Why are we listening to people who claim that they're just making it up?

Come on now.

But they say some good things. Especially when thinking about how to describe the "Occupy" movement as being able to "blow the lid of things", while it has struggled to appreciate and understand what it means to build a mass, diverse, and sustainable social movement.

Also, I think the philosophy of "outreach" is bull. It's what charity is. Reaching out to all the poor children and giving them food. While never actually transforming the systems that make people dependent on the out reach of others. it's about getting people involved, and having say over their space and work. sure let' help people and give them guidance, but let's first create democratic spaces where people can grow as people and take ownership over their creations.

Brian, give up these shows on Occupy. Nobody cares and these guests were particularly tiresome.

I'm one of the original occupiers and even though I am on the West Coast now, I have a small bottle of dirt from the park on my desk to remind me of what we fought for. Occupy changed my life.

And now that I think we have some gravity in the political universe we should press for change in any way we can. One way that has not been explored is finding common ground between our movement and the Tea Party. Although there are vast differences between the two we both have a commonality--we think the system is broken and demand change. Exploiting that commonality would make the combined group a force that would be hard to deal with.

BEWARE of provocatours !

In the 1070's, at the anti-Vietnam war Mobilization and other demonstrations, we had to deal with provocative groups, such as the US Labor Party, who ran fNVA flags up the flagpoles at the Washington Monument, fought with police, and spit upon returning US Servicemen.

BEWARE!

Sophia, you are so right. It is we working people who have been inconvenienced. The wealthy and the right wing are just laughing.

Also, one of them just said something like, "We are concerned with race, class, gender, sexuality . . . " - that is the problem (or one of them) - they need to hone in on a message and a goal.

Can't wait till springtime. I think OWS Requires springlike weather to function effectively.

Hey, I am totally pissed about how Big Business has conducted itself for decades now, AND the political class that has enabled that behavior, but this group of guests are exactly the types that turn off so many average people -- they just sound sooo elitist and out of touch.

And using the 60's protest movement as a template/inspiration is very wrong-headed. That was so much just a movement that was about people socializing, as much about socialism! And so much more that was wrongheaded.

Anarchists -- yeah, that's who you want to represent you. That's the trouble, all normal protest and resentment about true abuses are subsumed in all sorts of what most consider fringe issues.

Yes, please....please....make a big scene in Charlotte at the Democratic Convention....right in the middle of THE ONE's acceptance speech.

No injuries.....just lots of ugliness for the TV public.
Please.

COMING SOON TO A CHICAGO NEAR YOU

http://www.adbusters.org/blogs/adbusters-blog/tactical-briefing-25.html

"Hey you redeemers, rebels and radicals out there,

"Against the backdrop of a global uprising that is simmering in dozens of countries and thousands of cities and towns, the G8 and NATO will hold a rare simultaneous summit in Chicago this May. The world’s military and political elites, heads of state, 7,500 officials from 80 nations, and more than 2,500 journalists will be there.

And so will we. . . .On May 1, 50,000 people from all over the world will flock to Chicago, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and #OCCUPYCHICAGO for a month. . . .

" . . .And if they don’t listen … if they ignore us and put our demands on the back burner like they’ve done so many times before … then, with Gandhian ferocity, we’ll flashmob the streets, shut down stock exchanges, campuses, corporate headquarters and cities across the globe … we’ll make the price of doing business as usual too much to bear. . . . "

http://www.adbusters.org/blogs/adbusters-blog/tactical-briefing-25.html

This young guy just said "I was making this up" !!!!????

LOL....that pretty much hits the target.

And the Professor just said "Comrades"....bwaa haa.

Greedy Republicans love the occupy movement.

The Occupy movement should stop making life miserable for middle class people in blue state cities by blocking traffic and disturbing the peace.
They alienate people who would otherwise support economic justice.

If they had some courage they would go occupy the front yards of Speaker Boehner and Majority leader Cantor and other Red state bastions.

LOL.....a May Day strike....(wow, what a great new idea!)...if that doesn't put the exclamation point on the connection back to the Communist Party of the 1920's, 1930's........!!!

SNORE.

Oh, great, an old SDS hack (naturally running the universities now) and OWS slackers.

Here's an idea....all 3 should get real jobs.

they must ALL become lawyers, the new group of hopelessly unemployed who are most deeply indebted with student loans