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In reply to the discussion: Let's Not Forget OWS... [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)on OWS other than the over 100,000 who shut down the Oakland ports on such short notice, or the tens of thousands currently mobilized all over the disaster areas affected by the hurricane. Or the over 100,000 who were on the streets in NYC with just a day or two notice to protest the brutality of the police.
Or the millions worldwide who coordinated protests last November when in some cities alone, there were hundreds of thousands of them in the streets, all over the world.
And since they are active every day and have been since over one year ago, some taking breaks, others filling in, others working from home coordinating and organizing the hundreds of activities they are engaged in every week, I would say their numbers are in the millions worldwide and growing. They are working on the Courts, on Foreclosures, on the Homeless, on Student Loans, on setting up Credit Unions.
There is no comparison to the anti-war movement which all but disappeared after Democrats won in 2008 sadly. Many of them have joined OWS. There are members of the military, unions, teachers, students, all still very active in this movement. GAs do not represent the numbers of people involved. Eg, I can read what is going at a GA in any city without being there and many people do that.
Once a day of protest ended, the anti-War protesters went home. That was it. OWS is a 24/7 movement, always busy, always active somewhere. So there are no head counts available, but they raised thousands of dollars from their supporters on the first day of the storm with little effort at all because of their communication with members making it possible to mobilize at short notice now.