[Peace-discuss] Is there a Revolution underway ?

[David Johnson]

Occupy Wall Street protest in San Francisco: Is there a revolution underway?
September 30, 2011 | Filed under: Life & Style | Posted by: admin 
Occupy Wall Street protest has finally reached San Francisco. Many people wonder if there is a revolution underway in the United States

Is there a revolution underway in the US? Though not much is coming out in the open and the media has remained largely silent about it, but the demonstrations that began with Wall Street protests are spreading to other areas.

For several weeks you will find a larger than ever presence of police officials near Wall Street. The men are in uniform and plainclothes too.

These police officials have been deployed to rein in hundreds of people who are gathering there daily to protest against the bank bailouts and rescue of other big corporations while neglecting the interests of the common people who are increasingly becoming poor with dwindling incomes.

These protests have been rightly named as 'Occupy Wall Street protests'. These protesters mostly belonging to lower middle class and people with low incomes have been demanding that the preferential treatment being given to big companies should be done away with immediately and the resources are directed to common people.

The protests began in New York City's financial district Wall Street some two weeks ago and have continued whether there was rain or anything. They have picketed outside several big corporations including Bank of America.

But for the last couple of days there have been signs that the protests may spread to other parts of the US. The demands of these protesters make sense to a large part of the population who are not satisfied with current economic policies of the Federal government.

In San Francisco the protests have also begun. A protest leader while talking at the protest side near Bank of America said, "Have you ever felt like you've been had.That's why this building right here is a symbol of the incredible greed and wealth that has accumulated into fewer and fewer hands..And how do they stay wealthy.They took our tax dollars. They got bailed out".
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