Occupy

There have been so many criticisms of this movement, and I have been among the criticizers for far too long. Americans have been in a dry spell of democratic power, and we've been pretty nihilistic. Clearly, something is wrong here. This system doesn't work. Maybe the people who are occupying are just bored or unemployed or whatever, but it seems like most of them have been hurt by the system's faults and have experiences and stories that are valuable. And, it is true that everyone who is part of Occupy is there for a different reason, and that seems to stem from a problem that is so complex that it manifests itself in millions of ways.

Here is some more media coverage, but if you really want to know what is happening, just go to the occupy movement in your city. They'd love to tell you what they're doing and why they are there.

Stories of the 99%

Tumblr - http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/

Twitter - http://www.occupationalist.org/

Commentaries I found helpful

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-loeb/from-occupy-wall-street-t_b_1085255.html

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/10/poll-most-americans-support-occupy-wall-street/246963/

http://www.thestreet.com/story/11305424/1/occupy-wall-street-actually-in-the-1.html

http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2011/11/08/occupy-now-what/

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-10/occupy-protesters-inject-income-inequality-into-political-debate.html

Occupy Los Angeles (OLA)

http://occupylosangeles.org/

http://www.olapeoplescollectiveuniversity.org/