Frustrated by the lack of coverage of the Wall Street protests by the mainstream American and international media outlets, people are increasingly using social media sites such as Twitter for spreading their message and plans.
The News Tribe has picked a few interesting tweets from Twitter users about the protests, actions taken by officials and strategy adopted to counter them.
man_pie It is NOT a leftist Tea Party!! It is greater than left vs right. Rich vs poor. It is right vs wrong. And we will win.
@mtaibbi: My advice to the #OWS protesters: hit bankers where it hurts
c_echeverri Move your money from the banks. We want taxing for the rich. No more silence, we are here. We are #ows and #occupyamerica
@AntDeRosa: Fox News poll currently shows over 70% support of Occupy Wall Street
janesherd This War on our liberties is much more important to US Americans, then the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc etc We must save the Homeland
@bwc This just in: middle class white guys express no sympathy for #OWS on social media, feel like men.
@OpWallStreet Extreme situation: US now ranks 93rd in world in income equality. China’s ahead of us, as are India & Iran. U.S. Student loan debt set to hit $1 TRILLION (DANGEROUSLY HIGH!); already outpaces national credit card debt
jaylee The “Occupy Alaska” protest movement has a bit of a problem gathering everyone together
HiramJGoldstein #OWS protesters don’t understand the status quo they think they’re protesting
NodeDog Our goverment is spending 6 billion dollars on a plutonium bomb factory in Los Alamos while the rest of us starve
cbrangel On the House floor: “We have a more obligation to do is to take care of the vulnerable among us.
@octavianasr: What the 1% reads: Bloomberg to introduce ‘luxe’ lifestyle magazine 4 big spenders
a_ramella #OWS protesters have blocked the Brooklyn bridge once again. Their logic > “if we can’t get jobs, you can’t commute to yours!”
terencecorcoran Citi CEO ready to meet with #OWS, says sentiments “completely understandable.” No wonder banks needed TARP.
AaronEndre Wow. Police have arrested at least 10 #OccupySF protesters outside Wells Fargo headquarters in SF
MikeGangloffRT #OccupyBlacksburg just announced rally 2 pm this Sat on College Ave; features speakers, march round downtown in protest vs bad economy
ArthurSmid A company that receives a public bailout should not be allowed to use the taxpayer’s own money to lobby against him/her
PhilHoldsworth “We are only witnessing how the system is destroying itself” Zizec
waterman 1914 Millionaire March followed imprisonment of a protester who disrupted NYC churches to demand food for the homeless and unemployed
ArthurSmid “A tax of 0.1 percent on all trades of stocks and bonds and a 0.01 percent tax on all trades of derivatives”
SocialApocalyps Occupiers go to jail, while Mozillo and the others never have to worry about anything for the rest of their lives
Demos_Org Dear David Brooks, It must be easy to dismiss the 99% when you’re not part of it.
GaryAres search “bonus army 1932” – don’t let history repeat itself! #OWS #occupy Bring a helmet & shin guards.
SconsetCapital BREAKING: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Voices Support For Occupy Wall Street Protestors.
@YourAnonNews Blackberry turned off service during the London roots. Blackberry service is off as the #OWS movement grows. Coincidence?
Wotansson #NBA players should join #OWS and #OccupyTheHood,
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