MB Civic

the very excellent Gosztola at Firedoglake ..

The occupiers did not come together to be the Tea Party of the left. They came together to take on corporate power and address problems that impact Americans who are conservative and liberal, left wing and right wing. And, to continue to grow as a movement that challenges the influence of corporations, special interests and the top 1% in government, they need to make clear this is not about building a better Democratic Party. This is about the war on poor, working class and middle class Americans, the constant attacks on unions and how Americans are beginning to have influence over their government so the assaults on poor and working Americans come to an end

Debbie and I were at the labor march yesterday at Foley Square, it was massive and exciting. Reminded us of the 2003 Iraq War and 2004 RNC protests. We were there at OWS on Sept 17th, the first day of the Occupation, with a few hundred people and it felt amazing to be among the crowd yesterday and see and feel how much the movement is growing. There was some violence later in the day when police stopped people from marching to the actual Wall Street. Goztola’s liveblog at Firedoglake has a good summary of what happened with links and video (evidently a lot of protesters turned out to be undercover cops .. hmmm, gee – where have we seen that before?) – mab