Indian Trade Unions have Failed and Deviated enough during last Two decades of LPG Mafia Rule! Hence we have NO way to protect the Working Class consisting of NINETY Percent NON Brahamin NON Aryan workers in Organised as well as NON Organised sector

Indian Trade Unions have Failed and Deviated enough during last Two decades of LPG Mafia Rule! Hence we have NO way to protect the Working Class consisting of NINETY Percent NON Brahamin NON Aryan workers in Organised as well as NON Organised sector which EXPANDS day by day due to Devastation of Production system, Agrarian Crisis due to GREEN Revolution, Displacement and Unemployment because of Detruction of Indigenous Aborigine Livelihod and Education system, Economic Reforms and LPG Mafia Rule, Booming IT, Retail, Infrastructure sector, labour Reforms and Massive Migration!Maruti Suzuki on Sunday dismissed 10 workers and suspended 10 workers for allegedly engaging in violence with non-striking workers and disrupting property at its Manesar plant during the course of last two days.Under PARIVATAN MAMTA RAJ,the Dunlop India Limited management on Saturday issued a notice for suspension of work at its Sahaganj unit in Hooghly. The authorities cited the worldwide recession, non-availability of a bank loan, labour unrest and vandalism as reasons for suspending work. The notice has left the future of 972 employees of the unit uncertain.

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The strike that started again on Friday due to non-reinstatement of 44 sacked employees had also led to suspension of five of the 18 trainee workers who were taken back on August 3.

Maruti Suzuki claims that it has managed rescue around 450 non-striking workers who were subjected with violence and forced to join striking workers in their sit-in protests over last two days, it said in a statement on Sunday. Production at the Manesar plant remained halted on Saturday.

Production does not usually take place on Sunday. About 2,000 workers at Manesar are on strike.

However, striking workers said they were not putting pressure on non-striking workers to join the strike. "Nobody is being forced to do anything. We will continue the agitation," said Sunil Sonu, one of the leaders of the striking workers' section. He was one of the 44 workers who were not reinstated in to the factory on August 3.

"There was no violence, the company is trying to suppress the issue. There was firing in the morning at one unit that too by an outsider and no violence took place after that," said Suber Singh Yadav, union leader, Suzuki Powertrain India.

Yadav said that the firing took place at Suzuki Motorcycle India's factory and was fired by Satish, the younger brother of Tirupati Enterprises owner Rakesh.

Suspension of work at Dunlop unit

However, both industry minister Partho Chatterjee and labour minister Purnendu Bose said that this suspension of work is "not at all acceptable". "We have called Dunlop India's current operator to a tripartite meeting. We are hopeful of an amicable solution to the problem," said state labour minister Purnendu Bose. Times of India reports:

At the Sahagunj factory gate, angry workers began shouting slogans after reading the five-page suspension of work notice. Local Trinamool leader Tapan Dasgupta and INTTUC president Bidyut Raut rushed to the spot. They spoke to the employees and assured them that the government had already intervened.

Later, reacting to the notice, industry minister Partho Chatterjee said, "We cannot accept such suspension of work when it involves the fate of a large number of people. We will try to resolve this issue through discussions." However, suspension of work is nothing new for this factory's workers. In 2005, the Ruia group took over the tyre manufacturing company and closed down the factory soon after. It was reopened in 2009 but never functioned smoothly. Workers' union leaders alleged that no fresh investment was made in the factory. Instead, the management was interested in obtaining bank loans against this property. But even that loan never came through because of the factory's non-performing status.

Some workers alleged that the management also smuggled out machinery and equipment, turning this factory into an inoperable asset. This led factory workers to start a round-the-clock vigil in and around the factory. They stopped entry and exit of trucks brought in by the management.

INTTUC leader Bidyut Raut said, "At the September 28 meeting, it was decided that the management would pay employees their July salary. A further meeting was scheduled after the pujas. Accordingly, they were paid the July salary. Then came this suspension of work notice just when the meeting was supposed to take place." Power supply to the factory has been discontinued since August 18.

The management's notice largely holds workers responsible for the suspension. The notice cites the August 3, 2011 incident. "At around 9am that day, 25-30 workers in connivance with certain antisocial elements created an unlawful assembly and forcefully stopped a truck which had come to the factory for movement of materials. These said workers forcibly stopped the truck and asked the driver to go back so that no material could be loaded onto it in the factory premises."

This stoppage of loading of raw materials has been confirmed by Raut. "The owner does not have any interest in running this factory. But we were suspecting that he was smuggling out raw materials and equipments. The owner in connivance with Citu, demolished 860 workers quarters. The owner was paying salaries without giving employees any job. This was not acceptable to workers." On behalf of the management, the unit head M A Khan said, "The management noticed that instead of appreciating the real problem, unions were engaged in large-scale detrimental activities at the instance of workers, resulting in further economic loss."

"The management had invested a huge amount of money for revival of the Sahagunj plant. But a section of workers along with some miscreants resorted to disruptive activities, including vandalism and damage to equipments," he said.

However, all the unions claimed that the current owner has not invested a single paise in the factory. Instead, they smuggled out precious equipment to script its death, they said.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Suspension-of-work-at-Dunlop-unit/articleshow/10287713.cms

Cracking the whip, Maruti Suzuki India on Sunday dismissed 10 workers, terminated five trainees and suspended 10 employees in connection "with the strike and violence at the Manesar factory premises".

In a statement, the company said the strike by the workers and the violence thereafter violated the agreement signed by the workers with the company management on October 1 in the presence of the Haryana government officials.
"The company has dismissed 10 employees, suspended 10 others and terminated the training of five trainees in connection with the strike and violence at the Manesar factory premises," the statement said.
MSI said it continues to be concerned about the safety of people as well as the plant and machinery and today the company "rescued" another 100 workers who were being "held under duress" by the striking workers in the factory.
"These 100 workers were rescued with the help of police. On Saturday, the company had similarly rescued 355 workers with the help of the police. Many of these workers had been beaten up by the striking workers," it claimed.
"With the rescue of about 450 people, the number of striking workers in the factory premises has come down to around 1500. About 170 regular workers have stayed away from the strike from the start," the company said.
MSI said in a meeting convened by the labour department on Manesar issue, its management pointed out that the striking workers have violated the agreement signed on October 1 in the presence of Haryana government. The company sought action against the striking workers from the labour department and the Haryana government, the company said.
As per the agreement, the workers had agreed to sign the good conduct bond laid down by the management. Further, while the company had agreed to reinstate 18 trainees, 44 regular employees were to be suspended.
Workers at the Manesar plant went on stay-in strike on Friday afternoon affecting production. The total number of workers who went on the stay-in strike inside the Manesar plant was around 2,000. This included all categories like regular, contractual, apprentices and trainees.

