Showing posts with label Occupy Wall St.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Occupy Wall St.. Show all posts

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Grayson, Camp & The 99%



We have 1% of the richest, greediest, filthiest people in the world v .001% of the 99- where's the rest of the 98+% that should be marching alongside in protest, shutting down and paralyzing every major city in this country and the next? And they call the OWS kids... slackers!? Yeah, I know we're all too damn busy just struggling to survive- point is, we'd all see a lot more return for that struggle if we simply united into a strong, indivisible front. The 1% delights in our innate ability to divide ourselves- they encourage it.

Where is the voice and membership of every damn union that's barely survived the purge? Where is the voice of Mr. Farrakhan who got out one million strong? Where are the preachers, rabbis and priests whose flocks have lost their homes, their jobs and well being? Where are the thousands of parents whose children attend long neglected public schools that can't properly educate their children for colleges they cannot afford? Where are the teachers whose workloads increase each and every year while their jobs are threatened, cut and privatized? Where are the elderly who can still raise holy hell? Where are the truck drivers and janitors, the food servers and sales persons, the plumbers and farmers- where is everyone who has seen their wages diminish, their health diminish, the future dreams and immediate needs of their own family and children delayed, denied and forgotten?


Why are you just watching- or worse yet, deriding? You can conveniently blame whatever struggling group of people you so choose- but it was the 1% that sent our jobs overseas, it's the 1% that still refuses to pay anything resembling their fair share of taxes- it's the 1% that are still giving themselves raises! And not one of the entire lot that so callously created this entire economic debacle has been charged, indicted or convicted. Is a Tea Party ignorant of our own history going to save you, or are you still betting on the eternal dance of Presidents from either side of one coin?

Think- Act- Demand- March!!! We can be... We must be... We are the 99%!
                                                           

Friday, October 14, 2011

Turning Point!

Today I awaken to discover what becomes of Occupy Wall St.- that burning, all consuming, youthful hope and desire that has once again dared to defy, lead, and somehow rekindle the dreams and ideals of a general populace long since corrupted by greed, opportunism and despondency. This will be the turning point where the movement begins to ignite the imaginations of people everywhere into an irreversible consciousness that will not be denied, or be delegated to the town hall of noble, historical asterisks.

Where I stand, I just can't see the latter- this is the first time since 9/11 that I'll really miss not being in my hometown... 

Update:  Victory in Liberty Plaza! This battle won- and the movement continues...