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Round-up of Perspectives on the Occupation of Dilworth Plaza
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phillyimc editors | 12.06.2011
Occupy Philly was only in place for a little under two months, but the echoes of it will remain. Here is a round up of the perspectives that were posted to the phillyimc newswire. Our frequet contributor Stephen Lendman did a general piece on OWS on October 10th The same day, Roy Batty defended Occupiers against the charge that they were unfocused. On the 11th, Philly Against War advertised its' upcoming anti-war demonstration that was to occur on the 15th. We featured the demonstration of the 13th the next day. On the 13th, Between The Lines looked at how the Occupy Wall Street movement had expanded nationwide The same day, Malcolm Harris took exception to the advice that anyone who was advocating violence was necessarly a provocateur and should be avoided Richard Kane was very pleased to note on the 19th that there were as yet no arrests for Occupation in Pennsylvania On the 23rd, Uhuru Radio covered Occupations in both Oakland and Philadelphia Greg Green contributd a thinkpiece on the Occupation generally on the 26th The same day, Ritt Goldstein examined how dissent was being treated as a crimnal act On the 28th, Craig Louis Stehr contributed the rather impractical idea that Occupiers should shift people between cities. Problem: Occupations have frequently changing members in any event, so it's doubtful authorities would even notice Occupiers shuttling between encampments. Stehr later redeemed himself with a good report on Occupy DC. On November 5th the Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS) called upon the Occuaton movement to be ore democratic and less top-down its decision-making On the 11th, Rich Gardner examined how the Occupation movement and its goals were being viewed by Establishment media Gardner contributed another thinkpiece on the 20th, in response to the complaitns from right-wingers and ordnary people that Occupiers should try voting instead On the 16th, Red Raven warned about agents provocateurs and recommended the occupation of libraries On the 22nd, Stephen Lendman noted the death of the Supercommittee (Or, as I called them, Cat Food Comission II). It was widely considered a casualty of the Occupy movement On the 30th, in the wake of the forcible closng of Occupy Philly, pdb argues that the police are simply tools of the Establishment and shouldn't be hated merely because they followed orders |
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