Occupy the Future (Noam Chomsky|The Nation)

[OneGrassRoot]

Delivering a Howard Zinn lecture is a bittersweet experience for me. I regret that he’s not here to take part in and invigorate a movement that would have been the dream of his life. Indeed, he laid a lot of the groundwork for it.

If the bonds and associations being established in these remarkable events can be sustained through a long, hard period ahead – victories don’t come quickly – the Occupy protests could mark a significant moment in American history.

I’ve never seen anything quite like the Occupy movement in scale and character, here and worldwide. The Occupy outposts are trying to create cooperative communities that just might be the basis for the kinds of lasting organizations necessary to overcome the barriers ahead and the backlash that’s already coming.

That the Occupy movement is unprecedented seems appropriate because this is an unprecedented era, not just at this moment but since the 1970s.


FULL ARTICLE: http://www.nationofchange.org/occupy-future-1320246767

[marmar]

1. k/r

nt

[Shireling]

2. Thank you Noam Chomsky

People are waking up thanks to you and yours.

[OneGrassRoot]

3. Kicking for Norm and OWS! :) n/t

[proverbialwisdom]

4. K&R

[Uncle Joe]

5. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, OneGrassRoot.:thumbsup: