Read this excellent summary of the growing “Occupy Wall Street” in the Globe and Mail – a sign that the mainstream media is beginning to pay attention to this citizen movement.
“Occupy Wall Street has grown exponentially since its inception on Sept.
17. And now that the story has belatedly exploded in the news media,
everyone is paying attention. Inspired in part by the Arab Spring, the
movement is defined by leaderless, participatory democratic action and
nonviolent civil disobedience…Canadians should welcome this collective protest against concentrated
corporate power when the occupation comes to Canada on Oct. 15. As long
as the protests remain peaceful, we all have much to gain from an open,
democratic dialogue about the ways that our government privileges
corporate profits over the public good.” (October 12, 2011)