Saturday, October 1, 2011

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We Are the 99 Percent - Link  managed by activists at occupywallst.org - Link
EXCERPT - Wall Street has long been the home of the biggest threat to American Democracy. Now it has become home to what may be our best hope for rescuing it.

For everyone who loves this country, for everyone whose heart is breaking for the growing ranks of the poor, for everyone who is seething at the unopposed demolition of America's working and middle class: the time has come to get off the fence.

A new generation has gone to the scene of the crimes committed against our future. The time has come for all people of good will to give our full-throated backing to the young people of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

The young heroes on Wall Street today baffle the world because they have issued no demands. The villains of Wall Street had their demands -- insisting upon a massive bailout for themselves in 2008, while they pocketed million dollar bonuses. The Wall Street protesters are not seeking a bailout for themselves; they are working to bail out democracy.




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  • David Dayen asks Sen. Jeff Merkley for his take on the protests:
    “I think the movement is a reaction to how quickly the United States responded to the banks when they were in trouble, and how feebly we responded to American workers when they faced troubles of their own,” said Merkley. “They are responding to both problems in the economy and government dysfunction.” I asked Merkley for his reaction to how the movement is essentially protesting him and his colleagues for their inability to break free of corporate shackles that prevent them from building an economy that works for the other 99%. “I agree that the system is broken,” Merkley said.
  • Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chairs Raúl Grijalva and Keith Ellison released a statement in support of the protests. It reads in part:
    We have been inspired by the growing grassroots movements on Wall Street and across the country. We share the anger and frustration of so many Americans who have seen the enormous toll that an unchecked Wall Street has taken on the overwhelming majority of Americans while benefitting the super wealthy. We join the calls for corporate accountability and expanded middle-class opportunity.
  • Tuesday, AFSCME, the Communications Workers of America, and the Amalgamated Transit Union expressed their support for Occupy Wall Street. In addition to a statement from the national CWA, CWA District 1, which represents New York and New Jersey, sent out a statement of their own. District 1 had already featured Wednesday's march on its website.
  • The Amalgamated Transit Union, like 1199 SEIU, pledged material support like food and supplies in addition to offering solidarity and rally participants.
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