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Thu Apr 19, 2012, 12:58 AM

Fire Walk With Me (37,033 posts)

24. And that Occupy supports neither candidates nor political parties.

Period.

Yes, it's in Occupy LA's declarations.

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83 replies	Author	Time	Post
yes, 99% spring is a fraud [View all]	xchrom	Apr 2012	OP
I'm not sure what you're saying.	drm604	Apr 2012	#1
i'm certainly not young.	xchrom	Apr 2012	#2
My experience was entirely different.	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#3
You'd prefer it be a bunch of teabaggers??	kestrel91316	Apr 2012	#4
Dems want their own tea party. This is their attempt.	Fire Walk With Me	Apr 2012	#29
It was a confusing article...	KoKo	Apr 2012	#5
Here at Occupy LA, many of our greatest contributors are 55+	U4ikLefty	Apr 2012	#15
I went to one and it wasn't anything like that.	Starry Messenger	Apr 2012	#6
Was there any discussion/consensus about supporting the Occupy General Strike	Zorra	Apr 2012	#7
No, it was about organizing in local activites and how to engage people.	Starry Messenger	Apr 2012	#8
So 2 Occupy groups and nobody mentioned the May 1st General Strike?	U4ikLefty	Apr 2012	#12
The unions don't seem to have been consulted on the General Strike.	Starry Messenger	Apr 2012	#14
So that is a yes? Nobody from the 2 Occupy groups mentioned M1GS once?	U4ikLefty	Apr 2012	#16
Well. 99% Spring isn't Occupy.	Starry Messenger	Apr 2012	#18
I'm glad we're clear that the "99% Spring" is NOT Occupy...never will be.	U4ikLefty	Apr 2012	#19
"99% Spring - An Occupy-Like Movement For People Who Want To Be Told What To Do?"	Fire Walk With Me	Apr 2012	#27
I attended one on Saturday.	grntuscarora	Apr 2012	#9
Was there any discussion/consensus about supporting the Occupy General Strike	Zorra	Apr 2012	#10
Not that I heard.	grntuscarora	Apr 2012	#11
So what part was inpried by Occupy?	U4ikLefty	Apr 2012	#13
Well, according to the printout they gave me	grntuscarora	Apr 2012	#17
Of course they used the language of Occupy...that how they hook you.	U4ikLefty	Apr 2012	#20
And that Occupy supports neither candidates nor political parties.	Fire Walk With Me	Apr 2012	#24
And...	greytdemocrat	Apr 2012	#25
Wait until you get a load of this:	Fire Walk With Me	Apr 2012	#26
Not naive. Directly experienced with Occupy	Zorra	Apr 2012	#28
Whereas MoveOn has always been suspect for so many of us activists:	truedelphi	Apr 2012	#42
Not quite sure how retired people are supposed to go on strike	eridani	Apr 2012	#61
I'm still a bit concerned about co-option	Joe Shlabotnik	Apr 2012	#21
Minus One	Mc Mike	Apr 2012	#22
Why don't they just tell people to join Occupy? Hmmmmm....	Fire Walk With Me	Apr 2012	#23
Exactly. If they are supposedly so concerned with helping Occupy, why aren't they at the GA??	this is serious	Apr 2012	#52
NO alliances with those who want to turn Occupy into a Dem tea party.	Fire Walk With Me	Apr 2012	#30
I am a progressive Labor Democratic Ally of	Mc Mike	Apr 2012	#31
What are Dems doing to stop the continuing illegal foreclosure machine?	Fire Walk With Me	Apr 2012	#32
Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio	Mc Mike	Apr 2012	#35
Good for her, a voice in the wilderness...	Fire Walk With Me	Apr 2012	#37
All right, Fire. I see my problem here.	Mc Mike	Apr 2012	#40
Thank you for demanding "representatives" do exactly that!	Fire Walk With Me	Apr 2012	#41
