Let's Not Forget OWS...

[sabrina 1]

193. Actually it was the other way around. I follow a lot of the celebrities who showed up

at OWS. I followed them BEFORE OWS because most of them are Socially Conscious and interesting. So they knew about OWS the same way I did, from their twitter and fb feeds.

People like Rage at the Machine's Tom Morello, eg. Michael Moore who I had been following for a long time, had stated after he made Capitalism A Love Story, that he was tired, he was tired of taking the heat alone a lot of the time, for challenging the Corporations and that if the people didn't get out there themselves, he didn't feel he could do it anymore.

When he learned about OWS, which we knew for several months was being planned, he was interested. THIS was what he meant. Same thing with Tom Morello, Stiglizt and people like Susan Sarandon, among others. Also several Politicians who were real progressives. When you follow people on the Social Media word gets around pretty quickly about things they and you are interested in.

What happened was that some of the came down to see for themselves, and then they used their fame to get the media there. Iow, they did not learn about OWS from the media, they knew about it, and brought the media there. That was a bonus for the movement.

As for OWS not having the huge crowds the anti-war movement had? Lol, if all the people who have shown up at OWS occupation sites had been protesting for just one day, I am certain they were in the millions.

We who participated in the anti-war demonstrations had learned that they don't work. They last for a few hours, then everyone goes home and they had no impact. We realized that to get the attention of the people, you have to stay there and not leave, like the Indignados in Spain. OWS learned from the Anti War movement.