This is a bit incendiary for my taste. But lots of great images, and there does need to be a total transformation in values from the bottom up. And we will see that it comes to pass. The key tactic is occupation. The word “occupy” etymologically, stems from the Latin, L occupare: “take over, seize, possess, occupy.” First we must seize our own bodies (from the military industrial pharmaceutical medical educational complex). Then, having seized our bodies, we take up space, more and more space from the rampant privatization that has left us all foundering, whether or not we know it. By this means we begin to recreate the commons that has been lost to us since medieval times.
If we can remain both stalwart and nonviolent, no matter what, then I do feel that, at some point, one by one, those in the 1% will realize that they are not only outnumbered, they are lonely.
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Great commentary. It would be lovely if love became fashionable.
Hello, Ann. Just found your blog. I’m heading to New York in full garb with a Buddhist priest and a Congregational minister to offer our services at the protest. Amazing times we live in!
Katharine,
from Crones Counsel and sanctuarywithoutwalls.org
Good. That means I just found you and your blog, too! Can’t wait for your missives from NY.
Blessings!
Ann
Any suggestion violence is required in the OWS (as coming from LA this morning) is a bogus shadow-side, false-flag issue not reflective of the love movement behind OWS. OWS would rather fail and reassert itself in the next energy wave of love that will emerge, than see even one broken bone. If you see violence in the OWS cause you are seeing the fear of the corporatism-establishment and it’s dark side only. The call to the corporate elite 1%-er’s from OWS is: join us in peace and love and together we will find workable paths through the messy, entanglement called liberty, freedom and democracy. Prosperity is a cooperative venture. Love is the glue that enables us to listen.
Rich Buckley, Pres
Peace And Conflict Resolution . Org