Maruti Suzuki India on Saturday said the strike at its Manesar plant is turning into a law and order problem, alleging that protesting workers have been indulging in violence and beating up colleagues who are not supporting them.

"We are extremely concerned about the violent acts of the striking workers. We are worried about the safety of our people in this environment," a company spokesperson said.
According to the company, the workers are indulging "in several random acts of violence and damaged property inside the factory premises on Saturday".
"The agitating workers attacked co-workers, supervisors and executives in multiple incidents of violence, and damaged factory property since they began the stay-in strike on Friday evening," the company said.
The workers, however, denied the charges and said they have not indulged in any of such acts.
Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) management, however, claimed that it was able to rescue as many as 355 contractual workers on Saturday who have "been badly beaten up by the striking workers".
"They were forced to join the stay-in by the striking workers. These contractual workers were rescued by the police.
Some of the injured were sent to hospital for treatment," MSI said, adding that the striking workers "are holding hundreds of co-workers under duress inside the Manesar factory, threatening them if they break ranks".
MSI further said the striking workers are now demanding reinstatement of 44 workers suspended for misconduct, which is against the agreement signed on October 1.
Reacting to the charges, Sushil Kumar, an executive member of Maruti Suzuki Employees Union (MSEU), the unrecognised rebel workers' body, said, "That agreement remains cancelled and we are not going to honour it. What we are demanding is that the casual workers should be taken back."
Maruti's Manesar plant has about 2,000 workers, of which over 900 are permanent, while the rest mainly are contractual workers and trainees.
The company management said it has already reiterated that it will take in these contract workers as production is ramped up over the next one week.
"Already, 170 of these contractual workers were taken back and had joined production operations before the stay-in began," it said.

Maruti workers violating agreement: Haryana Govt

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The HinduThe gate of Maruti Suzuki plant at Manesar covered with metal sheets during the protest by the employees. File photo
Haryana Labour and Employment Minister Shiv Charan Lal Sharma today accused the striking workers at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant of violating the agreement signed with company management that led to end of over a month-long standoff last week.
"Workers are moving away from the pact signed with Maruti Suzuki management as a result of which the standoff ended," Mr. Sharma told PTI on Saturday.
On October 1, the workers at the plant agreed to sign an agreement with the management that led to the end of the standoff that began on August 29.
As per the agreement, MSI agreed to conditionally take back 18 trainees who were suspended. However, it refused to take back 44 regular employees against whom disciplinary action was taken and who remain under suspension.
The workers, in turn, had agreed to sign the 'good conduct bond', which required them to declare that they would "not resort to go slow, intermittent stoppage of work, stay-in-strike, work-to-rule, sabotage or otherwise indulge in any activity, which would hamper the normal production in the factory".
Mr. Sharma rued that workers were again refusing to work and said it was unjustified when the matter was resolved after signing the agreement.
Asked about employees' demand of taking back casual workers, he said that casual workers would be absorbed as soon as work operations at the plant normalise.
"The work at Manesar plant has been hit due to month long strike...management will be taking back casual employees as soon as production gets expanded," he said.
A team of Haryana Labour department on Friday met workers at the Manesar plant and assured them that the remaining casual labourers would be absorbed by October 14 in a phased manner.
Workers at the Manesar plant went on a strike on Friday afternoon demanding that their colleagues, who are on contract and left out in the pact that last week ended the 33-day-long stand-off, be taken back.
They are also demanding that the 44 permanent workers who have been suspended should also be taken back and no action should be taken against them.
The stir was supported by workers in different factories belonging to various companies at the Gurgaon-Manesar industrial belt, including Suzuki Powertrain India Ltd, Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd and Satyam Auto.
A senior official of the Haryana Labour department said that there were 1,300 contractual workers at Maruti's Manesar plant, out of which 300 are working.
Another senior official of the department pointed out, on the condition of anonymity, that an abrupt discontinuation of transportation services by management for workers did not go down well with the workers, which may have become a triggering point for the strike.
"Workers saw management's move of withdrawing bus services for workers as revenge taken by the company for hampering production due to workers' strike," the official said.
Workers have been availing bus service between Manesar and Gurgaon for the last six years for the transportation service which was discontinued on October 3 by the company.
When contacted, a company spokesperson said: "Yes, we have withdrawn bus facility at Manesar. Running this facility or its withdrawal is a procedural matter. But it cannot justify workers' claim that this is an issue for going on a strike."
The labour department even asked the management not to withdraw bus service facility for workers, keeping in mind the sensitivity of the situation.
The department has also persuaded the management to restart the transportation service for workers in an attempt to ease the situation.
Keywords: Maruti Suzuki, Manesar plant, workers strike, Haryana Government
http://www.thehindu.com/business/companies/article2520515.ece

'Mamata govt not keeping pre-poll promises'

TNN | Oct 9, 2011, 12.49PM IST
MIDNAPORE/KOLKATA: Stakeholders in Jangalmahal stand divided over the arrest ofBhagwat Hansda. While the administration terms this as a routine "law and order" step, members of the Maoistbacked organisations are taken aback with the government's proactive role that they fear would have an effect on the peace process.

