A core operating principle and some corollaries for the Occupy movement

 a number of commentaries on OWS and beyond that I found especially good

Brookhaven, Savannah, Griffin, Amarillo, 2008, and Obama 2011

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I hope the Emma Goldman in Gornick’s mind’s eye wasn’t the original Emma Goldman

The need to move beyond protest is urgent and long-term

 
"I decided I didn't want to wake up in the morning fighting capitalism anymore. I wanted to wake up thinking about how to create something new."
-Julie Graham

This is Part 2 of a two-part series on the need for a story for deep social change Part 1 is here.

 If to change ourselves is to change our worlds, and the relation is reciprocal, then the project of history making is never a distant one but always right here, on the borders of our sensing, thinking, feeling, moving bodies.
--J.K. Gibson-Graham

This is the first of two blogs that will go into some depth in contrasting two ways of thinking about what is going on around #OccupyWallStreet. The first is a rearview mirror way thinking that comes out of a moral fundamentalism frequently found on the Left. The second is a front window view that tries to operate out of seeing what is happening in all its newness.

Interesting Commentaries

The Search for a Message
By Mary Elizabeth King
Some observers have grown impatient with the evolving messaging coming out of OWS, but, historically, slogans have often often changed as a campaign proceeds. Remembering East Germany, South Africa, Serbia.
http://www.indypendent.org/2011/10/17/searching
October 17, 2011

on the disconnect between #ows and liberal class