Again, i am not sure which

Again, i am not sure which thread to post this, since i went for the Chomsky one last occasion, i’ll post here on this occasion.http://www.alternet.org/occupywallst/155116/noam_chomsky_on_america%27s_declining_empire%2C_occupy_and_the_arab_spring/?page=entire “Occupy came along at a time which was ripe, and the strategy I thought was brilliant. If I had been asked I wouldn’t have advised it. I never thought it was going to work. Fortunately I was wrong. It worked very well.” answers Chomsky Earlier he explained “I think there’s just been a steady buildup of concern, anger and frustration. You can see it in polls. Hatred of institutions and distrust is all over the country, and it’s been rising for a long time.”  This could have been and actually was tapped into by more than just the left. The Tea Party and the  Right did so but i think they quickly lost credibility because of that ideological identification with Republicans. (Ron Paul libertarian supporters were i think the only non-left to overlap and interact with the Occupy movement and with a measure of success)  Chomsky says “The Occupy movement managed to capture the mood and crystalize it. That’s the way popular movements take off…Things happen that draw in others and all of a sudden you get a popular movement. Same thing happened in the anti-war movement, the women’s movement, the environmental movement, or the global justice movement.” In the interview, he gives no inkling to how these “things” really develop, and much of the debate here is to try and understand this rise of consciousness. But he does refer to the tactical approach that proved fruitful to its growth. But one means should never ever become a template for every possible future situation or circumstance. I think over history we have witnessed new, innovative methods of struggle being employed by workers, but they sometimes create adherents who make them into a matter of principled model rather ad hoc impromptu adaptations often of older forms of resistance, and these improved methods are eventually discarded when the conditions change. I look forward to reading Chomsky’s book and hearing others views upon it.