Economic Protest Quotes

The Tea Party movement and the Occupy movement were both, in a sense, complaining about the same thing, namely the use of public money to rescue failed banks.

Boycotts tend to make the shunned more popular.

When [Steven Lerner] says that unions and so forth are "dead," he's talking about clout. He's talking about power. But "community organizations," the ACORN types, these are the groups that can successfully organize a strike - a strike meaning people just stop paying back on their loans.

I asked a couple of months ago if anyone would like to start picketing the gas stations.

[T]he strike is inherently dangerous to the rich, and to the corporations who have brought this country to her knees, because it is the only defense the ordinary citizen has.

The Tea Party grew out of indignation over the Wall Street bailout - an indignation shared by the vast majority of Americans. But the Tea Party ended up directing its ire at government rather than at big business and Wall Street.

I always looked at rock & roll as the voice of regular people, of an economic group not in charge.

In the past, liberals have competed to see who could shout the loudest to shut down the banks, ridicule success, and penalize anyone working in finance. In fact, the Occupy Wall Street movement was an aggressive liberal effort to shut down Wall Street banks.

The dirty little secret, folks, is Obama is not only for occupying Wall Street. He also wants to occupy Main Street.

Unfortunately, more and more Muslim voices are calling for boycotts of the United States and its products.

Money has power. And so withholding money has power too, especially when a bunch of people do it together.

Shun the man who bids for a farm from which a tenant has been evicted. Shun him in the street, in the shop, in the marketplace, even in the place of worship, as if he were a leper of old.

It is a choice between freedom of speech and violent intimidation. It is a choice between tolerance and intolerance. It is ultimately a choice between civil society and theocracy. Fear is the only argument for neutrality. But what can the average American do besides shake their head at this sadly absurd new chapter in the clash of civilizations? Vote with your wallet. Buy Danish.

[Steven] Lerner's plan starts by attacking JP Morgan Chase with demonstrations on Wall Street, protests at the annual shareholder meeting, and then calls for a coordinated mortgage strike.

The Reformation has been called in a biting epigram "a rising of the rich against the poor."

Colored people have largely patronized the railroads heretofore. They can withdraw their patronage from these corporations and travel only by necessity.