Wall Street Protests “Tahrir Style”
"On the 17th of September, we want to see 20,000 people to floor into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months. Once there, we shall incessantly repeat one simple demand in plurality of voice and we will not leave until that demand has been met".
This is what "Occupy Wall Street" movement published on its website explaining its mission in general, with reference to the "Tahrir Square Style" it plans on using. This comes also after several countries like Greece, Spain, Iceland, and others protested in "Tahrir Style" to voice their demands.
"We plan to use the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic of mass occupation to restore democracy in America. We also encourage the use of nonviolence to achieve out ends and maximize the safety of all participants", the website noted.
Furthermore, "Occupy Wall Street" movement also added, "When our leaders can no longer be trusted, it becomes the duty of the people to fight for social justice. The Arab Spring has proven itself effective in forcing government to blow to the will of the people. We believe this tactic can also work in America".
According to the website, "Occupy Wall Street" is a leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors genders and political opinion. "The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed of the 1%", the website further stated.
This appeal to protest is mainly against the financial crisis currently witnessed in America, and against the corporate influence in Washington. Organizers of the Occupy Wall Street movement are demanding [US President] Barak Obama to form a presidential commission to put an end to the corporate influence in Washington's finance sector, according to a Facebook poll organized by Adbusters.
Source: News Agencies
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