We are not being heard – v2

We are not being heard

the mass of the people

only the diehards

the elites, the brokers

extremes of our nation

only the wealthy

those who can buy power

they alone able,

to grab the ear of justice

to turn the nation to them

to demand a seat at the table

all of the rest of us muzzled

denied our right to speak

the divide becoming greater

the great and the weak

Edited October 13, 2013

We are not being heard – v2

October 7, 2011

We are not being heard

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/10/we-are-not-being-heard.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/07/us-wallstreet-protests-history-idUSTRE7964CY20111007

Wall Street protests

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/opinion/occupied-wall-street-seen-from-abroad.html

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March 17, 2011

calling on President Obama and the world

to act in the Middle East, especially in Libya and Bahrain,

to stand with the people

yearning to breathe free

and not worrying about the results,

that it is always right to stand for basic human rights

&

on the transformations since the beginning of January -

all the protests in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Oman,

Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Palestinian Territories, Djibouti, Mauritania, Senegal, Saudi Arabia, etc.

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