Activists Gather to Protest Koch Brothers Gala

[TomCADem]

Source: AlterNet

Americans for Prosperity, a GOP front group funded in part by billionaires Charles and David Koch, held a gala at DC’s Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The event was part of its Defending the American Dream Summit and featured appearances by Republican presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Herman Cain.

As the GOP’s A-list sat down for an evening of dinner and a movie (a screening of Atlas Shrugged), a group of protesters gathered outside the convention center for a counter-event sponsored by Health Care For America Now! and The Other 98% called the "Koch Brothers Guerrilla Drive-In." The organizers aimed a projector at the wall of the convention center building to screen a short documentary about how the Koch brothers have used their massive fortune to influence the country's democracy.

The atmosphere was filled with anger and excitement as the number of people gathered outside the convention center grew, largely due to Occupy DC and Occupy K Street protesters who marched from their encampments at McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza to “Occupy the Kochs.”

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Justin Feldman, also marching with Occupy DC, said, “Obviously the Koch brothers, Herman Cain and Mitt Romney don’t care that we’re here protesting, but it doesn’t matter because this is a multi-year struggle. This movement is showing a whole new generation of people that there are things they can do to have their voices heard.”

Read more: http://www.alternet.org/occupywallst/152981/activists_gather_to_protest_koch_brothers_gala/

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It is interesting that OWS is protesting a Koch fundraiser featuring Mitt Romney, since the Wall Street press has been pushing the narrative that OWS is Mitt Romney's ticket to the White House, which he may be able to harness in support of his pro-Wall Street policies as was the case with the Tea Party. After all, after first expressing anger at Wall Street, the Tea Party eventually was protesting against the Financial Reform Bill and any efforts to regulate Wall Street, since that was "socialism." Nonetheless, here are some links to Fox News and The Street pushing the narrative that OWS will help Republican efforts to take Congress and the Presidency, which of course ignore the reality of the protest at the Koch Brothers event.

http://www.thestreet.com/story/11291695/1/occupy-wall-street-could-be-mitt-romneys-ticket-to-occupy-white-house.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/11/04/press-should-occupy-history-books-before-protest-coverage/

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2. I cringe every time PBS announces a show has been funded by one of the Kochs or a Koch related

entity, "and people like you."