Eulogy for Occupy
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The comments on the accountability of Occupy democratic procedures was one shared by the WSM. For all the jazz-hands, what lacked was the simple basic show of hands, in a majority vote to determine decisions.There was also an element within the party, a very small one albeit, who also desired self-censorship rather than alienate the Occupiers by pointing out their faults.Personally, and I by no means say it is the party view, we missed an opportunity by not highlighting that Occupy were not being utopian enough in their hopes. We permitted those with a reformist agenda to determine the movements demands with recycled "radical" policies rather than maintain the undefined aspirations for something different and something new.
They are still writng about it and this article seems to be a bit more honest about what went on behind the scenes. http://www.alternet.org/occupy-wall-street/what-really-caused-implosion-occupy-movement-insiders-viewI've left a comment on the thread
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