Get Up, Stand Up
Bob Marley sang this song,
“Get up, stand up, stand up for your right
Get up, stand up, don’t give up the fight
You can fool some people sometimes
But you can’t fool all the people all the time
So now we see the light, we gonna stand up for our rights.”
The Occupy movement is the most dynamic and extraordinary political development in decades. It may be the catalyst to effect fundamental change. Inspired by a call in the Canadian magazine Adbusters, citizens fed up with the abuses of the system went to Wall Street and pitched their tents and unrolled their sleeping bags. That small act proved to be the spark that launched a leaderless movement with people of various political tendencies brought together by anger at the inequities of capitalism and the politicians who sustain it.
Speaker
Michael Moore
Michael Moore is a world famous documentary filmmaker. His Bowling for Columbine won an Academy Award and Farenheit 9/11 won the top prize at Cannes. His films Sicko and Capitalism: A Love Story were critically acclaimed hits.
George Lewis –
A very inspiring speech showing us the unprecedented importance of Occupy Wall Street. He clearly explained how this young generation have triumphed in the hardest part of any movement: To awaken a critical mass into action that can actually cause positive systemic change – peacefully.
He clearly stated how Wall street has taken over control of government politics and how we must stay visible in Zakati Park, Wall Street, and in every other way we can think-up – so that these corporations start re-evaluating what they’re doing.
Imagine if we found a way to affect their stock price? Like taking our money out of their banks and switch to non-profit credit unions – which, of course are owned by their members (have YOU done it yet? DO IT!)
What I liked most was how he reminded us that everyone is already part of Occupy Wall Street and can use their imagination to help the 99 percent – and help the 1% change their ways…
One suggesting I would like to respectfully suggest, is for everyone to SHOP LOCAL independently owned businesses. That’s what we’re working on in our area: http://99PercentDirectory.com – where each community can share their favorite local businesses and by just doing that, they get free advertising, which will help them survive this tough recession, and spend less money advertising with these corporations.
We can all do our part – Thank you Mr Moore for this great speech