Responding to some of the attempts to smear the Occupy movement by making ridiculous comparisons to the Tea Party...
Responding to some of the attempts to smear the Occupy movement by making ridiculous comparisons to the Tea Party...
as long as OWS remains a dynamic grass-roots movement, as long as they challenge the very legitimacy of the status quo, they remain a political threat, and so OWS members will continue to be persecuted for dissent as political "criminals".
Once you buy in to the propaganda known as the American Dream, there is virtually no limit to the bullshit you'll apologize for.
It's not sufficient to just take away those things that interfere with a free market if you intend to leave in place all of the benefits (and handicaps) accrued under the old system of exploitation. And if you don't do anything to remedy the "too big to fail", or to remedy the "captured regulators" or the "lobbyists", etc., you've created a free market in name only.
I have seen the various petitions asking to forgive student loan debt, and I'm familiar that it is on the OWS list of demands, so imagine my surprise when I read a headline last night teasing that Obama has a plan to provide relief for the masses suffering under the crushing weight of massive student loan debt.
My friend Dave (no, not “my friend” as in “me”) wrote this poem in response to/solidarity with the occupy movement, and asked what I thought? Well, I thought it was good enough to re-post. Enjoy & share! A disconnect of intellect Separates 1 sect Of society that has yet to see, The reality of tyranny Terrorizing our liberty Infiltrating our democracy By misinforming you and I With black, bold-face headline lies, From white papers...
The final image of this revolution for me will be the image of Gadahfi beaten and bloodied being harassed and tormented by his captors, what we can imagine was only moments before he was put to death. That is the only image people should see for which NATO is responsible, but it will not be the image that is produced for world consumption.