New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is making a cowardly attempt to end Occupy Wall Street, the anchor of a movement that has captured the hearts and minds of the country in just four weeks. Tomorrow at 7 a.m., under Bloomberg's orders, the NYPD will evict the 99%.
Unless we stop that from happening.
We have very little time to act. There are at least three things you can do right now:
The mayor's justification for this eviction is a ruse. Bloomberg says authorities need to "clean" the park. Meanwhile, he refuses to acknowledge that Occupy Wall Street has a functioning sanitation detail, just as they've self-organized every other aspect of their dignified, intentional community (including a working library).
Bloomberg says the protestors may return after the "cleaning," but this also is less than honest. Upon returning to the park, occupiers must follow rules that make the occupation impossible: no camping; no sleeping bags; no tents; no lying down; no storage of personal property.
Make no mistake -- this is an eviction. Winter is coming, and the occupiers cannot continue without the ability to stay safe, warm, and dry.
This is about more than just one protest. What's at stake is the very right we have as Americans to speak out when we've been wronged, and to peaceably assemble as a community to seek redress from the government.
Occupy Wall Street is resonating with the American people. More than a thousand occupations have sprung up in cities and towns everywhere, following the example set by those in New York City. As Al Gore said, Occupy Wall Street is a "primal scream of American democracy." This beautiful manifestation of moral clarity and dignified, nonviolent protest must be allowed to continue.
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If you want the rich to take care of the poor, go to Cuba.
The people at Occupy Wall Street want to voice the frustration of not having a voice in the government. The richest people and the multinational corporations are the only ones influencing what local, state and federal government are listening to. The banks and corporations at Wall Street are the leading manipulators of the system who have influenced deregulation and are respoinsibel for the economic mess we've been in for 4 years now. Many of the protestors are unemployed or underemployed not out of choice, but because there are no better options available. Some are college grads, many with massive student loans, and cannot find a job after months and years of searching. Others cannot afford to continue higher education due to outrageous tuition costs and high interest student loans. The corporations are shipping jobs fromt he US overseas and still receiving sizeable tax breaks for doing so. The 99% of Americans who are not millionaires or billionaires are also entitled to a voice.
Please stop listening to Rush and Faux New, nd learn to create your own thought process and speak for yourself. Pull off your blinders and see the world as it really is, and envision what we can do to make our world better.
You're not gonna break my heart with the " I deserve a better job" syndrom.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Note the " the right of the people peaceably to assemble"
When the government interferes with the peaceable assembly of citizens they are assailing their Constitutional rights.
My use of the word in this context was correct.