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the empire has had enough--- having pandered to those occupying for 2 months now, standing cute & subtle beside, avoiding aggression so as to avoid unfavorable photo-ops with those resisting, so as to avoid having the footage being posted on youtube & other places on the net--- now the evictions, the tearing up & the throwing away of people’s property has begun the lawyers representing zuccotti have got a restraining order since 1am when it began, and the city is ticking waiting on the next steps of everything. breaking up the community with pepper spray, shields & batons is only the beginning--- still, what seems to be forgotten is that those that have had enough, the 99% are still the 99%--- whether they are huddled together in a park or somewhere else waiting--- how many of us have jobs? how many of us have homes? how many of us are sick & can’t afford healthcare? how many of us have relatives in other countries fighting to keep the empire functioning by beating its domestic population down at the same rate as it tries to keep thwarting its hegemony upon the world in the name of capitalism, greed & insanity? during the break up of zuccotti a man asked repeatedly, “where are we gonna go?” and there was no response but aggression. as if there is somewhere that this will all fade away to as if there is something that we are supposed to feel guilty about as if we are supposed to just shut up and accept the fate that the vultures in suits on wall street would like us to as if we are going to quiver for one minute in the face of this state’s power. this state, this empire, is the icon for the world’s scumbag capitalists who want to produce more of the same, but the 99% of the world being strangled by the rest watch the footage, read the reports & they will not cease hearing the shouting for this is just in zuccotti. what has started is not going to end in fact, the very “cracking down,” is only going to heighten the tension & recruit more individuals who are beginning to understand the vital need for an end to wall street & everything it stands for. it has been 59 days & what needs to be done is a raid on those that have no problem with the suffering of the rest of us--- they watch from the windows above they dine with the state that thwarts against its people, but they will have to commit genocide on america if they are to successfully squash the anger that has evolved, that continues to evolve & strengthen. humpty can only sit on his wall for so long, before he teeters off.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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