REALITY- This is what happens when people of principle stand up for their rights. They are immediately reminded exactly why it was that they hadn't tried to do so before now. Because when anyone steps out of line they are dealt with by the police. Unless by stepping out of line you mean billionaires stealing billions of dollars from people who will never have that kind of cash. The cops ignore you if your crime is to hoard wealth through a corrupt system that stopped truly being a system the instant that it failed to serve the needs of the less fortunate. A system is not a system if it does not function.
On the 40th day of The Occupy Movement people from all over the world are rising up together to demand economic and political justice for themselves and their children. Oakland California has just seen a particularly brutal siege by police that left many injured and one U.S. veteran shot in the head with a tear gas canister and in critical condition at the time of this writing. Police all over the world have responded in very much the same way. Arrest, attack, and attempt to demoralize. The Police in New York have been resorting to what's been called "Stop and Frisk". Which has officers randomly stopping anyone they choose, according to race in many cases, and subjecting the citizen to a pat down frisk. They have also been offering arrested protesters a deal that would expunge their arrest just so long as that person is not arrested again (for protesting) for six months. The NYPD had no right to arrest the peaceful protester in the first place, all that this tactic does is to serve as a deterrent from returning to a protest site for fear of facing jail time. Dirty tricks at best, The Constitution of The United States of America guarantees any American Citizen the right to peaceful assembly and if necessary protest. To petition the government with prayer if you will. At least most of the protests sites have remained peaceful. Unfortunately not all.
The Police in Oakland, California have resorted to heavy use of tear gas, and atomized metal batons to disperse peaceful unarmed demonstrators. Occupy Orlando was evicted last night, and there have been more than 500 arrests at Occupy Atlanta. One man in Austin, Texas was arrested for sleeping.
What are they doing that is so dangerous that you need that many cops, that many batons, and this much noxious chemical gas to attack them? It is not that they are protesting. Necessarily, it's not that they are in camping in public without a permit, and if that's really a law anywhere then that law is really unconstitutional. The Constitution supersedes any such laws, particular during times like these. The real reason that the establishment and its police force can't allow these protests to continue is because that the brave souls at each Occupy location are setting an example for all the lost souls that continue to power the greed machine. The establishment has begun to fear the prospects of actually having to deal with the Occupy movement at a bargaining table if they should inspire a general strike to occur across The United States and eventually the world.
Strike, in particular if you work for an organization or company that you know to be dishonest, corrupt, or otherwise at fault or contributing to the problems we all face as Americans. Those who work at banks would be an obvious example of someone who the establishment would rather didn't wake up. Someone who they like that they trained well who would be somewhat difficult to replace. Strike, if you're tired of breaking your back for just enough while someone less worthy collects way too much to do so very little.
The only problem with that is who is going to feed all these angry, hungry people? How will they stay warm? Occupy Wall Street has been collecting donations in cash and in the form of warm clothing, blankets, sleeping bags. Anything you can think of that people would need while they try to survive the winter outdoors. A New York winter. www.occupywallstreet.org
Who is going to help?
Anybody?
Anyone at all?
Until then The Occupy Revolution marches on.
And As Always,
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