"The government is not honest in its mission to bring peace. The state has flouted the ceasefire offer by rounding up Hansda on a false charge," said SDSABM convener Ashok Jiban. He also hinted that the outfit may go on protest in the area the day CM reaches Jhargram. "Mamata Banerjee government is going back on its promises," he said. A senior police officer, however, said: "The government has not signed the statement. We have not received any order to suspend operation till date." Chhoton Das, rights activist and one of the signatories in the statement however remained tight lipped about the recent development. "We will inform the government," said Das.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Mamata-govt-not-keeping-pre-poll-promises/articleshow/10287855.cms

Combat aircraft for IAF:Stage set for bids

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Defence Ministry approves offsets evaluation reports of two competitors
The acquisition process for Indian Air Force Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) reached the final stage on Friday after the Ministry of Defence approved the offsets evaluation reports of the two competitors – French Dasault's Rafale and European consortium Eurofighter.
With the Defence Acquisition Council chaired by Defence Minister A.K. Antony clearing the offsets proposals worth over Rs. 20,000 crore, the stage is set for the opening of the commercial bids submitted by the two manufacturers.
Ministry officials said the sealed bids for the aircraft submitted would be opened in a few days — likely toward the end of the month — in the presence of representatives of the two manufacturers.

CLEARANCE

Once the lowest bidder is identified, the process to negotiate the cost would set in leading to eventual clearance by the Cabinet Committee on Security.
Earlier this year, Mr. Antony had said the contract should be signed before the end of the current financial year.
While the Defence Procurement Policy makes it mandatory for all purchases of Rs. 300 crore to have at least 30 per cent offset, in the case of the MMRCA it is 50 per cent.

OFFSET CLAUSE

As per the offset clause, the eventual winner of the contract would have to source 50 per cent of the value of the contract from domestic industry. The offset evaluation report shows the tie-up the French company or the European consortium could have with Indian partners could be in the form of joint ventures. For instance, the offsets agreements in the case of MMRCA could well run into over 100 companies each by the competitors.
The IAF plans to acquire 126 aircraft, 18 of them in ready-to-fly condition, while the rest would be under licence production in India. The delivery schedule envisages the arrival of the first aircraft 36 months after the signing of the contract. Overall the entire contract could take up to 12 years for delivery of all the aircraft. The possibility of the numbers going up was not be ruled out by the IAF.
In April this year, the Ministry shortlisted Rafale and Eurofighter from a field of six eliminating American Boeing (F/A-18), Lockheed Martin (F16 Super Viper), Russian MiG35 and Sweden's SAAB (Gripen).
Keywords: IAF, combat aircrafts
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2518478.ece

Draft IT policy targets $200 b exports by 2020

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Kapil Sibal (right), Minister of Communications and Information Technology. along with R Chandrasekhar, Telecom Secretary, addressing a press conference to announce draft National Policy on ICT-2011, in New Delhi, on Friday. Photo: V. Sudershan
Aims to create additional one-crore jobs in the sector
Communications and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday unveiled the draft National Policy on Information Technology 2011 that envisages taking the overall revenue from the sector from $89 billion as of today to $300 billion by 2020, besides creating additional one-crore jobs. He also hinted that once the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) was in place, the Centre might extend tax holiday under the Software Technology Park of India (SPTI) scheme, which expired in March this year, besides giving incentives to small and medium enterprises engaged in the IT sector.

EXPLORING NEW MARKETS

Aimed at further consolidating the position of the Indian IT and IT-enabled services (ITeS) sector in the global arena, the draft policy has set the target of achieving $200 billion exports target by 2020 against the current level of $59 billion. "Today, 80 per cent of the IT sector revenue comes from exports, mainly from North America and Europe. While we have seen IT sector exports growing at 30 per cent, this year it may be around 15 per cent due to global financial crisis…we need to diversify our exports by exploring new markets to sustain the growth momentum," he pointed out.
The draft policy, which will be available for comments from public and various stakeholders for a month, also focuses on gaining a significant global market share in cloud-based technologies and services, and mobile-based value added services.
"The focus is on deployment of ICT in all sectors of the economy and providing IT solutions to the world. It also aims to strengthen and enhance India's position as the global IT hub and to use IT as an engine for rapid, inclusive and sustainable growth in the national economy," he added.
The draft policy will also look into formulating fiscal and other incentives to attract investment in this sector in Tier II and Tier III cities, besides promoting innovation and research and design in cutting-edge technologies and in strategic sectors such as defence, space and atomic energy.
Referring to the launch of world's cheapest tablet PC 'Aakash', Mr. Sibal said the aim was to integrate Internet and mobile-based delivery of services onto a common platform to enable seamless, ubiquitous, secure and personalised delivery of government and non-government services throughout the country.
PTI reports:
Further, the draft policy calls for setting up centres of excellence in institutions of higher learning so as to produce at least 3,000 PhDs in the information and communication technology sector in specialised areas by 2020.
Keywords: Kapil Sibal, National Policy on IT
http://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/article2518570.ece

Food inflation surges yet again to 9.41 per cent

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The HinduFruit prices went up by 11.72 per cent, while milk was up 10.35 per cent and eggs, meat and fish became 10.33 per cent more expensive. File Photo: Satish H.
Food inflation surged yet again to 9.41 per cent for the week ended September 24 from 9.13 per cent in the previous week as prices of almost all edibles continued to soar on an annual basis despite a good monsoon this year.
As per the WPI (Wholesale Price Index) data released here on Friday, vegetables turned 14.88 per cent dearer on a year-on-year basis, mainly driven by higher prices of potatoes and onions which went up by 9.34 per cent and 10.58 per cent, respectively.
Alongside, fruits were costlier by 11.72 per cent, milk by 10.35 per cent and prices of eggs, meat and fish rose by 10.33 per cent. Even staples such as cereals and pulses, which had witnessed a decline in prices in recent times, also turned dearer by 4.57 per cent and 7.54 per cent, respectively, on a year-on-year basis during the week.
Commenting on the relentless rise in food prices with no signs of its cooling down, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said: "Inflation is definitely a matter of concern. We shall have to see how to bring it down to [a] moderate level…I am constantly in touch with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)."
An additional worry is that headline inflation, which includes manufactured items, fuel and non-food primary articles in addition to food commodities, also stands stubbornly high at 9.78 per cent in August. The apex bank, on its part, has already raised its key policies rates a dozen times since March, 2010, in its effort to shrink demand by making funds costlier and thereby rein in inflation. However, the net result has not been in keeping with expectations.
With a reasonable good monsoon this year, the authorities, as also economic analysts, were expecting a cool-down in food prices and a consequent slide in headline inflation. A decline in both counts has been elusive and the only consolation is that food inflation during the like week in September, 2010, was at a high of 16.88 per cent.
"Given the good monsoon, we were expecting some moderation in the rate of price rise. But it seems not to be happening and there is particular pressure on vegetables and fruits," Crisil's chief economist D. K. Joshi said. He felt that the government needed to improve the storage and cold chain facilities to help ease supply constraints.
According to the WPI data, overall inflation in primary articles stood at 10.84 per cent during the week ended September 24 as compared to 11.43 per cent in the previous week. Inflation in non-food articles, including fibres, oil seeds and minerals, stood lower at 10.77 per cent for the week as compared to 12.89 per cent while inflation in fuel and power inflation remained unchanged at 14.69 per cent.
Keywords: food inflation, Indian economy, Wholesale Price Index
http://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/article2517559.ece

India's economic reforms has gains for rural, urban poor: Study

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The HinduKids taking care of little kids. A scene in front of the Madras High Court. Photo: R. Shivaji Rao.
Amid signs of growing inequality, India's economic reforms since the early 1990s have brought significant gains to the rural poor as well as the urban poor, according to a new world Bank research paper.
In their paper, Martin Ravallion and Gaurav Datt show that growth has tended to reduce poverty in India, including in the post—reform period.
They do not find robust evidence that the responsiveness of poverty to growth has changed since the reforms began, although there are signs of rising inequality.
To find out the extent to which India's poor have benefited from the country 's economic, the researchers used a new series of consumption—based poverty measures spanning 50 years, and including a 15—year period after economic reforms began in earnest in the early 1990s.
The gains from aggregate growth are reaching well below the poverty line, Ravallion and Datt say. In marked contrast to the pre—reform period, post—reform urban economic growth has brought significant gains to the rural poor as well as the urban poor, they said.
But the researchers also warned the rural poor in India may well be more vulnerable to future economic shocks centred in urban areas.
Noting that progress against poverty has been maintained in the post—reform period, Ravallion and Datt said: "Indeed, we find a higher proportionate rate of progress against poverty after 1991."
"Overall, while the higher rate of growth in the post—reform period has come with a higher proportionate rate of progress against poverty, we do not see in these data a robust case for saying that the growth elasticity of poverty reduction has risen since the reforms began."
Comparing the results with their 1996 study, the researchers said both studies found that the pattern of growth matters for poverty reduction. "But we find that the post—reform period has seen a striking change in the relative importance of urban versus rural economic growth."
"Our 1996 study found that urban economic growth helped reduce urban poverty but brought little or no overall benefit to the rural poor; in fact, the main driving force for overall poverty reduction was rural economic growth."
The researchers said they confirmed the finding for the data up to 1991, but the picture looks different after 1991.
The relatively weak performance of India's agricultural sector and the widening disparities between urban and rural living standards remain important concerns, including for India's poor, they said.
"However, it is encouraging that rising overall living standards in India's urban areas in the post—reform period appear to have had significant distributional effects favouring the country's rural poor," Ravallion and Datt said.
Keywords: Indian Economy, Economic reforms, Rural poor, Urban poor, Living standards,

Bernanke stresses role of fiscal policy in economic recovery

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The United States' recovery from the ongoing economic crisis was 'much less robust' than what the Federal Reserve had hoped it would be and recent revisions of government economic data showed the recession as having been even deeper, and the recovery weaker, than previously estimated, according to Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Fed.
In a speech that sought to shift more responsibility for driving the recovery to fiscal policy rather than retain the focus on monetary policy under the Fed Mr. Bernanke added that recent bouts of elevated volatility and risk aversion in financial markets were partly in reaction to fiscal concerns in the U.S. and abroad.
Touching upon the role of the bitter, macroeconmically-damaging debt limit negotiations between Democrats and Republicans earlier this summer, Mr. Bernanke said that the controversy resulting in the downgrade of the U.S. long-term credit rating by the Standard and Poor's rating agency "contributed to the financial turbulence that occurred around that time."

FOUR KEY STEPS

By way of policy response the Fed Chairman noted that four key steps in terms of fiscal reform were needed. First, he said, it was necessary to achieve long-run fiscal sustainability; second, the federal government ought to avoid fiscal actions that could impede the ongoing economic recovery; third, fiscal policy should aim to promote long-term growth and economic opportunity; and finally, there was a need to improve the process for making long-term budget decisions so as to create greater predictability and clarity, while avoiding disruptions to the financial markets and the economy.
Keywords: Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve, U.S. debt crisis, economic slowdown
http://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/article2512615.ece

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  Occupy Wall Street
  Part of the impact of the Arab Spring
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  A poster created by Adbusters[1] promoting the start date of the occupation, September 17.
  Date September 17, 2011 (Constitution Day) –ongoing Location Zuccotti Park/"Liberty Park", New York City, USA40.709385°N 74.011323°W Status Ongoing with "occupy" movements spreading to other cities, including:San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles,Chicago, Houston, San Jose, Boston,Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Portland, Maine,Kansas City, MO, Portland, Oregon, Ann Arbor, Cleveland, Minneapolis,Sacramento, Tampa, Atlanta, Trenton, New Jersey, Jersey City, New Jersey, Dallas,Austin Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver,Calgary London Causes Wealth inequality, Corporate influence of government, inter alia. Characteristics Civil resistance Civil disobedience Occupation Picketing Demonstrations Internet activism
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  Zuccotti Park/"Liberty Park": Several hundred "core" demonstrators[2] Other activity in NYC: 2,000+ marchers (march on police headquarters, October 2, 2011)[2] 700+ marchers (crossing Brooklyn Bridge, October 3, 2011)[3] 15,000+ marchers (Lower Manhattan solidarity march, October 6, 2011)[4]
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  Occupy Wall Street is an ongoing series of demonstrations in New York City[5]based in Zuccotti Park, formerly "Liberty Plaza Park". The protest was originally[6]called for by the Canadian activist[7] group Adbusters; it took inspiration from theArab Spring movement (particularly the Tahrir Square protests in Cairo, which initiated the 2011 Egyptian revolution) and from the Spanish Indignants.[8][9]
  The participants of the event are mainly protesting against social and economic inequality, corporate greed, and the influence of corporate money and lobbyists on government, among other concerns.[10][11] Adbusters states that, "Beginning from one simple demand – a presidential commission to separate money from politics – we start setting the agenda for a new America."[12]
  By October 7, similar demonstrations had been held in Washington, D.C.,[13] Los Angeles,[14] San Francisco,[15] San Jose,[16] Boston, Chicago, Houston,[17]Philadelphia, Miami,[18] Salt Lake City,[19] Portland, Maine,[20] Jersey City,[21][22]Trenton,[21] Portland, Oregon,[23] Seattle,[24] Denver,[24][25][26][27] Charlotte, Kansas City, MO,[28] Austin,[29] Ann Arbor,[30] Cleveland,[31] Dallas,[32] Minneapolis,[33]Sacramento,[34] Tampa,[35][36][37] Atlanta,[38] and Albuquerque[39] On October 15, protests are expected in at least twenty-five cities outside the U.S. "stretching fromHong Kong to Buenos Aires, Dublin to Madrid."[40]

