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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

sabrina 1

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13. The original TP was coopted by the Koch Brothers. The original founder has distanced himself

Reply to Warpy (Reply #12)

Sat Jan 3, 2015, 05:55 PM

Jan 2015

completely from the current Koch funded TP. Very clever of them to 'buy' what started out much like OWS, anti-Wall St. corruption. They didn't get the same attention OWS finally managed to get, but I remember being thrilled back during the Bush era when that original group protested on Wall St and did get some media coverage.

But that TP is long gone. The Kochs et al I guess decided to buy it, fund it turn it into a political movement to place Wall St friendly Reps in Congress.

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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