Between being kicked out of Zuccotti Park, barred from touching the Wall Street Bull statue, and arrested for lying down, it isn’t hard to see why the protesters of Occupy Wall Street have had a hard time finding their feet in 2012. But on Sunday and Monday, the movement will take to the streets again to honor one of America’s most famous protesters: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The events will begin with a Sunday night vigil at New York’s Riverside Church, to be followed the next day by a baker’s dozen protests across the nation against the Federal Reserve Bank.
For those who wonder how OWS — which has largely focused on economic inequality — can find a legitimate link between its causes and those of the slain civil rights leader, OWS press representative Kanene Holder makes the connection clearly.
While King is best known for his efforts to curb racism, she explains, his social justice efforts were actually far more extensive. “Everyone is familiar with Rev. King’s ‘I Have a Dream Speech,’ ” Holder notes, “But most people aren’t aware of how much he embodied an anti-war and anti-poverty stance, as well as an anti-racism stance.”
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