IT DIDN'T take long for the spirit of Occupy Wall Street to spread to the streets of cities across the country, with the statement "We are the 99 percent" repeated in demonstrations large and small. The protest movement that began in Manhattan's financial district has inspired people in bigger cities not unfamiliar to protests, like San Francisco and Seattle, to organize their own actions and encampments, but also smaller cities and towns.
The same mix of people from all walks of life--the unemployed, the underemployed, students facing mountains of debt, and union members enduring an assault on their living standards--are participating around the country and putting the blame for the economic crisis where it belongs: on the corporations and bankers who continue to profit as the rest of us face cuts.
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