Wednesday
Oct052011
WATCH LIVE - Wall Street Protests - #OccupyWallStreet
The protests have grown dramatically today, as major unions have joined.
On Wednesday, Oct. 5, starting at 3 p.m. EST, “Occupy Wall Street” will march through the streets of New York City with the members of more than a dozen labor unions backing them.
Included on the list of unions now in solidarity with the occupation are: the AFL-CIO, the Communications Workers of America, the United Auto Workers, the United Federation of Teachers and National Nurses United.
To see the full list, click HERE.
Oct 5, 2011 at 7:23 PM
Reader Comments (11)
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/05/labor-unions-join-occupy-wall-street-protest-for-huge-march
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/05/scientists-use-cloning-to-make-human-stem-cells
Off-topic but this is a HUGE development.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/03/supreme-court-rejects-internet-music-download-case/
Another off-topic story, but pretty big news.
http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/undercover/menino-speaks-about-occupy-boston
Scientists use cloning. Hope they don't use any of my DNA. They could end up with STUPID STEM CELLS.
http://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-protest-photos-2011#the-police-prepare-to-take-on-the-protestors-1
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016411868_westlake06m.html
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/occupy-wall-street-demands-6506089
The kicker:
" "This is not Tahrir Square. This is not Tompkins Square Park. This is not Yuppies against squatters. This is about minds. We need help from people who know. We need help from people in the financial industry who know. They should be here, too. He should want to see a better community. I want to see change in a systematic and legislative way. We're looking for real results. We're looking for protection for people. We're down here trying to play bills. It's serious out there, but it's quiet, because it happens at everyone's kitchen table. It's happening household-by-household. There's a sense out there, which I hope what's going on here will dissipate, that there's something wrong with me. I'm a jerk because I can't pay that bill. There are working men who will march tomorrow. It's all about people, who feel they got duped. There needs to be a systematic legislative change, so that this cannot happen any more."
Brendan Burke's head is shaved. He doesn't wear funny glasses. He doesn't beat a drum, or look like he failed an audition for a Radiohead tribute band. He is not what the smart people come down here expecting to find. He looks like the truck driver he is, and he talks like someone who works for a living. For a long time in this country, that was enough. That country is what the people have come to find in this little park, where the wind is getting colder. "
Pass it down. Charlie Pierce is a National Treasure.
Apologies if you already covered this.
And for those who haven't check it out yet, the lede is pretty good too:
" Sal Cioffi and Randy Otero are union electricians from Local 3 of the IBEW in New York. They're working on the Freedom Tower a few blocks over in lower Manhattan. Over the past couple of days, they've taken to having their lunch in Zuccotti Park, in the middle of the Occupy Wall Street protesters who have set up camp here. The event has grown sufficiently that it's now attracted almost as many food trucks and mobile falafel units as it has television-news trucks, so there's always some place for Sal and Randy to buy lunch. So they park themselves on the stone bench, put their hard hats on the ground and, almost organically, they become part of the event. "
But, you know, bongo drums.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/against-the-institution-a-warning-for-%e2%80%98occupy-wall-street%e2%80%99.html