9 October 2011

Stranded and poor on Wall Street... By Jo-hakim & Jenguiz


The protest movement was started by just a small group of young people two weeks ago. They were following the example of movements like “la puerta del sol”. It has quickly grown to become a very large socially mixed movement grouping people of all ages.

It is fighting against the growing inequalities in the United States: the rich are getting richer and the rest of the population is getting a lot poorer. Because Wall Street is at the centre of financial speculation and of the American economy in general, it was decided to protest there.

From our point of view this article is incomplete. A number of things are not mentioned. No reactions from the political or financial word to what is happening are given. Also, the older people present are described as being there just to encourage the younger people though they do not seem to agree with the aim of the movement, which is silly. Does this programme want to discredit the movement? We think this is a shame as we support the protesters...

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