[quote=flu]Remember I made the statement a few weeks back about how if the dow breaks 12,500 and stays there, people would be happier and you won’t hear much from the OWS protestors again?
Well? Was I right?
The headlines aren’t screaming about OWS anymore, are they? No sir, everyone’s talking about Greece (which no one really cares about anymore, even as the austerity measures pass today), and about the pending Facebook IPO and the election headlines…
OWS is dead.
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No attention from the MSM, sure – dead? From all accounts it’s bigger and more motivated than ever – though, changing form and global. I highly doubt the completely manufactured equities bubble will hold for long.
I’ll repeat;
” * The financial model of growth in the developed world has run its course and financial assets will be significantly reduced in value over the next few years.
* Systematic intermittent deleveraging will lead to persistently high unemployment and widespread poverty.
* Societal institutions or systems that rely on financial stability will continue to deteriorate at an accelerating pace (education, healthcare, etc.).
* States running large fiscal deficits to support their private economies will quickly slide into insolvency and default on ambitious promises to their citizens.
* Housing, food and energy will become unaffordable for millions of people as wealth in the form of revenues, investments and savings is rapidly destroyed, and short-term speculative plays in the commodity space fueled by central bank liquidity will only make this dynamic worse.
And finally,
* Political institutions or systems that have exercised power during the unprecedented financial boom will come under an equally unprecedented societal pressure and will most likely be overhauled or completely dismantled”
This is the early state of the revolution. Very early. OWS is just a thought convention at this point and coalescing place for all activist.
In a world devastated by poverty, austerity cuts, and bank foreclosures, community action like Occupy Oakland’s recent attempt to turn a derelict building into a vibrant social center for the needs of the 99% should be applauded. Instead, the agents of the 1%, in this case the Oakland police – already under investigation for excessive force – once again attacked. Using flash bang grenades, projectiles, batons, tear-gas, and other weapons, police arrested over 400, bringing total US Occupy-related arrests to over 6,300. As the Occupy Oakland Media Committee said:
“With all the problems in our city, should preventing activists from putting a vacant building to better use be their highest priority? Was it worth the hundreds of thousands of dollars they spent?”
Earlier this month, we celebrated 2011 and declared 2012 would be even bigger. One month in, we’re keeping our word, but the corporate media increasingly dismiss Occupy Wall Street as a dying movement. Covering events in Oakland (“Police use teargas on Occupy Oakland protesters”), the Guardian described OWS as “largely dormant lately.” The Washington Post stated that the Oakland protest had broken the “lull” in OWS.
But we aren’t dormant; we’re escalating. The only lull has been in the media coverage of our continuing struggle to create a more just world for all.
Let’s take a closer look by examining a few of the major Occupy stories and actions of the past month that the corporate media would rather dismiss than cover by debunking their myths about OWS…
Battle of Oakland
*Yes some protesters were hamming it up for the camera when the police were “kettling” them. Though, overall a well-produced “on-the-ground” piece
