The hypocrisy between what our country represents and what our country is.
Tel-aviv, Israel, tonight.
half a million protesters against the economic&political system - and that in a country of 7 million inhabitants.
Jews, Arabs, Foreign workers, Refugees and students marched together chanting “The People demand social justice”.The word is spreading. The World is watching. 99%!
You still think theres only a couple hundred hippies out here?
#OccupyWallStreet and here is the video of Keith Olbermann reading the full statement from the Occupy Wall Street.
Iconic: DC protesters on Freedom Plaza.
jeff mangum [neutral milk hotel] playing at Occupy Wall Street.
this blows my mind on so many levels… i’ve been listening to NMH a ton lately [and subsequently thinking about jeff mangum and his amazing disappearing act, and how i wish someday somehow i could see him play]. so when i saw this today, it was like WHAT? UNIVERSE? YOU HEAR ME? and it gives me chills. some of it got me teary eyed. everyone singing the trumpety part of “in the aeroplane over the sea”? something about that is so magic to me.
not to mention, the music of any revolution is important. look at bella ciao, look at the music that came out of vietnam. neutral milk hotel’s songs were already written, but that doesn’t make some of them any less valid a statement when you listen to it in terms of what’s going on now.
Good people, good tunes
Occupy Wall Street Gets Union Backing; Approval Rating Double That Of Congress'
Occupy Wall Street is getting a shot in the arm, as some of America’s largest unions have announced that they’re now supporting the movement. The gain in momentum comes as off-shoots of the original Manhattan group plan marches and protests around the nation.
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The group has attracted some mockery, largely for its members’ proclivity for dressing up like zombies. But a new Rasmussen poll finds that the group enjoys a higher approval rating (33 percent) than does Congress (14 percent).Perhaps sensing a groundswell of opinion, several key Democrats have endorsed the group, including former Sen. Russ Feingold and Rep. John Larson, who called it a sign of a coming “American autumn” — a reference to the Arab Spring protests that have reshaped parts of the Middle East.
I’ve seen this quote from Gandhi used in reference to Occupy Wall Street:
“First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.”
However, I think this summary of social change from César Chávez, founder of the United Farm Workers of America, is also apropos to the movement:
“Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. We have seen the future, and the future is ours.”
Tony Bologna #OccupyWallStreet
“Dozens of NYC teachers are staging a grade-in at #OccupyWallStreet.”
Another tweet by someone else stated that police told protesters that singing would add to their charges.
