Elections in Tunisia (after 55 years of one-party rule), earthquake in Turkey, death of a dictator, flooding in Thailand... so much going on, and almost all of it has a connection to what we are learning about in school. I'd like you to investigate the "Occupy the World" movement that started on Wall Street in New York and has spread to many cities, including Prince George. On the surface, it seems to be about people's disgust for corporate greed. Search for "occupy" and "wall street" or "vancouver" etc. CBC has a
map of other cities where this protest movement has spread. Why did it start? What are the protesters' issues? What do they want? How is the "movement" different from city to city? What is the role for social media like facebook and twitter? What impact do you think the "occupy" protests will have? Does this have anything in common with the Arab Spring protests last year that brought down the Tunisian and Egyptian governments and led to a revolution in Libya? Answer 2 or 3 of these questions in a comment.
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ReplyDeleteOccupy Wall Street is a global movement made by organizers as an attempt “to end the monied corruption of our democracy”. It started on September 17, 2011, when a group of activists started camping out New York City.
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ReplyDeleteBoth sides of the occupy movement have reasons. Yes, 1% does control the wealth however so many of the 99% are to blame. When you are making an annual income of $40000 and you decide to purchase a $1,000,000 house then that is your fault for being in debt.
ReplyDeleteMr.T how is this affecting the kids like us or is this affecting us at all?
ReplyDeletein some of the acts people would wear masks like the guy from "v for vendetta" . in one picture i saw i think someone had actually dressed their dog up. One picture that i saw was very inspirational and it said "people are to big to fail" in my eyes that proves that if we all stick together there is noting that can stop us. However that could be negative in a sense that a person is smart but people are dumb. i suppose some people can only be pushed so far, but how far is too far? and are the people occupying the world (occupy wall street act) going too far?
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