Occupy Wall Street has had many different views and perspectives trusted upon the movement. From all different types of news reporters, to people just saying what they have heard. Nathan Schneider, a writer with Yes! Magazine, writes an article on his view of what has been going on in the public with all the different perspectives. He states, “Some reporters come to Liberty Plaza looking for Adbusters staff, or US Day of Rage members, or conspiratorial Obama supporters, or hackers from Anonymous. They’re briefly disappointed to find none of the above. Instead, it’s a bunch of people—from round-the-clock revolutionaries, to curious tourists, to retirees, to zealous students—spending most of their time in long meetings about supplying food, conducting marches, dividing up the plaza’s limited space and what exactly they’re there to do and why. And that’s the point. More than demanding any particular policy proposal, the occupation is reminding Wall Street& what real democracy looks like: a discussion among people, not a contest of money” (p. 1).
Occupy Wall Street has a mission statement that claims the movement to have a strong lineage to the Declaration of Independence. This mission statement expresses their beliefs of big corporations being limited to the power and influence they have on the government. The mission statement states that the big corporations should not benefit/profit from the expense of people and their rights. Money and power should not compromise justice and democracy in a society. Occupy Wall Street has compiled a list of grievances found in their mission statement, which show how corporations have managed to negatively affect many aspects of society. Some of these alleged problems with corporations include the violation of human rights, the destruction of the environment, inequality in the workplace, and putting consumers at risk by virtue of their products. The movement states that they accept all types/kinds of people and use people's assembly to gain popularity and power.
From this movement msnbc news had reporter, Ian Bone, write an article on what’s going on with the movement and why some society don’t get it. September 17th of 2011, Ian Bones talks, in his article, with a lot of favoritism for the movement. Bones explains how before this era, tactics of changing something or revolutionizing a part of the world usually had one main leader but now we are a group of strong people since we are all together. Bones goes into why he feels that Occupy Wall Street is working because they are, “physical gathering,” and having, “virtual people’s assemblies.” Bones states, “We zero in on what our one demand will be […].” With this article, Bones opened and closed the article talking about the first part of Occupy Wall Street where 20,000 people must make tents and have “peaceful barricades” in the lower part of Manhattan. That is where Occupy Wall Street’s first thought of movement began.
“Think Occupy Wall Street is a phase? You don’t get it.” This is an article written by Douglas Rushkoff from CNN news. In October of 2011, Rushkoff states that, “It is difficult to comprehend a 21st century movement from the perspective of 20th century politics, media, and economics in which we are still steeped.” Rushkoff goes into the reasons why Occupy Wall Street is not as clear as it could be. He also talks about this era being the first internet involved/obsessed society, which is why there’s a disconnect within the generations. He criticizes the movement on how they complain about their issues but don’t have a final plan of action to produce change.
Now from a more conservative view point, Fox news had reporter Holman write about the movement as well. Holman views the protestors as the Presidents followers. Holman also looks at the protestors of the Arab “spring.” He says that they give 13 demands of Occupy Wall Street. Holman states that the non-protestors expressed their non-sympathetic ways to the protestors and of how they look “forward to the arrival of the cold weather […].” Holman expresses how they believe Occupy Wall Street is approaching things the wrong way and does not have any solutions to their problems.
With all of the perspectives, they all reach the same conclusion; Occupy Wall Street has many demands but that’s all. All of the articles take the information in a different way with different looking glasses but they all see no solution in the movement. Some believe that the solution is not relevant to the movement right now as it has just begun, while others believe that is the reason why the movement will not work.
Occupy Wall Street has a mission statement that claims the movement to have a strong lineage to the Declaration of Independence. This mission statement expresses their beliefs of big corporations being limited to the power and influence they have on the government. The mission statement states that the big corporations should not benefit/profit from the expense of people and their rights. Money and power should not compromise justice and democracy in a society. Occupy Wall Street has compiled a list of grievances found in their mission statement, which show how corporations have managed to negatively affect many aspects of society. Some of these alleged problems with corporations include the violation of human rights, the destruction of the environment, inequality in the workplace, and putting consumers at risk by virtue of their products. The movement states that they accept all types/kinds of people and use people's assembly to gain popularity and power.
From this movement msnbc news had reporter, Ian Bone, write an article on what’s going on with the movement and why some society don’t get it. September 17th of 2011, Ian Bones talks, in his article, with a lot of favoritism for the movement. Bones explains how before this era, tactics of changing something or revolutionizing a part of the world usually had one main leader but now we are a group of strong people since we are all together. Bones goes into why he feels that Occupy Wall Street is working because they are, “physical gathering,” and having, “virtual people’s assemblies.” Bones states, “We zero in on what our one demand will be […].” With this article, Bones opened and closed the article talking about the first part of Occupy Wall Street where 20,000 people must make tents and have “peaceful barricades” in the lower part of Manhattan. That is where Occupy Wall Street’s first thought of movement began.
“Think Occupy Wall Street is a phase? You don’t get it.” This is an article written by Douglas Rushkoff from CNN news. In October of 2011, Rushkoff states that, “It is difficult to comprehend a 21st century movement from the perspective of 20th century politics, media, and economics in which we are still steeped.” Rushkoff goes into the reasons why Occupy Wall Street is not as clear as it could be. He also talks about this era being the first internet involved/obsessed society, which is why there’s a disconnect within the generations. He criticizes the movement on how they complain about their issues but don’t have a final plan of action to produce change.
Now from a more conservative view point, Fox news had reporter Holman write about the movement as well. Holman views the protestors as the Presidents followers. Holman also looks at the protestors of the Arab “spring.” He says that they give 13 demands of Occupy Wall Street. Holman states that the non-protestors expressed their non-sympathetic ways to the protestors and of how they look “forward to the arrival of the cold weather […].” Holman expresses how they believe Occupy Wall Street is approaching things the wrong way and does not have any solutions to their problems.
With all of the perspectives, they all reach the same conclusion; Occupy Wall Street has many demands but that’s all. All of the articles take the information in a different way with different looking glasses but they all see no solution in the movement. Some believe that the solution is not relevant to the movement right now as it has just begun, while others believe that is the reason why the movement will not work.