This Occupation Has Not Left

A few days ago, Cook County Associate Judge Thomas More Donnelly threw out charges stemming from the "Curfew Violations" last October when the Chicago Police Department was ordered (I heard the order come across the police radio as I was observing and recording) to "pull the plug" on the Occupation.

Meg at Occupy Chicago's One Year Anniversary.

It seems that Selective enforcement of a 43 year old law is indeed unconstitutional. I guess it is only constitutional if they oppress everyone equally all the time. Since I am not a lawyer, I do not know.

 

 

 

Activist Sign at the One Year Anniversary of Occupy Chicago.

 This, ruling, however, was a real gift to Occupy Chicago on its Anniversary. 
  

 

 

 

Message to the people from Occupy Chicago.

 

Last Sunday  was Occupy Chicago's one year anniversary. It is, as you can see for yourself, still here. Government repression has not quashed the Occupation, the Rebellion, the on going class struggle between the Oligarchy of the 1% and the decaying community of the 99%. 

@Allshiny @B_meson from Twitter and Occupy Chicago Celebrating One Year at LaSalle and Jackson.

We are still here. However, there is a question that hangs over the Occupy Chicago Community that is begging to be answered.

What exactly does Occupy, the Rebellion, the Revolution -- call it whatever you wish -- have to offer an aging, non-union, working class, white, male?

That is a question which needs to be answered.

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The Quest: Happy Birthday, Occupy Chicago

This week, starting with September 17, marks the one year anniversary of Occupy. The message of the struggle, hope, courage, and determination of the average U.S. Citizen as embodied and empowered by the Left, has been raised. The response has been a brutal relational from the authorities across the United States, and back door politicking by political bullies within, and without, the movement.

 

This video, featuring Man of La Mancha's The Quest sung by Peter O'Toole, shows the beginnings of Occupy Chicago, its growth, and its current collective.

Occupy lives on. More to come.

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This is Not Animal Farm

Occupy Chicago, LaSalle and Jackson, 2011

One of the reoccurring themes of the Occupy Movement is that a better world is possible. Another is building community. Yet, another is alternatives to capitalism. How is that going to happen? How is Occupy going to build a community which shows the wider audience how alternatives work?

The primary resource of Occupy is the pool of energetic and willing human beings. From this gathering people can use their knowledge to make and market a product which will guarantee cash flow to the individuals involved and to the movement. We know there is an abundance of artists within Occupy. The question is: is there an abundance of artisans within Occupy willing to share their skills on the promise of a little gain?

Can a group pool their resources to purchase enough raw materials to make one item which the general public will want? Is there one who can transport the raw material to a location to work on it? Is there a person who has a tool necessary to shape the material? Is there another with yet another tool needed? Is there another who has the tool to finish the material? Is there another who can negotiate a good deal with a consignment shop who will bring it to the market? Is there a person who has the place where the product will be assembled? Is there one who will take the finished good to the place where it is to be displayed and marketed? Will the product, once done, be of such high quality to shame the consumable garbage being foisted upon the general public, and bring others to the consignment shop looking for more? Is there a group who will engage in such micro economic ventures on a shared basis?

These questions are not asked to chide Occupy for failing to move in this direction. These questions are here to get Occupy thinking of how it can build a viable economy that will benefit the movement, and build community around a common goal that is not continual confrontation with authority.

Occupy Chicago, LaSalle and Jackson, May 20, 2011

While confrontation with authority in the world is necessary, that direct action does not add to the economic base of Occupy. Occupy as a whole needs to start building its own economic base in order to achieve its own ends of building a better world based on an alternative social modeling approach to humanity, and human industry.

If Occupy is not willing to actively, and aggressively work on building the economic underpinnings of a better world, then the rest of the 99% is going to have to pick it up. We cannot keep perpetuating the 1% model. It is simply not viable.