Occupy Wall Street: Why should I care

31 October, 2011
Zuccottl Park, NYC

The Occupy Wall Street protests, which began as a small group of protesters in New York City's Zuccotti Park,  has changed the national conversation around the economic 'gap' between the richest 1% and everyone else. 

It has changed the conversation around the meltdown of the economy and why so few people and financial firms have been held accountable for their risky behavior;  behavior which destroyed the futures of so many lower, middle, and upper-middle-class people.

The national and international "Occupy" protests have broken the silence of denial and forced the media, politicians, columnists, as well as international organizations to publicly acknowledge these economic disparities. 

New York City's 24-hour televison news station, Channel 1, has a continuous designated segment entitled "Occupy Wall Street".  Locally you may have noticed that there is more news, discussions, and information about these protests across the country and the effect they are having.  More and more the news media is wondering out loud if our financial policies are "fair". 

It is because of this movement that the national focus on the economy has changed. This movement, unlike other so called 'popularist' movements, is a genuine expression of the way ordinary people, the 99%, are feeling  about being kicked to the curb by the greed of the rich.

jt

ps.
The blog postings below list ways that you can help.


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30 October, 2011
Zuccotti Park, NYC

A couple of blog corrections about the "Occupy Wall Street"  movement.

First, The best website to contact, get information from, and make donations to the Occupy Wall Street movement is:
http://www.occupywallst.org/

not "occupytogether.org"  that I listed in the earlier blog posting.

Second, as I mentioned below, the weather in New York City has turned very wintry and the need has increased for the items below.  This list can also be found on the occupywallst.org website.

Needs

• insulated gloves, wool hats, scarves
• long underwear / smart wool thermal socks
• 300 hand warmers, 300 foot warmers
• waterproof boots in all sizes
• disposable shoe covers
• winter coats
• hot beverages
• thermal heaters
• all weather sub-thermal sleeping bags
• tarps
• all-weather tents
• foam padding / insulation for inside of tents
• wooden pallets to get tents off the ground
• cots to get people off the ground (don't currently have any - could really use these)

Dropping Off In Person In NYC

Daily until 9pm at the OWS storage space at 52 Broadway Ave, ground floor.
After 9pm at the OWS Comfort Station on the east side of Liberty Square (aka Zuccotti Park)

Where To Ship

Occupy Wall Street
118a Fulton St
PO Box 205
New York, NY 10038


Third, I again want to encourage you to send this blog information to one or two other people.  The national conversation has changed because of the Occupy Wall Street movement.  We are the 99%.

Thanks
jt



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29 October, 2011
Zuccoti Park, NYC

I am going to write a couple of short blog entries about the "Occupy Wall Street"  protest and what we can do in support.

A few  things that you can do is forward this blog to one or two other people so we can expand the information,  visit the "occupytogether.org" website to stay informed about actions taking place,  and make any kind of donations that you can to further the spirit of the protesters.

In the midst of this stormy Saturday the protester's spirits are very high.  The rain, snow, and wind of this early winter storm has not dampened their resolve.  It is a lesson for us all.  The city has taken away the electric generators, that the protesers were using, to keep warm, citing saftey reasons. As you can imagine this has made things pretty desperate.  

Gloves, socks, sweaters and other winter gear (and espeically money) would be a great contribution.  The 99%  movement is our movement.  More to come.
jt