Occupy Wall Street rises up for Sanders

[Lodestar]

CNN)The forces of Occupy Wall Street, splintered and faded in the aftermath of their 2011 demonstrations, are getting the band back together to boost Bernie Sanders ahead of next week's critical New York primary.

Nearly five years since Occupy was evicted from Zuccotti Park, blocks from the New York Stock Exchange in lower Manhattan, a coalition of organizers, labor leaders and progressive activists who lined up under the banner of "the 99 percent" are renewing their efforts in pursuit of a more traditional cause: Getting voters to the polls on April 19.

That begins with traditional canvassing, but will extend to what is expected to be a large pro-Sanders, Occupy-inspired march on Saturday in Manhattan.

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http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/13/politics/occupy-wall-street-bernie-sanders-new-york-primary/index.html


MARCH FOR BERNIE - SATURDAY April 16
11:01 AM in EDT
Foley Square
111 Worth St, New York, New York 10007
go.berniesanders.com
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[yourpaljoey]

1. What a hoot

Occupy was a flim flam set up to distract and pacify the masses.
Such a farce... a movement with no leaders (hardy har har), no demands, no goals.
They never thought it would come around to bite 'em in the ass.

[thereismore]

2. The powerful tore down their tents and sprayed their faces with mace and thought they vanquished

the idea.

But the idea lived on.

[mmonk]

3. Truth is hard to extinguish.

[libdem4life]

4. As is momentum.

This genie is out of the bottle and people are awakening. Even if Bernie.does not get to the White House, I believe he will continue to provide the national coalition to bring together an increased number of groups and political progressives.

We've never had such a leader. Bernie is not going away...I hope.

[Rebkeh]

5. Occupy is so much more than what meets the eye

I've always believed they made, make and will make a fundamental difference. It has its distortions just like everything else, but it's a force to be reckoned with. Like they say, you can't kill an idea and that idea isn't going anywhere.

Occupy will be around as long as it's relevant, as long as there is inequality.

Good on them for getting behind Bernie.

[Stardust]

6. I agree. Nt