AthCztcCQAECrDR.jpg (JPEG Image, 600x450 pixels) Rassemblement à Paris en soutien aux québecois: Prise de paro. Joseph Stiglitz: The 99 Percent Wakes Up. There are times in history when people all over the world seem to rise up, to say that something is wrong and to ask for change. This was true of the tumultuous years of 1848 and 1968.
It was certainly true in 2011. In many countries there was anger and unhappiness about joblessness, income distribution, and inequality and a feeling that the system is unfair and even broken. Both 1848 and 1968 came to signify the start of a new era. The year 2011 may also. Something Is Wrong That the young people would rise up in the dictatorships of Tunisia and Egypt was understandable. And yet, there were, in these youthful protesters of the Occupy Movement—joined by their parents, grandparents, and teachers—signs of hope. The name chosen by the young Spanish protesters—los indignados, the indignant or outraged—encapsulated the feelings across the world.
Something else helped give force to the protests: a sense of unfairness. If no one is accountable, the problem must lie in the economic system. Occupy Blitzkrieg - Instructional Video - Occupy The Movie. AqlvBHHCAAAmuwf.jpg (JPEG Image, 600 × 1067 pixels) - Scaled (64. May Day - M1GS. General Strike (towards May Days) M1GS.