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CHARTS: Here’s What The Wall Street Protesters Are So Angry About…. The problem in a nutshell is this: Inequality in this country has hit a level that has been seen only once in the nation’s history, and unemployment has reached a level that has been seen only once since the Great Depression. And, at the […]
October 12, 2011
We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive. -Martin Luther King Jr. I have something to say After watching Occupy Wall Street unfold weeks ago (literally watching on the livefeed.. a lot), watching it spread across the […]
October 5, 2011
A little inflammatory for my tastes, however the end is super legit. The revolution begins at home – Opinion – Al Jazeera English: Perhaps their views were coloured by theNew York Times article deriding protestors for wishing to “pantomime progressivism” and “Gunning for Wall Street with faulty aim”. Many of the criticisms boil down to “a lack of clear […]
October 4, 2011
Oh my stars, Occupy Wall Street is the half-sister and antithesis of the Tea Party. From CNN (like, omg! Is the media blackout fizzling out? I guess after 2 weeks and accusations of perpetuating no/misinformation this situation gets hard to ignore): In New York City, several unions endorsed the two-week-old Occupy Wall Street movement and plan […]
October 4, 2011
Occupy Wall Street | NYC Protest for American Revolution. If you haven’t been to the website, go. This is from one of their posts regarding the march across the Brooklyn Bridge: As members of the 99 percent, we occupy Wall Street as a symbolic gesture of our discontent with the current economic and political climate […]
September 29, 2011
No matter what your views on the Occupy Wall Street protests, whether you don’t understand it, can’t get behind it, don’t really care that much, whatever. This is some powerful language that I think could, and should, resonate with a lot of people. Declaration of the Occupation of New York City | NYC General Assembly.: […]
September 24, 2011
I wish I was in New York!!!! Solidarity from Hawaii from a Bay Area native. “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” -John F. Kennedy Here’s a petition for the White House to recognize those occupying wall street: This article was particularly informative, imo: For someone who has been following this […]
September 23, 2011
I tried to get to it from occupywallstreet.org but the site is a flurry of activity (definitely worth checking out!) so here we go: A Message From Occupied Wall Street (Day Five) Published 2011-09-22 07:51:42 UTC by OccupyWallSt This is the fifth communiqué from the 99 percent. We are occupying Wall Street. On September 21st, 2011, […]
September 23, 2011
First, How You Can Help #OCCUPYWALLSTREET | Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters. Here’s the good news – you can help, right now today – no matter where you are. Spread the word – there’s something going on. People have started a movement – they’re occupying Wall Street. Hundreds of people have been camped out in lower Manhattan for […]
October 12, 2011
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