Occupy Strategic Planning Goals
To find out how this track relates to the overall Strategic Planning effort go [Back to the Occupy Strategic Planning Summary Page]
On this track, we are taking the Original Occupy Vision Doc - and listing out actions (toward firm goals) we can take toward getting toward achieving the vision.
TRACK 1. VISION DOC GOALS/ACTIONS
Process:
1. To understand where theOriginal Occupy Vision Doc came from and find the background on how we built that document. We believe that because so many people worked on this Original Occupy Vision Doc, that it's worthwhile to use it as our "basis". We can improve the content as we go along. But for working purposes, we're assuming that it's a decent representation of what the people in the movement want. We may choose to add new items, of course. Please do this carefully, though, because if we want it to be something that the movement supports, we can't just add new visions willy nilly. Please work with the Occupy Vision group to get that consensus.
2. We're taking the listed items, and ADDING below each item, tactics and actions to achieve that item. As we mature as a movement, we will likely change this basic vision doc. But for now, please respect it as a starting point, and modify only the space/entries below each BOLD ITEM. There's also been the suggestion to categorize the items into those that are "concrete goals" that can be acted upon, and those that are more ethereal values/principles. Fred and Cal expressed some interest in this. One suggestion for organizing may be to take some of the items that we can't legislate. So it's like a "cultural change" section? Things to keep in mind as we evolve section?
3. We're planning to take the actions under each goal and put them into a timeline. THEN we're planning on linking the different orgs on "the list" (see Track 2) and who might "do" the work. Allying with groups already on that path, for example. We may also choose to categorise items that might work together, decide if they are things that are want to do as individuals, or as a group, and/or decide various other ways of organizing.
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ILLUSTRATIVE CATEGORY LIST
Illustrative Vision Categories that were derived from the National Gathering Visioning List. For the complete list, see the National Gathering Vision Hub Wiki at http://interoccupy.net/vision.
STRATEGIC PLANNING INSTRUCTIONS:
Please look at each BOLD item below, and add actions that we can take to achieve each.
PLEASE BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE. For example, don't just say "stop greed", but say things like "establish the right to a living wage", or something like that. Somethig "tangible", metrics that we can measure to see if we are actually acheiving something. If it's long term as opposed to short term, make note.
Please feel free to add links to clarify what terms mean. Such as I've added a link to a page explaining "the commons".
I. CLEAN AIR, WATER, FOOD: ENVIRONMENTAL
What: Local food production, community gardens, permaculture agriculture How: - worker self directed organic agriculture coops on the model of Mondragon in Spain - establish more community garden land - offer tax credits to farms that give away food - HIGH TAXES on food production that is NOT ORGANIC
What:access to real nourishing, non-chemical, non-GMO food How: - offer tax credits to ONLY to organic food producers/providers, not chemical-based farmers - HIGH TAXES on food production that is NOT ORGANIC
'What:food supply that is humane and natural'
How: - offer tax credits to ONLY to organic food producers/providers, not chemical-based farmers - HIGH TAXES on food production that is NOT ORGANIC - free school lunches - no junk food in schools - no for-profit packaged food in schools
What: environmental justice
How: - establish a strong "commons"/local rights-based ordinances, so communities can say no - amend constitution to declare right to clean water/air - shelter as a right
What: environmental awareness and respect
How: - ask schools to teach holistic thinking
What: healthier diets and lifestyles
How:
affordable healthy food
- require foodstamp agencies to provide foodstamp payment mechanisms to farmers markets
What: clean water as a right
How: - amend the constitution to declare that clean air and water is a right -peg the value of currency to the number of fish in the sea
What:end hunger
How: - tax credits to food providers that offer food for free (pay-what-you-can cafes, etc)
What:connection to earth
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II. FREE EDUCATION FOR ALL: CULTURAL
How
-all airwaves publicly owned
- in the meantime, require all licensed broadcasters to allow free primetime spots to candidates that make it to the ballot.
end to intellectual property, such that there is free and open sharing of information
- have a certain amount of tax (by REVENUE, not profit, which is too easy to cheat) go straight to education, so production drives education. so people aren't threatened into hoarding IP.
free and open communications
- certain amount of the airwaves is public every day, primetime. - certain amount of airwaves is devoted to publicly funded elections
real education, free and equal, democratized
- have a certain amount of tax (by REVENUE, not profit, which is too easy to cheat) go straight to education, so production drives education
universal access to data
- keep requirement for universal access on telephone companies, to make sure low income and remote people can get access.
