Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders “It is not the Congress that regulates Wall Street — It’s Wall Street that regulates the US Congress.” Senator Sanders says the government is not regulating banks properly, which is pretty obvious when looking at the recent $2+ billion trading loss at JPMorgan Chase and the fact that there is [Continue]
The Congressman Rangel appears to believe that the Occupy Wall Street Movement is giving a voice to the people and that everyone agrees that someone should do something about the problems the Occupy movement is bringing to light. On his website (rangel.house.gov) he is quoted as saying on October 6th: “I’m Proud of #OccupyWallStreet Protesters” [Continue]
Congressman Keith Ellison was able to get almost 400,000 views via his Town Hall chat video on YouTube about his thoughts on the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Rep Ellison (Dem-Minnesota) supports: Sponsoring Constitutional amendment to “Get Corporate Money Out of Politics” and to reverse Citizen’s United, he say’s in the USA they are not having [Continue]
Eisenhower during his farewell address tried to give warning to the American people, but has been ignored until Occupy Wall Street (OWS) helped put this issue back in the limelight. Eisenhower was not only the President of the USA for eight years, but he was the Supreme Commander of all Allied Forces in WWII and [Continue]
Occupy Wall Street Movement sets the stage for a 28th constitutional amendment that not only overturns the Supreme Court Citizens United decision, but also gets corporations out of politics creating a more binding and defined separation between for profit Corporations and State. In the name of smaller government and economic stimulation Politicians have dismantled the [Continue]
Occupy Brisbane Nov 5th March Image Gallery Occupy Brisbane marches past two police force blocked (fenced in) parks through the Brisbane CBD before heading to Muskgrave Park in South Bank. Best collection of Occupy Wall Street Australia protest signs and posters taken on November 5th, 2011 in Brisbane Australia. Photo credit: Kenneth Burridge High resolution [Continue]
Occupy Brisbane Nov 5th Pre-March Photo Gallery After two forced evictions (Post Office Square and Queens Park) in two days and $500 fines given for spending the night in King George Square prior to the November 5th Occupy Brisbane rally. Brisbane authorities allowed Occupy Brisbane to march without a permit, through the CBD to South [Continue]
One of the reasons why Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is growing so fast is that the people have had enough for quite awhile now and their elected leaders seem powerless to get anything accomplished. Members of the OWS movement have been able to bring direct democracy to a whole new level by articulating the common [Continue]