OccupyWallStreet

[Mark Kohut]

Now I hear that THOUSANDS of union workers will be going there...one major one, SEIU??, supporting with supplies..
NYCLU has sent dozens to monitor legal infractions.....15 marines say they went to 'protect' the protestors....

From: "kelber at mindspring.com" <kelber at mindspring.com>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Saturday, October 1, 2011 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: OccupyWallStreet

Re: the Wall Street protesters - No, they don't have any specific program or list of demands, but at least they've wormed their way into the public consciousness, where, like a splinter in one's thumb, maybe they'll goad us to do something.  Mass protests like the ones in Tunisia and Egypt can't be organized or planned - they can only happen spontaneously.  OccupyWallStreet is unlikely to develop into a mass movement on its own, but it could be part of the slow build-up to a real mass movement - the kind that's out of control, teetering between rioting and informed protest - that the powers-that-be will have to deal with.  

The best thing about the Wall Street protesters is that they're an embarrassment to the surrounding banks and brokers and realtors.  What to do, what to do?  Clear them out with riot gear, evoking worldwide condemnation?  Or allow the steadfast few to stay for ages, martyring themselves in the snow.  As is, they're becoming a destination (isn't that what happens to the Chums of Chance?) for tourists and celebs.

Laura

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>From: alice wellintown <alicewellintown at gmail.com>
>Sent: Oct 1, 2011 8:30 AM
>To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Re: OccupyWallStreet
>
>What got O elected is a narrative we wanted to hear and be a part of.
>While he's now on message: What is needed now is marching boots not
>bedroom slippers, Aint no time to tell stories and blow up dream
>balloons this president can't just do it. He hasn't got what it takes
>to lead us through the darkness. The BC is fat and out of shape; they
>have no credibility with the unemployed, a great many of the them
>young black men who think of O as a white harvard man who, as Stanley
>Crouch sez, aint/isn't  black like me.  These are dark times and they
>gonna get darker. O aint the man to work in the dark. Who is? There is
>nobody. Leadership is dead.
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