III. NO WAR: PEACE AND SECURITY/POLITICAL
What: peace, nonviolence, no war or death machinesno military
How:- choose a date where no arms will be built in factories. after that date, make it illegal for any guns to exist - end tax deducation for lobbying expenses for military contractors
'What: no need for violent conflict or guns'
- build schools in every village
What: no global us vs them
How:- declare indigenous rights
nonviolence
friendship, rather than strangership, as the default relationship among people
mutual respect between cultures or trading nations
nonviolent interpersonal and international conflict resolution
world peace
IV. SUSTAINABLE HUMAN SOCIETY: CULTURAL/ENVIRONMENTAL
what: a world where basic needs are met
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what: 'all cultures respected equally
what: people feel empowered, free, and unafraid
what: 'a strong sense of community
how
- mandatory community service for white color criminals
How: establish participatory budgeting of tax dollars
'what: safety for everyone from domestic violence and fear
how: require people shown to engage in domestic violence, to volunteer in a homeless shelter
what: 'all human life valued equally
how: all decisions considered for seven generations in the future
- amend the constitution to require such - balance sheet policy, require all policies to be accounted for in the liability part of a balance sheet..."social obligation accounting"
what: more humanity, compassion, kindness, and selflessness
mutually beneficial relationship between humans, the earth, and its inhabitants
acting with consideration for the community, world, and everything else
V. A CULTURE OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY: DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE/POLITICAL
what: no money in politics
how: - amend the constitution to deny corporate personhood - amend the constitution to declare that money is not speech - limit campaign donations to $50 per person and only in-district donations
what: end two-party system
-proportional representation, instant run off voting - join your local Green Party
local community control
- declare local rights-based ordinances (you can organize this today, in your town)
consensus based democracy
- online voting? - popular vote
just and fair legal system
- no profit in prisons
truth in journalism/illegal to lie
- big fines
minorities have power and voice (rule by diversity)
no tax without representation
a fair electoral system
accountable government
- all financials downloadable in Excel format
democratic process that works for all
VI. FREE UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE: CULTURAL/ECONOMIC
- amend the constitution so that healthcare is a right - deploy national healthcare system
healthcare emphasizes preventative and alternative measures
free healthcare (accessible and state of the art)
full control of our own bodies, including shared ownership of the means of preventative healthcare
free therapy and emotional/mental healthcare
VII. TAXES: - tax "resource use" NOT income - tax on revenues/expenses, not on profit. too easy to cheat - minimal income: everyone gets a check--Basic Income Guarantee: http://www.usbig.net/index.php Zero-Sum Budget the Title 26 as recommended by the US Tax Payer Advocate (Tina E. Olson); start with no exemptions or credits and democratically decide (on line or w/town meetings) which credits to include or exclude. Use "just the brackets" during a five year planning process and then implement during an additional two year implementation period.
VIII. ECONOMIC EQUALITY: VIBRANT AND SOUND ECONOMY/PROSPERITY localized economies no corporate personhood fairness and equality for all beings (including ecosystems, resources) banks and corporations required to act responsibly, answering to many, not few radicalized labor unions international corporate accountability fair trade and fair working conditions Zero-Sum Budget the Title 26 as recommended by the US Tax Payer Advocate (Tina E. Olson); start with no exemptions or credits and democratically decide (on line or w/town meetings) which credits to include or exclude. Use "just the brackets" during a five year planning process and then implement during an additional two year implementation period.
IX. FREEDOM: POLITICAL/CULTURAL freedom to live anywhere: no borders, no nations freedom of knowledge and press freedom of religion freedom of expression protected free equal access to opportunity derived from the Visioning Activities at the OCCUPY NATIONAL GATHERING Philadelphia, PA – July 2012
X. ITEMS THAT ADDRESS MANY OF THE ABOVE: - Amend the US constitution to deny corporate personhood
List of Organizations and how they relate to the roadmap to achieve the vision.