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OWS Doesn't Know What It's Protesting
0632242545 wrote
at 11:26 PM, Tuesday October 18, 2011 EDT

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mr Kreuzfeld wrote
at 3:44 AM, Wednesday October 19, 2011 EDT
greekboi wrote
at 4:22 AM, Wednesday October 19, 2011 EDT
that's a list of grievances, not demands

the list of demands, on the other hand, is quite lol-worthy
Impeach_bush wrote
at 5:29 AM, Wednesday October 19, 2011 EDT
OMG SOMEONE IS WILLING TO SPEAK UP AND TAKE ACTION WHEN THEY SEE SOMETHING THEY DONT LIKE. OMG OMG OMG. THIS SCARES ME AND I FEEL THE NEED TO IGNORE THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
mr Kreuzfeld wrote
at 6:12 AM, Wednesday October 19, 2011 EDT
ok sam.

the demands;

Take steps to rectify our grievances. Make legislation that addresses them, instead of continuing business as usual
deadcode wrote
at 12:17 PM, Wednesday October 19, 2011 EDT
Mrk; OccupyWallStreet has officially stated that they have not yet released an official set of demands.

And they ask that you don't list demands for them. Shame on you Mrk :p

Occupy Wall Street has been very open about their lack of demands or collected set of grievances. They say they are working on it.

http://occupywallst.org/forum/stop-listing-demands/

Also

The Occupy movement was started by this post on Adbusters: http://www.adbusters.org/blogs/adbusters-blog/occupywallstreet.html

0632242545 wrote
at 12:21 PM, Wednesday October 19, 2011 EDT
#OWS is a leaderless decentralized movement.

Suggesting they have some sort of leadership or someone suggesting that they are some sort of leadership of the movement is asinine. The list of demands we've seen are generally agreed upon grievances and demands by the protesters at large.

Most of those demands are probably on picket signs in New York or T-shirts.
0632242545 wrote
at 12:22 PM, Wednesday October 19, 2011 EDT
hence the political cartoon...
deadcode wrote
at 1:11 PM, Wednesday October 19, 2011 EDT
So Adbusters tells everyone to occupy wall street (build kitchens, tents, etc) on a specific day and time.

On that specific day and time; people show up at Wall Street and build kitchens, tents, etc.

Yet they have no leader...
dasfury wrote
at 1:13 PM, Wednesday October 19, 2011 EDT
what kind of space age logic did you use to get to that conclusion dc?
deadcode wrote
at 1:15 PM, Wednesday October 19, 2011 EDT
Adbusters on July 13: "On September 17, we want to see 20,000 people flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months. Once there, we shall incessantly repeat one simple demand in a plurality of voices."

Adbusters: "The beauty of this new formula, and what makes this novel tactic exciting, is its pragmatic simplicity: we talk to each other in various physical gatherings and virtual people's assemblies … we zero in on what our one demand will be, a demand that awakens the imagination and, if achieved, would propel us toward the radical democracy of the future … and then we go out and seize a square of singular symbolic significance and put our asses on the line to make it happen."

So Adbusters openly talks of Occupying areas; settings up kitchens, tents, assembly grounds for coming up with a set of demands.

People showed up; build kitchens, tents, assembly grounds. They are meeting and trying to come up with a platform of demands and grievances.

This is clearly stated in all reporting, eyewitness reports, occupy volunteers, youtube videos, etc.

http://www.adbusters.org/blogs/adbusters-blog/occupywallstreet.html
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