Forum Post: The Road Map to Victory
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 6, 2011, 5:05 a.m. EST by MikeyD
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from Alameda, CA
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ADBUSTERS TACTICAL BRIEFING
http://www.adbusters.org/blogs/adbusters-blog/future-occupy.html
The initial phase of the #OCCUPY movement was marked by several weeks of viral growth that peaked on October 15 with a global day of action. In the next phase, there will be a turn towards addressing the deep philosophical and strategic questions of how to escalate this democracy moment into a revolutionary people's movement. Across the nation there are clear signs that the #OCCUPY movement is simultaneously maturing and growing more militant.
Of the many questions swirling around #OCCUPY, the most challenging is how to gel into a global movement without sacrificing the decentralized, leaderless model. There is a widespread acknowledgment that there are challenges that can only be dealt with on a global scale, such as a climate change accord and overturning international casino capitalism, and that we must therefore forge a globally united people's movement. However, there is also a growing recognition that the general assembly model that has worked beautifully thus far may be fundamentally limited on a structural level.
A breakthrough came on Friday from the New York City General Assembly where the structure working group has proposed, and the general assembly has accepted, the adoption of a modified spokes council model that will work in conjunction with the general assembly. This lays the foundation for a regional, national and potentially international spokes council, something that both #OCCUPYPHILLY and The 99 Percent Declaration have been pushing for. We are beginning to see how the #OCCUPY movement will elevate itself into an international force.
Meanwhile, the power center of the movement is shifting away from the East Coast towards the West. On Wednesday, #OCCUPYOAKLAND is organizing a General Strike that is already finding support within the local community. Solidarity actions are planned in occupations nationwide. Within the movement, there is a sense that this may be a turning point as militant tactics come to the fore and direct confrontation with the structures of the corporate-state becomes the norm.
Other sparks on the horizon include the November 5 Transition Day/Bank Transfer Day, the November 25 Buy Nothing Day kick off to #OCCUPYXMAS and the December 10 Global Day of Action which was proposed this week by the international network behind the blast on October 15.
Hang in there!
for the wild, Culture Jammers HQ
Yeah, a nice event in Oakland. Loved the fires.
And also love the pipedream stuff about Bank Transfer Day. Hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars involved. The banks are on their knees.
And I cannot wait for 11/25 Buy Nothing Day. Like the average OWS blue tarp drum circle type was going to be out there picking up three 52" TV's that day but not now! Hahaha!
This is why I keep coming back here. Good, cheap entertainment.
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Sign me up for that!
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ps, not taking advice from canadians. if i wanted foreign influence in my elections, i wouldn't be on here, none of us would.
Richard:
You are turning myopia into a social disease.
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why all the support for Canadians tell us what to do? answer that. everybody know adbustrs and who started it. are we playing dumb or just pretending it doesn't matter. don't act like my thoughts on this are novel. in an hour you will have a harder time singling me out about this and you know it.
Its not that I support any particular person from somewhere or anywhere.
I OPPOSE your divisive myopia. If you had reasonable and rational criticisms of the person you attack I could and would respect that. But all you offer is nationalistic divisiveness and narrow minded attack crap.
You are a waste of pixels.
A waste of pixels. That's good. Check. Added to my repertoire.
I oppose your need to deflect the issue presented and the question asked by sticking your nose in the air.
You probably do not take advice from anyone. If you reject advice because of nationalism, it may happen that the road that starts with nationalism ends in nazionalism.
i take advice from people i can see are clearly smarter than me. you nor the OP qualify.
Also from smarter foreigners?
yes, even from smart foreigner. i just don't agree with foreigners being tied to the management of a US movement. but i am a fan of many people outside the us. MANY. advocating violence and making extreme statements like "nationalism ends in nazionalism" is not going to make the list. if you have a debatable position sprinkled with facts, you've got yourself an audience.
You are right. But just the same, Wall Street has caused millions of family tragedies outside the US. You do not live in an isolated country, but in a planet, which is now so interconnected that everything is global. Yes, you are right nobody likes foreigners imposing their will on one's country. But the problem is we do not own our countries, Wall Street owns everything. And I did not say or tried to say nationalism MUST end in nazionalism, it depends on how you understand it. There is a right patriotism and a wrong patriotism. I think in the end we agree, if we have the patience to explain things properly.
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lol. yes you are.
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You are on a Canadian website owned by AdBusters.
ok. and i buy products made in china. that doesn't give either of them a say in US politics :)
Sure. I agree. However, I was responding to your statement - "If I wanted foreign influence in my elections, I wouldn't be on here, none of us would." By coming to this Canadian website and engaging in discussions with Canadians your thought is being influenced whether you like it or not. Every time a Canadian talks or otherwise discusses politics with an American, a Canadian influence is sewn in American politics.
ok. don't confuse patriotism with ant-globalism. look at it from that view. i am all for bringing the world together, this must happen for total equality. but if borders are disregarded, the world will lose diversity and all culture with it.
Borders have already been disregarded and cultural diversity has already been lost. Americans pushed their culture in almost every country of the world. You can by a Coca-Cola on the most deserted islands of Indonesia. Globalization started a while back.
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that i simply contradictory. you cannot have a power structure, and be decentralized. this is yet another attempt the the NYCGA to keep their greedy little hands in everybodys biz. oakland is doing fine, everybody is doing fine without the NYCGAs approval. lets keep it that way.
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