Occupy Peace
Expanding the 99 Percent to Encompass the World
by David Krieger
The Occupy movement is demonstrating its durability and perseverance. Like a Daruma doll, each time it is knocked off balance it 
serenely pops back up. The movement has been seeking justice for the 99 percent, and justice is an essential element of peace.
For decades, our country has been in permanent preparation for war, spending over half of the total annual discretionary funds that Congress allocates on “defense,” our euphemism for war. World military expenditures exceed $1.5 trillion annually, and the United States spends more than half of this amount, more than the rest of the world combined.
The United States has been engaged in wars around the globe, from Korea to Vietnam, from El Salvador to Nicaragua, from Serbia to Afghanistan, from Iraq to Libya. In all of these wars, many in the 1 percent reap financial gains. (more…)
