Prediction: The May 1st "general strike" is going to be an enormous flop.

[Ken Burch]

267. Then the 99% Spring shouldn't have come in with the attitude that "we can do it and OWS can't"

If they'd treated OWS people(especially the young who joined it because the Democratic Party had no place for them and their dreams, and because that party's Beltway leaders don't care about anything the kids are fighting for)with respect, it might be different. Instead, all the 99% Spring types seem to have the "shut up and leave it to the grown-ups, because you young whippersnappers don't know your place" attitude(I.e., do what Rahm Emmanuel would have told them). I doubt that you see anybody under 45 at a 99% Spring meeting. Or anyone who's personally known poverty or unemployment. People who have NEVER take the centrist path.

You have ascribed an almost dictatorial character to OWS. WHY? What did they actually ever say to you that was so terrible?

And what did you, personally, say to OWS people?

Did you say "I work for Democratic candidates from the progressive wing of the party, and I'm not going to stop doing that"? Or did you say "You guys should just obey the Democratic Party leadership, do what it tells you, stop when it says you should stop, and campaign for Blue Dogs when the president says you should"?. There is a large difference between those to statements.

It sounds to me like you came in with the attitude that OWS should just defer to YOUR superior wisdom and totally give up its independence as an organization. Am I wrong about that?

And can you point to any situations in which it would actually HELP anything Occupy is fighting for to formally endorse the Obama-Biden ticket and follow its line? To a lot of OWS types, that strategy is the same as surrender and you need to make the case for why it isn't.