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March 25, 2012

Occupy Wall Street: Movement against Social Inequality

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Occupy Wall Street: Movement against Social Inequality

OWS (Occupy Wall Street) is a movement against social and political inequality, widely-spread unemployment, corruption, greed, corporations’ undue influence, most importantly, the financial services sector-on government. The new series of protests was initiated by the Canadian Activist group Adbusters. The activist group started on 17 Sep, 2011 in Zuccotti Park of New York City’s Wall Street financial district.

The slogan of the protesters, involved in these series of protests is “We are the 99%” The slogan denotes that there is a constant growing wealth disparity in the United States in-between 1% and the remaining populace. Immediate prototypes for Occupy Wall Street are 2010’s British student protests, anti-austerity protests of the “indignados” (indignant) in Spain, Greece, and the Middle East’s’ Arab Spring protests.

Similar to Occupy Wall Street, these antecedents also depend on the electronic and social media messaging to avoid attempts to stop the protests.

Followed by the larger Occupy movement of leaderless protests in America as well as other parts of the world, the constantly-growing spat in the entire U.S. has captured the street and developed an existential identification with the homeless. The movement has been gaining momentum day-by-day and has now become the talk-of-the-town all over the world. Now that the main objective of this mass movement is to help and support the futures of lower and middle class families, so it is asking for the monetary donations that will be used for materials like Billboards, Flyer/Posters, banners, miscellaneous equipment, campaign brochures, communications, coordinating future events, and other campaign related necessities, etc.

On the whole, Occupy Wall Street donations will empower the Occupy Movement, by offering technical disaster-relief support, and helping those who suffer from financial, economic hardship because of the recession, e.g., the homeless shelters, unemployed, etc.

Thus, the movement will not only be financially stronger, but it will also get its predefined objective of helping the down-trodden people in the United States, and all over the world.

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March 20, 2012

The Growing Texas Secessionist Movement

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The Growing Texas Secessionist Movement

Still unknown to many Americans, and scoffed by many of those who do, a growing Texas secessionist movement is gaining some new found attention after Governor Perry of Texas spoke the “S” word at a Tea Party last April. Generally dismissed because of certain assumptions, such as that the Texas independence movement is a recent phenomenon, precipitated by Obama’s election, or that it’s right-wing, or racist, or reactionary. The Texas Secessionist movement began in December 1995 and the Nationalist Movement, a political organization began three years ago makes clear on its website that it “is neither left wing or right wing,” stating that, “racial bias and discrimination of any sort is in no way a Texian ideal,” and adding that “racial slurs, bias, discrimination, even in vague form will not be tolerated.” Nor does it have any religious or violent agenda.

The Texas National movement clearly affirms that it “is for TEXAS INDEPENDENCE.. nothing else.”

To the surprise and dismay of Texans, what is common knowledge in Texas and a great source of pride, is frequently unknown by the rest of America. Texas was an independent sovereign Republic from 1836 to 1846. Texas celebrates two Independence Days, the Fourth of July, and the Second of March, Texas Independence Day. As John Steinbeck wrote in Travels With Charlie, “Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word. And there’s an opening convey of generalities. A Texan outside of Texas is a foreigner.”

Americans may know about the Alamo but not realize that patriots such as Davie Crockett, Jim Bowie, William B. Travis, and Gregorio Esparza, fought for Texas Independence against an abusive central government that had rejected its own federal constitution.

The 1824 Constitution of Mexico established a federal system of government dividing power between the national and the state governments similar to the US Constitution. When General Antonio López de Santa Ana revoked the 1824 Constitution and declared himself dictator, Texans rebelled as did other Mexican federalists. More than a hundred and seventy years later, Texans feel history is repeating itself.

As of April 2009, eighteen percent of Texans agree and support secession. There is no sign of Washington reversing course. As the federal government continues growing at the expense of state’s rights and individual rights, more Texans, who are by nature an independent lot, will begin to see secession as the option to free themselves from an abusive and tyrannical central government.

The Texas Nationalist Movement

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