Apache Junction, Ariz., Oct. 26 -
The Pinal County Greens today passed a resolution announcing "full support" for #Occupy Phoenix and its protests.
The resolution urges others to support #Occupy Phoenix at Cesar Chavez Plaza and to take part in the Occupy movement's events, such as Friday's march to the corporate headquarters of Freeport-McMoRan to protest the recent killing of striking miners in Indonesia and the egregious environmental damage caused by the world's largest publicly traded copper company,
and Saturday afternoon's Feast of Financial Fools, a celebration of Halloween and the terrifying economic and social horrors caused by greed and corruption.
The Pinal County Greens, members of the Arizona Green Party in Pinal County, America's second-fastest-growing county, have been a presence at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations at Zuccotti Park (Liberty Plaza) in New York's financial district.
Richard Grayson, co-chair of the Pinal County Greens, thanked the #Occupy Phoenix movement "for providing much-needed leadership in the Valley for the fight against inequality and in favor of a much more equitable economic framework in American life."
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In their resolution, the Pinal County Greens also noted the leadership of the Maricopa Greens, who joined in the October 15 Day of Action with #Occupy Phoenix at Cesar Chavez Plaza.
Finally, the Pinal County Greens resolution asked everyone to keep abreast of developments regarding #Occupy Phoenix
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and the loose Occupy Together nationwide movement spurred by Occupy Wall Street.
"The people of #Occupy Phoenix have our full support and our admiration," said Grayson.
"Today's report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office showing that in the past thirty years the top one percent of Americans with the highest incomes have seen their incomes grow by an average of 275 percent,
showing irrefutable evidence that our system has become skewed to reward this tiny elite minority with the highest gains, leaving the other 99% sharply behind."
"In light of the brutal police attack on Occupy Oakland," Grayson said,
"it is even more important for us to express solidarity with #Occupy Phoenix, Occupy Tucson, and other Occupy groups fighting for economic justice and political reform in cities around the United States."
"In a saner America, we wouldn't have Gestapo tactics in the streets of Oakland."
