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Showing Original Post only (View all)OWS: Not the flag but the occupation of buildings [View all]
If this poll is right, OWS Oakland's recent tactics aren't helping the movement in San Francisco:
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/01/31/cbs-5-poll-occupy-movement-losing-bay-area-support/
Here is the breakdown of the poll:
http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollPrint.aspx?g=1dd2e8b1-38aa-456a-b000-c1ab1639f64d&d=0
71% of those polled opposed the attempt to take over vacant building's for OWS' use.
I don't think OWS will gain anything with strategies like this. There is a huge peril if the people in the movement are only talking to each other and ignoring the public, because OWS must build public support if it wants to be an agent of change.
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Yes, when the students shut down the campuses and the profs. and students
WHEN CRABS ROAR
Feb 2012
#17
more precisely, the war ended 'cause mothers got tired of their kids being sent to an unwinnable war
onenote
Feb 2012
#22
Protests are not successful unless they make most people feel uncomfortable.
JDPriestly
Feb 2012
#18
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Zorra
Feb 2012
#23
Exactly. They have been incredibly effective at staying relevant and in the headlines.
morningfog
Feb 2012
#27