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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

As Occupy Protesters' Camps Are Broken, Pause to Consider What They've Accomplished

​Wait. The "occupy" part of Occupy may be over, but that's not the story. The story is what the movement has accomplished already.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has evicted Occupy from Zuccotti Park. Our own mayor is making it plain that the Occupy Dallas camp behind City Hall is soon to go. A story in The New York Times reveals that that the Occupy eviction actions around the country are concerted, if less than meticulously coordinated.
The story reports: "Portland's mayor, Sam Adams, said the United States Conference of Mayors had organized two conference calls 'to share information about the occupying encampments around the country.' He said participants on the calls were eager for advice on how cities were handling demonstrations."

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