Posted on 05/02/2012 11:31:55 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A new generation of activists skips school, flocks to Wall Street to join May Day Occupy protests. On their minds? student loans, reining in corporations, and being part of something that could matter.
April showers didn’t bring May flowers this year – they bloomed early – but May Day did bring some new people into the Occupy Wall Street movement.
The Occupy movement's May Day marches and demonstrations across the country were intended in part to revive the movement, which had lost some momentum over the winter months, and gain new support.
"What they need to do is showcase the movement as a relevant voice,” says Catherine Wilson, a professor of political science at Villanova University in Villanova, Pa. “They are trying to reignite the movement by partnering with like-minded groups to effect change.”
Despite early morning rain, protesters started the day in midtown’s Bryant Park, in a style reminiscent of last fall’s encampment in Zuccotti Park.
A schedule of marches, gatherings, events in parks throughout the city and protests outside of corporations and banks meant that there were many opportunities to join in. Occupy groups used social networks like Twitter and Facebook, as well as old-fashioned pamphlets, to publicize the day’s events.
For young people, the day was a chance to join the movement – even if it meant missing school....
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
Good thing about the Occupy Movement.
Six months living in a camp and no one missed work.
Good thing about the Occupy Movement.
Six months living in a camp and no one missed work.
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