Foley Square, Oct. 5, 2011, NYC.
They had converged with scant prompting. The citizen masses streamed into the square from all directions. The mood was civil, even joyous. But in the multitude of placards I saw a melting pot of disaffection -- many flavors, colors and sizes of anger and frusration. Far from undermining the validity of the exercise, the sight of tens of thousands having gathered to vocalize their disparate grievances underlined an urgent message: we have a massive systemic failure on our hands -- NO one is happy. The message was delivered in a thousand ariations, but the common sentiment rang loud and clear. The contract has been breached; our institutions no longer honor their stewardship of the common good.
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Oct 9, 2011
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