No jobs means no future: youth gather for protest near Wall Street Sept. 17.
photo: Greg Dunkel
Events of the past week have made it easy to see who is considered a
criminal under the for-profit system known as capitalism. Events of the past week have made it easy to see who is considered a criminal under the for-profit system known as capitalism. What happened to the Wall Street gamblers who caused the foreclosure epidemic, forcing people out of their homes and crashing the economy? The government bailed them out — of course. Yet, how were activists with the Occupy Wall Street movement treated as they marched on Sept. 24 through New York streets to protest war, unemployment and racism? They were tackled, punched, choked, tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed and arrested by the police. ...
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