The whole world watches
Although the mayor of New York had the movement known as "occupy wall street" evicted and shut down, the mark it left was enough to ignite a fire a crossed the nation.
What started as a non-violent movement in New York City turned into a nation wide soft mannered revolution slowly gaining more publicity?
It amazes me that in my time I would see a movement such as Occupy.
I was fortunate enough to work with Brighton Wallace of the Occupy Austin movement before he lost his job, I’ll be honest, the first time he started explaining things to me I was convinced he was out of his mind. But he spoke with such passion and drive, that I had no choice but to listen. Since that day I have been approached by young men with bandana’s covering their faces, passing out packets often filled with grammatical errors and loosely worded paragraphs.
There isn’t a day that goes by that you can take a walk in Austin and not see a chalk drawn quote or spray painted sign mentioning the Occupy Movement, to me it shows a strong sense of unity that most saw lost. I was one who always thought the Vietnam protests would be the last time a generation came together to speak as one voice. Word has even spread a crossed the ocean and has been sparked in European countries as well.
One of the biggest differences I noticed in this article was the anticipation leading up to November 17th, apparently today was the day a 3 part non-violent movement through NYC was to take place again. Starting with “shutting down wall street” and ending with a re organized meeting in the park, the occupy organizers seem to really have things under control.
With every day that goes by the movement grows, even if its little by little, everyday more and more people hear about it, and that is the constant drive keeping these people outside for these extended periods of time protesting for what they believe in.
This article has inspired me to look more into occupy, and see what things would be like had their goals ever been achieved. One thing for sure, “Occupy Around The World” shows no signs of slowing down.
It's things like this that make me see hope that there are people out there who are willing to fight for a change in our government. When things like these protests happen and then create a spark that engulfs all parts of the nation, it shows me that people are using their power that were given to them by their fore fathers. When we see that the government is failing at keeping our interests in safety, then it is our job to say enough and fight back.
ReplyDeleteToo many people are afraid to fight back because of the possibilities in which they will get hurt or caught, but what kind of message is sent out when the government hurts its own people during a peaceful protest? The message is that something should be done. I always wondered what it was like to see all those people during the Vietnam protest, and now i have a greater understanding of why they wanted, no, needed to do what they did. Nothing is ever gained while standing idly by and merely observing the injustice. One must go outside of their comfort zone to be know as a serious combatant for the cause. I loved this article and post, things revolving around the way we as the citizens can influence the government is always fascinating. Devin did a great job of giving an deeper look to the occupy movement, from which i haven't gotten a chance to hear about. I very much enjoyed this post. Thank you.