Sunday, October 23, 2011

The Organizers vs. the Organized in Zuccotti Park

Nobody should be surprised by this. This is what always happens to this type of leaderless "movement." Everything is all fine and dandy in the piranha pond until all that is left is piranhas. Then they start eating themselves. The Organizers vs. the Organized in Zuccotti Park
All occupiers are equal — but some occupiers are more equal than others. In wind-whipped Zuccotti Park, new divisions and hierarchies are threatening to upend Occupy Wall Street and its leaderless collective. As the protest has grown, some of the occupiers have spontaneously taken charge on projects large and small. But many of the people in Zuccotti Park aren't taking direction well, leading to a tense Thursday of political disagreements, the occasional shouting match, and at least one fistfight...Read More

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