Occupy the Boardroom: 9 Angry, Heart-Breaking Messages to Wall Street's Elites From the 99%

[marmar]

AlterNet / By Joshua Holland

Occupy the Boardroom: 9 Angry, Heart-Breaking Messages to Wall Street's Elites From the 99%
If you've wondered what Occupy Wall Street was all about, these powerful messages should help clarify what's driving the movement.

October 20, 2011 |


That photograph of well-heeled traders sipping champagne on a balcony high over Zuccotti Park as they look down on the Occupation below is already an iconic image, capturing the haughty detachment with which Big Finance has received this rapidly spreading expression of popular outrage.

The movement is now using a variety of strategies to take its message directly to the "1 percent” – to make sure they can't ignore the protests from the comfort of their sheltered enclaves. A new effort, Occupy the Boardroom, offers those whose economic security has been crushed by the recession a chance to send messages directly to a banking executive of their choice.

Ordinary people can post their letters to OccupyTheBoardroom.org, and activists promise to do whatever it takes to deliver them to the intended recipients. “Life gets awfully lonely for those at the top,” reads a tagline on the site. “What can we do to let them know someone's thinking of them? Maybe they need some new friends!” ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/occupywallst/152813/occupy_the_boardroom%3A_9_angry%2C_heart-breaking_messages_to_wall_street%27s_elites_from_the_99/

[pacalo]

1. During my years as a secretary in a very professional environment, I've NEVER worn

anything close to an after-five dress like this:




I get the impression she's working for her sugardaddy.

[roguevalley]

4. slut bags and their pimps. their karma is going to be horrendous

[dkf]

2. These stories are why debt has always scared the bejeebers out of me.

My worst nightmares come true.

[xchrom]

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