The Promise and Challenge of Nonviolence. LISTEN: Eric Allen Bell. Wall Street To Occupy Wall Street: We're Just As Frustrated As You! (VIDEO) Wall Street traders have a message for the "Occupy Wall Street" movement: they get it! CNN's Alison Kosik reported this morning that she's been talking to traders since the movement started a few weeks ago and they've told her they understand their frustrations. "They truly empathize and understand the frustrations. They're equally frustrated as the folks out there on the park are right now," Kosik said. "You know, they have also had wit the gridlock in Washington and the state of economy as well," Kosik said. "The traders I talked to, they want the protestors to understand they're getting hit hard in this economy as well.
They're facing layoffs in the tens of thousands in the financial industry. If you look at the trading floor here, it has fewer people than ever before, because it's more electronic. "But once again, they understand that the New York Stock Exchange is the symbol of American capitalism," she continued.
"Occupy Wall Street is targeting Wall Street. Video below. A Message from TheAnonMessage. Cops beating people up at occupy wall street. [VIDEO]...of cops beating #occupywallstreet peaceful protesters. WARNING - graphic. Posted on05 October 2011. Tags: #Occupywallstreet, Baton, Demonstrators, protestors These peaceful protestors do not deserve this. October 5th, around 8:45 PM. Cops beating up and pepper spraying people at the occupy wall street protest. A NYPD Officer on Wall Street bragging “My little nightstick’s going to get a workout tonight” © 2010-13 FORECLOSURE FRAUD | by DinSFLA.
Share Comments comments Related posts: Matt Taibbi on the evolution of the #OccupyWallStreet protest Via: Current Keith and “Countdown” contributor and Rolling Stone contributing...Video: We the People! Compilation of Brutal Arrests at Occupy Wall Street Protests. NYPD Officer on Wall Street bragging "My little nightstick's going to get a workout tonight" Wall St. protesters: no backing down despite 700 arrests. Most of the 700 protesters arrested in the “Occupy Wall Street” march onto the Brooklyn Bridge in New York have been released. The unabashed demonstrators promise more marches on Sunday to slam "corporate domination" and America’s crippled economy.
The protesters were charged with disorderly conduct and summoned to appear in criminal court. The small group still remaining in custody is awaiting identification.The “Occupy Wall Street” protestors says their campaign will continue with more meetings on Sunday in a park not far from Wall Street, as well as another march on Wall Street itself on Wednesday afternoon. The mass arrests on Saturday by the New York Police Department came during the protesters’ march onto the Brooklyn Bridge, when thousands of protesters failed to keep to the sidewalks, eventually blocking car traffic.
That, at least, is what the NYPD says. 'Police still cracking down on us! ' You can share this story on social media: Follow RT on. UPDATE 3: #OWS: Take this video VIRAL, NOW! For those without video access, or who just want a summary of the piece, here you go: It starts with Elizabeth Warren breaking down (in what appears to be an interview by, I would guess, Charlie Rose) the three major things enacted after the Great Depression which kept things running smoothly for 50 years: --Glass-Steagall --FDIC Insurance --various SEC regulations ...and how those were systematically dismantled starting in the 80's.
Then she notes how once the deregulation happened, things started falling apart: --S&L crisis in the late 80's --Hedge fund mismanagement in the late 90's --Enron in the early 2000's ...leading to the mess today. Then it switches to statements by Sen. The demands are pretty damned easy to summarize: --Reinstate Glass-Steagall --Audit the FED --Reverse Citizens United (via Constitutional Amendment) --Overhaul the tax code for the mega-rich (1%) and corporations Occupy Your City Occupy Online Occupy the Voting Booth I just wanted to add a couple of notes: Cops beating people up at Occupy Wall Street, October 5, 2011. Why Do You Occupy? - Interviews At Occupy Boston. VIDEO, PhotOH! Jesus, GOP! 2011 Global / World Wide Riots and Protest Have Started!!!
Chris Hedges speaks at occupy DC october 6 2011. Occupy Wall Street Protesters Are Broadcasting From INSIDE A Paddy Wagon! Can You Feel it Trickle Down? #OccupyWallStreet. New York City Rough Arrest (Police Brutality?) 'Occupy Wall Street' Protests Give Voice to Anger Over Greed, Corporate Culture | PBS NewsHour | Oct. 5, 2011. JEFFREY BROWN: The protests against Wall Street gained new momentum today, with union members and students joining in. A crowd that numbered several thousand or more jammed the rally site, Foley Square. They put up Web video showing signs and chants, as speakers condemned corporate greed and influence. Organizers also called for college students nationwide to walk out of classes as part of the protest.
The NewsHour’s economics correspondent, Paul Solman, went to the protesters’ base camp Tuesday and filed this report on their budding movement and their concerns. PAUL SOLMAN: A block away from Freedom Tower, which is literally rising from the ashes of Ground Zero, down the street from the New York Federal Reserve Bank, Zuccotti Park, home to the Occupy Wall Street encampment.
We visited to see how its activist denizens were preparing for today’s big rally, though we arrived before many of them were up and about. WOMAN: I’m from Tampa Florida. WOMAN: I left Colorado Sunday evening. Globalrevolution. Parody: Billionaires tell protesters to buy their own government. By Eric W. DolanWednesday, October 12, 2011 20:37 EDT The 0.001 percent made their way down to the ongoing “Occupy Wall Street” demonstration in lower Manhattan to let the protesters know that they had “bought this democracy fair and square.” One billionaire told Laura Flanders of GRITtv that if the protesters didn’t like it, they should buy their own government. Watch video, courtesy of The Uptake, below: Eric W. Eric W. 10 Job Slashers That Benefited From A Tax Holiday: IPS. Occupy Wall Street Song Official "Smile"By Jay Samel #occupy #occupywallst. Cops beating people up at occupy wall street. ♪♫•*¨☀★♫♪ the Dirty Fucking Hippies, WERE RIGHT! ♪♫•*¨☀★♫♪
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