[lbo-talk] OWS

[John E. Norem]

The Occupy Wall Street movement was announced in July 2011 with the goal 
of demonstrating in New York City's financial district from September 17 
onward.

The original call to action was launched by/Adbusters/, 
a counter-culture magazine based in Vancouver, Canada.

As the activist-driven protests gather steamacross the US 
<http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/spotlight/occupywallstreet/2011/10/201110317294664881.html>, 
the publication has taken some of the credit for generating online buzz 
and social media attention.

Al Jazeera spoke with Kalle Lasn, the editor-in-chief and co-founder 
of/Adbusters:/

/*AJE: The #Occupy theme centres on the notion of "occupation", which is 
often reviled by the left in the foreign policy context. Explain why the 
connotation is different domestically.*/

*KL:*We're caught in the middle of a maelstrom here. This Occupy Wall 
Street thing has suddenly exploded on us and we're trying to figure out 
how to harness that energy and move it in the right direction

http://tinyurl.com/43ngabk

-- 
Adorno: "And in that sense the difference between thinking
and eating roast goose is not so very great. The one thing
can stand in for the other."

Horkheimer: "But eating roast goose is not the same thing
as doing theory."