Is it the fault of the Occupy supporters that the	truedelphi	Apr 2012	#44
I am sure as the election cycle heats up, the Obama Administration will get with the	truedelphi	Apr 2012	#45
A Marine and his family whom Occupy had helped fight foreclosure	Fire Walk With Me	Apr 2012	#47
Hey, there, Fire Walk With Me, I really am on your side	truedelphi	Apr 2012	#49
Sorry, it's not personal, that's all "burn" against the issues.	Fire Walk With Me	Apr 2012	#50
Any Dem-focused group is adding to the problem...You cannot fix the corrupt system by voting for it!	this is serious	Apr 2012	#63
Who are "OWS Pittsburgh 99%" are they like the Democrat Party?	U4ikLefty	Apr 2012	#33
My Terminology, U	Mc Mike	Apr 2012	#34
They are called Occupy Pittsburgh FYI	U4ikLefty	Apr 2012	#36
I don't really understand you, Eu.	Mc Mike	Apr 2012	#39
This isn't about you.	U4ikLefty	Apr 2012	#46
I hope post 40 will do as an apology	Mc Mike	Apr 2012	#48
I for one don't want an alliance.	Chan790	Apr 2012	#38
+ My household. n/t	truedelphi	Apr 2012	#43
I agree with this. No Alliances, No compromises.	this is serious	Apr 2012	#51
Since this is your first post you may wish to read the terms of service	TBF	Apr 2012	#55
Oops. Sorry about that. I edited it.	this is serious	Apr 2012	#56
No prob -	TBF	Apr 2012	#57
Yeah, don't take cues from me.	Chan790	Apr 2012	#64
The TOS sounds soooooo "99% Spring"	U4ikLefty	Apr 2012	#71
Excellent post, and expresses how more and more people feel. I admit to having been	sabrina 1	Apr 2012	#69
So where do those of us who are involved in partisan politics go?	hack89	May 2012	#80
99% Spring is A HUGE fraud. They are front groups for the Obama Campaign	this is serious	Apr 2012	#53
Why is re-electing Democrats a problem?	Ruby the Liberal	Apr 2012	#54
They are trying to Co-Opt the Occupy movement and turn it into the Dems version of a tea party.	this is serious	Apr 2012	#58
I'd ignore them if I were you -	TBF	Apr 2012	#59
I gotcha.	Ruby the Liberal	Apr 2012	#60
So? The Tea Party moved Repubs further to the right	eridani	Apr 2012	#62
The point is that they are NOT OCCUPY. They don't even focus on the consensus decision process.	this is serious	Apr 2012	#65
There is no faster way to spread ideas than by having them stolen	eridani	Apr 2012	#66
Those groups are just using the symbols of OWS to get followers and then they will turn political.	this is serious	Apr 2012	#67
Nonsense. At least in my area	eridani	Apr 2012	#68
When there's a conflict between the Occupy & the Dems, I wonder which side they will choose?	U4ikLefty	Apr 2012	#70
Both the Democratic Party and OWS are very large and diverse groups	eridani	Apr 2012	#72
Notice you didn't answer the question.	U4ikLefty	Apr 2012	#73
Plenty of local Dem activists hate the NDAA as much as anyone in Occupy	eridani	Apr 2012	#74
In my months with Occupy I have talked with Socialists, Anarchists, Libertarians, and Progressives	U4ikLefty	Apr 2012	#75
Holding power is bad?	eridani	Apr 2012	#76
The system is corrupt and power is held by those who cater to the 1%	U4ikLefty	Apr 2012	#77
Of course Occupy is not about electing candidates	eridani	Apr 2012	#78
How is moveon trying to co-opt Occupy? That doesnt make the least bit of sense.	rhett o rick	May 2012	#82
Yeah, that's such a good question.	truedelphi	Apr 2012	#79
At least they have a mechanism for affecting real change	hack89	May 2012	#81
Agreeing with the OP.	snot	May 2012	#83

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