OWS, from A-Z, by Theodore Hamm
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 05:04PM A=arraign; arrears; arrests
Many came to Occupy Wall Street because they are in arrears, only to be arrested, with some even arraigned.
B=Bloomberg; Brookfield Properties; Brooklyn Bridge
Bloomberg and his buddies at Brookfield were dismayed when the mass arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge failed to stop the protests.
C= commune; cops; corporations
While some folks are creating a commune, cops are protecting corporations.
D= democracy, American; democracy, direct
American democracy is controlled by political parties that respond to money, whereas direct democracy is handled by participants answering to each other.
E= exhilaration; existentialism; experience
Joining together with your fellow ninety-nine percenters can be an exhilarating existential experience.
F= freedom of speech; free market
Fuck that free market nonsense, the protesters say, exercising their right to free speech.
G=grip, gripe
Many who gripe about the OWS protests need to get a grip.
H=Hydra; hydrate
Donated supplies continue to hydrate the Hydra.
I=individualism; indivisible
I pledge allegiance to Occupy Wall Street, and to the democracy for which it stands, indivisible, with liberty and justice for the 99%.
J=jackboots; Jacobins
Don’t let the jackboots turn you into Jacobins.
K=Kelly, Ray; kettling
Kelly and his keepers keep on kettling.
L=love
At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me echo Che’s statement: “At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love.”
M=money
A question for the banks: “Where’s the money, Money?”
N=Nine; Ninety-Nine
We are the 99 percent; You are the 99 percent—and all of us will gain nothing from 9-9-9 or any other nefarious nostrums.
O=occupation
The lack of meaningful occupations has led many 20-somethings to join the Occupation.
P=Percent, One
Lots of folks in the one percent will gladly tell you that they are part of the middle class.
Q=quest; quixotic
Ending inequality may seem like a quixotic quest, but the fight has to start somewhere.
R=revel; revelation; revolution
Many revel in the revelation that a revolution is upon us.
S= shambles; shame
American democracy is in shambles, and it’s a shame.
T= Tea Party
The Tea Party is astroturf, but OWS is grassroots.
U=usual; usurp
Rather than accept business as usual, OWS usurped national attention.
V=Vendetta
If there’s one flick that all the protesters seem to like, it’s V for Vendetta.
W=Wall Street
If there’s one place that none of the protesters seem to like, it’s Wall Street.
X=Malcolm
If there’s one radical figure that nobody on Wall Street likes, it’s Malcolm X.
Y=Yippies; yuppies
When OWS protesters channel the spirit of Abbie Hoffman and the Yippies, yuppies get nervous.
Z=Zuccotti Park
Though it sounds like an Italian restaurant, Zuccotti Park is actually the site of the New York City Commune.
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