tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post4317087040310686558..comments2024-03-05T21:04:43.133-05:00Comments on The Cahokian: Déjà Vu or, Better Late than Neverishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750800388443950585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post-90587017668178677892011-11-04T21:34:21.228-04:002011-11-04T21:34:21.228-04:00I haven't been been over to the encampment lat...I haven't been been over to the encampment lately but it sure didn't reek when I was there.<br /><br />I also heard they've finally been allowed to have portapotties a couple blocks away...it's actually criminal how difficult it can be to find a place to answer nature's call out and about in NYC in general.<br /><br />The Lenin pamphlet I quoted here is very polemical and difficult to read as a whole without understanding its context, but it was really interesting to go through it hunting for relevance. His larger point was actually that when the state that benefits capitalism is unable to provide for the majority of people, part of the process of revolution is building parallel institutions that provide what the government of the rich is unwilling to. On a very small scale I think OWS is showing how that begins to happen.ishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750800388443950585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31981949.post-81043631372533637382011-11-04T20:08:38.899-04:002011-11-04T20:08:38.899-04:00Just read that OWS protesters got their own pottie...Just read that OWS protesters got their own potties. I guess it was no small feat since the mayor turned down a request for potties in the park.<br /><br />You know you can complain about the drums, the trash and yes, urine and feces - but you know what? when a problem arises the OWS group tries to find a solution to the problem. They should get brownie points for that.<br /><br />Congress is still unable to come up with solutions to anything it seems.<br /><br />OWS wants action - Congress just wants inaction.Anna Guess Pickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312345846201371477noreply@blogger.com