On Nov 16, 2011, at 5:00 PM, SA wrote:
> On 11/16/2011 10:42 AM, Eric Beck wrote:
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>> Robin singles out anarchists as failing to understand that capital is the primary repressive agent in daily life, but anarchists are the ones who started occupying the seat (symbolically, at least) of private power
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> Except the idea originally came from Adbusters. And then it was taken up by New Yorkers Against Budget Cuts, a socialist-ish student-labor group. And then anarchists got involved.
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> You used the word tedious in a previous post, and I think you hit the nail on the head.
The early wave of occupiers that I interviewed were hardly anarchists of developed ideology. They were unemployed 20-somethings with no political past who were just pissed off and wanted to do something. Sure anarchists were important, but they're claiming ownership of a much more diverse phenom.
Oh, and Kalle Lasn is an anti-Semite. Just ask Commentary!
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/10/13/occupy-wall-street-kalle-lasn/
Doug