[lbo-talk] threatening the powerful

[shag carpet bomb]

This story reminds me of what I read in the intro to Corey Robin's book, 
The Conservative Mind. Robin says that what has always scared the crap out 
of the powerful is that people could actually provide what government and 
(Corey says) management does. Thus, Robin says, what scared people during 
the general strike in Seattle 1919 was the capacity people had for 
organizing themselves and then policing the community on their own, or 
taking over the places where they worked and doing the work without 
government officials, bureaucracy or managers.

In this case, the contemporary example Robin might point to is the fear the 
police chief had if it were revealed that crime went down during the 
occupation of OGP in Oakland.

<http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/14/1054602/-No-Surprise-Oakland-Police-Chief-Lied-to-Discredit-Occupy-Oakland>http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/14/1054602/-No-Surprise-Oakland-Police-Chief-Lied-to-Discredit-Occupy-Oakland 

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