#occupyMN

Who are the 99%?

Posted on by Teresa Boardman

 It is Friday and Fridays are for fun.  If you are not sure if you are the 99% than you are the 1%.  

Everyone wants in on the action and marketers are using “occupy” as in occupy Wall Street or OccupyMN on various marketing campaigns. Lets not forget what this is all about. 

If you would like to join the OccupyMN protests I recommend riding light rail there is a stop right at the protest on “people’s plaza”.  I will be on the plaza this weekend but I carry a camera.  I am not sure what I would put on a sign but it would have something to do with foreclosures. . . . I have seen way too much in the last few years.   We need more jobs.  Jobs create homeowners and tax payers and we need more of both.  

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. . no I won’t get arrested.  

The people’s Plaza

Posted on by Teresa Boardman

Yesterday I stopped by the OccupyMN  protest in downtown Minneapolis.  They are occupying the Hennepin County Government Plaza and calling it the people’s plaza.  The plaza has been occupied for over a week.  The occupy Wall street protest is the one that started it all and it has been going strong for more than three weeks.  

The protesters call them selves the 99% and they are protesting the war, poverty, unemployment, national economic policies, corporate greed, the federal reserve system and more.   I saw signs that read “People before profits” and “The 99% will not be silenced” 

This is a peaceful protest and  well organized.  They keep the plaza clean and have a schedule posted.  There are portable toilets for the protesters but tents are not allowed and that is causing some friction as protesters pitch tents.  It will be interesting to see if protesters will stay out on the plaza when there is snow and cold. (click on the photos to make the larger)

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