Do you understand why Occupy was infiltrated and broken up?

[eilen]

129. I think that many of these large scale gatherings

in town squares and city centers brought people together and they learned things. They learned how to organize, how to perform civil disobedience, they learned about cooperative economies etc.

Then after the police drove everyone away, they set forth and are working on things such as the Rolling Jubilee, Occupy Our Homes, the Occupy Sandy (providing support and help to neighbors). I don't understand why people here don't get this movement. It is pretty radical. It is like a radical Christianity (like Catholic Worker or other intentional communities) in a way-- these people are living the life. The problems we face are so systemic that they are beyond solving via normal political process so we (and this is like the royal we) find our Calcuttas and get to work-- nonviolently but stubbornly. This is not in your face but where you turn around and see these things happening and they seem to be under the radar except when it is not. Except when it is your neighbor they are helping stay in a home. Except when it is your town's homeless they are feeding. You might be insulated from those in need of Occupy. Democrats on this list are very dismissive because most Occupyers have no use for their GOTV shit, it is irrelvent to their work because no matter who is sitting in DC, things are going to shit. The place they have most effect is in their communities.