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bwedin commented on the blog post UN Envoy Sharply Criticizes US Local Governments for Repressive Actions Against OWS Protesters
Eisenhower called up the National Guard to protect black students attempting to attend school after the Supreme Court ended segregation. Jack Kennedy did the same to protect peaceful protesters during the Civil Rights movement. Obama needs to do the same for peaceful protesters seeking to bear witness against the rape of America by the 1% today. “Bearing witness” is what the members of the Occupy movement are doing when they put their bodies on the line night after night, day after day, in the most health-undermining weather to show how deeply they feel the injustices that are being done to us all. The least Obama can do is protect them. We need to picket the White House with signs that read: “Stand up like Ike!” “Stand up like Jfk!”