  Contents  [hide] 1 Background 2 Demands and goals 2.1 Overview of goals 2.2 Public discussion, development and commentary 3 Participants 3.1 Demographics 3.2 Participant organization 3.3 Organizational processes and infrastructure 3.3.1 New York City General Assembly 3.3.2 Meetings and internal communications 3.3.3 Media center 3.3.4 Sanitation 3.3.5 Sleeping arrangements 3.3.6 Fiscal Impact 4 Chronology of events 4.1 Week 1 (September 17 – September 23) 4.2 Week 2 (September 24 – September 30) 4.2.1 September 24 – Street marches, mesh nets, and first pepper-spraying incident 4.3 Week 3 (October 1 – October 7) 4.3.1 March on Brooklyn Bridge and mass arrests 4.3.2 October 5 – Second pepper-spraying incident 4.3.3 Protests in the United Kingdom 5 Responses 5.1 Response from elected officials and political candidates 5.2 Response from the Federal Reserve 5.3 Union support 5.4 Celebrity commentary 6 Media coverage 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

Background

In mid 2011, the Canadian-based group Adbusters Media Foundation, best known for its advertisement-free anti-consumerist magazine called Adbusters, proposed a peaceful occupation of Wall Street to protest corporate influence on democracy, address a growing disparity in wealth, and the absence of legal repercussions behind the recent global financial crisis.[6] According to the senior editor of the magazine, "[they] basically floated the idea in mid-July into our [email list] and it was spontaneously taken up by all the people of the world, it just kind of snowballed from there."[6] Activists from Anonymous also encouraged its followers to take part in the protest which increased the attention it received calling protesters to "flood lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street".[8][41][42][43]
Although it was originally proposed by Adbusters magazine, the demonstration is leaderless.[44] Other groups began to join the protest, including the NYC General Assembly and U.S. Day of Rage.[45] The protests have brought together people of many political positions. A report in CNN suggested that protesters "got really lucky" when gathering at Zuccotti Park since it was private property and police could not legally force them to move off of it; in contrast, police have authority to remove protesters without permits from city parks.[46]
Prior to the protest's beginning on September 17, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a press conference, "People have a right to protest, and if they want to protest, we'll be happy to make sure they have locations to do it."[45]

Demands and goals

Overview of goals

The protesters set up camp in Zuccotti Park. Locals and protesters call it "Liberty Plaza", the park's former name.

Perceptions vary as to the specific goals of the movement.[47] According to Adbusters, a primary protest organizer, the central demand of the protest is that President Obama "ordain a Presidential Commission tasked with ending the influence money has over our representatives in Washington".[12] Liberal commentator Michael Moore had suggested that this is not like any other protest but this protest represents a variety of demands with a common statement about government corruption and the excessive influence of big business and the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans on U.S. laws and policies.[48]
Peripheral demands such as raising taxes on the rich, raising taxes on corporations, endingcorporate welfare, support for trade unionism, and protecting Medicare and Social Security in their traditional forms are expressed by some participants.[49] Occupy Maine is asking for an investment in public transportation infrastructure and the return home of Maine National Guardsmen from wars overseas.[20] Other protesters are calling for an audit or elimination of theFederal Reserve, affordable healthcare, dismantling the military-industrial complex and to end all wars.[47][50][51][52][47]
Despite the various lists of demands, some non-partisan groups and supporters of the protest have expressed concern that the proposed agenda items are not addressing some of the root causes. Political activist Lawrence Lessig argues that the problems on Wall Street have been caused by corruption in Washington that has been perpetuated by a deep conflict of interests. He further states that because both parties depend on Wall Street's money to fund their campaigns, they will not dare to cross the interests of Wall Street.[11][53][54][55]

Public discussion, development and commentary

The Occupied Wall Street Journal's debut issue, founded by donations[56]

The desire to form a more coherent agenda was evident around the 13th day of the occupation, with sentiment in the encampment generally split along two lines: those who want to draft focused demands about the unequal distribution of wealth in the United States; and those who want the protest to remain amorphous and to grow through spectacle.[57] Participatory online discussion forums have been emerging for citizens to submit and vote for specific agenda items.[58][59] Early protest advocate Anonymous took aim at President Obama for allowing the continuing influence corporations and banks have on American policy.[60][61]
A "proposal" forum post on occupywallst.org[62] submitted by a single user was misreported as an official list of demands.[63] According to the admin-edited forum post, "[the] content was not published by the OccupyWallSt.org collective, nor was it ever proposed or agreed to on a consensus basis with the NYC General Assembly. There is NO official list of demands."[64]
The protest has been criticized for its lack of focus and actionable agenda. In an article that was critical of the protesters, Ginia Bellafante wrote in The New York Times:
"The group's lack of cohesion and its apparent wish to pantomime progressivism rather than practice it knowledgeably is unsettling in the face of the challenges so many of its generation face – finding work, repaying student loans, figuring out ways to finish college when money has run out."[65][66]
Glenn Greenwald responded to this criticism, writing,
"Does anyone really not know what the basic message is of this protest: that Wall Street is oozing corruption and criminality and its unrestrained political power—in the form of crony capitalism and ownership of political institutions—is destroying financial security for everyone else?"[67]
A small grassroots political party suggested the protesters could call for a 50-cent Wall Street stock-trade surcharge, which the party's founder told United Press International would boost the U.S. economy at least $350 billion a year. "The Republicans say we don't want to spend more money because it will incur more debt," Light Party founder Da Vid Raphael said. "So where is the money? On Wall Street."[68]
On October 1, former White House adviser Van Jones, announced he and other progressives would support and build upon the wall street protests and launch an "October Offensive" to "Rebuild the Dream" by focusing on job creation.[69][70]
New York Magazine conducted a survey of 100 protest participants. When asked about their view of capitalism, 46% believe that capitalism "isn't fundamentally evil; it just needs to be regulated," 37% believe that capitalism "can't be saved; it's inherently immoral," and 17% did not answer the question. When asked if they voted in the 2010 midterm election, 39% answered "yes," 55% answered "no," and 5% answered "no, but only because I wasn't 18."[71]

