Occupy Wall Street Chants
During the October 15, 2011 march to Times Square by the people involved with Occupy Wall Street, many watched from around the world. The marchers peacefully chatted as they walked, the cops stood at the edge of the streets making sure this was a peaceful event. All around the nation and world, our fellow citizens were showing support by joining us in their area.
I viewed the live feed of the New York City march on the Adbuster website, and took note of the chants. Some were clear and some were not, but all of them were chanted with a unified voice. I learned at about the movement by watching this and I learned that those people marching wanted the same thing that many of us also want.
The marchers in New York City and around the world are giving the rest of us a voice that our governments are listening too.
One group chanted 'What does democracy look like?' and another group answered, 'This is what democracy looks like'.
Here are some more chants that were heard on this media event.
'Corporate Greed has got to Go, hey, hey, ho ho'.
'We are the 99 percent, we are the 99 percent'
'Banks got bailed out, we got sold out'
'We got sold out'
'Ain't no stopping the power of the people'
'O-C-C-U-P-Y What does that spell? " 'Occupy"
'All day. All week. Occupy Wall Street! '
'All day, all week, occupy everywhere. '
'Hey-hey, ho-ho. Goldman Sach has got to go'
'The people united, will never be defeated.'
'The people united will never be divided. '
'Whose street? Our street'
While most of these chants were heard clearly, sometimes they were muffled or distorted by others talking close to the cameras.
The Occupy Wall Street movement began on September 17, 2011 and has spread worldwide in less than a month. Germany, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Madrid, Hamburg, Paris, Italy, London, Greece, and more have groups that are staging occupies in their areas. The Occupy-streams website lists over 100 live feeds of the movement. That is awesome worldwide support of democracy for the people by the people.
Sources
AdBusters Occupy Wall Street day 29 Adbusters
Occupy Streams Occupy Streams Occupystreams
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4 Comments
Post a CommentOkay the first part of my comment did not publish. I am not sure how I wrote it: that I hope the protests lead to a positive change, but I am doubtful. The 1% wealth holders could care less what those who made their wealth possible do not like; if they did, this unequal distribution of wealth would not have come about in the first place.
The comment I was typing seemed to have disappeared; maybe it posted? Will continue, not rewrite what I just said. I visited the Occupy website; on the discussion forum, that "99%", I noticed the comments were the standard "us vs. them", us being either left or right, liberal or conservative, Republican or Democrat. Despite the chants, not very united. If the 99% continue to choose political sides here in the U.S. of A., we, the people are not likely to see any major changes. A truly united 99% would make a difference by refusing to vote for either of the two parties. Of course, those in the 1% and their bought reps will continue voting for their respective parties of choice, thus I think the other, being 99%, is a bit less than that.
people are fed up, things have got to change
nice article