- Home
- News
- Forum
- Sports
- Features
- Arts
- Business
- Obituaries
- Comics
- Gallery
- Classifieds
- Commentary
- Advertisers
- Contact Us
4,022
1,526
We’ve had enough of Wall Street
Thanks for running Debra DeAngelo’s plain-spoken Sunday paper piece about the Occupy Wall Street movement, which now includes an ongoing “occupation” at César Chávez Park in Sacramento. This is a truly exciting nonviolent revolution of “the 99 percent,” so-called because 1 percent of Americans are now reported to own 42 percent of our national wealth.
The number of people said to be on the streets in more than 1,000 cities and towns around the world is only the tip of the iceberg: Most of this movement is happening online, in the social media networks. Wall Street, Congress and the president are finally paying attention, but the biggest benefit may be the radicalizing of the many younger people who are participating. “Sheep no more,” read one sign in Sacramento on Saturday.
Perhaps DeAngelo named the most amazing aspect of this revolution at the end of her article, when she wrote, “Ironically, the tea party and the Occupy Wall Street movements — the far right and the far left — are in complete agreement on this: Our government has become Wall Street’s bitch. And we’ve had enough.”
Elizabeth Boardman
Davis
Comments
Recent Posts
- Dominic Fannjiang DHS boys volleyball vs. Elk Grove file photo
- DHS boys drop another Delta League match
- DYSA 10U roundup: Blue Diamonds’ slugfest win highlights close week of games
- Avangeline Turner, Paige Jenness (Yellow Jackets) and Elizabeth Barger (Lightning) DYSA 10U photo
- Younger DYSA roundup: Panthers, Devils tie is indicative of this week’s tight competition
