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In reply to the discussion: The Brutal Suppression Of OWS Proves That The Rich & Business Will Tolerate No Dissent [View all]BelgianMadCow
(5,379 posts)from what it was when I signed up. I find it both sad and surprising.
Chris Hedges lists Occupy as having given him hope. He sees it as a kind of general repetition for a revolution.
Naomi Klein, same.
Richard Wolff says OWS has made his speeches from shunned into more demanded than he can follow. For the first time in decades, the system was challenged and as a result, debating about the system still is on the table. Blog posts here in the EU have neoliberal dogma denounced every other post. That was so NOT the case before.
The Occupy I'm in has changed into a give-it-away shop. But the network is there and as stated, it changed all those involved.
I now know that instead of protesting for a solution, waiting for some leader or saviour, I can BE the solution. I'm now active for a cooperative bank in formation in Belgium, NewB. It had 20.000 people sign up for 20 euros in two days, without any advertising except on social media.
Occupy is the best thing the US has "made" in decades. Since there has been only economic can-kicking since then, it's all every bit as relevant now as it was then. A majority of people had sympathy for OWS. It was Time's person of the year.
This isn't over, it has only just begun. Demos in Spain called for by 15-M (the indignados) and the PAH, platform against evictions, bring hundreds of thousands into the streets on a regular basis.