Leftsolidarity
13th October 2011, 15:33
Protests Sweep Across Country
A wave of protest has swept across our country and is now spread to other parts of the world. The protests started on September 17th when protesters from the movement “Occupy Wall Street” started occupying Zuccotti Park in New York City.
It started with about 1,000 protesters marching through the streets in NYC but has turned into tens of thousands across the country from coast to coast and has sparked protests internationally. Currently there are roughly 200 cities being occupied in 25 different countries.
Some have been referring to these occupations as the “American Spring”, drawing comparison to the Arab Spring, which were massive protests in the Middle East and Northern Africa leading to the removal of regional dictators.
Protesters have been subject to brutality and unprovoked attacks by the police force, including multiple incidents of pepper-spraying peaceful protesters in the face.
Some question the motives, objectives, and views of the protesters. While some of the views and objectives of different protesters may differ, the motivations for these protests are clear. Some listed causes of the protests are: corporate greed, wealth inequality, and corporate influence in our government.
With ever-worsening conditions, two-faced politicians, imperialist wars for profit, and continued attacks on the working class, people have started to become disillusioned from false capitalist rhetoric of freedom, equality, and democracy.
This is more than just some people gathering together to march and camp in the major cities of our country; this is an awakening. It is a show of the growing class consciousness of the people in this country. More and more people are starting to recognize the fact that they, and the vast majority of the population, are being exploited by the top few in society, the capitalists.
Right-wing politicians are claiming that these occupations are a form of class war; it most certainly is.
This class war was not started by us though; it was started, and shall continue, under the rule of the wealthy few. They are the ones to foreclose our homes, cut funding to our schools, send us to die overseas for their profits and then arrest us when we try to resist.
So yes, this is class warfare but we stand on the side of the many, the exploited, and the oppressed. Opposed to us you have the few, the wealthy, and the oppressors.
Closet to the *** area, there are occupations in Madison, Wisconsin and Chicago, Illinois. The occupation of Milwaukee is scheduled to start on October 14th.
If you feel that something is wrong with our system where the top few percent of society can own the vast majority of the wealth and where interests of corporations and profits come before the interests of the people, join us. Updates and information about the occupation can be found at “occupymilwaukee.org”.
We are students, we are workers, we are the unemployed, we are the oppressed, we are the 99%, and we are you.
I editted out my school name. I tried to tone down some of the anti-capitalist rhetoric and stuff so that it has a chance of being published because the principle has already complained about an article of mine recently. Could you tell me what you think? I'm new to writting articles and would appreciate feedback.
A wave of protest has swept across our country and is now spread to other parts of the world. The protests started on September 17th when protesters from the movement “Occupy Wall Street” started occupying Zuccotti Park in New York City.
It started with about 1,000 protesters marching through the streets in NYC but has turned into tens of thousands across the country from coast to coast and has sparked protests internationally. Currently there are roughly 200 cities being occupied in 25 different countries.
Some have been referring to these occupations as the “American Spring”, drawing comparison to the Arab Spring, which were massive protests in the Middle East and Northern Africa leading to the removal of regional dictators.
Protesters have been subject to brutality and unprovoked attacks by the police force, including multiple incidents of pepper-spraying peaceful protesters in the face.
Some question the motives, objectives, and views of the protesters. While some of the views and objectives of different protesters may differ, the motivations for these protests are clear. Some listed causes of the protests are: corporate greed, wealth inequality, and corporate influence in our government.
With ever-worsening conditions, two-faced politicians, imperialist wars for profit, and continued attacks on the working class, people have started to become disillusioned from false capitalist rhetoric of freedom, equality, and democracy.
This is more than just some people gathering together to march and camp in the major cities of our country; this is an awakening. It is a show of the growing class consciousness of the people in this country. More and more people are starting to recognize the fact that they, and the vast majority of the population, are being exploited by the top few in society, the capitalists.
Right-wing politicians are claiming that these occupations are a form of class war; it most certainly is.
This class war was not started by us though; it was started, and shall continue, under the rule of the wealthy few. They are the ones to foreclose our homes, cut funding to our schools, send us to die overseas for their profits and then arrest us when we try to resist.
So yes, this is class warfare but we stand on the side of the many, the exploited, and the oppressed. Opposed to us you have the few, the wealthy, and the oppressors.
Closet to the *** area, there are occupations in Madison, Wisconsin and Chicago, Illinois. The occupation of Milwaukee is scheduled to start on October 14th.
If you feel that something is wrong with our system where the top few percent of society can own the vast majority of the wealth and where interests of corporations and profits come before the interests of the people, join us. Updates and information about the occupation can be found at “occupymilwaukee.org”.
We are students, we are workers, we are the unemployed, we are the oppressed, we are the 99%, and we are you.
I editted out my school name. I tried to tone down some of the anti-capitalist rhetoric and stuff so that it has a chance of being published because the principle has already complained about an article of mine recently. Could you tell me what you think? I'm new to writting articles and would appreciate feedback.