Sunday 2 October 2011

Wall street protest getting appreciation across the country (Mian Shakeel Aslam)

Mian Shakeel Aslam--- A strong protest and without a leader on Wall Street section of New York entered its third week, helping a growing number of events united in their passion inspired if not necessarily their reasons to hit the streets.


The stroke of movement, in Lower Manhattan buzzed through the activity Sunday as activists continue to vent their frustration at all "corporate greed" to high prices of gasoline, health insuranceinadequate.

No group or person leading the effort that has adopted the "take Wall Street." In an "Assembly" is held for those who gathered every day - whether for a few hours or camping the long term - to discuss the comings and goings and to work towards a common goal, the circumstances are different now boasted.

"We are gathered here in this place ... for an explanation of what it is, we want to do and how we will get it, "said Robert Segal, one of the demonstrators in New York.

The lack of a coherent message is not pushing similar efforts elsewhere in the U.S. stopped.

"Occupy Chicago," for example, has entered its 10th day Sunday, a day after an associated website boasted "a huge March in the afternoon."

The motto of the tip of a website to "take care of Los Angeles", which is to begin on Saturday March 1 with Pershing Square to City Hall:

"The revolution has happened ... It is simply not in the news. "

There are 34 organizations - trade unions, ethnic organizations, activist groups on everything, focus on foreclosure prevention of climate change issues in court - as noted in a coalition of like-minded activists in Boston involved. The group, one of the festival Friday and Saturday and March and has explicitly targeted the Bank of America in recent weeks, said on its website that its purpose is to "stop their greed," "for an economy that works for usall to fight "and" build cities democratic, equitable and sustainable. "

The Web site describes the efforts of Seattle demonstrators nationwide as "leaderless resistance, with people of many colors, genders and political beliefs."

"The only thing is that we all have in common is that we are at 99%, which is no longer tolerate the greed and corruption are the 1%," the statement said, based on what they as a division net between the richest Americans and see the rest of society.
Most of the events up peacefully and without incident, although in some cases they have resulted in numerous arrests.

The highest level of these incidents came Saturday when the NYPD more than 700 protesters had occupied the iconic Brooklyn Bridge arrested. They were cited for blocking the road, authorities said, and finally, after writing notes in the face.

The confrontation came as protesters beat drums and sang on the street, "looking at the world," as the police moved in.

Paul J. Browne, deputy commissioner of the New York City Police said they "multiple warnings" to stay on the sidewalk, not the main road were given. The incident led to a traffic stop in Manhattan to Brooklyn Bridge for several hours.

The demonstrators said they take their inspiration from the events of the Arab spring that swept Africa and the Middle East this year.

The event - which uses the hash tag # occupywallstreet on the microblogging site Twitter - began in July with the introduction of a simple website calling for a campaign in March and a sit-in on the New York Stock Exchange.

It has grown since the beginning of September, with masses of taking up residence in a park in the financial district of New York and asked 20,000 people in the region for a raw "few months". In recent weeks, the New York protesters topics such as police brutality, the destruction of unions and the business handled

 

Poste By: Mian Shakeel Aslam

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/02/business/wall-street-protests/index.html?hp...

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