Global Days of Rage: Democracy Now

Global Day’s of Rage

“Occupy Wall Street”

Maggie Cohen

On October 15, 2011 the global days of rage sprung into action. The “occupy Wall street” protest that had been going on for a little over a month continued to arise bringing on hundreds and thousands of people all around the world. Over 1,000 cities around the world are participating in this global protest, 100 being in the United States. This is a movement, in hopes to remake and transform the economy; it is shifting the way people about themselves and the world to create a society that people know is possible. This “occupy wall street” has now led to “occupy the world” where thousands of protesters from Japan, Greece, London, Latin America, Italy, and the United States, this led into the global days of rage. People are tired of the corporate greed and untrustworthy Supreme Court decisions. Our globes stock market is down, there are several ecological collapses, and unemployment is high, people refer to his system as irrational and believe it has failed us, and is only setting the world up for more failure in the future. These protesters are against the bankers, corrupt politicians who are doing nothing to solve this huge mess, and the big corporate businesses. These protesters took action and are starting a huge political movement to start over, to stop the system from collapsing causing many people to struggle. The people are rising against these big systems to begin a “revolution, evolution, and transformation. “ Danny Glover stated in the Democracy Now Global Days of Rage video. Protestors are standing up to be the change they want to see, to raise awareness, to remake this economy. They want to ensure that the this transformation is institutionalized and that big corporate are not taking over. These protestors are very committed to this, the same people come out day to day to stand up for what they truly believe in and know is right. Labor unions, community groups, and student groups are all taking part in this movement. People feel failed in their homes, communities, states and countries, the big bankers got bailed out, but the average American is still struggling. Why do political acts not do anything about this rising problem, this is left in the hands of these protesters, and they aren’t giving up. What about our future? These people feel they are not represented though democracy, so this protest is their final voice that will get heard. So until this problem gets taken seriously, and someone does something, people will be in thousands of cities in search for a resolution on economic inequality, chanting “WE ARE The 99%.”