Forum Post: Is Occupy a Political Movement, despite attempts to distance from politics
Posted 12 years ago on Dec. 12, 2011, 8:46 a.m. EST by HarryCrew07
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In the Guardian, Arundhati Roy, the prize-winning author of "The God of Small Things," expresses her beliefs about occupy and her findings in visiting many of the encampments before evictions began.
She speaks about occupy as a new sort of political movement. What are your thoughts?
Read here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/30/arundhati-roy-interview
No, it is anarchy, and OWS does not want to become a political movement, because consenses was not reached on this point. That's what killed the momentum.