Israel is a country where a tiny minority of families and individuals control a hugely disproportionate amount of wealth.
Last Saturday [Aug 6], hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of a Middle Eastern city.
Demanding change, they were fed up with the ruling elite and said their government was no longer listening to its people.
Sound familiar? The protests have continued and have grown.
Source: BBC Israel's 'social protests' rattle Netanyahu government Aug, 12, 2011.
Will the US have its own version? If policy makers continue on their same path we will. An early test will be October 6, 2011 in Washington, DC.
Oct. 6
14th & Pennsylvania, Ave., NW
12 Noon
USUncut Tag Line:
Human Need, Not Corporate Greed. This is an occupation.
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