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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

Cosmic Kitten

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5. TPTB fears public participation, which is what OWS represents

Reply to Enthusiast (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 2, 2015, 03:43 PM

Jan 2015

Wall St is frantic to maintain, as long as possible, the final stage of capitalism.
The inevitable shift from unipolar economic control to a mulitpolar economy
is a very a fearsome vision for Wall St.

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"What Makes Non-Violent Movements Explode?" [View all] sabrina 1 Jan 2015 OP

This is great! I think it will generate lots of constructive discussion leading to action. RiverLover Jan 2015 #1

ans: arrogance of the rich - they believe they can militarize their own safety whereisjustice Jan 2015 #2

I can't disagree with anything you said there. sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #7

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Jan 2015 #3

TPTB fears public participation, which is what OWS represents Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #5

k and r niyad Jan 2015 #4

Disruption and sacrifice were necessary to get media attention Cosmic Kitten Jan 2015 #6

I think the word they were looking for is "IMPLODE." Warpy Jan 2015 #8

Strikes and boycotts. What OWS did was extremely successful, for a start, which is what sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #9

They were successful because they woke people up Warpy Jan 2015 #10

I agree. They had a great ad company working on the message. We could take a lesson sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #11

Rolling Jubilee is another branch, buying uncollectable debt Warpy Jan 2015 #12

The original TP was coopted by the Koch Brothers. The original founder has distanced himself sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #13