It is often frustrating to see the misinterpretation of Occupy Wall Street as a protest against the rich. It is not a protest against people who are abundant and have are doing well, no matter how much the television says so.
me I am one of those
that the right might
not continue to assist
occupy and resist so I
guess I'm a socialist
compassion comes to
those that can buy it
bury the needy and
the sick throw the
weak off a cliff
if necessary so
they can keep their
millions though that
might not help them
when money does
not matter
anymore
me I am one of those
that the right might
not continue to assist
occupy and resist so I
guess I'm a socialist
compassion comes to
those that can buy it
bury the needy and
the sick throw the
weak off a cliff
if necessary so
they can keep their
millions though that
might not help them
when money does
not matter
anymore
This week I'll be closing down my Wells Fargo Bank account and opening up a new one with a small, local bank in solidarity with the Occupy Movement and with my human family.
Please consider doing the same!
Check out this site to help you find a local bank or credit union in your area:
I admire and want to be part of the '99%' movement.
Not necessarily the "occupy wall street" movement, but I give them the credit to having kickstarted the whole revolution.
I believe it is a revolution, not only economically, juristically, and politically, but also spiritually.
Everyday is an opportunity to create change and raise the frequency of the present moment beyond the last. Protest is about consciousness. Picketing is about generating awareness*. True Protest happens when you choose to feel joy, peace, love, compassion, and connection inspite of difficult circumstances. Protest is about rising to the challenge of being change in order to create it.
A tragic expression of unmet needs. While protesters like to think they're, "sticking it to The Man", their detractors believe the protesters want to stick it to the "common man" and woman.
I'm pretty sure that I went to my first protest today, the Wall Street protest. I say I'm pretty sure because my memory fails me at times, and for all I know when I was younger I went to a protest with my parents.
As The Church of Earthalujah takes off for our European tour, Reverend Billy gets a lesson in hysterical revolution from British activists and his one-year-old daughter.
6/17/2011 marks the 40th anniversary of the War on Drugs. We are protesting this trillion dollar, discriminatory public policy. No longer will we allow our families to be "acceptable casualties" of the war on drugs.
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I participated in the United Nations Earth Summit's parallel conference - the Global Forum - in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992. It was a 10-day gathering of over 180 heads of state, plus media, aides, and non-governmental leaders. And concerned citizens like myself.
"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
