If you’ve read every blog post up until this point, you might be a little bit depressed. I’ve talked a lot about the presence of class inequality but I haven’t provided any solution for change. Now I’m no economic expert so I can’t provide you all with a solution to fix America’s wealth distribution problem nor do I believe that there is any one universal utopian solution. Instead, I have decided to highlight how some have chosen to speak out and fight back against the wealth inequality through the Occupy Movement.
For those of you who don’t know, the Occupy Movement is the international entity of the Occupy Wall Street Movement. The goal of both is to protest against economic inequality and seeks to advocate for a more even distribution of wealth. I got most of my information on the movement from their site and I suggest visiting it to learn more:
http://www.occupytogether.org/
For those of you who don’t know, the Occupy Movement is the international entity of the Occupy Wall Street Movement. The goal of both is to protest against economic inequality and seeks to advocate for a more even distribution of wealth. I got most of my information on the movement from their site and I suggest visiting it to learn more:
http://www.occupytogether.org/
URL for Image:
http://janwandrag.com/images/jwandrag-ourstreets-mw03.jpg
There are many forms of protests that the movement employs however; I have decided to highlight artist Jan Wandrag’s approach (picture above). Wandrag acted as a photographer throughout the various protests of the movement and eventually gathered thousands of images that visually represented Occupy Wall Street. He then turned his images into stickers which he strategically placed throughout the city. I suggest reading more about the project here:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2015/05/14/jan_wandrag_our_streets_repurposes_photos_from_the_occupy_wall_street_movement.html
The reason why I decided to highlight Wandrag is to show that there are people who are advocating for social change through nonviolent and artistic mediums. As I mentioned before, I don’t think that we will ever arrive at a utopian solution for class inequality but there is hope and it lies in those who are willing to advocate for change.
URL for Image:
http://www.occasionalplanet.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Occupy-Movement-01.jpg
http://janwandrag.com/images/jwandrag-ourstreets-mw03.jpg
There are many forms of protests that the movement employs however; I have decided to highlight artist Jan Wandrag’s approach (picture above). Wandrag acted as a photographer throughout the various protests of the movement and eventually gathered thousands of images that visually represented Occupy Wall Street. He then turned his images into stickers which he strategically placed throughout the city. I suggest reading more about the project here:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2015/05/14/jan_wandrag_our_streets_repurposes_photos_from_the_occupy_wall_street_movement.html
The reason why I decided to highlight Wandrag is to show that there are people who are advocating for social change through nonviolent and artistic mediums. As I mentioned before, I don’t think that we will ever arrive at a utopian solution for class inequality but there is hope and it lies in those who are willing to advocate for change.
URL for Image:
http://www.occasionalplanet.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Occupy-Movement-01.jpg