Occupy Wall Street

Whether one agrees or

Whether one agrees or disagrees with the tactics of the Occupy Wall Street movement, it’s easy to understand the inspiration for its anger as well as its impatience. Eric Alterman

I love being down at Occupy Wall Street. The sincerity, the youth involvement, the desire for better, is palpable and moving. There is true caring, sharing, and refreshingly naïve hope. Elayne Boosler

Here is what is

Here is what is needed for Occupy Wall Street to become a force for change: a clear, and clearly expressed, objective. Or two. Elayne Boosler

As inequality grows, the

As inequality grows, the basic bonds of social fraternity are fraying – as we discussed in regard to Occupy Wall Street. As tensions increase, people will become more willing to engage in protest. But that moment is not now. Edward Snowden

[Occupy Wall Street] had

[Occupy Wall Street] had an impact on consciousness. It was not effective in realizing change. Edward Snowden

I believe strongly that

I believe strongly that Occupy Wall Street had such limits because the local authorities were able to enforce, basically in our imaginations, an image of what proper civil disobedience is – one that is simply ineffective. Edward Snowden

All those people who

All those people who went out [to Occupy Wall Street] missed work, didn’t get paid. Those were individuals who were already feeling the effects of inequality, so they didn’t have a lot to lose. And then the individuals who were louder, more disruptive and, in many ways, more effective at drawing attention to their concerns … Read more

Unlike the Tea Party,

Unlike the Tea Party, who see themselves as the customers of government, people in the Occupy Wall Street movement understand that we are the government. Stated most simply, we are trying to run a 21st-century society on a 13th-century economic operating system. It just doesn’t work. Douglas Rushkoff

Occupy Wall Street is

Occupy Wall Street is meant more as a way of life that spreads through contagion, creates as many questions as it answers, aims to force a reconsideration of the way the nation does business and offers hope to those of us who previously felt alone in our belief that the current economic system is broken. … Read more

When I see the

When I see the mostly young people of Occupy Wall Street – a mixture of the bored, the nihilistic, the seekers of excitement, the left-wing true believers, the confused idealists and those hoping to engage in violence – railing against the rich capitalists on Wall Street, I get worried. Because the hatred they express toward … Read more