Effective Political Action
Warning: This is a rant.
The one-year anniversary of the Occupy movement recently passed. I think about Occupy quite a bit because it was really a discussion and demonstration about the factors of political efficacy. There are still, remarkably, a lot of people who claim that they don't know what the Occupy protests were about - if anything. These folks, disingenuously I presume, ask "What was their message anyway?"
For me, the message of the Occupy protests was loud and clear:
The wealthiest 1% of our society use their wealth to buy political power then use that power to perpetuate and expand their wealth and to pursue their narrow self-interests.
How did anyone fail to hear that message? I suppose it is possible that the message didn't get out very clearly
The one-year anniversary of the Occupy movement recently passed. I think about Occupy quite a bit because it was really a discussion and demonstration about the factors of political efficacy. There are still, remarkably, a lot of people who claim that they don't know what the Occupy protests were about - if anything. These folks, disingenuously I presume, ask "What was their message anyway?"
For me, the message of the Occupy protests was loud and clear:
The wealthiest 1% of our society use their wealth to buy political power then use that power to perpetuate and expand their wealth and to pursue their narrow self-interests.
How did anyone fail to hear that message? I suppose it is possible that the message didn't get out very clearly
Friday Open Thread
Well, guess who likes unions? Governor Scott Walker in Wisconsin who made it his goal to destroy the teachers union in Wisconsin. Priorities, kids. When it's something like, well, football, he's all for unions but when it's students and decent education, well, we can bring in the farm team.
Tomorrow is a national Free Admission Day at some museums sponsored by the Smithsonian. Check their website for ones in our region.
Reminder of Saturday events for SPS:
Tomorrow is a national Free Admission Day at some museums sponsored by the Smithsonian. Check their website for ones in our region.
Reminder of Saturday events for SPS:
- Community Meeting with Director DeBell from 9-11 a.m. at Cafe Appassionato at 4001 21st Ave W.
- Community Meeting with Director Smith-Blum from 10-11:30 am at the Capitol Hill Library, 425 Harvard Ave. E.
- See It. Be It. event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Seattle Center, NW Rooms.