2011/09/29

9/30 任重道遠 Occupy Wall Street

Okay, I've changed our topic tonight, because there's something really important going on in the US right now. We had the 'Arab Spring', and now we're having the 'American Fall'. This is really worth talking about, especially on the heels of our economic discussions. They are so inspiring!

Occupywallst.org

Longer video explaining the situation from occupytogether.org:



Here's a video of a man laying out why it is that the US system needs to change:


Here's a video showing Day 11 (yesterday)


Here's a link to the list of demands that the group is working on to present to the world. The coolest thing is they're using a really pure democratic process to figure out what it is they want to stand for, soliciting proposals and votes on what proposals should be included.

Here's a very good opinion piece from the Guardian.
We are the 99%: pictures of people telling their stories.