{"id":3453,"date":"2011-10-29T14:22:39","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T21:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=3453"},"modified":"2011-11-02T13:31:14","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T20:31:14","slug":"occupy-av-we-are-the-99-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2011\/10\/29\/occupy-av-we-are-the-99-percent\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupy AV: \u201cWE\u2026ARE\u2026 THE 99 PERCENT!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>LANCASTER \u2013 Nearly 50 demonstrators took to THE BLVD Saturday morning as part of the Occupy Antelope Valley march in solidarity with the global Occupy Wall Street Movement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m out here representing the 99 percent,\u201d said demonstrator Angel Warner. \u201cThe people that live in this country, that are tired of watching our wages diminish, while the rest of the 1 percent get richer and richer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are against the corruptness in capitalism and we are against the greed in capitalism,\u201d Warner continued. \u201cWe are against government being bought by all these huge corporations and the 1 percent telling the government officials that we elected what to do, while in the meantime, we are being ignored.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Another demonstrator, Mike Santos from Palmdale, said a solution to corruption in capitalism on a policy level would be to reintroduce the Glass-Steagall Act (GSA), a 1930s response to the Great Depression, which separated investment and commercial banking activities. GSA was repealed in 1999.<\/p>\n

\u201cGlass-Steagall will take away half of the problem because of all the CDO\u2019s [collateralized debt obligations], the CDS\u2019s [credit default swaps] and all the derivatives,\u201d said Santos. \u201cThat\u2019s what kind of brought us down.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said talking to representatives would not yield real solutions because representatives were too busy listening to lobbyists.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re listening to Wall Street, so that\u2019s why we\u2019re going after Wall Street,\u201d Santos said, adding that it starts at the local level.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cWe need to start putting pressure on City Councils for them to divest their holdings from companies and banks that have screwed the American public!\u201d Santos yelled, to cheers from the crowd.<\/p>\n

Another demonstrator, Roxie Patterson, said the march was part of a larger movement to establish the group\u2019s presence in the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will let this conservative community know that we\u2019re here and we have a right to be heard and maybe wake up some people that are sleeping,\u201d said Patterson. \u201cWe\u2019ve been relaxed too long\u2026 We need to be a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 50 demonstrators started out at Lancaster City Hall at 10 a.m., and then marched the length of The BLVD, waving signs, pumping their fists, and chanting loudly to the beat of a Bongo Drum.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cTELL ME WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!\u201d one demonstrator shouted.<\/p>\n

\u201cTHIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!\u201d the group responded.<\/p>\n

At other times the group shouted: \u201cWE\u2026 ARE\u2026 THE 99 PECENT! WE\u2026 ARE\u2026 THE 99 PECENT!\u201d<\/p>\n

Several drivers on The BLVD honked their horns to cheers from the group. Demonstrators stopped in front of each bank on The BLVD to voice their dissatisfaction.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cI had a Wells Fargo Mastercard; interest rate 12.9%,\u201d said Booth McKeown in front of the Wells Fargo bank on The BLVD. \u201cAll the payments were on time, but when I lost my job, the interest rate went up to 29 and a half percent.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSHAME! SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!\u201d demonstrators screamed at the glass doors to the entrance of Wells Fargo bank.<\/p>\n

They also chanted:<\/p>\n

\u201cBANKS GOT BAILED OUT, WE GOT SOLD OUT!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>When the group came to the intersection of Sierra Highway and Lancaster Boulevard, half the group crossed the highway and gathered at Boeing Plaza and the other half gathered in front of the Lancaster Sheriff\u2019s Station.\u00a0 Both groups directed their chants to passing cars on Sierra Highway and some drivers honked their horns in support.<\/p>\n

The demonstration appeared to be peaceful and non-violent. Several deputy patrol cars could be seen observing the march, however, none attempted to halt the demonstration.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s march will be followed by a Move Your Money March and Demonstration on November 5th<\/sup>. The occupation is scheduled to begin immediately following the march on November 5th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

For more information on Occupy Antelope Valley, visit their facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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