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

Sunday, November 20, 2011

OccupySeattle Update, Nov. 20

The pepper-spraying of octogenarian Dorli Rainey went global and caused a good deal of embarrassment for capital. The mayor was forced to issue a humiliating public apology in order to save what's left of his two faces.

But a counterattack is underway. The media wardogs have launched a new defamation campaign with KOMO leading the way. Watch video here.

Dinh says most of the students she spoke to were not happy about OS being at SCCC. She had to search long and hard as just about every student I've spoken to has been very supportive. The student union has endorsed OS.

The final push to crush OS is beginning. Winter is coming, last night the GA was so small due to the cold that we dispensed with the people's mic. As the temperature continues to drop, the campaign to oust OS will intensify. The chances are good that the movement won't survive the season, at least not here in Seattle, but by the same token the one percent know that if it does they will have a full scale crisis on their hands.