Participants

The demographics of OWS include multiple ideological, social and ethnic backgrounds

Demographics

Most of the demonstrators are in their 20s, but there are many older protesters. Many are [[anarchists, but the protesters include persons of a variety of political orientation.[72][73] Religious beliefs vary as well including, but not limited to, Christians, Jews, Muslims and Atheists.[73]

Participant organization

While the organization calls itself leaderless, the protest in Zuccotti Park has discernable "organizers", according to analysis by Fordham University Sociologist Heather Gautney,[74] as well as "stations" that coordinate protest activities and functions (e.g., medical, food, legal, media, security), as well as organizational processes for decision making.[75]

Organizational processes and infrastructure

New York City General Assembly

The General Assembly's first meeting inWashington Square Park on October 8th

According to the Columbia Journalism Review's New Frontier Database, "The New York City General Assembly (NYCGA) is the governing body of New York City's Occupy Wall Street; it meets every evening at 19:00, where all the committees come and discuss their thoughts and needs. It is open to all who want to attend, and anyone can speak. And while there is no named leader, some of the members do routinely moderate the general assembly meetings. [Various volunteers] update the minutes from every meeting, along with other need-to-know information for organizers. Agreement on issues is reached using the consensus decision-making process."[76]

Meetings and internal communications

There are two "general assembly" meetings a day for administrative type announcements. Powered audio amplification was prohibited early on in the protest, so communication amongst protestors is achieved through a "People's microphone" by which one person says something and those around him/her repeat it loudly.[77]

Media center

People working at the media center

A separate section is set aside for an information/media area. this area contains laptop computers, camaras, gas-powered generators, and several wireless routers.[78][79] The generators also provide power for cell phones, and Internet access is available throughout Zucotti Park via these wireless routers.[80]
According to the Columbia Journalism Review's New Frontier Database, the media team, while unofficial, runs websites like Occupytogether.org, video livestream, a "steady flow of updates onTwitter, Facebook, and Tumblr" as well as Skype sessions with other Occupy-themed protestsites such as in Scotland.[81]

Sanitation

The greywater treatment system used by the protesters to collect water for the park's plants

On October 6, 2011, it was reported that Brookfield Office Properties, which owns Zuccotti Park, had issued a statement which said, "Sanitation is a growing concern... Normally the park is cleaned and inspected every weeknight... because the protestors refuse to cooperate... the park has not been cleaned since Friday, 16 September and as a result, sanitary conditions have reached unacceptable levels."[82] On September 25, Brookfield had issued new rules against tarps and sleeping bags, and personal property on the ground.Previously, the only rules posted in the park prohibited skateboarding, rollerblading and bicycling. The firm has indicated that it wishes for the protesters to be removed, but has been discouraged from evicting them by the police department. [83]
Many protestors have taken to utilizing the bathrooms of nearby business establishments.[84]

Sleeping arrangements

Somewhere between 100 and 200 people sleep in Zuccotti Park. Because tents are not allowed at Zucotti Park, the protestors that do decide to spend the night sleep in sleeping bags or under blankets. Some blankets and other supplies have been donated.[85]

Fiscal Impact

New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly reported on October 7 that Occupy Wall Street has cost the Police Department $1.9 million in overtime.[86]

Chronology of events

Main article: Timeline of Occupy Wall Street

The protesters march toward a police station and various other targets

Planning for the event united disparate groups of protesters throughout the month of August, uniting a loose coalition set up around the Adbusters time and date with allies of the Spanish protests, members of Anonymous, and a group discussing the United States debt-ceiling crisis, which introduced the term "General Assembly" to the organizers.

Week 1 (September 17 – September 23)

On September 17, 1,000 protesters marched through the streets, with an estimated 100 to 200 staying overnight in cardboard boxes (tents being prohibited by the NYPD). By September 19, seven people had been arrested by the New York Police Department.[87][88]

Week 2 (September 24 – September 30)

September 24 – Street marches, mesh nets, and first pepper-spraying incident

Protesters rallying near New York police headquarters, St. Andrew's Church in the background.

