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In this article, the second of two articles on the 'Occupy Wall Street' protest in New York, by VIJAY PRASHAD explains why the protests are significant and the need to challenge the class-power equations of finance capital. Both articles were published in Counterpunch, a bi-weekly political newsletter. (Image Courtesy: The Atlantic)

Below is Article Two: The Philosophy Behind 'Occupy Wall Street'

A Report on the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Finally the American public has woken up to the global call for revolution. Right now, there are more than 9000 Americans gathered at the Wall Street with one common agenda “Occupy Wall Street”. Inspired by the massive public protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square and Madrid's Puerta del Sol Square, thousands have slept outside Wall Street for the past two nights starting from 17th September. One of the protestors says “This system of permanent growth is neither sustainable nor reasonable. This system is about to collapse on its own way. We are here to make it happen a little bit faster.”

The Nepali polity united in the republican cause against the monarchy. They have to unite again for a Constitutional cause against anarchy. This is an edited transcript of a public talk I gave at the South Asian University, New Delhi recently. 

The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports, under the leadership of Communist Party of Bangladesh, are fighting a heroic struggle against government’s signing of a production sharing contract with  American oil company,  Conocophillips. The National Committee enforced a successful half day hartal on Sunday, which held the entire country standstill. The Government came down heavily on the protestors.