Occupy Everywhere: Notes from Wall Street – October 14, 2011

No Matter how Non-violent Protestors are, Growing Threat to Elite Power Will be met by Greater Resistance and Violence

“The biggest difference I see between China and the US is that in China, our government owns the corporations and in the US, the corporations own your government.”

– Chinese people’s historian Liao Yiwu, July, 2010

 

All photos by Brian Awehali

On September 27th, the Occupy Wall Street rebellion was clearly gathering momentum. The NYPD’s macing of several peaceful protesters the previous weekend, and their arrest of roughly 80 demonstrators in the following days served primarily to spark more coverage, outrage and broad-based support for the movement. Donations were pouring in, a group of hundreds was turning into thousands in lower Manhattan, and similar… more

by: Brian Awehali

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