At least 80 arrests were made on September 24,[89] after protesters started marching uptown and forcing the closure of several streets.[90][91] Most of the 80 arrests were for blocking traffic, though some were also charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Police officers have also been using a technique called kettling which involves using orange nets to isolate protesters into smaller groups.[90][91]
On September 24 witnesses said they saw three women collapse on the ground screaming after they were pepper sprayed in the face. The incident took place near the intersection of 12th Street and University Place in Greenwich Village, during a march between Zuccotti Park and Union Square. Officials said that the protesters did not have a permit for the march. A video posted on YouTube and NYDailyNews.com shows uniformed officers had corralled the women using orange nets and one suddenly sprayed the women before turning and quickly walking away.[92][93]
Activist group Anonymous later published the name and contact details of the officer seen spraying the women with pepper spray, and encouraged members of the public to complain about his conduct.[94][95] The police officer who used the pepper spray was identified[96] as Anthony V. Bologna, a Deputy Inspector of the New York Police Department,[97][98][99][100][101] who was appointed C.O. of New York's First Precinct in 2005.[102] Bologna was previously named in a lawsuit alleging false arrest and civil rights violations after he ordered another officer to arrest a protester at the 2004 Republican national convention who had allegedly harassed a man and struck him with a rolled-up newspaper.[97]
Another woman who had been caught up in the net and pepper sprayed reported other incidents that she believed to be unnecessary use of police force.[103] Responding to the allegations, one police official said that Bologna was not aiming at the female protesters, but rather at male protesters who he believed were pushing officers and causing a confrontation that put officers at risk of injury.[104][105] The Police Department's chief spokesman, Paul J. Browne, said the police had used the pepper spray "appropriately." According to the spokesperson, "Pepper spray was used once after individuals confronted officers and tried to prevent them from deploying a mesh barrier—something that was edited out or otherwise not captured in the video."[105]
A second video posted on the political blog Daily Kos appeared to show another pepper spraying incident. According to the photographer, who was wearing his press card, he had been on East 12th Street and saw officers drag a woman from behind a net and throw her on the ground. He photographed the scene and then started walking away when he was sprayed. The photographer said that he was not sure who had sprayed him.[104]
Deputy Inspector Roy Richter, head of the Captains Endowment Association, a union representing high-ranking officers, said, "Deputy Inspector Bologna's actions that day were motivated by his concern for the safety of officers under his command and the safety of the public. The limited use of pepper spray effectively restored order without any escalation of force or serious injury to either demonstrator or police officer." New York Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said that the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau would examine the incident, but also criticized "tumultuous" protesters whom he called "disorderly" and "intent on blocking traffic" as they marched on University Place. The use of pepper spray is primarily limited to use against those resisting arrest or for protection, but is allowed to officers with special training for use in "disorder control".[104]
On September 25, the hacker group Anonymous released a video in which they threatened to launch a cyber-attack against the NYPD in response to the incident.[106] Both New York Police Department's Internal Affairs Bureau, and the office of the Manhattan district attorney,Cyrus Vance, Jr., opened investigations on the pepper-spraying.[104]

Week 3 (October 1 – October 7)

Occupy Wall Street protesters inPortland, Oregon.

March on Brooklyn Bridge and mass arrests

On October 1, 2011, protesters set out to march across the Brooklyn Bridge. The New York Times reported that more than 700 arrests were made.[107] The police used ten buses to carry protesters off the bridge. Jesse A. Myerson, a media coordinator for Occupy Wall Street said, "The cops watched and did nothing, indeed, seemed to guide us onto the roadway."[108] However, some statements by protesters supported descriptions of the event given by police: for example, one protester tweeted that "The police didn't lead us on to the bridge. They were backing the fuck up."[27] A spokesman for the New York Police Department, Paul Browne, said that protesters were given multiple warnings to stay on the sidewalk and not block the street, and were arrested when they refused.[3] By October 2, all but 20 of the arrestees had been released with citations for disorderly conduct and a criminal court summons.[109] The following day, drivers of the City Bus program sued the New York Police Department for "commandeering their buses" and forcing them to cart detained protesters.[110]

October 5 – Second pepper-spraying incident

On October 5, joined by union members, students, and the unemployed, the demonstration swelled to the largest yet with an estimated 15,000 marchers joining the protest. Smaller protests continue in cities and on college campuses across the country.[111]
Thousands of union workers joined protesters marching through the Financial District. The march was mostly peaceful – until after nightfall, when scuffles erupted. About 200 protesters tried to storm barricades blocking them from Wall Street and the Stock Exchange. Police responded with pepper spray and penned the protesters in with orange netting.[112] According to the NYPD, 28 people were arrested.

Protests in the United Kingdom

Taking their cue from the Occupy Wall Street protests, a group of protesters are organizing an occupation of the London Stock Exchange to bring attention to what they see as unethical behavior on the part of banks. One of the organizers of the protest said the protests are focused against "increasing social and economic injustice in this country". In his opinion, "Since the financial crisis the Government has made sure to maintain the status quo and let the people who caused this crisis get off scot-free, whilst conversely ensuring that the people of this country pay the price, in particular those most vulnerable." The group is using Facebook to inform people of the event.[113][114]

Responses

Response from elected officials and political candidates

Writer and 2006 New York gubernatorialcandidate Malachy McCourt at Zuccotti Park on October 8

President Obama stated, "I think it expresses the frustrations the American people feel, that we had the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression, huge collateral damage all throughout the country ... and yet you're still seeing some of the same folks who acted irresponsibly trying to fight efforts to crack down on the abusive practices that got us into this in the first place."[115][116][117] When Jake Tapper of ABC News pushed Obama to explain the fact that his administration hasn't prosecuted any Wall Street executives who didn't play by the rules, he replied, "One of the biggest problems about the collapse of Lehman's and the subsequent financial crisis and the whole subprime lending fiasco is that a lot of that stuff wasn't necessarily illegal; it was just immoral or inappropriate or reckless."[118][119]
Vice President Joe Biden likened the protest to the Tea Party, saying, "What are the people up there on the other end of the political spectrum saying? The same thing: 'Look guys, the bargain is not on the level anymore.' In the minds of the vast majority of the American – the middle class is being screwed."[120]
U.S. Congressman and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul (R-TX) stated, "If they were demonstrating peacefully, and making a point, and arguing our case, and drawing attention to the Fed — I would say, good!"[121] and fellow candidate Buddy Roemer expressed support.[122]
Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who caucuses with the Democratic Party, appeared on Countdown with Keith Olbermannand supported the protests saying, "We desperately need a coming together of working people to stand up to Wall Street. We need to rebuild the middle-class in this country and you guys can't have it all."[123]
The Democratic co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Representatives Raúl Grijalva and Keith Ellison announced their solidarity with the movement on October 4.[124]
In an interview with The Washington Post, Former Democratic U.S. Senator Russ Feingold endorsed the movement on October 5 stating, "This is like the Tea Party – only it's real...By the time this is over, it will make the Tea Party look like ... a tea party."[125]
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain accused the movement of being "anti-capitalism" and argued "Don't blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks, if you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself!"[126] Republican Ron Paul came out to refute Cain by saying, "the system has been biased against the middle class and the poor...the people losing jobs, it wasn't their fault that we've followed a deeply flawed economic system."[127] In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Cain also expressed his belief that Occupation Wall Street was "planned and orchestrated to distract from the failed policies of the Obama administration", but admitted that he "[didn't'] have facts" to back up his accusation.[128]
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called the protests "dangerous" and "class warfare".[129]
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va), in a speech to a Values Voter Summit, characterized the movement as "growing mobs" and suggested that President Barack Obama's "failed policies" and rhetoric "condoning the pitting of Americans against Americans" were to blame. In response, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney noted Cantor's apparent "hypocrisy unbound", pointing out the Majority Leader's support of the similarly rabble-rousing Tea Party and adding "I can't understand how one man's mob is another man's democracy. I think both are expressions that are totally consistent with the American democratic tradition."[130]
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that the protests "aren't productive" although he also expressed sympathy for some of their complaints.[131]

