Wednesday, October 5, 2011

occupy wall street: report from Chicago


Occupy Wall Street : Poster Man


the crowd is growing. the police are mulling about and the government agents are engaging the protesters with their ill disguised clothes. But this is a beginning. I couldn't figure out where people would sleep; there is little space between the Federal Reserve Bank and the protesters.

I offer a quote we might all want to keep in mind during these still warm enough days for outside happenings

"Liberation is an act of simultaneous conscious awakening and direct action, a concrete engagement with Reality guided by a freed Consciousness, a massive collective labour of love that conjoins praxis and theory; it's a spiral in which labour struggles and political struggles fuel and nourish each other to turn in a widening rising helix. As that helix turns, it brings in more people into its process, sculpting an expansion of the liberated community outwards and higher. David McNally's article paints a picture of how this took place in Egypt and anchors it to the work of other prominent revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg, who had a lot to say about the revolutionary moment, and its process."

The picture above is of a man who wasn't on Wall Street but in Chicago. He worked hard to get his outfit just right, the red tie and black shirt. His red and black hair didn't make it into the photo but it was great! And his Mask is outstanding, as was his attitude; gentle, determined and.........all that is needed to go the mile.

Linda Zises
a recent chicago resident