Occupy Movement Faces Growing Pains
by gabetcetera
Here’s James Miller at the New York Times with a well-written article on the challenges facing the Occupy movement.
With the violence unfolding in Oakland and elsewhere, it’s imperative that people involved with these protests articulate a clear message that steers this movement away from violence, nihilism, and anarchy.
In Denver, protestors have expressed outrage toward the mayor and governor for not providing warmth and shelter during a storm. This sort of absurd diffusion of personal responsibility undermines the real inequalities, corruption, and systemic failure that the Occupy movement is intended to address. If this is truly intended to be a movement of the 99% – a dubious claim, as Mr. Miller points out – a more enlightened view of the supposedly better future needs to be imagined. And soon.
