For those who don't know this protest is going on 3 weeks now. It is no longer being fought alone on Wall Street, it has become global, but you wont see any #OccupyWallStreet tweets from Canada, The United States, Mexico or South America on Twitters trend pages. They have them blocked. (Update:The block on #OccupyWallStreet tweet trends has been lifted)
For those who don't know the point of the protest, eveyone has a different reason for the same cause. Most of which is to end corporate greed. The economy and banking systems are corrupt and evil corportations, and there is no time like now to change the way the system works.
"We are the 99 percent. We are getting kicked out of our homes. We are froced to choose between groceries and rent. We are denied quality medical care. We are suffering from envrionmental pollution. We are working long hours for little pay and no rights, if we're working at all. We are getting nothing while the other 1 percent is getting everything. We are the 99 percent." -www.wearethe99percent.tumblr.com
The protests at Wall Street have been Violent! Not on the part of the protesters, but on the part of NYPD. The irony in that is that JP Morgan gave them the biggest donation NYPD has ever received at 4.6 Million just days after the protests began. I believe the donation was given the same day that NYPD corralled the protestors onto the brooklyn bridge and arrested 700 people, including children. These protestors were released and reorganized to continue the protest.
Find your local Occupy Events on Facebook and help the cause! All you have to do is seach "Occupy (The name of your city/state/college)"
This is a great spoken word piece that relates:
Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - YouTube
To follow more go to:
Discussion & Planning Forum | OccupyWallSt.org
You can serch twitter with #OccupyWallStreet
We Are the 99 Percent
Also search Occupy Wall Street on youtube.
Originally Posted by W-Body Store
