First, let me just say, I stand in solidarity with our Native American sisters and brothers, in their anti-colonial critique of Occupy Wall Street, that this nation’s very foundation is occupation, and remains so. What didn’t some as a surprise is the Main Stream Media’s demonization of the protesters, including the “progressive” New York Times.
I especially like this statement from the Declaration of Principles of Occupy Wall street:
“They have accepted private contracts to murder prisoners even when presented with serious doubts about their guilt.
They have perpetuated colonialism at home and abroad.”
See more here: Declaration of the Occupation of New York City Occupy Wall Street.
Wall Street continues to remain the great economic symbol of American corporatist greed; and that legacy of slavery, where the U.S. was created on the backs of slaves, well, still remains true: see the African foundations of New York. And what population has the greatest percentage of unemployed? Oh, yah….
While a number of Tea Partiers feel threatened by the competition, I feel the more nonviolent political action, the better. Nothing like protests to get your theological juices flowing.
