September 17, 2012 (Excerpts Posted 20 Sept 12) Quoting from Alternet
If you have wondered where the spirit of America has gone, the following may give you an answer:
10 AM ET — New York by Sarah Jaffe
“There is no longer an Occupy Wall Street.”
“That's what all the mainstream outlets are saying this week, and they're right in one way. What started as a couple hundred people in a park with no plan has turned into a decentralized, distributed network of activists, affinity groups, organizations and organizers, working on everything from free education to fracking. And so as New York's financial district was choked with glitter, balloons, dance parties and a whole lot of police, Occupy's anniversary feels less like a celebration of what was and more a demonstration of what's becoming.”
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Posted by RoadToPeace on Thursday, September 20, 2012.
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