Occupy Movement Regroups, Preparing for Its Next Phase

New York Times:

The ragtag Occupy Wall Street encampments that sprang up in scores of cities last fall, thrusting “We are the 99 percent” into the vernacular, have largely been dismantled, with a new wave of crackdowns and evictions in the past week. Since the violent clashes last month in Oakland, Calif., headlines about Occupy have dwindled, too.

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Comments

[suttoda]

12:41 PM on 02/14/2012

I play little league. I'm fat and I only get to play one inning but I'm definately going to be a professional athlete!

I go to school. I don't really do my homework and I barely pass my tests but I definately deserve a scholarship for a free college education!

I have been working here for 3 months already but I definately deserve to be Vice President with a six figure salary and stock options!

I bought a house but I really can't afford it so I stopped making payments but I definately deserve for the bank to give it to me!

I camped out with OWS for a week. We broke some windows and screamed at some people but we are definately the most impactful movement EVER!!

[demsrsilly]

07:02 AM on 02/15/2012

Wow, I think you wrote the new OWS mission statement! At least you succinctly stated all they believe in.

[Kakertkatzz]

07:50 AM on 02/21/2012

Definitely!

[NY Guy]

07:11 AM on 02/14/2012

OWS - the new Spring Break destination for 2012 !!! Plenty of drugs, booze and sex, yay occupy.

[Sassi-squatch]

03:56 AM on 02/14/2012

Due to OWS spreading the word, over 6.5 million people changed banks around Nov. 5th last year. This movement has been and will continue to be very effective. The narrative has completely changed since it took hold last fall. Before OWS, hardly any time was spent on issues that effect the average american, now that has all changed. Whenever I see right-wingers say it hasn't changed anything, I know they are lying and scared sh**less. It warms my heart when they scream and yell, hurl insults and tell lies. They are scared of change, and the change coming is only the tip of the iceburg.

[Andrew Nutra]

05:15 AM on 02/14/2012

Wow, talk about spin! OWS tried to stop Black Friday shopping but that day broke all sales record. I spin that as Americans not caring about what OWS has to say.

[Kakertkatzz]

07:54 AM on 02/21/2012

Oh well so long as the shopping spree-ers are not effected then all's well, huh?

[morris111]

03:52 AM on 02/14/2012

Never has there been a more unimportant and irrelevant group of social activists. And yet their measure of self-importance is off the charts. The spectacle of their own delusion is all that is keeping people interested in them.

[Sassi-squatch]

03:57 AM on 02/14/2012

You are right, teabaggers are irrelevant.

[morris111]

01:17 PM on 02/14/2012

I think some of the OWS delusion has rubbed off on you. You know damn well who I was referring too.

[Andrew Nutra]

05:16 AM on 02/14/2012

OWS is just another form of speech. Some blog, some write, some speak, some form drum circles, loot and burn the flag to get themselves heard.

[morris111]

01:19 PM on 02/14/2012

I stand behind my comments

[Andrew Nutra]

02:59 AM on 02/14/2012

Headline should have read: "OWS waits for warm weather to get support from Fair Weather Revolutionaries."

[UpbyProxy]

02:17 AM on 02/14/2012

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next phase preparation: which public building is broken into next.
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[Andrew Nutra]

05:29 AM on 02/14/2012

They're gearing up for spring because flags burn faster in warm and windy weather.

[RitaS]

01:19 AM on 02/14/2012

After reading thru many anti-occupy sneers & comments, what I came away w/ was the 'fear' of change & the unknown from those who don't seen to want learn anything outside of what faux fox tells them...

[demsrsilly]

07:06 AM on 02/15/2012

So what you are saying is that there have been no buildings broken into or property destroyed or flags burnt by OWS. All those pictures and videos I have seen of such things have been fabrications?

[RitaS]

01:10 AM on 02/14/2012

Occupy, I can see you grow 10 fold + from last Fall come this spring / summer... You have my support 100%. The US was built on the 98-99%, NOT the 1-2%....

[UpbyProxy]

02:20 AM on 02/14/2012

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#occupy

what do we want? pay-off my student loan.

when do we want it? NOW
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[demsrsilly]

07:08 AM on 02/15/2012

Yeah, You support OWS on HP!  You are really sticking it to the "1%" by supporing OWS on a website!

Bet you continued to give your money to the same evil corporations you claim to despise.

But that does not matter! You support OWS!

[RitaS]

11:08 PM on 02/16/2012

....You support OWS on HP! ... ....Bet you continued to give your money to the same evil corporatio­ns you claim to despise....

Though you know nothing about me outside of my comments here on HP, FYI you need to re-read my comments.

Giving money 'to the same evil corporations you claim to despise' where did this come from? I have more important places to spend my limited money.

What ever money I have is allocated to pay my bills. If I had any discretionary income I'd buy some personal items... Corporations & politicians, they can fend for themselves...

[Verh]

11:33 PM on 02/13/2012

On May 1, especially boycott buying anything from sectors proven to screw over the 99%: financial sector, real estate, big Pharma, oh and especially anything available on the internet put by Hollywood or the music industry.

[Killermolls44]

02:11 AM on 02/14/2012

No thanks I need my medication.

[Andrew Nutra]

03:00 AM on 02/14/2012

Umm, good luck with that.

[Sassi-squatch]

03:47 AM on 02/14/2012

6.5 MILLION people swapped banks in November due to OWS. We don't need luck, just people who care.

[Roy l Payne]

11:32 PM on 02/13/2012

Just this one quote for all you Republitarians:

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. – James Baldwin

I'll be with you if only in spirit OWS

[JudMiller]

11:17 PM on 02/13/2012

This joke has been played out.

[JudMiller]

11:15 PM on 02/13/2012

Nobody cares about these vermin any more. They are just too boring. Even with all the crime...

[Sassi-squatch]

03:49 AM on 02/14/2012

Really? You t ro lls sure seem scared. If nobody cared you wouldn't bother to read this story or post on it.

[GuangxiDad]

11:12 PM on 02/13/2012

Dang.. Obama and his OWS will be so disappointed if McRomney is not the nominee!

[Verh]

10:56 PM on 02/13/2012

I disagree with Occupy's call on May 1 for everyone to skip work or school. That doesn't make any sense. The point of the Occupy movement is to teach the 1% that they cannot survive financially without the 99% buying stuff. The 1% has sold us the lie that our consumption will allow them to create more jobs. In reality, the 1% just hoards that money to themselves. Thus, in order to (in the words of the School of Rock) "stick it to the man," I propose May 1 become "anti-consumerism" day: the day nobody buys anything. No stocks, no houses, no gas, no Walmart, no donations to bought off politicians, nothing. And then let the 1% see just how much they need us, and let the 99% see just how little we need them. It will be one whole day they can't rape the country out of profits intended for overseas tax shelters. Profits which should have been reinvested in us.

[Dream Machine]

10:26 PM on 02/13/2012

The 1% , radicalrightwingers and especially the MSM all undestimate the power and dedication of the OWS movement to effect change.

Not only will it show up on the streets , but more importantly at the polls.
Dem landslide

[Mupaaat]

10:30 PM on 02/13/2012

And you're not dreaming. Bravo.

[demsrsilly]

04:37 AM on 02/14/2012

So dedicated, yet have to postpone the movement for warmer weather.