Occupy Wall Street rallies headed to Wisconsin

[Yon_Yonson]

Source: JSonline.com

Local offshoots of the Occupy Wall Street demonstration that has taken over a park in New York's financial district are being organized in Wisconsin.

Participants have rallied near Wall Street for three weeks against what they perceive as corporate greed and economic inequality. A flash point sparked over the weekend when about 700 participants were arrested as they marched in vehicle travel lanes of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Organizers in Milwaukee, Madison and Appleton are planning rallies Oct. 15 as part of an International Day of Action in support of the protests.

Organizers of the Milwaukee event plan a rally at the Chase Bank branch in downtown Milwaukee, according to Facebook page set up for the event. Those in Madison plan a rally "on or around" Oct. 15 at the State Capitol square. Both pages were linked to a site put together by organizers of the Wall Street rally that was featured in Monday's Wall Street Journal.

The Occupy Milwaukee Facebook page created a week ago had nearly 2,000 followers Monday afternoon while Madison's page had more than 2,200 followers. A page for Appleton has more than 500 followers.

Chase spokeswoman Christine Holevas said the bank was aware of the rally being planned for downtown Milwaukee.



Read more: http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/occupy-wall-street-rallies-headed-to-wisconsin-130998613.html

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Alright MAKE it happen!

[secondwind]

1. Can they take advantage and try to register folks to vote at these rallies?

[hue]

2. Welcome!!! n/t k & r

[mother earth]

3. OWS will grow & is being supported by incredible organizations

and people. This is the real deal, and if you can't be at one of these events, lend support by making a donation to RebuildTheDream...go to that website & see what progressive action can truly become. :bounce:

[midnight]

4. Milwaukee has been left in debt after Walker's no tax nonsense... They could use this to

remind the perpetrators that we are awake...