‘Occupy Wall Street’ Rally Hits Arkansas

[struggle4progress]

Posted: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 9:07 am

By John Lyon
Arkansas News Bureau [e-mail] | 0 comments

LITTLE ROCK — The Occupy Wall Street protest movement has reached Arkansas, but here as in New York the goals of the protesters are hard to pin down.

Various protesters have described things they would like to see happen, but according to the website occupywallstreet.org, “There is NO official list of demands.”

Taylor Tisdale, who is helping to organize a planned Occupy Little Rock protest for Saturday, said the protesters want to see change.

“We’re really not sure what change we’re expecting to see,” she said Tuesday. “We’re standing in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in New York. We’re just standing behind them with all they’re doing, and we’re just waiting to see what happens.” ...

http://www.swtimes.com/state_news/article_a9b58c52-f4db-11e0-8938-001cc4c002e0.html

[WhiteTara]

1. AT this moment that's the most they can do.

The could be calling on the state critters and offering the same list as OWS has made up. But it's great to know they're there. Damn! the party is missing the boat by not having people out there to register these people to vote.

[kat6594]

2. +1

[sinkingfeeling]

3. We had about 350 people show up at the Occupy NWA on Saturday. Just a tad

shy of the number in Little Rock.