An Agenda for the Occupiers?

One of the gripes, cautions, criticisms of the emergence of a movement of Occupiers is the lack of a coherent agenda.  (I’ve also made these points.)

But take a look at We are the 99 percent

http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/

and see if you don’t think there’s a common agenda underneath the stories.

People report on unemployment and underemployment, student and housing debt, health care and insurance woes, and a general frustration with their perceived lack of political influence.

 

At this moment, there are 49 web pages of photos and personal stories.

About David S. Meyer

Author and professor of Sociology and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine
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