General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: I realized tonight that America's 99% are fucked for years to come [View all]Zorra
(27,670 posts)If it seems like people who would ordinarily support the Democrats are skeptical or are unenthusiastic, it is because we know that the political contest is a sideshow. The reason it is Occupy Wall Street and not Occupy the Capitol is because we know that Washington is a puppet theater and that gambling on change by playing party politics is a suckers game. Again, the idea is not simply to replace leaders or to enact specific reforms. OWS seeks to replace the entire political, social, and economic culture with a wider sense of human community. It already conducts itself in that manner. Rather than leaders with the prerogative to make decisions for the group, OWS operates on consensus. It is clear from the past ten or twelve years that there is no political, institutional solution for what ails us. Fortunately, we do not need one.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002579714
Occupy: M1GS, May 1 General Strike!
http://www.occupymay1st.org/2012/04/11/what-is-m1gs/
What is #M1GS?
Worldwide, May 1st is traditionally a Workers day a day of Labor Solidarity, and a public holiday. Its a day to celebrate and march in support of im/migrant rights. In protest against the corruption of the worldwide marketplace, which has led to illegal foreclosures, mass unemployment, low wages, high taxes and a penalization of all those who do not own the 99% of the worlds resources, and in solidarity with the im/migrant movements of May 1st, we decided to declare May 1st, 2012 a Peoples General Strike. Instead of calling upon unionized Labor to make a specific demand (illegal under Taft-Hartley), we are calling upon the people of the world to take this day away from school and the workplace, so that their absence makes their displeasure with this corrupt system be known.