We are.
The idea was put forth by Occupy Wall St.:
Occupy Wall Street is leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%.
While it smacks of anarchy, it seems to have found a foothold, even if mainstream media is completely ignoring the stories.
For more info see:
- Occupy Wall St. — the site coordinating the main movement.
- OccupyTogether — for protests outside New York City
- Locally, there is an OccupyVictoria group pulling together; they have decided to join with the 15October.net group; a Facebook event and Twitter account have also been created.
- We Are the 99% — a tumblog of personal stories told through handwritten notes in photographs. Some of these are heartbreaking, have your tissues handy.
- Download the Occupy Handbook (it’s a good starting point for understanding the fight).
- Check out the coverage on Adbusters and Al Jazeera (English)
- Flickr search for “occupywallst” — despite the blackout, this is happening:
And lest you think I’m showing too much of my left wing(nut) side:
- Freakonomics’ take on the protests
- New York Times‘ overview article
- Forbes’ coverage brings Warren Buffet into the mix