On Thursday, November 17, 2011, the two month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, the movement that started Occupy demonstrations worldwide entered a new phase as hundreds of frustrated Americans gathered nationwide as authorities sought to quash their movement. In New York City, home of the founding “Occupy Wall Street,” huge crowds retook Zuccotti Park, removed police barriers and marched peacefully across the Brooklyn Bridge.
Their goal?
To serve worldwide notice that the 99% Occupy represents has no intention of going away, quieting down, or being dismissed without their grievances being addressed.So far, this movement has had impressive support from global sympathizers in London, Rome, Auckland, Sydney, Hong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo, São Paulo, Paris, Madrid, Berlin, Hamburg, Leipzig and, according to Wikipedia and other web sites, approximately 750 cities in 82 countries plus 600 communities in the USA. See the full UK Guardian spreadsheet:
Those who wish to educate themselves need only go to the web site at http://occupywallst.org/ . When they do, they may be surprised to see a sharply revolutionary tone, cogent arguments articulately presented, minute-by-minute coverage of the movement around the world, video commentary and, all told, an impressive picture of a movement that is not to be taken lightly.
As I write this, I am watching live coverage of the marchers in New York City walking across the Brooklyn Bridge on their way to make good on a threat to disrupt the city by peaceful means. A reporter is wondering how Mayor Bloomberg will protect the city and whether or not there will be mass arrests of worse. As you read this, some of those questions will have been answered, for better or worse.
What ought to be clear is that this movement isn’t getting any less inspiring to many. The momentum is on Occupy’s side since there are more people being decimated by the rich and powerful in this country who thumb their noses at the 99% than there are Americans content with the apathy and indifference of the 1% destroying our security, our economic survival and our ability to share in the bounty of America they love to tout.
As the federal “Supercommittee” seems baffled by the logical necessity to tax the rich as well as cut benefits to the working classes and Republicans continue to personify corporations while dehumanizing real citizens, Americans will continue to take to the streets in ever growing numbers. Their global neighbors in similar straits will join them.
Just a few days ago bona-fide US millionaires begged Washington blockheads to increase taxes on those earning $1 million a year or more. Republicans refused. Has America gone mad?
Those who believe the Occupy movement will dry up and blow away are misguided and naïve. When the violence begins, as it likely will as tempers flair, America will enter a new era of chaos. On Thursday, just before noon, CNN ran video of a female protester in New York being pulled by her hair by arresting officers as protesters screamed, “Shame, shame!”
We can pray to be spared violence but those who ignore what is happening with Occupy had best get used to the exploding rage of a growing majority.
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"Sarah Palin told Republican donors Thursday that Occupy Wall Street protesters want the same thing as the "fat cats" they're upset with — a government bailout.
Palin criticized the protesters as believing they're entitled to other people's productivity and money and said they've drawn the wrong conclusions. Instead, the former Alaska governor said people should look to the tea party."
The source of this quote is The Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/AP723311e4fb0a4db49742a4c17ee3f814.html The huge disconnect from the public sentiment that supports these protests is indeed frightening.
Thanks for your usual wonderful addition to my page. I just finished Joe McGuiness' book on Palin and apparently she is an even bigger fraud than we originally thought.
The Republicans proposed tax adjustments today. They want to do away with the deductions for homeowners and certain contributions, among other things. All things that would affect the middle class.
How anyone can think of voting for them is a mystery to me.
Iceland got screwed in the banking crisis. We marched on the people who allowed the bailouts to happen and wanted us citizens to pay back the loans. We demanded change directly from Parliament and got it. The PM got booted from office and we are rewriting the constitution.
Unfortunately, I'm afraid hair pulling may not be the worst that happens before this movement creates the needed changes. The 'fatcats' have gone past the mildly amused to considerably irritated stage. When they finally see their fix being threatened they will go to the downright mean stage. R
Im not hearing these are peaceful protests from family and friends in the states. Im hearing about beatings, rapes, anarchists and people being burned out of apartments. I'm hearing about friends and family being prevented or accosted while going to work.
There doesn't seem to be a unified complaint or missive amongst the different factions. Every seems to have their own agenda.
Which is a far cry from the protest we had here.
I concur with Rodney Roe's clarifications.
Impeachment of the government crooks would proably still be more effective. I remember people were dying to impeach Clinton for the Monica Lewinsky mess, why not impeach Obama for this mess and all those bailouts, not to mention the rubber check spending he's been pushing through. Or is everyone afraid of being called racist?
We occassionally get idiots in office, we get them out. I guess it is simpler here to vote for no confidence.
on the Huffpost piece:
Wall Street Disconnected From Protests It Views As Misguided, Misdirected