It started in tunisia by a poor man lighting himself on fire. Then took down tyranies in the middle East. Then moving into Europe, South America and now in the Good Ol USA. The World Spring is here.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...79A03Z20111011
(Reuters) - After the "Arab Spring" and unrest in Europe, New York's "Occupy Wall Street" movement may be the latest sign of a global, popular backlash against elites with increasingly shared rhetoric and tactics.
On almost every continent, 2011 has seen an almost unprecedented rise in both peaceful and sometimes violent unrest and dissent. Protesters in a lengthening list of countries including Israel, India, Chile, China, Britain, Spain and now the United States all increasingly link their actions explicitly to the popular revolutions that have shaken up the Middle East.
The slogans on the streets of Manhattan and other U.S. cities also show a host of other intermingling influences, from the British student protests last year to the "indignados" (indignant) anti-austerity demonstrations in Greece and Spain.
What they all share in common is a feeling that the youth and middle class are paying a high price for mismanagement and malfeasance by an out-of-touch corporate, financial and political elite.
When hundreds of protesters blocked London's Westminster Bridge on Sunday in anger at upcoming changes to Britain's National Health Service, they took on slogans from U.S. protesters who describe themselves as the "99 percent" paying the price for mistakes by a tiny minority.
'Occupy Taipei' protest planned for Saturday
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/new...php?id=1732219
Taipei, Oct. 11 (CNA) Protesters in Taiwan will gather at Taipei 101 on Oct. 15 to join other people around the world in staging their own version of the "Occupy Wall Street (OWS)" demonstration that has been in progress in the United States for almost a month. The Taiwan protest will be a peaceful gathering and will take the form of a group discussion outside the landmark tower, initiators said.
'Occupy Taipei' protest planned for Saturday
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/new...php?id=1732219
Taipei, Oct. 11 (CNA) Protesters in Taiwan will gather at Taipei 101 on Oct. 15 to join other people around the world in staging their own version of the "Occupy Wall Street (OWS)" demonstration that has been in progress in the United States for almost a month. The Taiwan protest will be a peaceful gathering and will take the form of a group discussion outside the landmark tower, initiators said.
meanwhile, in the most "stable" country in south america:
Chile: 250 arrests, unions call nationwide strike
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world...s-1196437.html
The protests continued into Thursday night, with large numbers of Chileans turning out to bang pots and pans across metropolitan Santiago.
Chadwick defended the police response, which included arrests of at least five journalists as they covered the disturbances, prompting a strong protest from Chile's journalists' union and news organizations.
"If the police overreacted, we're going to control that, but we are going to respect the police, we are going to support the police, because it's the only way we can apply the law, work within the law and respect the law," Chadwick said.
The prolonged conflict seems to have hit a dead end. Education Minister Felipe Bulnes and President Sebastian Pinera are rejected the key student demands of changing Chile's largely privatized system, which puts most of the burden of funding education on individual families, with one that gives the state a central role in ensuring free, high-quality education. The activists want to finance it by raising taxes on the rich and businesses.
It started in tunisia by a poor man lighting himself on fire. Then took down tyranies in the middle East. Then moving into Europe, South America and now in the Good Ol USA. The World Spring is here.
I'll take the "Occupy" folks seriously when they start lighting themselves on fire.
World Spring, my ass. What these people need is some ing Irish Spring.
Dirty ing hippies.
I agree American Spring is in it's infancy but it will evolve eventually.
It will probably start with banging pots and pans, then to a few hunger strikes, maybe even some crucifixions. and eventually, why not, a couple of human bonfires.
Weak v. Powerful is coming to this country; I don't think we're ready to go "all in" just yet, however. It's gonna take the realization, or epiphany of the occupy folks and the tea partiers that there is quite a bit of common ground between them.
The political elites the tea partiers are mad at are one and the same with the financial elites the occupiers despise. They ALL need to go.
I've already formed my tribe for when the hits the fan, btw. Got some talented people recruited. Doctors, Dentists, military, farmers, blacksmith, etc....even a couple of lawyers (for when food gets scarce).
Damn. I'm pretending that it's still 1985, and all this is still basically unthinkable.
My sentiments haven't adjusted to the historical shift; my mind still lingers in the allegedly defunct, pre-9/11 republic. I'm basically effed if there's a big social breakdown. I would prefer not to think of it at all.
Physical impairment, something more critical?
Drug and feed stores, even a dialysis clinic are on our "conquer immediately" list.
No matter; you've got a good mind; we can use you.
How far are you from Western Pa?
Oh, when you come make sure you're yelling, "I'm Winehole, 101A said I could join!" really loud, otherwise, well, you know...
http://www.cphpost.dk/news/internati...o-denmark.html
#OccupyWallStreet comes to Denmark
<----able to portray Winehole when necessary.
Here's a picture of 101A in West PA...
Which post apocalyptic world do you guys envision? I'm gonna go ahead and go with water world.
Log Entry:<----able to portray Winehole when necessary.
If a guy shows up claiming to be Winehole, but wearing Mavs gear....well, you know...
The more I read your posts, the more convinced I am that you're afraid that this might actually happen at some point.
I'll take the "Occupy" folks seriously when they start lighting themselves on fire.
Dammit!
I'll take the "Occupy" folks seriously when they start lighting themselves on fire.
World Spring, my ass. What these people need is some ing Irish Spring.
What they need is Irish Spring. Zing
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