More join Wall St. protest in NY and across US
NEW YORK — Unions lent their muscle to the long-running protest against Wall Street and economic inequality Wednesday, fueling speculation about how long the camp-out in lower Manhattan — and related demonstrations around the country — will continue.
Among the other protests Wednesday was Occupy BloNo, which took place Wednesday at Illinois State University and drew 50-75 people.
Thousands of protesters, including many in union T-shirts, filled lower Manhattan’s Foley Square on Wednesday and then marched to Zuccotti Park, where the protesters have been camping since Sept. 17. Labor leaders say they will continue to support the protests, both with manpower and donations of goods and services.
“The great thing about Occupy Wall Street is that they have brought the focus of the entire country on the middle class majority,’’ said George Aldro, 62, a member of Local 2325 of the United Auto Workers, as he carried the union’s blue flag over his shoulder through lower Manhattan.
5 Reasons MMA Is Better Than Boxing
This is going to be painful to write.
When I was four years old, I watched Larry Holmes beat down Muhammad Ali on national TV. I didn’t know why at the time, but it made me really sad, sort of like watching someone kick your favorite old dog.
Four years later I read my first “adult” book, “The Greatest: My Own Story" , Muhammad Ali’s autobiography. I was instantly hooked, not just by the sport, but by this man who took on racism, war, religious intolerance and pretty much the entire South.
Again, I didn’t know why at the time, but I knew Muhammad Ali was someone to look up to. I still do.
I can’t say the same for boxing. What was once one of my favorite sports has turned into a hot mess that is on the verge of extinction. I grew up in one of boxing’s Golden Eras watching Sugar Ray , Hagler, Hearns, Duran, a young Mike Tyson, Riddick Bowe and Evander Holyfield.
It was all going great until Don King came along and ruined the whole thing. Now I feel like boxing itself is the old dog and I am the one kicking it.
MMA may cause cauliflower ear, broken bones and questionable taste in T-shirts and music, but so far most of the fighters still seem to be able to string together a sentence. Since MMA is relatively new, the jury is still out on this one,
