General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Do you understand why Occupy was infiltrated and broken up? [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)MY grandfathers who shed blood for Workers Rights in the LABOR movement would be proud of their offspring in OWS for continuing the struggle.
As such, it cannot die. It has written itself into the History Books.
It will appear again, and again, and AGAIN,
maybe with a different name in a different place,
but it will be the same Movement for Economic Justice it has always been.
The Encampments WERE brutally steam rolled and broken up by the forces of the 1%, but that didn't kill OWS. In fact, that HELPED OWS by exposing that the Nationally Coordinated Militarized Police Departments WILL enthusiastically attack and brutalized Their OWN People, who are protesting in their interests.
Who will EVER forget the "Pepper Spray Cop"?
The effect of the ripples from OWS can not be calculated.
Words and phrases coined at OWS have entered the Common Vernacular,
and are used around the World everyday, even by our President.
Changing the language is POWERFUL.
In some small ways, ripples from OWS are a contributory factor in exposing the
Government Over Reach in Security & Surveillance.
The Movement lives on, and will appear again, and again.
OWS did their part...very effectively,
and I am proud of their selfless contribution.
Our neighbors in Latin America have given us a Blue Print for "change".
Many countries HAVE wrested their governments from the hands of the Global 1%,
and reorganized their governments to help The People instead of just The RICH.
They have done this through near bloodless Ballot Box Revolutions.
Since the 1% TOTALLY owned the Media and the Governments in Latin America, they used Word of Mouth and locally (dis)organized peaceful resistance movements to Spread the Word.
[font size=3]When the Working Class and The Poor realize WE have more in common with each other
than we have in common with the 1%Elite and their Mouth Pieces in Washington, then WE can have "change" too![/font]
AS long as the 1% can keep us divided with Political Kabuki Theater,
then the Status Quo will prevail.
OWS stood up and told the Dominant Political Parties that "WE" (common cause above political allegiance) have had enough of your bullshit. Using the Militarized, Nationally Co-Ordinated Police to break up the encampments only helped unite those on the low end of our economy in Common Cause,
AND define the enemy.
That Local Common Cause spread throughout a Nation was the beginning of the successful Ballot Box Revolutions in Latin America.
VIVA the Movement for Economic Justice!
VIVA OWS!
VIVA Democracy!
...because we outnumber "them"