For those who think Occupy Wall Street is ineffective

[SixthSense]

4. I wouldn't use the word "ineffective"

Clearly there is a great deal of effect or it wouldn\'t still be prominent today.

I have very specific suggestions on how to improve the effectiveness, however.

Occupy Wall Street needs to actually occupy Wall Street itself. Zuccotti Park is on the other side of Broadway and most of the people who work on Wall Street who would actually see them are the low level staff who need to take the train to work - not the guys with limos and helicopters. OWS needs to heed the call of Mario Savio and physically prevent the evil business going on down there from going about its merry way. This includes blocking the entrance to the stock exchange and the nearby NY Federal Reserve building, as well as buildings in the same immediate vicinity such as Goldman Sachs HQ @ 85 Broad St.

Over in Zuccotti Park they can be corralled and ignored. Go two blocks south and one east and you can bet people will stand up and take notice.

It doesn\'t need to be a coordinated crowd action with signs or anything - do it original flash mob style, coordinate electronically and then just all show up at once. Don\'t be obviously connected to each other, but at the same time stuff so many bodies on Wall and Exchange streets that business can\'t be conducted in its usual fashion.

That was the original point of occupying, wasn\'t it? We need a refresh.


Now Occupy DC has the same problem, only worse. They are also out of the way, and they\'ve never gotten in the faces of the people who are responsible for our mess. They need to be in one of two places, or both: either right at the entrance to Congress, where those who work there cannot ignore them; or alternatively (my favorite) over on K Street which is lobbyist ground central.

Imagine the good that could be done by slowing down the lobbyists and reduce their efficiency at corrupting and stealing our representation! Imagine them needing each to take an extra ten minutes every time they arrive at and leave their offices, just to make their way through the crowd. Imagine the demoralizing effect of identifying them and telling them point blank we know what they are doing and intend to put and end to it.


All the while make sure any and all police action is caught on video by multiple sources so it cannot be hidden or confiscated. Keep a couple of backup observers at a distance in case the police decide to corral, detain and search everyone on site for media equipment to confiscate.


Edit - adding one more thing. Name names. Imagine the fear that will be induced when a corrupt bastard sees his own name on a protest sign! Especially if these are lobbyists who like to work behind the scenes. Think any of these stealth corrupters want to be publicly known as a public enemy? It\'ll scare the piss out of them, maybe enough to cause some to quit/retire.