"The classic method of the powerful to distract the masses is to get them to fight amongst themselves. The easiest one is via racism, and the other is class warfare pitting the Middle Class vs. Lower Class. America’s long struggle with racism needs no extra lesson here, but one can see the tensions within OWS, and it is guaranteed that the Koch Brothers of the world, the Rupert Murdochs, with all their corporate and media power, will find every crack to expand.
The powerful have often inserted rabble rousers in the midst of the protest class, to pose as one, and to stir up internal strife. This was done in the early Labor movement and overwhelmingly in the Civil Rights era. Many a Native American activist has remarked about how there were times that the undercover agents outnumbered the activists. They have been known to be the one who turned a peaceful protest violent, or manipulated factions against each other. Will the current Occupiers be on guard for this?
Before continuing, let me add a disclaimer: I don’t speak on behalf of any ethnic or political group, nor organization, nor ideology. I’m just one independent thinker.
I’ve seen various reports of racial tensions on the front lines of these actions and in the planning committees. I read and hear about them with the expectations that the opposition will exploit them, and may have had a hand in manufacturing them. It is worth noting that a true Popular Movement, one widespread enough to change a culture, thereby enacting political and economic change, will not have a corporate vertical structure. Those who see the Occupy actions as opportunities to craft a single agreed upon message will doom the actions. Those who are coming from Top-Down organizational structures, and wish to implement them more broadly, will suffocate the movement."
http://www.rifuture.org/two-ways-to-destroy-occupy-movement.html
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