GLA News-Blog

Thursday, October 20, 2011

"OCCUPY WALL STREET" VS. TAHRIR SQUARE, EGYPT: WHAT CAN THE "O-W-S" MOVEMENT LEARN FROM THE VIOLENT REVOLUTIONS

True words spoken by Christina Gonsalez, "O-W-S" protestor, responding to the question, if the "OWS" movement can learn something from the violent protests that happened in Egypt on Tahrir Square:

"It's gonna take a lot more than this! ... I can say that I'm honestly scared, because I don't know what's going to happen! ... I mean, I know that there is not enough police to hold the masses that are there on the streets right now! This makes me think that the military is possibly going to come in! ... I think that things are really going to get messy! ... People don't wanna let go of their power, and we don't know how ruthless they can be! They've been killing us secretly and subversively for so long ... But I'm willing to stick through - it's not for me, it's for whole humanity! ...

We don't want the things to get messy and violent, that's why the whole time we've been promoting a peaceful movement, peaceful protests ... but unfortunately that's the way that this society works ... and you know, it's only for so long that you can withstand someone beating you, before you have to take action back ... so I definitely do not promote violence that's going to take place, but I know that it's inevitable! It would be great if our voices could be heard, without us having to be beaten, but it seems that's the point that we're going to be pushed to! We have to be ready for it!"

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

VIOLENT PROTESTS IN ATHENS, GREECE - OCTOBER 19, 2011

When there is no hole left to tighten the belt ... the people in Greece say: "Enough is enough!" Hundreds of thousands of greeks stand up against their rulers! Their rage over further financial cuts and the desperate situation is escalating!

"OWS": TWO DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, TWO DIFFERENT REALITIES!

Pulitzer prize winner and experienced war correspondent Chris Hedges, having covered movements and revolutions throughout the world, says in an interview at "Occupy Wall Street", October 15, 2011:

"What happens is in all of these movements ... the foot soldiers of the elite -- the blue uniformed police, the mechanisms of control -- finally don't want to impede the movement and at that point the power elite is left defenseless ... the only thing I can say having been in the middle of similar movements is that this one is real, and this one could take them all down ... I can guarantee you that huge segments of those blue uniformed police sympathize with everything that you're doing." --

On the same day, police arrested people at several banks in different cities of the United States, because they wanted to close their bank account and withdraw their money! Eye witnesses report, that the police agents followed the indications given by the bank clerks, who declared that the customers were nothing but rioting protesters, although these people could prove they were customers!

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

"OCCUPY WALL STREET": HUGE MARINE VETERAN IS GIVING NYPD COPS A LESSON

Oct 15th, 2011 - To the NYPD: "You can laugh all you want, but it takes a coward to harm unarmed civilians!"

United States Marine Corps. Sgt. Shamar Thomas from Roosevelt, NY went toe to toe with the New York Police Department. An activist in the Occupy Wall Street movement, Thomas voiced his opinions of the NYPD police brutality that had and has been plaguing the #OWS movement.

Thomas is a 24-year-old Marine Veteran (2 tours in Iraq), he currently plays amateur football and is in college.

Thomas comes from a long line of people who sacrifice for their country: Mother, Army Veteran (Iraq), Step father, Army, active duty (Afghanistan), Grand father, Air Force veteran (Vietnam), Great Grand Father Navy veteran (World War II).