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| Chicago Anarchists Protest |
| 2011-10-11 |
| Some demonstrators gathered outside a meeting of the Mortgage Bankers Association, while others came together near a luxury hotel where a U.S. futures exchange trade association was holding a conference. Police estimated 3,000 protesters at the events organized by the "Stand Up Chicago" coalition, which includes teachers, trade union officials and religious leaders. The group said on its website that its goal was to reclaim "our jobs, our homes and our schools." Chanting "we are the 99 percent," hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank. They carried signs demanding "Liquidate the Fed" and "Repeal Bush tax cuts." Another read: "I smell a general strike." He said the demonstration would focus on foreclosures, unemployment and lack of municipal funding for key services. Police arrested 27 demonstrators, many wearing Chicago Teachers Union T-shirts, who linked arms and sat down in the middle of the street as they chanted "Save our schools, save our homes!" Several I'm sure he was devastated. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, speaking at an evening event on social trends, said: "There is a major economic restructuring going on where the middle class in this country are feeling an angst they haven't felt." Good thing you got out last year, eh, Rahm? Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, speaking at the same event, said the anti-Wall Street protests were tied to a lack of attention on jobs by Washington politicians. "It grows out of the anger people feel. People want focus and attention and passion on jobs," Reed said. They don't like 'redistribution'? Chicago has already seen weeks of daily protests outside the Federal Reserve Bank by "Occupy Chicago," an echo of the much larger Wall Street protests. "Occupy Chicago" demonstrators planned to join the "Stand Up Chicago" demonstration. "Some people say we are the Tea Party for the Democratic Party," said Emilio Baez, a 17-year-old high school student, referring to the U.S. conservative political movement that had a major impact on the 2010 congressional elections. "We are the working class, for a mass movement of democracy," he said, his voice hoarse. Where are the Papier-mâché puppets? |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #7 The steely resolve of these yout will be tested when the winds of November come blowing... Predictive Analytics suggests we won't see them again until the daffodils are blooming during the G8 and NATO meetings are held in the spring. They will all depart in time for Bonnaro and the beginning of the festival season. |
| Posted by: Capsu 78 2011-10-11 15:32 |
| #6 Red and Black, a muscular fashion combo (ask Michelle O) for 100 years and counting. Until Red decides to eat Black. |
| Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165 2011-10-11 12:16 |
| #5 Anarchists In Name Only (AINO)? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-10-11 11:17 |
| #4 Organized anarchists? Is that an oxymoron? |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2011-10-11 11:00 |
| #3 Anarchists FOR tax? That's like Fucking for Virginity. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-10-11 10:53 |
| #2 Are they really anarchists if BHO, Pelosi, Bloomberg, Rahm, and the other Democrats who are in power have come out publicly in support of them? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-10-11 10:48 |
| #1 "Save OUR Schools" Yes. They are union schools, not the people. The people are just extorted to pay for them. You want a school you can call your own? You have to pay for it yourself, and have schools competing for parents (not bureaucrats) to send their own children there. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-10-11 10:19 |