Innocent activist is arrested without explanation, tasered for no reason.
Democracy Now presents a concise tale of what happened in Oakland in ugly clashes between peaceful protestors and aggressive police:
“They are more interested in protecting abandoned private property than they are the people. And the idea that opening up a social center is terrorism is very telling of the narrative of the police state,” Lewis says.
“When the 1 percent was in charge, hundreds of thousands of people emigrated to avoid starvation. Under the leadership of the working class, however, both countries built robust and successful economies that nearly eliminated poverty, expanded free university education, abolished slums, provided excellent health care available to all as a matter of right and created a system of full employment…
“Although Norwegians may not tell you about this the first time you meet them, the fact remains that their society’s high level of freedom and broadly-shared prosperity began when workers and farmers, along with middle class allies, waged a nonviolent struggle that empowered the people to govern for the common good.”
Projection on a building during Occupy Wall Street Day of Action. This isn’t over, folks!
During peaceful Occupy Movement, police came in to tear down tents and proceeded to arrest students who stood in their way. Once students peacefully demanded the release of the arrested, a police officer unnecessarily pepper sprays the students to open a path for the rest of the officers.
“Fault Lines” is a short film by Al Jazeera; an excellent and succinct account of the issues that are bringing Americans and supporters around the world into the streets.
“This inequity will lead to upheaval… politicians aren’t listening. The US will look like it did 100 years ago… where a small group controls a large amount of political power and a large group suffers.”
These are three articles highly relevant to what is going on in the world today. All of these were written before the Occupy Wall Street movement. At the time of their publication, they were very controversial and created a backlash amongst the people they targeted. All three of them exposed some…
