Wall Street protests spread to other cities

[Jefferson23]

Protests inspired by "Occupy Wall Street" movement have emerged in Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Last Modified: 01 Oct 2011 06:17

Members of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement have vowed to stay through winter in a park near New York's iconic financial district, where they are protesting issues including the 2008 bank bailouts, foreclosures and high unemployment in the United States.

Protests inspired by New York's have emerged in other US cities in recent days, including Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

A group in Boston has taken on the tactics of New York's protesters and on Friday night set itself up in the city's Dewey Square. Activists remained camped out at what they called "the heart of the financial district" on Saturday.

"We are establishing our subsection of a national dialogue on finance reform and governance reform," Nadeem Mazen, an organiser with Occupy Boston, told Al Jazeera.

Mazen said that the Boston protest quickly drew a thousand people. "It shows that we're experienced and that we've all been independently thinking about what change we want to see. .. I think we're all very hungry for change."

in full: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2011/10/20111014553864593.html

[Cool Logic]

1. Misguided, unorganized and hanging out on the wrong street...

[Occulus]

2. Bullshit.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/01/1021812/-Day-15-Occupy-Wall-St-Who-says-our-message-isnt-getting-through?via=siderec

[Jefferson23]

3. You think the protestors need to be in DC only, people have no idea who

funnels the money to K Street? That is naive if that is what you're suggesting.

[Cool Logic]

4. Why do you think 1% of the population controls 38% of the wealth?

Answer: Because our Representatives let them have it.

Those who reside on K-Street ensure that the rules are written by rich and powerful for the benefit of...

Only one percent of Americans are millionaires; on the other hand, 46 percent of our Congress can make that claim. You see, our Representatives have much more in common with themselves than they do with the People they are supposed to represent. The crux of the problem can be found on K-Street, not Wall Street.

[Jefferson23]

5. Wall Street funds K Street, no reason not to bring the protest directly to the culprits.

Those protesting are not unaware of what you're saying.

[pmorlan1]

6. We are the 99%

They were in Asheville, NC today!

[Fuddnik]

7. And Downtown Tampa! Spontaneous. Very little notice.

We're here.
we ain't leaving.
And I'll be in DC Thursday!


Fuck all the naysayers. The fuse is lit!

[Jefferson23]

8. Thanks for posting that..great. n/t