Wednesday, September 21, 2011

11 Things You Can Do to Help the 'Occupy Wall Street' Movement

11 Things You Can Do to Help the 'Occupy Wall Street' Movement: :"The people protesting on Wall Street are fighting for the unemployed, the uninsured, and those totally insecure in the face of ever increasing financial inequities.

Editor's note: Today is the fifth day demonstrators have staged an "occupation" of Wall St. and other parts of lower Manhattan in protest of America's staggering economic inequality and the influence of big finance on our politics. As of Tuesday night, 16 people had been arrested. There are also reports that law enforcement has confiscated camera equipment. Below, writer Chaz Valenza describes 11 things you can do to help out the protesters.

These patriot occupiers are fighting for 99 percent of us. Those who are unemployed, uninsured, underemployed and totally insecure in the face of ever increasing social and financial inequities. They are standing up for those who cannot be there right now.

Here's the good news -- you can help, right now today -- no matter where you are...."

2 comments:

MotivatedinOhio said...

Good Article.  I like Alternet.

Underground Politics said...

Me too! They have a lot of awesome stuff on there.