OWS was shut down by the rich who bought the police. After months of complaining that police, fire fighters and other who were paid through our tax dollars were the biggest drag on our economy, the rich gave police departments in New York five million dollars so they could bust skulls.
The elite, who had their mouth pieces in politicians and news pundits realized that the Occupy Wall Street was waking people up to their injustice. The elites understood that regardless of the fact that OWS had no real demands, it was shining a light on the inequality that they had brainwashed so many into believing it was fair. So, cops who had previously been demonized by their Representatives in D.C. and by contributors to billion-dollar funded news stations dutifully pepper sprayed their fellow Americans. Side note: Chemical warfare (such as pepper spray is illegal in war, but not against your own citizens. And, with the brutalization of Americans from all demographics, the peaceful protests against the unfair, immoral, illicit practices of a system that extracted wealth from the majority to funnel it to a minority, the movement disappeared into the obscurity in which it exists today.
All of this is to point out how the police have once again been pitted against those they are meant to protect. All around the country, they are harassing and arresting people who are protesting the genocide being committed in Gaza. This seems to be a trend wherever and whenever people protest war today. At Town halls, people get shouted down and hauled off for confront politicians with questions as to why they continue to choose war over peace. The zealots at such events will scream "Shut up!" or "Go away!" or commit to some other stupid gesture to drown out questions about issues that impact us all.
Since when has America been a place where free speech is so limited. What country can Americans leaders point to as examples of the lack of free speech without sounding hypocritical? To all of those who complain about the loss of their second amendment right or any other rights bestowed upon being born an American, the one right we should all coalesced around is the one offered by the first amendment. Without freedom of speech, all other rights are easier to attack and easier to take away from your citizens.
In 2018, I wrote a book highlighting the problems Humanity would face if more power, wealth, and control was funneled to a small group of elite individuals, groups, or organizations. In my book, I provided solutions (from myself and others) to the inevitable problems and also a means for the Public to analyze, compare, and contrast the words and deeds of those we choose to follow against reality. In my book Solutions: Enough complaining. Let's fix America.
In "Solutions...", I provide the means for readers to disseminate information as provided by their news sources of choice, their elected officials, and any other authority they choose to follow. The book also offers a means to hold their leaders up, not just to a higher standard than is currently accepted but to one that would improve their lives and the lives of those for whom they care.
