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6. To be fair to the anarchists...

Sun Dec 1, 2013, 12:00 AM

Dec 2013

they actually turned up, got off their arse (and their computers) and actually did something.

Unfortunately, they can only go so far. It was quite stupid to brush off the unions while at the same time attempting to call a general strike.

Worth a read:-

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-battle-for-the-soul-of-occupy-wall-street-20120621?print=true

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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

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