Arun Gupta, Al Jazeera: The revolution begins at home

[highplainsdem]

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/09/20119281581769464.html

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The Wall Street occupation has already succeeded in revealing the bankruptcy of the dominant powers - the economic, the political, media and security forces. They have nothing positive to offer humanity, not that they ever did for the Global South, but now their quest for endless profits means deepening the misery with a thousand austerity cuts.

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That’s why more and more people are joining the Wall Street occupation. They can tell you about their homes being foreclosed upon, months of grinding unemployment or minimum-wage dead-end jobs, staggering student debt loads, or trying to live without decent healthcare. It’s a whole generation of Americans with no prospects, but who are told to believe in a system that can only offer them Dancing With The Stars and pepper spray to the face.

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There is great potential here. Sure, it’s a far cry from Tahrir Square or even Wisconsin. But there is the nucleus of a revolt that could shake America’s power structure as much as the Arab world has been upended.

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For too long our minds have been chained by fear, by division, by impotence. The one thing the elite fear most is a great awakening. That day is here. Together we can seize it.

[Vincardog]

1. The one thing the elite fear most is a great awakening. That day is here. Together we can seize it.