I am at once heartened and
I am at once heartened and disheartened by the Occupy Movements. Positives:It is raising at least some awareness about political issues and their direct effect on everyday life, for years this has been ignored by the masses. It is introducing discussion and quite radical ideas about no leaders, about the issue of money and a money-based system, etc.It is drawing attention to the vast inequalities of the system with the rich getting richer etc.It is peaceful on the whole and clearly set-out as non-violent. Negatives:It is to me VERY wooly in its thinking so far as I have read, with no clear goals and a wishy-washy message filtring through to the general public who are after all the real 99%.Whilst many worldwide movements have got into the heart of the business communities, in the UK we have muddled around the steps of St Paul’s instead which is hardly striking at the heart of the business hubs – I’d have thought Canary Wharf would’ve been better if LSX was inaccessable?I have my concerns that rather than a mass, ground-up movement it is in the UK just attracting the usual suspects who make up most demonstrations, almost professional protesters like Peter Tatchel and the like demanding the same kind of inept reforms they always come up with. But that’s just my take on it……….