Patrice Riemens on Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:04:18 +0200 (CEST) |
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<nettime> Peter Marcuse: What Occupy Signifies -- as to non-occupiers |
bwo INURA list/ P.M. Folks, I know many are already involved in activities such as the ones discussed here, but more is better, and the opportunities are great... Non-occupying supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement are critical forces in influencing the impact of the movement. Occupiers are themselves a tiny fraction, but their support reaches widely, those many that are discontent, insecure, and/or exploited, dissatisfied with things as they are. Their support reaches into the majority of the population, even into Republican circles, even sharing some roots with some tea partiers. Occupy Wall Street will not bring about a revolution, but it can be a force to bring about a shift from a defensive to an offensive posture, to push from radical reform rather than only amelioration at the edges. Supportive non-occupiers can play a major role in moving in this direction. They can develop the details occupiers are accused if ignoring, organize around individual the individual concrete issues contributing to the deep discontent with the direction in which society is moving. Linking the broadly-targeting aroused occupiers to the multiple existing groups and organization already struggling for change might provide strength and energy all around. In more detail on my blog, pmarcuse.wordpress.com Peter Marcuse -- Peter Marcuse Professor Emeritus of Urban Planning School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Columbia University New York, N.Y. 10027 # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@kein.org