This is a bit of a unusual post because it's about something I did personally rather than a current event or Marxist theory which I usually like to talk about, but nonetheless, I think its' worthy of a post, especially since I haven't updated in a week, and activism is always good to discuss. On wednesday, I attended a rally in support of action against NYPD police brutality and the most recent case of this, the murder of Sean Bell.
The Rally was held in the afternoon and lasted for several hours. I attended the rally with the Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigades, The Revolutionary Communist Party's Youth Wing, and was pleasantly suprised. First, the rally had a massive turnout. Although the New York Times wrote the next day that only a hundred or so people showed up, I can vouch that there were at least one or two thousand people, and that their estimate was bull. Second, it was great to go out and be active, as the last protest I attended was the World Can't Wait's October 5th Day of Action. I attended a small rally at Union square with a maximum of two or three hundred people. I feel that one of the most effective ways to make people aware of our ideals, as socialists, is too attend these protests and speak out, and so I'm always glad to participate in rallies like this one. Third, I was especially pleased and excited by the amount of communist, socialist, and anarchist youth that were present at the rally, and the amount of people that expressed interest in the flyers we handed out and the papers we sold. It is great to see that there are so many people are unsatisfied with capitalism and the system in place. Here is a photo gallery from the rally.
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Also, in a completely unrelated story, I thought I'd post this. The Richest 1% own 40% of the world's wealth and the poorest 50% own less than 1%. Just more reason why capitalism has too go.
The Rally was held in the afternoon and lasted for several hours. I attended the rally with the Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigades, The Revolutionary Communist Party's Youth Wing, and was pleasantly suprised. First, the rally had a massive turnout. Although the New York Times wrote the next day that only a hundred or so people showed up, I can vouch that there were at least one or two thousand people, and that their estimate was bull. Second, it was great to go out and be active, as the last protest I attended was the World Can't Wait's October 5th Day of Action. I attended a small rally at Union square with a maximum of two or three hundred people. I feel that one of the most effective ways to make people aware of our ideals, as socialists, is too attend these protests and speak out, and so I'm always glad to participate in rallies like this one. Third, I was especially pleased and excited by the amount of communist, socialist, and anarchist youth that were present at the rally, and the amount of people that expressed interest in the flyers we handed out and the papers we sold. It is great to see that there are so many people are unsatisfied with capitalism and the system in place. Here is a photo gallery from the rally.
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Also, in a completely unrelated story, I thought I'd post this. The Richest 1% own 40% of the world's wealth and the poorest 50% own less than 1%. Just more reason why capitalism has too go.
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