Monday, October 17, 2011

Occupy Wall Street

While I was going through the articles and videos on Occupy Wall Street, what I have found so incredible about Occupy Wall Street is how everyone is working together. The 99% is showing the 1% that we have a voice and that we do not appreciate what the 1% has been getting away with for the longest time.

All throughout Wall Street there have even been celebrities going out and protesting about what’s been happening in our economy. Fellow actors/actresses like Roseanne Barr, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Moore, Tony Danza and Susan Sarandon have gone out and protested on Wall Street. It’s very interesting and good to see some very well known celebrities going out and fighting for something like this.

The occupation Wall Street movement has moved to over 100 hundred U.S. Cities and it has also spread all throughout the world. Occupy Wall Street has officially marked one month today at Liberty Square. It is very incredible to see so many people being out there protesting for weeks. I want to go to Occupy Providence sometime very soon to protest. This is a change that needs to happen.

I think its really great to see that we, the 99%, have a voice and we aren’t afraid to use it anymore. There are too many people that are loosing their jobs and homes because of the economy that we have going on, and the 1% that controls all of it. We are fighting back. When I was watching some videos on YouTube on Occupy Wall Street, a little boy said that it’s like Robin Hood, which I found that to be a great example of what’s going on. That the 1%, the richest, is stealing from the poor, the 99%.


http://occupywallst.org/

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/05/opinion/rushkoff-occupy-wall-street/index.html

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/occupy-wall-street-thousands-join-movement/story?id=1474603

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG_TKAJyV6k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5Zyz8njQb8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbSye1jTwL8

1 comment:

  1. Hey Alexandra, Glad you are finding it interesting. Are you surprised that celebrities, rich folks, are interested in the 99% and inequality? Even more than the celebrities though look at the Richard Wolf video - he's got some powerful things to say about how the economy works to create class. Were you at the Demonstration on Saturday?

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