Onward to Wall Street

[WilliamPitt]

Police keep in close proximity to protesters as they walk near Wall Street, in New York, September 26, 2011. Demonstrations continued into the evening Monday as protests aimed at corporate greed continued in and around the financial district of Manhattan, entering into a second week. (Photo: Robert Stolarik / The New York Times)

Onward to Wall Street
By William Rivers Pitt
t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed

Wednesday 28 September 2011

Big clouds condense around small particles.

- Stephen King

In case you haven't heard, there is an ongoing protest taking place on Wall Street. There is no shame in being ignorant of the event; the "mainstream" news media has gone out of its way to ignore what is happening down there, Yahoo's email service was recently busted for blocking messages having to do with the protest, and Twitter - that bastion of protest messaging for the people who organized the Arab Spring movements - has reportedly been quashing Wall Street protest-oriented tweets out of hand.

If a tree falls in the forest and the "mainstream" news doesn't report it, did it happen?

Of course it did. Ask the tree.

(snip)

The heavy-handed police response to peaceful protesters gives lie to the notion that this is all a hapless mess. The folks down on Wall Street are, we are expected to believe, totally disorganized and slightly embarrassing. Nonsense. This is one of the most important actions in modern American history, and it is being undertaken by average citizens who have lost homes, jobs and hope in one of the greatest thefts of all time. For years, a great many people have been screaming for justice to be done, with no tangible results. Now, these protesters have taken that message to the bank's front door, and they are getting maced by the police for their trouble.

The onus is not on these protesters. They're there, doing it. The onus is on us to pile in with them, to make the crowds and the central message unavoidable and un-ignorable. The goal of the Wall Street protest is to get the rock rolling down the hill. That's done; the rest is up to us.

The rest: http://www.truth-out.org/onward-wall-street/1317230850

[stellanoir]

1. Two questions:

Are you watching MM on "The Last Word" now ?

Are you going down there ?

Keep it up.

[Smarmie Doofus]

2. Serendipitously,

Rosh Hashanah has granted me a short break from the daily struggle for survival. ( The schools are closed. Yay, god!)

I'll be headed downtown tomorrow, pm. Maybe Friday too.

Make room, whydontcha.

[bertman]

3. Wish I could be there, but now it's only in spirit. But I WILL BE in D.C. on October 6th.

JOIN US!!!


REC.

[DemReadingDU]

4. +++

[Overseas]

5. K&R. Well said.

[G_j]

6. K&R