May Day Occupy @ St. Mike's?

"The 99% Spring is Coming"

It would seem that some stray Occupiers have taken to the rooftops (literally), decorating the windows of Alliot's dining hall with pro-Occupy writings. Most of them focused around the coming MAY DAY, which, according to many Occupy media outlets and websites is the day when the 99% are meant to go on strike.

The idea is that the 1% cannot function as a dominant economic force without the rest of America, so Occupy has called for a "General Strike" on May 1st. "No School, No Work, No Banking, No Shopping," reads another window. If, the logic goes, most people refused to go to work and school and similarly boycotted shopping and banking, transactions would slow or stop. This is of course not meant to harm the economy, but to show that the massive majority of people being harmed by economic struggle have the massive majority of the power in the economy, they just have to realize it.

No obvious night prowler has emerged as having done the soft-core window painting (it is clearly not spray paint, for those who may be worried), but many students are interested in economic justice, equality, and government regulation. Groups such as Democracy Matters, SLAM, and Peace & Justice have shown interest in such issues, whether they support the May Day General Strike or not.

I cannot of course encourage anyone to participate in May Day activities via the blog, but if you are interested in exploring the message, find the link to the May Day page HERE