Battle for the Soul of Occupy
“Boots. Check. Gas mask. Yup. Black pants. Got it. Water bottle and Bandana. Tent. okay. People’s Library. Sounds good. Solidarity.”
“Will that be all?”
“Oh yes, and one revolution please.”
“And how will you be paying for that? Cash or credit?”
“Credit.”
As occupiers across the world prepare for a May uprising, The Nation magazine has some advice for what the movement should do next. “Show your support today for Occupy Wall Street’s Move Your Money Relay by applying for The Nation Magazine Platinum Visa® Rewards Card!” writes Associate Publisher Peggy Randall. We hear some 99% Spring occupiers are even rushing out now to get their Nation credit card in time for the May Day General Strike.
With this kind of boost, we’re sure to succeed.
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Anonymous
"See? You OWS morons literally and actually wrote their copy for them. Why not stop being tools, stop pretending to be homeless, and stop pretending like anything you do is making a difference (outside of creating a meme that can now be exploited for profit)? Stupid is as stupid does. But, it's even stupider to keep doing something *after* you've been shown that it's stupid..."
Wow. Thanks for posting the whole letter, the ad buster's short version is highly misleading. I think you're right they've created the lingo etc and are pissed to high heaven if anyone else uses it as if it belongs to them, all the while pretending to be the 99% when they have yet to reach out to the 99%. So if The Nation or the 99% Spring uses OWS lingo for their own benefit then fine because OWS failed to do the same.
Anonymous
Yeah, thanks for posting the whole letter. Makes a bit more sense (and says something very different) when not deprived of context. The ad buster's short version is more than a little misleading. No surprise there. It's hard to create fiery rhetoric when constrained by the facts. You're Not Helping.
Anonymous
Coincidentally, a former Special Advisor to former neo-conservative NYC Mayor Koch and former member of Billionaire NYC Mayor Bloomberg's transition committee, David Jones, is currently the Chairman of the Board of The Nation magazine's Nation Institute foundation grant-hustling division,
Anonymous
Good research!
Anonymous
Seems like a very odd thing for The Nation to do if this is "real". Why would they want to partner with the banks and credit card industry? How the mighty have fallen...
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