Monday, December 12, 2011

Occupy Wall Street and the Rediscovery of Politics

“In taking to the streets with their peculiar brand of leadership and organization, the Occupy Wall Street movement taps into a deep American tradition of outdoor politics: for much of American history, the motor of progressive political change was the assembly of the people out-of-doors, coming together to debate and organize beyond the prescribed avenues of official political reform.”

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The practice of Occupation offers radical answers to three basic political questions:

1. Who are the legitimate political leaders?

2. How do they govern themselves?

3. Where do they govern?

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