Why would the OWS want to be part of the Democratic Convention?

[johncoby2]

I dont get it. What do they want to do? Pitch a tent?

[Odin2005]

1. Send a message to the party elites.

[johncoby2]

2. Then use the fuckin mail

Or go to the republican convention.

We are NOT the fuckin enemy. But then again, I dont know what the living fuck the owls want besides acting like a bunch of fuckin idiots at times.

[Earth_First]

7. The amount of non-union employees being utilized for the DNC is appalling

These are your *friends*?

[SomethingFishy]

9. Oh yeah because they read their mail and actually act on what is written...

I know exactly what OWS wants. Justice. Fairness. Equality. They want the people who actually do all the fucking work not to have to suffer. They want it not to be Uniquely American to have to have 3 fucking jobs, if you can find them, to feed your family.

They probably want to not be sneered at by keyboard commando's either but judging by what I have seen on DU it's becoming a sport.

[Odin2005]

12. LOL, you think the PTB care about the mail we send them?

[a simple pattern]

19. Go back to your fuckin cocktail party, bubble boy.

Maybe you'll get mic checked.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

22. I'll get right on that,

right after I stop staring at you. Or get off your lawn. Take a pill dude.

[mmonk]

3. The corporations will be in the neighborhood with their money

throwing parties at Charlotte hotels. It is a battle for the heart and soul of American politics.

[phasma ex machina]

6. +1 The powers-that-be enjoy adding politicians to their collection. nt

[Bluenorthwest]

4. Show me a National Convention of either Party

that did not have protests in the last, say, 50 years. There isn't one. This is nothing new at all. Nothing.

[backscatter712]

5. OWS needs to be Occupying the Democratic Party (and the Republican Party.)

They should be going to the fundraisers, going to the caucuses and primaries, and participating in the process.

Get some candidates nominated that are Occupy-friendly. Get some convention delegates that are also Occupiers.

[Earth_First]

8. You need to get beyond the RW meme that OWS = camping

If you honestly believe that OWS is about the tent, you have not been paying much attention.

[G_j]

11. I thought it was about getting a job..or a bath.. nt

[aaaaaa5a]

10. I hope they don't turn our convention into 1968.

We have to be smart enough to remember what side best represents us... even IF we are not always 100% happy with what we get.

[mmonk]

13. The police?

[G_j]

14. yes, the Vietnam war was quite an inconvenience!

and the reason the protesters were there, the rioters were the police. BTW.

[Earth_First]

15. Nice divisive statement you've created there...

We are OWS.

Expect US.

[aaaaaa5a]

23. I think you guys are missing the point.

I supported the Vietnam protestors and their efforts in the 1960s.

And I certainly support OWS.

However, from a strategic point, having chaos outside of the convention doesn't help Democrats, OWS or the people who care about our struggle.


The protests outside of the Chicago convention helped give us Nixon and Ford for the next 8 years. And we don't need OWS chaos outside of Charlotte, giving us Romney, Gingrich or Paul potentially until 2020.

[BlueToTheBone]

24. They? Since when did you become

part of the 1%? I'm afraid of police violence but not OWS.

[randome]

16. As much as I dislike OWS not having focus...

...this seems like a good idea. Our legislators are the enemy. They are the ones who opened the doors to a frictionless economy and said to the corporations, "Here. Take what you want."

The more we can hold their feet to the fire, the better.

This, like mass protests directed at Congress -not West Coast ports- is something I am wholeheartedly in favor of.

[Luminous Animal]

25. Enemy talk is infantile. It shuts down dialog and an opportunity to

explore new ideas. Mass protests of Congress gets nobody nowhere. You have to hit the source.

[randome]

26. If OWS is not going to stand for political change...

...then the only alternative is armed insurrection. And I don't see that happening, either.

[Hutzpa]

17. I see no reason why they can't be there

OWS voices gets to places the biased media doesn't.

[T S Justly]

18. Democracy?

[applegrove]

20. OWS hit a sweet spot that woke up the middle class. If they act further to the left

of the Democratic Party they will lose 1/2 the middle class.

[G_j]

21. no way

Most of the MC is to the left of today's Democratic party.

[Warren Stupidity]

27. OWS is against the hijacked pro-1% policies of both parties. nt.