Forum Post: Occupy movement plans spring offensive as momentum stalls
Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 11, 2011, 1:20 p.m. EST by dantes443322
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/11/occupy-movement-winter-what-next?newsfeed=true
Keeping the protests alive at all through the cold months is becoming a challenge for a movement flushed with the dramatic success of its first eight weeks.
The Guardian has learned that Adbusters, the Canadian activist group which helped spark the movement, is even considering calling on occupiers to declare "victory" for phase one and go home for the winter – clear recognition that numbers are likely to dwindle anyway and make it increasingly difficult for the protests to maintain momentum and generate headlines.
Congress takes the holidays off.
Why shouldn't OWS?
April 1st, 2012 sounds like a good day to resume.
OWS movements at Harvard (Boston) and UC Berkeley (San Francisco) are clear signs that the movement is expanding nation wide.
Weather will present a formidable challenge to many occupiers, but planning and action will only expand and accelerate as we move forward while the global economy collapses.
Just because it is getting cold in some parts of the nation does not mean that the movement must flounder. Flash actions can be just as effective as occupations. High profile actions in more temperate parts of the country could keep the movement in the headlines.
More important is political action. The primaries of both the dominance parties need to be taken advantage of.
And then there is organizing effective policy actions online and in the snail mail directed at the Congress. Getting laws changed is tremendously effective at building respect and momentum in the community. Building opposition toward the Democrats and Republicans who were involved in causing the financial collapse would be as powerful as any encampment because it undermines the political power base of the banksters.
Don't allow the winter to cool your passions for change.
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