In 1776, a group of rabble-rousing freedom fighters joined together to deliver a declaration to the world. A declaration against the East India Company and for the freedom of a nation from it's corporate oppressor
In 2011, a group of rabble-rousing freedom fighters has joined together to deliver a declaration to the world. A declaration that WE THE PEOPLE of the United States of America - the 99% - will no longer allow the 1% to silence us.
What started in Lower Manhattan on September 17, 2011, has grown.
As of October 5, 20011, #OCCUPYWALLSTREET was joined by:
- AFL-CIO (AFSCME)
- United NY
- Strong Economy for All Coalition
- Working Families Party
- TWU Local 100
- SEIU 1199
- CWA 1109
- RWDSU
- Communications Workers of America
- CWA Local 1180
- United Auto Workers
- United Federation of Teachers
- Professional Staff Congress - CUNY
- National Nurses United
- Writers Guild East
And:
- VOCAL-NY
- Community Voices Heard
- Alliance for Quality Education
- New York Communities for Change
- Coalition for the Homeless
- Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project (NEDAP)
- The Job Party
- NYC Coalition for Educational Justice
- The Mirabal Sisters Cultural and Community Center
- The New Deal for New York Campaign
- National People's Action
- ALIGN
- Human Services Council
- Labor-Religion Coalition of New York State
- Citizen Action of NY
- MoveOn.org
- Common Cause NY
- New Bottom Line
- 350.org
- Tenants & Neighbors
- Democracy for NYC
- Resource Generation
- Tenants PAC
- Teachers Unite
But it doesn't end there
In solidarity, the 99% are standing:
in Denver at Lincoln Park
In Boston
In Chicago
In Seattle
In Los Angeles
In Miami
In DC
A call to all those who beleive in the freedom of the people of this nation from their corporate oppressors has gone out
I STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
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