[P2P-F] Thoughts on OWS

Devin Balkind devin at sarapisfoundation.org
Wed Nov 30 06:21:24 CET 2011


We're building the infrastructure necessary for the type of actions you're
talking about - crm, rss aggregation, wiki, mapping, etc.  You can find
some info at wiki.occupy.net.  The community organizers are building
relationships with all types of organizations.    It takes time.

My suggestion is to get involved locally and post your advice to your
occupation's website.  We'll be able to identify and spread content from
there starting in about a week.

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Natalie Golovin <10natalie at cox.net> wrote:

>   I was so enthused-sent money-wanted to help-wanted to get support from
> other groups to magnify political power. What’s happening??
> I believe the strategy needs to be reworked.
> The entire Occupy idea hasn’t been very successful. If you have a
> campsite- as time passes, the energy is spent on housekeeping issues-not
> political pressure. Issues revert to games with police & maintenance.
> Distractions & bad actors within the camps alienate off-site supporters.
> Start over in the spring with new & vibrant messages. Attack responsible
> parties-The FED-Treasury-SEC-Fannie & Freddie-enough 4 starters. One huge
> march @ a time-revolving-with an agreed-upon demand (just 1) & focusing on
> failures & evil actors at each station. Wall Street is powerless without
> politicians enabling them!!
> I drove by our local pathetic group today- that had been moved to the
> sidewalk & got really angry & teary. It doesn’t have to end this way-Does
> it??
>
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Devin Balkind
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