By: Jeffery Chan

Jeffery Chan — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:58:00 +0000

Articles in blog space such as this one illustrate a strategy for OWS to pursue; organize flash demonstrations via the internet across the country. Worked in Egypt, Spain… .

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:05:00 +0000

Very good article. There is really no stopping the Occupy Movement at this point. That much became clear yesterday. Even after the big pushback from the powers-that-be, morale is high, the solidarity is stronger than ever, the movement continues to grow, and our voices will be heard. Democracy is coming to the United States!

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:24:00 +0000

Thank you Dan, absolutely right. Great observation. This ‘occupation’ and protest is about nothing else than locating, imagining and reclaiming the public (sphere) for the people. Television killed the sphere of letters. Cable TV fragmented and ridiculed public opinion in a medium that many media-theorists see perverting the public-private relation anyway. The internet is offering potentialities, but I would also argue that it stupifies public opinion to two-sentence-bites, or fragmentizes the space further. That people have to take to a park in downtown Manhattan is about this demise of the public and the ongoing separation of the political sphere from public accountability. Accountability is found today only in the backrooms of Washington, where the economic lobbying brigade defends their dominance. The only ‘good’ thing of the violent evictions in NYC, Oakland, Portland, Boston … is that our bureaucratic, political elite has ripped of its own mask (again) and shown its face. I never thought I would quote Michael Jackson, but “all I want to say is that they don’t really care about us.” The question is what we will do now? Will we roll over or raise the stakes for an elite that gambles with our lives?

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