Occupy Wall Street has spread across the country reaching Boise, Idaho on October 5th with a gathering of at least 300 locals. Despite the torrential downpour Idahoans braved the weather conditions to protest on 8th street.
The protesters started at the Anne Frank Memorial by Boise River and marched on to the Idaho capitol crying “We are the 99%.” The organization is claiming that they march against all the bank bailouts and the extreme power and sway that the banks and that Wall Street has on United States politics.
One protest sign read “This rain is the only ‘trickle down’ you’re going to get.” Others read slogans like “audit the feds” or “people not profit.” Many citizens demand that the greed of huge corporations be put in check.
Occupy Wall Street started out with 12 protesters and has spread from New York across the entire country. An Occupy Pocatello has begun at the Idaho State University will be taking place at 5pm on October 7th starting at the Pocatello Art Walk at Simplot Square. Occupy Idaho Falls is scheduled for October 8th from 5:30 to 11:30 at the Idaho Falls Green Belt.
The Facebook page for Occupy Pocatello reads, “We stand in solidarity with Occupy Wall St to show our contempt for Corporate Greed and Political Corruption.”
“This is nonpartisan. This is about everybody. This is about elderly people, students, liberals, conservatives. It affects and is a part of every American’s life. Everyone wants to be a part of a democracy, and I think the general feeling is that that’s not the case right now. If anything comes of this, that’s what’s going to happen, that’s what’s going to be the case,” said OccupyBOI spokesman Tom Kershaw as quoted by Boise Weekly.
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