'Open the door and go inside:' Voices of #Occupy (part 2) | Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust
If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: Infinite. --William Blake
Mar 31, 2012 -- For much of my radical life, I could've accurately characterized the activist scene as a series of separate rooms for separate causes -- with doors often locked.
Until Occupy Wall Street (OWS), that is.
Today -- under the 99% umbrella -- a massive coalition is coalescing and this has created previously unimagined opportunities for militant mingling.
Case in point: On March 24, I was at the Union Square OWS camp in solidarity with the protest against police brutality. As usual, I had my camera in hand -- taking advantage of the inexhaustible photo ops -- when I saw a smiling woman who happened to be in a wheelchair, carrying a sign that read:
The Revolution Is Wheelchair Accessible.
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