Wall St. protests: How reform happens

[UpInArms]

Source: CBS

(CBS News) A street fight of sorts rumbles on this weekend in an unlikely place. The address is Wall Street, the symbolic heart of American finance. And how big the confrontation will grow is, at this point, anybody's guess. Rebecca Jarvis lays out the stakes:

"We are the 99 percent!" "Enough is enough!"

It started out as just a handful of protesters near Wall Street - the sort of demonstration folks describe as "ragtag"... "disorganized."

But over the week past, they began to find their voices.

And they began to grow in numbers.

"Wall Street got bailed out, and we all got sold out!" said one protester.

Now, three weeks and counting after the Occupy Wall Street movement first took up residence in a downtown Manhattan park, you're hearing fewer and fewer references to ragtag.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/09/sunday/main20117793.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody

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[buckrogers1965]

1. This is great.

I am so glad that we regular people are finding our voice. If you can, find a group near you and join the protests.

Nothing is going to change until the powerful see a sea of people out of every window demanding equality and a fair chance.