Is there a website for the Philadelphia campaign on school closures, cuts,
privatization, lack of democracy? Etc.?
Agree about your point re. Occupy, which although short-lived, did raise
media profile of opposition narrative.
Marilyn
On 18/10/13 03:21, "Aaron Kreider" <aaron@???> wrote:
> 1. I'm not sure that is valuable focussing so much attention on the
> Occupy Movement.
>
> 2. Interview activists. Many of them will have been in the short-lived
> Occupy Movement.
>
> In Philadelphia, the occupy movement is mostly dead (though the
> language/messaging isn't) - well other than the weekly email that goes
> out about upcoming non-occupy/general activist events. So why beat a
> dead horse? But we've still got a very vibrant collection of movements
> happening. Some new ones that were spawned by the Occupy Movement, but
> frankly 90% of them pre-date it.
>
> If I were doing research I might look into some newer movements, like
> the Public Bank movement (Philadelphia is trying to get one). Or in
> Philadelphia the major campaign is for the public schools (school
> closures, massive state funding cuts, a strong coalition against the
> cuts, privization, lack of democracy, etc).
>
> Aaron
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