Response from the Federal Reserve

During a hearing before the Joint Economic Committee October 4, 2011, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said, "People are quite unhappy with the state of the economy and what's happening.... Certainly, 9 percent unemployment and very slow growth is not a good situation."[132] Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard W. Fisher said, "We have too many people out of work. We have a very uneven distribution of income. We have a very frustrated people, and I can understand their frustration."[133]

Union support

On October 5 members of the National Nurses United union march to Foley Squarein solidarity with OWS

Various unions, including the Transport Workers Union of America Local 100 and the New York Metro 32BJ Service Employees International Union have pledged their support for demonstrators.[68] On October 3, Transport Workers Union bus drivers sued the New York Police Department for ordering their buses to drive to the Brooklyn Bridge to pick up detained protesters. Union President John Samuelsen said, "We're down with these protesters. We support the notion that rich folk are not paying their fair share. Our bus operators are not going to be pressed into service to arrest protesters anywhere."[134] On October 5, representatives from more than 14 of the country's largest labor unions intended to join the protesters for a mass rally and march.[135]
Noting the growing union support, an article in the liberal Mother Jones magazine suggested the possibility that union support could splinter and derail the protests rather than sustain them because while unions are tightly organized, hierarchical, and run with a clear chain of command, Occupy Wall Street is the opposite in that they are "a horizontal, autonomous, leaderless, modified-consensus-based system with roots in anarchist thought". However, the article went on to suggest that joined together they could work to create a progressive movement that "effectively taps into the rising feeling among many Americans that economic opportunity has been squashed by corporate greed and the influence of the very rich in politics".[136]

Celebrity commentary

Naomi Klein leading an open forum on October 6

Educator and author Cornel West addressed the frustrations that some critics have expressed at the protest's lack of a clear and unified message, saying, "It's impossible to translate the issue of the greed of Wall Street into one demand, or two demands. We're talking about a democratic awakening."[137]
On September 19, Roseanne Barr, the first celebrity to endorse the protest, spoke to protesters calling for a combination of capitalism and socialism and a system not based on "bloated talk radio hosts and that goddamn Ayn Rand book."[138][139]
Canadian writer Naomi Klein supported the protest, saying, "This is not the time to be looking for ways to dismiss a nascent movement against the power of capital, but to do the opposite: to find ways to embrace it, support it and help it grow into its enormous potential. With so much at stake, cynicism is a luxury we simply cannot afford."[140]
Filmmaker Michael Moore spoke against Wall Street, saying, "They have tried to take our democracy and turn it into a kleptocracy."[141][142]
Rapper Lupe Fiasco donated tents and a mobile sound system for the occupation; he also wrote a poem to help inspire the protesters.[143]
Susan Sarandon spoke at the demonstration saying, "I came down here to educate myself.... There's a huge void between the rich and the poor in this country."[144]
Other celebrities lending their support were Russell Simmons,[145] Anti-Flag,[146] Margaret Atwood, Noam Chomsky, Chris Hedges, Alec Baldwin, Radiohead,[147] and George Soros.[148] Nobel award winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and New York Times Columnist Jeff Madrickgave a teach-in on October 2.[149]
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel joked about the protest's lack of focus and approach, saying, "speaking of complaining... they say the best way to fight corporate greed is to make random people sit in traffic on their way to visit their aunt and uncle in Brooklyn on a Saturday."[150]

Media coverage

Comparison of news coverage of Occupy Wall Street protests and the Tea Party Movement.[151]

The protests began on Saturday, September 17. The following Wednesday, The New York Observer reported on the nascent protests in Zuccotti Park.[152][153] On Friday, September 23, Ginia Bellafante panned the movement in The New York Times.[154] Five days into the protest, Keith Olbermann criticized the media for failing to cover the protests.[155][156] Joanna Weiss of The Boston Globe found it difficult to take the protests seriously, criticizing Occupy Wall Street for its "circus" atmosphere."[157] In a September 27 article, Lauren Ellis of Mother Jones magazine criticized the movement's lack of a clear message.[158]
Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff criticized the mainstream media for dismissing the protesters. "Anyone who says he has no idea what these folks are protesting is not being truthful. Whether we agree with them or not, we all know what they are upset about, and we all know that there are investment bankers working on Wall Street getting richer while things for most of the rest of us are getting tougher."[159]Rushkoff says that Occupy Wall Street is the first true Internet-era movement, and as such, it does not have a charismatic leader or particular endpoint. Unlike a traditional protest which identifies the enemy and fights for a particular solution, Rushkoff concludes that the protest is less about victory than sustainability, inclusion and consensus.[159]
Appearing on CBS's The Early Show, Michael Daly, of Newsweek and The Daily Beast characterized the position of the protestors as a "feeling that there is just a fundamental unfairness. From their point of view, the very people who almost wrecked the U.S. economy on Wall Street continue to get wealthy while working people are struggling to pay their bills. I mean, it comes down to that."[160] By October 4, Kalle Lasn, co-founder of Adbusters, believed that the protests had gone mainstream and expressed the opinion that "it's become kind of a political left movement in the U.S., hopefully to rival the Tea Party".[161]

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