The Arab Spring showed the West a powerful form of street protest. Thousands upon thousands took to the streets in Arab nations and, instead of politely goiing back home in the afternoon, stayed on the streets day and night putting immense pressure on corrupt governments. These Arab citizens gave the inspiration to citizens in so-called Western democracies to to occupy the streets. This form of protest started in Madrid, New York City, Athens and elsewhere to force radical changes in our corrupt governments and merciless explotation by major corporations of people and resources world wide. Occupy! sought social change and justice. The Occupy! movement really got underway in October 2011 – for some months – until the authorities closed it down. Nothing much changed …
OCCUPY! A Poem….
OCCUPY! A Poem….
OCCUPY! A Poem….
The Arab Spring showed the West a powerful form of street protest. Thousands upon thousands took to the streets in Arab nations and, instead of politely goiing back home in the afternoon, stayed on the streets day and night putting immense pressure on corrupt governments. These Arab citizens gave the inspiration to citizens in so-called Western democracies to to occupy the streets. This form of protest started in Madrid, New York City, Athens and elsewhere to force radical changes in our corrupt governments and merciless explotation by major corporations of people and resources world wide. Occupy! sought social change and justice. The Occupy! movement really got underway in October 2011 – for some months – until the authorities closed it down. Nothing much changed …