These «balanced» views are one of the targets of the labour and
OWS movement on a wide of range of issues: unionizing, bombing Iran, climate change, war in Libya, Af - Pak war, Iraq war; F35 manned drones, and as well: unemployment, pollution, disintegration of democracy, and quite a number of other issues, or files, for those hip to the jargon of politicos.
Then there are the teachers unions that have done their best to take advantage of the class warfare sentiment inherent in
the OWS movement, whose motto could very well be «I'm poor because you're rich.»
The messages of
the OWS movement might not be as unified as organizers hoped, and the causes have fractured to -LSB-...]
Capital New York explores several takes on the recent arrest that coincided with a demonstration by
the OWS movement in front of Mayor Bloomberg's apartment on the West side of Manhattan.
Mayor Bloomberg blasted Rep. Nadler's calls for an investigation into police interactions with
the OWS movement calling them «ridiculous.»
«It's no exaggeration to say that
the OWS movement has sparked the imaginations of people around the nation, just as Wisconsin and Tunisia and Egypt did last winter,» Cantor continued.
Reminds me of
the OWS movement... loudly celebrating their right to free speech while shouting down and preventing anyone else from having theirs.
The OWS movement is doing just fine.
I understand that
the OWS movement is looking to minimize economic disparites via handfull of measures — IE: revoke the laws that grant corporations «personhood», cut the Delaware loophole that allows conflicts of interest, and separate commercial and investment banking systems like the U.S. did in the early 20th century.
This is a concern that animates many, and not only those in
the OWS movement.
Not exact matches
One rightly doubts the prospects for a
movement that can't muster a manifesto;
OWS seems determined to slide into the river of history without making a ripple.
OWS, he says, is no mere reform
movement.
Much like a classic guerrilla
movement,
OWS shock troops could then melt away before Bad Things can happen, preparing themselves for the next takeover or encounter.
The question, writes June, quoting activist law professor Justin Hansford of St. Louis University, is «[h]
ow important is this
movement, and what are we willing to risk?»
The protesters named their
movement «Occupy Gezi» in reference to the Occupy Wall Street
movement (
OWS), which spread around US cities in 2011.
Since there doesn't seem to be any purpose behind the
OWS, I think there is a growing «consensus» outside of the
OWS that perhaps it is time that this «
movement» no longer be continued at the public expense.
As for all the ruckus — «there is a consensus... that is is premature to issue «demands» ``... well... to those of us outside the
OWS,, the «
movement» is starting to look like a collective temper tantrum without a purpose.
There is a consensus within the
OWS worldwide
movement that it is premature to issue «demands».