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Shemp Howard

(889 posts)

5. OWS was a heroic failure

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Nov 30, 2013, 11:58 PM

Nov 2013

Three cheers for OWS for trying, but IMHO they picked the wrong target.

It might be true that Wall Street pulls the strings, but power resides in Washington, DC. Few average Americans can grasp the shady dealings of Wall Street, but almost everyone understands the corruption of Congress.

If only OWS had focused on Congress instead...

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The Institutions of the Left Did Little: How Occupy survived despite a lack of union support [View all] marmar Nov 2013 OP

Some unions did support them, the airline pilots in particular Warpy Nov 2013 #1

Anonymous is calling for a "Crowdsourced Worldwide Wave of Action" starroute Nov 2013 #2

That is the problem...the lack of support from the left. zeemike Nov 2013 #3

Our local Occupy spoke against things Labor supported. There was a big split. Brickbat Nov 2013 #4

To be fair to the anarchists... shaayecanaan Dec 2013 #6

OWS was a heroic failure Shemp Howard Nov 2013 #5

What's left of the Left that can be graced as an institution? Eleanors38 Dec 2013 #7