Posted on 10/17/2011 6:32:05 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE — On Saturday, it was a show of solidarity with Wall Street protesters, as upwards of 1,000 people rallied in downtown Milwaukee.
So, what is next for the movement?
A few dozen protesters met in Zeidler Park Sunday, to figure out their next move.
If it weren't for likely arrest, protesters would like to stay in Zeidler Park overnight, and occupy it 24 hours a day. However, since one of their goals is to remain peaceful, they are trying to come up with other ways to keep the movement going.
"People here are actually feeling really empowered by this movement that we have," Rachel Matteson with the Occupy Milwaukee movement said.
One day after hundreds of people protested outside Milwaukee banks, 30 or so remained in Zeidler Park Sunday.
"You will definitely see us growing in number and you will definitely see us continue to occupy Milwaukee," Matteson said.
The smaller group is trying to figure out their next move. Ideas being thrown around include social media outreach, organizing another rally, and finding a new park to occupy.
Saturday night, police told protesters to leave Zeidler Park by 10:00 p.m., or face arrest. Protesters left without confrontation, but came back Sunday morning.
"I think right now it's a movement that's encompassing a lot of perspectives," UW-Milwaukee Professor of Governmental Affairs Mordecai Lee said.
While some are comparing this movement to the Tea Party movement, Professor Lee is hesitant to say whether Occupy Wall Street will be as defining for Democrats as the Tea Party was for Republicans.
"The Tea Party really influenced the Republican Party. The Tea Party transformed the Republican Party. I'm not sure if what we're seeing are the beginnings of the same thing happening in the Democratic Party," Lee said.
Regardless, Lee suspects a counter-movement to Occupy Wall Street maybe in the near future.
"It might be sort of a free Wall Street, or, I believe in capitalism, or I believe in the free market," Lee said.
Occupy Milwaukee is still debating its next move, but says it's not going away. People plan to continue showing their support for protesters on Wall Street.
"We can continue to stand in solidarity with them, and piggy back off of what they have been doing and do our own actions here in Milwaukee, and keep Wisconsin mobilized," Danielle Meyer said.
Probably just disgruntled Brewers fans.
Yep. We were on the cusp of something great for a while, there. :(
That’s why I said before the last day of the season, that the other NL Playoff teams better hope the Cardinals don’t get in.
You're stuck with them. I hope the Dems embrace this "movement" this election cycle, because it let's the "undecideds" see that they are aligned with the "F@ck the USA" crowd.
Next move? Out of Milwaukee would be my advice.
....which leads me to:
You may be a FleaBagger if you can be mistaken for a homeless person...
Wow, winter in Milwaukee in tents.
One Boy Scout weekend trip in January:
30 below zero
30 MPH winds
Broke six shovels chopping through siz inches of ice so that we could put tent stakes in.
All the tents came down in high wind gusts (45 MPH?)at 2:00 AM.
Finished the night in sleeping bags around a massive fire. Not sure what we burned, but it was about as much wood as the average home.
I hope EVERY FReeper knows that it is going to be up to us to ensure the GUTLESS GOP hangs these protestors like a millstone around the necks of the dims.
What I fear is that unless we get a Herman Cain in there, we will ONCE AGAIN play nice when the dims say "HEY it was just a few nuts jobs" and in the debate...Romney will say "Yeah...I know these protestors don't represent the hard working democrats I know."
We can't let that happen. WE have to use their words against them in ads...over and over again.
Yep. Winter. The “Great Equalizer”.
Hope they “occupy” that park until the stench makes the locals vomit. At least winter will quell the smell and freeze certain aspects of the sanitation problems. - What is winter like in Milwaukee anyway?
Oh. Sorry. You described it pretty well already.
Back in the 1930’s these “camps” were called “Hoovervilles.”
Today they are called “OBAMAVILLES” in honor of their leader, SPENDAHOLIC Obama. Now there are now 140 OBAMAVILLES, and counting.
“30 or so” is not a “few dozen”.
Our freeloaders are so lazy they won’t even occupy? Big surprise.
Winter is exactly as I described it. The winds are frequently so high during blizzards that the homes will moan from the wind. Sounds frequently like a human.
Good question!
First, change the T-shirts to read “I am the 0.005%” . . .
Or is it possible that the humans up there sound like houses? :o)
It is quite weird.
Some nights the sounds kept me up late as they were very loud.
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