by Alexander Higgins
Thousands occupy Wall Street to protest the bankers.
With the passing of each day, what has come to be known as “the Occupy Wall Street” political movement gains momentum; as of late, with it, collective bargaining labor unions have cast their hats into the ring too. And as pointed out, enthusiastically, by political reporter Alexander Higgins, “It’s game on.”
As previously reported, at the street level, unions, among them, the 200,000 member strong Transportation Workers Union, along with the Teamsters, are throwing all their political might behind Occupy Wall Street and their political muscle, as it may, does make quite an impression at the street level.
It is rumored that Verizon workers plan to join, as is the Industrial Workers Union who too have endorsed Occupy Wall Street.
Then news surfaced that several more unions are committed to, or are contemplating joining, while two of the unions scheduled solidarity marches.
Now TPM Alexander Higgins reports even more unions are joining up to protest against Wall Street and the movement is set to grow rapidly. For example, a collective of eight groups, with over one million members strong, will be joining the Occupy Wall Street movement to show their solidarity and march against what they are calling “the machine.” And based on Occupy Wall Street’s Facebook page, the other eight organizations expected to join in the Oct. 5 rally are: United NY, Strong Economy for All Coalition, Working Families Party, VOCAL-NY, Community Voices Heard, Alliance for Quality Education, New York Communities for Change and Coalition for the Homeless (which has a collective membership of a million).
Combined, this makes for a very interesting mix of individuals, on the ground, in New York on October 5. Third-party libertarian types have never mixed very well with unions, but perhaps Americans will be able to get behind this single cause rather than be manipulated into conflict, by mainstream “talking heads” pieces, at the behest of political operatives. “We’re not holding our breath but this is a good start,” Higgins said.
As we suggested in American Powder Keg: New Black Panther Chairman Declares: “The Hour of War Is At Hand” and much of America is disgusted with the direction we’re headed in, which is evidenced by the 81 percent of Americans who say they’re not satisfied with the governance of the country. We’re all in this together.”
The majority of Americans aren’t happy and they’ve lost hope, because regardless of what group you identify with, what color you are or what way you lean towards politically; the end result is the same: you’re losing jobs, falling behind on essential bills, having difficulty putting food on the table and are constantly being accosted by government on all levels.
The challenge is not so much getting people motivated – because you can be assured that as this crisis deepens, millions will have no choice but to head to the streets for the reasons outlined above. The problem we face is that we are dealing with politicians and business leaders who have no other motive than power and money, and they will do anything and everything necessary in order to deflect blame. Thus, they’ll need a scapegoat(s), as we suggested previously:
When the riots start – and they will – the core motivators for individuals who hit the streets will be similar. Where the difference will arise is with, which person or group will be blamed.
Those elites in the upper echelons of our command and control apparatus thrive on hate, confusion and panic, and they will use our own ignorance against us.
When we discuss the coming civil disobedience and unrest in America, we may find ourselves visualizing protests where the people join together to oust a tyrannical government. Be forewarned. This is not the most likely outcome – at least not at the outset. With so many different ideologies in this country every one of us interprets the problems and directs blame a different way. These differences will be used against us; they’ll be used to turn us against each other.
As has been the case throughout history and most certainly exemplified in recent protests and riots around the world, in an attempt to discredit the message of the people, the powers-that-be will likely utilize agent provocateurs to wreck havoc. Because of the differing backgrounds and worldviews at any given rally (especially one like Occupy Wall Street), it wouldn’t take much to create conflicts and clashes.
Many of those who will be out in force on October 5th and at the many coming assemblies, rallies and riots, that we’ll see in America’s future will be “mindless followers” taking orders from their respective political, union or organization leaders. Thus these engagements will not come without risk, because there’s always the danger that people will be misguided, misinformed and misdirected, eventually turning on themselves.
It’s great that Americans are taking to the streets to effect real change. One million (people) is a big number and despite the media making little of the fact that the Wall Street protests are even happening. This is how it starts. It is our hope that the people carry through with the original intent of the movement and focus their energy on the problem – unregulated greed and corruption on Wall Street and within the halls of Congress – rather than each other.
The goal: “One Million Protesters to Occupy Wall Street:
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/one-million-protesters-to-occupy-wall-street_09302011.
