Frederick Douglass

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them..." Frederick Douglass

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

OccupySeattle Update, 12 Oct

The student walkout has breathed new energy into the O-Seattle movement. At the GA tonight, despite the best efforts of our "supporter" Mayor McSolidarity and the "liberal" Seattle blogosphere, an overwhelming majority voted to remain at Westlake Center.

I must confess that from the beginning I was pretty pessimistic about O-Seattle, and I still have concerns and doubts, but the movement has survived and is at this moment stronger than ever.

The acid test comes tonight. In defying the order to vacate Westlake, the city will no doubt move to evict. Arrests are inevitable. Can the O-Seattle movement be thwarted by mass detention? We shall see, and soon.