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Leopolds Ghost

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13. Occupy's generally believe anyone should be able to go off and do their own thing, but that

Sun Feb 26, 2012, 10:14 AM

Feb 2012

If said thing is not in keeping with the principles of Occupy
(in the opinion of any given Occupy), then they should not
claim to be affiliated with Occupy.

Moreover, if they want to be affiliated with Occupy but do not
wish to use the GA process or be connected to an existing GA,
then most local Occupy's will ask that they specify that they
are a separate group, preferably one which is in support of
Occupy (assuming that Occupy is also in support of them.)

This is to prevent co-optation. Otherwise, someone could start a KKK
chapter and call it "Occupy The South" or start a chapter devoted to
centrist political issues with no real support for Occupy ideals and
call it "Occupy {suburban} County" and refuse to communicate
with other existing Occupy's because they only want to focus
on issues affecting "their" voters... or something.

Does that help?

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"Occupy SEC" Heads up LEO! Is this group "for Real" or Not? [View all] KoKo Feb 2012 OP

Help me out here. Is there a central Occupy Group that "clears" actions of all Occupy's? rhett o rick Feb 2012 #1

No, not that I know of, but actions taken using OWS's name are generally discussed sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #2

On Democracy Now...she said she hadn't been cleared by OWS..GA. KoKo Feb 2012 #3

Thanks, Koko, I appreciate your posting it. I don't see why she can't just be another group sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #8

You say "at the GA", but dont each Occupy group have their own GA? rhett o rick Feb 2012 #5

Each GA speaks for themselves. But every Occupy group that I follow abides by similar principles... Luminous Animal Feb 2012 #6

Thanks. nm rhett o rick Feb 2012 #10

Yes, they do and it sounds like she is being honest about what she is doing. Eg, there sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #7

Thanks. nm rhett o rick Feb 2012 #9

Occupy's generally believe anyone should be able to go off and do their own thing, but that Leopolds Ghost Feb 2012 #13

Thank you. That's what I thought but the OP threw me off rhett o rick Feb 2012 #22

In keeping with OWS structure, Occupy SEC can be its own organization with its own GA... Luminous Animal Feb 2012 #4

In Occupy-land, there are lots of things that may not be GA-sanctioned official Occupy events... backscatter712 Feb 2012 #11

Thanks for posting this, KoKo! I'll check it out over there as well Leopolds Ghost Feb 2012 #12

Thanks Leo and others for your replies on this. KoKo Feb 2012 #14

They're mainstream party-left Dems and professional leftists with good jobs Leopolds Ghost Feb 2012 #18

Referring to a suburban neighborhood assembly in my previous post, that is Leopolds Ghost Feb 2012 #20

We are an OWS Working Group within the NYC GA alexisgo Feb 2012 #15

Alexis, I appreciate your reply here and your links helping to clarify OWS/SEC connection KoKo Feb 2012 #16

Welcome to DU, Alexis and thank you for your comment. sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #17

GA consensus on the letter alexisgo Feb 2012 #24

That makes perfect sense, thank you again for your response. sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #26

This is an unrelated question. But you linked to the Occupied Wall Street Journal sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #19

OWSJ alexisgo Feb 2012 #27

Thank you. Good to know it can be read online. I loved the original copies that people sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #28

Alexis, thanks so much and welcome! That's what I figured but I didn't know enough about it to judge Leopolds Ghost Feb 2012 #21

Hi Alexis! Thanks for coming here to address this! Luminous Animal Feb 2012 #23

I think its wonderful that Alexis came here to reply to our concerns! KoKo Feb 2012 #25