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S.A.M

(162 posts) Mon Jul 14, 2014, 12:58 PM Jul 2014

What happened to the occupation movement?

This is my personal observation of the movement.
http://stephenjaymorrisblog.tumblr.com/

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What happened to the occupation movement? (Original Post) S.A.M Jul 2014 OP

They are paying off medical debts and starting a community bank, I assume some djean111 Jul 2014 #1

They have local groups now under the name "Awake the State" and work on local issues. TheNutcracker Jul 2014 #2

I don't think they were ever supposed to be a singular movement... CTyankee Jul 2014 #3

djean111

(14,255 posts)

1. They are paying off medical debts and starting a community bank, I assume some

Reply to S.A.M (Original post)

Mon Jul 14, 2014, 01:08 PM

Jul 2014

other things as well.
Occupy was hounded by police and FBI, and I have always wondered how things would have gone had they sold out to the Democrats instead of saying no thanks, we are not political.
Not being political scares the shit out of corporate America, since corporate America has bought the political process and thus calls the shots.

TheNutcracker

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2. They have local groups now under the name "Awake the State" and work on local issues.

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Mon Jul 14, 2014, 01:48 PM

Jul 2014

In a county in Fla, I hear they are better than the county democratic party. More people too...

CTyankee

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3. I don't think they were ever supposed to be a singular movement...

Reply to S.A.M (Original post)

Tue Jul 15, 2014, 09:04 PM

Jul 2014

they were there to be a stimulant, a thorn in the side of the dormant Democratic party liberalism. They largely achieved that. I never expected that they would "take over."

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