Tighe Barry, a
CODEPINK Activist, spoke to Press TV's U.S. Desk on Monday about an upcoming
NATO summit and other protests that are to be held in Chicago.
Barry said that all across America, millions of people were struggling to keep their heads above water fighting the effects of the economic crisis caused by the one percent.
"Bankers on Wall Street and their
political parties are making out like bandits in their criminal activities while
we don't have healthcare, we need jobs, we need schools open and on May 20th,
NATO will meet in Chicago. They've been invited by President Obama, and Mayor
Rahm Emanuel."
"We will be in
the streets on May 20th, calling for an end to the NATO war agenda. We're
calling for an agenda that calls for healthcare, schools, jobs, things like that
in the United States and worldwide," Barry continued.
He went on to
add that Occupy Chicago held a protest on May 14 in front of Barack Obama's
political headquarters in Chicago and over a hundred people showed up, "eight
people were arrested for doing nothing more than trying to enter the building
which is a public space that's got many offices in it."
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