennies on the
dollar after it has been charged-off by the original creditor. In most
cases, tax write offs have mitigated the loss for the company. This
highlights the absurdity of collecting money from people that has
already been paid for the benefit of the few. Strike Debt intends to
spark a movement of collective noncooperation and resistance by showing
people debt’s true form. To get involved, go to <a href="http://rollngjubilee.org/" target="_blank">RollingJubilee.org</a> and enjoy the show tonite.</p><p style="font-size: 18px; ">You can read the <a href="http://strikedebt.org/The-Debt-Resistors-Operations-Manual.pdf" target="_blank"><em>Debt Resistors Operations Manual</em></a> (.pdf link) at <a href="http://strikedebt.org/" target="_blank">StrikeDebt.org</a>.</p><p style="font-size: 18px; ">Check out our #OccupySupply Skill Share: <a href="http://vimeo.com/51314897" target="_blank">Occupy 2.0 Strike Debt </a> with Astra Taylor, Thomas Gokey and Melissa Fleschman</p></div></body></html>