> ...they specifically said they had no goals. These would come clear via
> some magical process of spontaneous discovery. I spoke with one of the
> >organizers five days ago and she made it clear that it was barely
> organized. The analysis goes no deeper than "bad shit is happening." And
> it's not >one event - this is a chronic situation of the American
> "left" today.
Hm. I think they're on the right track by looking to the Arab Spring protests for inspiration; but they don't seem to get that those protests had a lot of organization behind them, so when that spontaneous moment arrived forces were poised to take advantage of it.