Occupy Grand Rapids group organized in Solidarity with Occupy Wall Street

As the Occupy Wall Street action enters its third week, there have been announcements of similar actions being planned across the country.

Recently, an Occupy Grand Rapids facebook page was created that states:

Born from frustration with corporate greed and control over politics and the excessively increasing disparity between the wealth of 99% of the populace and the 1% elite, this is for protests in Grand Rapids in solidarity with the Occupy Wall St. protests and banking protests across the world.

There hasn’t been much additional information or dialogue on this site, but it is a clear indication that people want to organize an action in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street.

There is also an Occupy Michigan and Occupy Detroit groups also started online, which is another reflection of the growing effort to say to those in power that people have had enough of the corruption, greed, militarism and environmental destruction being carried out by the state and the capitalist class.

Here is a recent short video that shows how much the Occupy Wall Street action is spreading across the country.