Uncovering the Wall Street Protest
So there’s a HUGE protest going on in New York City. Did you know that? It’s in it’s second week, and has gotten incredibly little to no news coverage on American mainstream media. I first learned about it through word of mouth, and even then I had to go to a British news site to learn anything about it. Since then a friend of mine also linked me to a Facebook page that is constantly feeding out information and links to small websites and blogs with bits of current information. I have seen videos of violent arrests and mace attacks on unsuspecting women. I have seen live footage where people pleaded for medical care for the violently arrested victims locked up in jail. Right before I started writing this, I joined a surge of people in the protest network spreading phone numbers for major news networks trying to get hem to cover the story. Since then, articles have been released online by some of the major news outlets. I watched it happen.
So what is it that all these people are protesting exactly?
It’s clear that the people involved are tired of our economic system, that much is obvious without very much digging. But even on the protest’s ‘official’ website (https://occupywallst.org/), it’s hard to get a bead on what exactly the protestors are trying to make happen. Here’s their mission statement:
