Three years after the economic melt-down brought on by a handful of financial institutions a group billing itself as Occupy Wall Street took to the streets of New York to protest what I interpret as a sense of economic financial injustice. Since then similar groups have taken root in several metropolitan areas. Claiming solidarity with Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Dallas went live October 6th and much like Occupy Wall Street, their agenda lacks clarity.
What it is aint exactly clear…
The Occupy groups are concerned about corporate greed and the high concentration of wealth in the hands of very, very few people. But their skill set does not lie in framing the problem nor the solution very well and they’d do well to look to other movements for tips.
When people were protesting the Vietnam conflict the message was clear: “end the war” and even “hell no I won’t go” was a common and easy to understand expression. The civil rights protests during the 60s were
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