"Occupy Wall Street had the potential 10 years ago to take activism to the next level. Instead, it may have crippled it forever" by Helen Buyniski
Occupy Wall Street had the potential 10 years ago to take activism to the next level. Instead, it may have crippled it forever Helen Buyniski is an American journalist and political commentator at RT. Follow her on Twitter @velocirapture23 and on Telegram 17 Sep, 2021 11:36 Get short URL © Reuters / Lucas Jackson Occupy Wall Street was, for many activists, the point at which the masses came closest to shaking the foundations of power. But it also sowed seeds that have derailed subsequent movements, leaving the 1% more ensconced than ever. When activists began setting up tents in lower Manhattan 10 years ago, inspired in part by the Arab Spring and in part by the sheer rapacious greed of banks that had gambled with Americans’ money, lost it, and demanded to be made whole, the narrative managers fell into two camps. There were those who cast it as a fly-by-night stunt by hippies who just needed a bath and those who – perhaps hoping to co-opt it