Occupy Wall Street and The Meanings of Success

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1. Thanks for posting this

Together with WilliamPitt's touching words (http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021362625), this is the best celebration writing I've seen so far.

What I hear about neighborhood assemblies fills we with joy and I'm grateful for activists taking a moment from other activities to shed more light what is happening under the radar. The emphasis on neighborhood assemblies - in Greece, US, Spain and elsewhere reminds me of an anarchist report of their involvement in the original indignados camp. They argued strongly and obstructed as much as they could the movement becoming more structured, and the final assessment was that the time was not wasted but it was exhausting and they could have probably used their time better helping neighborhood assemblies to organize. Only one viewpoint, but gives me now the thought that the clampdown of the Occupy camps was a lucky strike that made the movement stronger, by dispersing it in neighborhoods, workplaces etc., instead of becoming internally more divided and exhausted in the camps.

Also good to hear about the current level of "unsuccesfull" in Athens, my old hometown. Bit impatient lot them Athenians, as always...