War Times analyzes Occupy Movement
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Occupy has changed thecountry. People are fighting back. And the developments arehappening faster than anyone could have guessed even a few months ago. TheOccupy movement has gone from a few dozen in Zuccotti park in New York tothousands of participants in hundreds of cities. Across the countryoccupations have become pitched battles between the people’s movement andmunicipal police forces.
The speed with which this unfolded, the degree of brutality leveledagainst the occupiers, and the resilience of the Occupy movement are allremarkable. In times like this the movement outstrips the bestexpectations of organizers and organizations. And while thesedevelopments defy simple explanation, their impact is