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In reply to the discussion: Just asking ... this summer was supposed to be a big summer for OWS. Is that totally gone now? n/t [View all]
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Just asking ... this summer was supposed to be a big summer for OWS. Is that totally gone now? n/t [View all]
RKP5637
Aug 2012
OP
He is correct, except for the suggestion OWS failed. It DID change the national dialog.
CabCurious
Aug 2012
#181
I love what I just read, I'm lost for words, I have been involved with occupy since the beginning
juxtaposed
Aug 2012
#64
It would have been nice if Occupy Wall Street had actually focussed on Wall Street.
longship
Aug 2012
#85
"Don't get me wrong, I support the cause." Yes, that is abundantly clear.
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2012
#87
"I won't say what I really think about Occupy. It's sufficient that their harm is at an end." -You.
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2012
#119
Taking over the democratic party will do nothing to end Citizens United.
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2012
#126
You are wrong there. Letting a Democratic President pick another 1-3 Supreme Court justices might.
FSogol
Aug 2012
#150
All our grievances are connected. That has always been the point from day one.
limpyhobbler
Aug 2012
#101
Actually that be the Declaration... the constitution is clear on what to do
nadinbrzezinski
Aug 2012
#171
Yeah, right. But their money makes policy and we suffer for it. Get Wall Street, the NRA, and
nanabugg
Aug 2012
#141
No, they don't regulate wall street. Wall street and banks took $16 trillion from the government.
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2012
#130
When a Congressperson is in danger of losing their seat, they suddenly find a reason to listen to
MADem
Aug 2012
#261
People hate Congress, as a rule, but for some odd reason most of them don't include "their" rep!
MADem
Aug 2012
#264
I remain convinced camping is the right thing to do to keep it from being an elitist middle-class
patrice
Aug 2012
#184
"They didn't even have time to develop a middle class for this new society to crush."
CabCurious
Aug 2012
#268
I don't think they'll be there. I think their show of force will be reserved for the Democrats in
patrice
Aug 2012
#9
It would be stupid not to recognize that possibility, especially with Libertarians & Tea Party
patrice
Aug 2012
#182
Wonder how many more years/decades/centuries it will take for the left to realize
stevenleser
Aug 2012
#166
Oops, I guess they were serious, I thought it was sarcasm at first. I had someone once ask
RKP5637
Aug 2012
#13
Yep, I think it's really hard to focus a movement across a country this size without an
RKP5637
Aug 2012
#8
I think it is possible that most of them had no real idea how to do "horizontal empowerment". They
patrice
Aug 2012
#16
Yep, the paradigm "of division and factionalism and the habits of thought and emotion acquired
RKP5637
Aug 2012
#17
Chicago Occupy gets it Beautifully! Ours suffered also from the fact that we were trying to do all
patrice
Aug 2012
#22
There's also a really awesome occupy in Tulsa, OK. I was with them when they ran a GA in front of
patrice
Aug 2012
#48
Taking it directly to the Kochs. I love it. Voting just doesn't get this sort of thing done!
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2012
#80
One of the cool things about that Tulsa group is that it included 3-4 engineers and I don't mean
patrice
Aug 2012
#173
He's saying that Occupy opened his eyes, something that *obviously* has
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#99
In August of 2011, the dominant theme in political conversation in this country was
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#117
Yours is a great response and I found myself agreeing with much of it. When I read
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#222
Another truly awesome post and one I hope all of DU gets a chance to read. I remember
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#253
The cops weren't taking money from "the banks." They were taking it from the taxpayers.
