The local spin-off or offspring or whatever you might call it of the Occupy Wall Street protests staged a well-attended rally last Friday in Krutch Park and on Market Square. A few hundred local Occupiers turned out for a few hours of speechifying and spirited marching around downtown, chanting slogans like “Banks got bailed out, we got sold out!” The News Sentinel put them on the front page, producing a predictable deluge of scorn from anonymous online commenters. But far from the trust-fund babies imagined by their critics, the crowd was a mix of young and old, black and white, including quite a few families with young children. Whether the local group (hastily assembled via Facebook) has any staying power might be evident this Saturday, when it has marches planned for 11 a.m., 2 p.m, and 8 p.m., along with a General Assembly in Krutch Park from 3-7 p.m.
- |
Comments » 1
mermaidamore writes:
occupywallstreetknoxville.weebly.com
Share your thoughts
Comments are the sole responsibility of the person posting them. You agree not to post comments that are off topic, defamatory, obscene, abusive, threatening or an invasion of privacy. Violators may be banned. Click here for our full user agreement.