Occupy Movement

Introduction

“Occupy Wall Street” is a movement of resistance without a leader, consisting of people from different regions, races, and political influences. The one thing they all have in common is that They Are The 99% that will no more abide the gluttony and dishonesty of the 1% (Sherry, pp. 34). They are adopting the radical Arab Spring approach to attain their ends and support the use of peacefulness to capitalize on the protection of all partakers.

Discussion

"Occupy Wall Street" is the initiative of the "outraged" Americans who plan to camp in New York's financial district, to demand an economy to serve the people. The protest will add "outraged" around the world in their respective cities. A growing group of anti-war protesters commemorating the tenth anniversary of U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan marched from Seattle's Capitol Hill to Westlake Plaza, meeting up with the Occupy Seattle demonstration (Pace, pp. 325). There, hundreds of people peacefully joined to talk about the longest running war in the nation's history, as well as ending corporate greed and the woeful economic situation many Americans are finding themselves in.

Concerns Voiced through the Occupy Movement

Occupy Wall Street Protest the started in the mid of September. The apparent reason for the start of the protest is the economic, social and political issues. Although the agendas of different protestors are different, but, the few issues raised by protestors are as follows:

Financial Crises

According to some of the protestors and the placards which they were carrying, the bankers were not severely punished, although they were the main reason behind the collapse of the economy. In my opinion, the financial crisis is a serious issue, but, the mess created by the crisis cannot be corrected with these protests. The financial crisis of 2007-2008 has affected the economies of many nations of the world and the governments of these countries have designed several reforms (Meinders, pp. 72), policies and strategies to minimize the after effects of the disastrous financial crises. However, it is not a piece of cake. The world has seen the peak of economic progress during capitalism, and now it is time to see the lows of capitalism. The damage caused by capitalism cannot be corrected in few days.

Gluttony

The corporate greed of entrepreneurs and elite class has increased, due to capitalism. Everyone is running after the money. People want to earn more and more money within the shortest frame of time, and they have unlimited desires. The increased emphasis on the short term and the long term profits, has suppressed the middle and the lower class. Workers are exploited (Gelder, pp. 51). They are working day and night to meet their ends; and the result of their hard work is the reduced benefits and unemployment. However, the corporate class is multiplying their profits by leaps and bounds.

Balanced Economy

The protestors want to accomplish a balance in the economy. They want to replace corruption, dictatorship and materialism with democracy, freedom and balance of power . Overall, their primary goal is ...