Long.
Wise.
Scary.
Noam.
Even Hungarians get mentioned. 3/4 feel they are worse off than under state socialism. Gee.
From epicentre of the worker’s paradise / evil empire to hair salon. When will the White House showcase pedicures?
Intriguing critique… Al Jazeera is fantastic: secular, lefty, thought-provoking. Like the CBC, Guardian or NPR but, often, better…
good: WE ARE THE 99%
There is a slogan and Tumblr blog attached to the Occupy Wall Street movement that has the potential to fix some of Wall Street’s problems: We Are The 99 Percent.
“This simple concept—that the vast majority of us are getting screwed because of policies that protect the rich minority—is the best populist message…in years…It distills the movement’s huge range of issues into one devastating phenomenon: the wealth gap. It reclaims populism from conservatives and the Tea Party in a very literal way, yet it doesn’t divide the country along political party lines.”
So get online, or if you’re in New York, get on the streets, and show just how you fit- or don’t- into the 99 percent.
A Meyhane in an old Ottoman dungeon. Generous math and physics profs. A socialist mall developer. Terrifying belly dancer and this gypsy glory.