i know of a place

from occupytv, more footage from the occupy wall street press conference on solidarity blogged earlier for the may 1st nationwide/worldwide general "strike," or "day without the 99%."  dozens of representatives from a coalition of labor, civil and immigrant rights groups speak out:




from the earlier exerpt, a partial poetic transcription (poetic license taken by the blogger*) from the eloquent, self-described "citizen of the world" 's statement:


i know of a place

"I know of a place

a place that we all

have the keys to


I know of a place

a place where your economic class

does not determine your social worth


I know of a place

where there is not charity

but radical mutual aide


I know of a place

where each conversation

has revolutionary potential


I know of a place

where comprehension

has not been short-circuited


I know of a place

where we have not been blinded in tricks

into thinking that the world has to be this way


we’ve all felt

this place

on may 1^st

let’s go

to this place

together

let’s not walk

there

let’s march

there

let’s not sit

there

let’s dance

there



worker, student, mother,

sisters and brothers

black, brown, white,

purple, and yellow

we say MAY 1^ST

we say MAY 1^ST



let’s all

unite

and take the streets!"

* to the extent that google blogspot editing capabilities allow me to format lines the way i type them, not the way their program randomly posts, and no matter how many times bloggers report it.  with all their sophisticated programming capabilities, can't they fix this simple, little posting "glitch" ?