Austerity has been imposed all over the world by the arrogant 1% ruling class and rich on the 99% to pay for the economic meltdown caused by the 1% (corporations, over-fed military war machines, oil/energy profiteers and the global economic elite epitomised by Wall Street).

People are without jobs, food, health care, homes, savings, pension funds (squandered by investment professionals) and HOPE. 

Not only the young and old have a grim future, but the poor, sick, workers, unemployed and the middle class have a terrifying present.

Many have nothing more to lose.

Representatives of the world's 99% have taken to the streets in country after country and the Spring revolt continues in Greece, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yeman, Bahrain, etc., and now America.
 
It is principally the young in country after country who are in peaceful revolt despite arrests and violence inflicted on them.  Many have been injured, tortured, imprisoned and killed.

It is young Americans who started the Occupy Wall Street movement which is being supported now in over 200 cities in the USA with massive rallies planned for October 15.

They were laughed at by the mainstream media and the champagne-drinking Wall Street employees as nothing more than a few young hippies. 

With a multi-million dollar gift from Goldman-Sachs to the Police Benevolent Fund, the New York City Police were there to keep order by kettle arrests and brutality.

A little bloodshed got minimum attention from the mainstream media who were preoccupied chasing the more fascinating stories of Sarah Palin's Presidential bailout and the return of Seattle's acquitted murderess - admittedly both 'hot' babes.

Only Fox 'Faux' News caught on early to the genuine, organic movement of the masses which was emerging as a massive threat to their corporate owners and conservative clients.

This is a movement of anger, frustration and will to identify those responsible for the global catastrophe caused by unrestrained 'supply-side' economics perpetrated by the world's ruling class. 

It is a movement which demands retribution and compensation.
 
It is a movement which demands change - change which puts the well-being of 99% of humanity before the 1%'s endless accumulation of wealth.

It is a movement without a political party affiliation and condemns all those whom we have elected and who have failed us.

It is the revival of the American Dream.

It is now supported by the American Dream Movement of Van Jones, MoveOn, Democracy for America, all progressive groups, the House Progressive Caucus, labor unions, the environmental and anti-war activists, etc.

And the Marines are coming to protect the protestors and to uphold their Constitutional duty to protect this country and its people.  Video

They will be joined by other military and even members of the Tea Party Patriots.

Americans of all political pursuasions are waking up to the fact that we are one and one with the other peoples of the world.

Grubby Fox is claiming commies, anarchy, anti-semitism, blah, blah.  They have offered no apology nor explanation for condoning and encouraging Tea Party violence against liberals in their virtual world of unreality.

Ratings-crazed mainstream media and Washington insiders are perplexed.

The sharp-witted President, facing a tough re-election campaign against the malignant Republican Party, has picked up its theme and gotten tough with the opposition.

Senate Majority leader Harry Reid engineered overturning a ridiculous privilege of Republican Senators to filibuster bills by adding endless unrelated amendments wasting time and preventing governance. 

Republicans, deprived of one of their pet obstructionist privileges, vow to get even.  Get even with the American people of course.

Democrats, who are not progressives, are waking up the the Occupy Wall Street movement and are actually doing something.  To name one:  an investigation into the illegal economic activities of Supreme Court Justice Thomas and his wife is demanded in a step to overturn the Citizens United decision from which he should have recused himself.

It appears that at least the Democrats want to identify with the protestors if not co-opt them for the party as the GOP co-opted the Tea Party.

Meanwhile the protestors and supporters have declared their independence.

You are either with we the people or against us.

Many believe that it will all come to nothing citing that the world's problems are too complex and the 1%'s power is too entrenched.

According to world economists such as Mervyn King, head of the Bank of England, we are headed into a worldwide depression far worse than the 1930's.

Whatever happens before November 2012 will affect the USA elections.

The question is:  can the majority of American voters (who are not disenfranchised by Republican State anti-voting laws) understand what is at stake? 

Or will they continue to blindly follow blind leaders?

UPDATE:  The New York Times' editorial endorsed the Occupy Wall Street movement.


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