Protests Against Big Business Spread in US
08 October 2011
Protesters from Occupy Wall Street walk past the New York Stock Exchange dressed as zombies on Monday, October 3rd.
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.
Protests that began last month near Wall Street in New York have now spread to other American cities. The Occupy movement differs from the Tea Party movement. Tea Partiers blame big government for the country's economic problems. Occupiers blame big business. One young activist puts it this way.
MAN: "I feel like the middle class has been almost completely wiped out now. Now, you have got the bottom class and the top class."
Susan Arnett came from California to attend an Occupy DC rally in Washington on Thursday.
SUSAN ARNETT: "It is about the war. It is about the corruption. It is about the greed."
Many protesters said they were inspired by the Arab Spring movement and protests in Europe.
Lourdes Parallobre of Miami says she is about to graduate from a university and owes twenty thousand dollars in student loans.
LOURDES PARALLOBRE: "I have an endless amount of friends who have master's degrees, bachelor's degrees, and are working in restaurants. And I am terrified that is going to happen to me."
The protesters marched to the United States Chamber of Commerce and denounced the business interests that the group represents.
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