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Occupy Wall Street?
So the OWS movement in my hometown of Wichita recently marched against Koch Industries. I'm starting to think that I might want to somehow be a part of the movement, simply because I feel that I need to take SOME form of action. However, I can't get away from feeling like it's just a bunch of pot-smoking liberals who think that light revisionism is radical.
Can anyone tell me more about the movement? Is it worth joining? And, more importantly, will I actually be doing anything, or will I just be perpetuating the bourgeois "conflict" between republican and democrat?
Thanks.
Most of the Occupy people are probably what might be termed "anarcho-liberals". They are not socialists (in most areas anyway) but are "anti-political". Having said this the Occupy movement is one of the most signficant movements in decades. Its only a month old and has already changed US politics. Regardless of what happens to the movement it is a harbinger of much bigger struggles to come. In some areas-Oakland, and Atlanta there appears to be a radicalization rapidly taking place.
Don't worry about the Occupy movement being the "left wing of capital". You should participate and work to move class consciousness ahead. Point out that the exploitive 1% who have decimated our lives could not function for a second without the labor power of the 99%.
Its important that socialists are involved in this.
To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget
Arundhati Roy
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Join it!
Depends on your area. Here the movement is dying and rapidly even though I gave warnings about exactly what is happening. They decided to let the Conservatives remain but now the Conservatives are gaining parity with the rest of the group and now demanding a complete break from OWS and more protesting about return America "to the glory days of the Industrial Era." Yet they are allowed to continue to remain even though they have openly stated their agenda is to get control and basically make it into a local Tea Party that isn't associated with the Tea Party this is being spearheaded by the Paulistas. I honestly have lost pretty much all hope of it going anywhere now as it is just spinning its own grave as the people interested in what OWS was trying to accomplished have mostly washed their hands of it as it is nothing more than a plank for GOP Local Politics and Corruption as usual.
So I would say go out and interact with them and see what the political climate is like. Anything has to be better than where I am at which is nothing more than a GOP Stronghold with rabid Birchers and Conspiracy Theorists.
It's worth going to at least a couple times. Be sure to stick around for General Assembly meetings. As for the general political stance, your mileage may vary. The local OWS in Sacramento is liberal reformist as hell, but others such as Occupy Oakland are more militant (general strike today!).
