Occupy Together Meetups
in 1,459 cities
Rise, Rebel, Resist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd59gMzH3fg
Smash the Control Machine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbI0qPQ6sik
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/oct2011/prot-o17.shtml
Excerpt:
By Kate Randall
The Occupy Chicago demonstrationHundreds of thousands demonstrated in cities across the globe Saturday to protest against the immense inequality that is the dominant feature of social life, both in the US and internationally. Modeled on the Occupy Wall Street protest that began in New York a month ago, protests took place in a growing number of US locations and spread to cities in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
The call for international protests met its most powerful response in Europe, particularly in those countries facing the most draconian austerity measures. In Spain, more than three quarters of a million took part in the demonstrations, while upwards of 70,000 protested in Portugal. More than 100,000 took to the streets in Rome.
Protests and occupations are ongoing in more than 100 US cities. Tens of thousands have come out to protest the domination of society by the financial aristocracy and the banks, as well as the growth of joblessness and student debt and the deterioration of social conditions for the vast majority of Americans, even as the richest 1 percent continues to amass ever-greater fortunes.
The real attitude of the political establishment, including the Obama administration, to this movement was expressed this weekend in the increased use of police repression against occupations and protests in the US and elsewhere. Protesters are facing charges of illegal assembly, trespassing and curfew violations for exercising their basic right of political assembly and speech.
in 1,459 cities
Rise, Rebel, Resist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd59gMzH3fg
Smash the Control Machine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbI0qPQ6sik
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/oct2011/prot-o17.shtml
Excerpt:
Hundreds of thousands protest internationally against social inequality
By Kate Randall
17 October 2011
The Occupy Chicago demonstrationThe call for international protests met its most powerful response in Europe, particularly in those countries facing the most draconian austerity measures. In Spain, more than three quarters of a million took part in the demonstrations, while upwards of 70,000 protested in Portugal. More than 100,000 took to the streets in Rome.
Protests and occupations are ongoing in more than 100 US cities. Tens of thousands have come out to protest the domination of society by the financial aristocracy and the banks, as well as the growth of joblessness and student debt and the deterioration of social conditions for the vast majority of Americans, even as the richest 1 percent continues to amass ever-greater fortunes.
The real attitude of the political establishment, including the Obama administration, to this movement was expressed this weekend in the increased use of police repression against occupations and protests in the US and elsewhere. Protesters are facing charges of illegal assembly, trespassing and curfew violations for exercising their basic right of political assembly and speech.
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