MADem
Aug 2012
#109
Were they paying for specific security detail? That's a different thing. However, the overtime
MADem
Aug 2012
#160
Donations are not overtime salaries, though. The taxpayers pay for the police at demos. nt
MADem
Aug 2012
#174
My impression of the Chicago Occupy is that those are people who actually LIVE horizontally.
patrice
Aug 2012
#31
I noticed a few people disappeared back then. Wondered where you all got off to.
jtuck004
Aug 2012
#265
A leader would have been immediately jailed. Plus, you miss the most important point of the movement
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2012
#41
If the leader of a mass movement is ever jailed the movement collapses
4th law of robotics
Aug 2012
#152
There was no violence from occupy only from the police , stop watching fox news
juxtaposed
Aug 2012
#67
Excellent point!!! And no corporate media pushing them 7x24 in a favorable light. n/t
RKP5637
Aug 2012
#19
Yep. A handful of middle aged to elderly racists get together and out come the cameras.
onehandle
Aug 2012
#21
It's really a sad commentary about what's going on in the US. The shaping of the minds of
RKP5637
Aug 2012
#30
That "elderly" means that they have deep grassroots. Here's the research on that:
patrice
Aug 2012
#56
To me, the teabaggers are the KKK without sheets, at least that's how it feels to me. n/t
RKP5637
Aug 2012
#168
There are experts on that subject who would likely agree with you. There's either a direct
patrice
Aug 2012
#169
Research link here on that topic. Would also be useful for looking at HAVA 2002.
patrice
Aug 2012
#185
It'd also be fun to look for co-relations between that data & Farm Subsidies. Have you seen the EWG
patrice
Aug 2012
#200
I will. And if they're focused far more on the dems than the repubs, I'll notice that too.
cali
Aug 2012
#24
Yep, I was just thinking a couple of minutes ago, they get the ultimate propaganda, ignored. A
RKP5637
Aug 2012
#32
That, I think, on a large scale could be very powerful, "Plenty of city council meetings though, and
RKP5637
Aug 2012
#33
Occupying the water supply will come soon as climate change continues
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2012
#43
Still here and working all over the nation, but the blackout is pretty effective.
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#37
If you want OWS news, check OWS media channels. You'll find none in the MSM.
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2012
#39
I used to follow OWS religiously. I was even in denial during their decline...
Comrade_McKenzie
Aug 2012
#44
If Occupy is dead, who are Tampa police expecting at the RNC? Tea partiers?
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2012
#49
I've been with occupy since oct6-11 in tampa we are here and running support for the RnC protests
juxtaposed
Aug 2012
#74
Thank you! Kick some ass and please post livestream links here on DU!
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2012
#78
Occupy just helped expose the use of militarized SWAT teams in Anaheim
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2012
#47
Yes, a military-grade weapon turned against peaceful protesters. Don't overlook that
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2012
#62
It is a military grenade launcher which can also be used for tear gas canisters, missing entirely
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2012
#75
People arguing for the police state...when they show up with military weapons at your peaceful party
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2012
#214
Well, I did have high hopes for OWS initially. When it started, I genuinely thought
Proles
Aug 2012
#98
Good summary IMO, especially about teabaggers political affiliation versus OWS. I think it's
RKP5637
Aug 2012
#158
As someone plugged into Occupy media channels, your report of our demise is amusing.
Fire Walk With Me
Aug 2012
#108
Would you be so kind as to rephrase that sentence without the oatmeal and the "who so" in order
MADem
Aug 2012
#202
I'll lecture all I want--if people DID take care of their aged and disabled relatives, I'd have
MADem
Aug 2012
#240
It certainly did identify a major irritation with "the system" which has clearly not been healed by
RKP5637
Aug 2012
#157
And when this happens, no focused message and org., IMO, your foes will define your
RKP5637
Aug 2012
#154
Excellent analysis and summary! The right to openly protest in the US to create change is
RKP5637
Aug 2012
#156
I thought it was a GREAT cause and a great idea--the execution sucked shit, though.
MADem
Aug 2012
#241
I am sure there are people who thought the Seneca Falls Convention was an epic fail too.
The Midway Rebel
Aug 2012
#159
Women are marching in our city this weekend. We're also having a Hemp Festival. I think there
patrice
Aug 2012
#189
I hope so! I think there could be a lot of momentum. As some pointed out in this thread there are
RKP5637
Aug 2012
#190