We the People
The Constitution of the United States [the link goes to the National Archives and features hi-res images of the original document] starts off with the Preamble:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
“We the People” is many times larger than the rest of the text, making it obvious who the government was created to benefit. When they wrote “promote the general Welfare”, they weren’t concerned with General Electric, General Dynamics, General Motors, or General Mills, they were concerned with the people.
Until the government stops acting primarily for the benefit of corporations, and billionaires, people need to invoke “the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”, as guaranteed by the First Amendment.
I saw a sign [I can’t locate the source at the moment] that basically said “You have the right to remain silent … but I wouldn’t recommend it.” Amen to that.
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OccupyGreensboro is meeting almost every day/night this week in preparation for our downtown march next Saturday, October 15, 2011, which will pause at the International Civil Rights Museum/old Woolworth building (site of the Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-In in 1960), and then continue to the occupation of Festival Park!
No one here is quiet.
Thanks for your reporting!
http://occupygreensboro.org
Good on Greenboro. Given what has happened to the textile and furniture industries, there are lots of reasons for North Carolinians to be angry with Wall Street and the way they have been treated.