(New Yok) Poet Gill Scott-Heron was right when he famously stated: “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.”
What he didn’t know was it would be streamed throughout the world.
And sponsored by Bank of America?
A rag-tag coalitions of radicals have converged on Wall Street, promising to camp out for two weeks.
Their demands that are not entirely clear, but seems to involve limiting the influence of financial giants from dominating elections and destroying the economy.
The plan was set in motion by a group called Adbusters, “culture jammers” that try to counter mainstream media.
The whole thing is streaming live on the “Global Revolution” channel of the webcast service livestream.
Which is supported by ads.
One of which is an ad for Bank of America.
“There comes a time in the affairs of a man when he has to take the bull by the tail and face the situation. ” -WC Fields.
I got laid off by BofA& it was brutal. Much more in the pipeline.