Seven characteristics of the revolution (OWS)

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From an open letter to OWS protestors from Daniel Quinn, where he draws parallels between OWS and the needed revolution he has written about.

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1. It won't take place all at once. It's not going to be any sort of coup d'état like the French or Russian revolutions. Certainly the Occupy movement is not expected to reach its goal without a long, uphill battle.


2. It will be achieved incrementally, by people working off each other's ideas. The first idea of this movement was the idea of gaining attention by the act of occupation, which spread outward from New York.


3. It will be led by no one. The Occupy movement needs no shepherd, no organizer, no spearhead, no pacesetter, no mastermind at the top; it will be too much for anyone to lead.


4. It will not be the initiative of any political, governmental, or religious body. Anarchists and communists will doubtless want to claim to be its supporters and protectors, but the sparse, nonaligned language of the movement doesn't seem to me to support a claim that these groups initiated the movement.

... more: www.ishmael.org/ows.cfm

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