What do you think about the Occupy Philly movement?
Interviews by Brooke Hoffman Photos by Greg Bezanis
“Basically, corporations may be wrong, but we need to have employment and that’s the majority of it. Right now we are in deflation. There is very little money out in the street. People don’t have money, and without jobs and people working, then there is no way for us to succeed as a nation.
Izak Farbiarz,
13th Street and East Passyunk Avenue
“Somebody needs to be out there, but I don’t want to be out there.”
Charmaine Moore,
18th Street and Washington Avenue
“I think it’s awesome. I know a lot of people who are tenting there now and are trying to support everything. [Occupy Philly] means to change what has been going on with banking and big business. Especially as a student, we want to change the way we take out loans or how we bank.
Nelson Hernandez,
13th and Morris streets
“Like my mother-in-law always said, ‘it’s the squeaky wheel that gets the oil’”
To the Editor: Although the protestors of Occupy Philadelphia are somewhat of an “inconvenience” at City Hall, I am pleased to see that the majority of them are college students. I had almost lost hope for this apathetic generation. Finally, they have found a “cause” and are voicing their opinions about a serious economic issue.
“Representatives can’t vote in the interest of the citizens because they are bought,” Anna Frangiosa said Friday afternoon at Center City’s Dilworth Plaza. The former resident of 11th and Tasker streets then waved an American flag bearing a “Join Us” sign on a march to Rittenhouse Square. Hundreds from the two-week-old Occupy Philly movement, a reaction to a plethora of societal issues, joined her.
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1. Anonymous said... on Oct 27, 2011 at 08:11AM
“Occupy the White House. Obumma is the problem.”
2. Anonymous said... on Oct 27, 2011 at 07:36PM
“Obama isn't the problem. The problem was always there and it was just a matter of time before this would happen. Funny how everyone wants to put all the blame on one man, instead of realizing it's been there for years and years. It was just building up.”
3. chaloots said... on Oct 28, 2011 at 03:06PM
“Occupy the Republican Congress, whose approval rating is less than 10%!
VOTE THE BUMS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!”
4. Bridie from Bridesburg said... on Oct 28, 2011 at 05:03PM
“God bless these kids for changing the conversation from "shared sacrifice" to the 99%. Thanks to them for all they do!”
5. Joe C said... on Oct 28, 2011 at 11:47PM
“All the extra money that is spent watching over them please there is no reason for this....Do what they did in boston smack em' on their heads and kick em of the property they are doing nothing but costing tax payers money........
By the way Chaloots who should be put in democrats they are ALL thieves and as sholes”
6. ChanelNo5 said... on Oct 30, 2011 at 03:46PM
“Something smells rotten at City Hall. Occupy the stalls!”