Occupy Wallstreet
Written shortly after attending the events described below.
On September 17th 2011 it became apparent that something had changed in the United States. On that date, about 1,000 people arrived at the Bowling Green in lower Manhattan under the slogan “Occupy Wall Street.” The call had been put out months before by Adbusters magazine, and had called forth an action that defied the logic of the typical permitted, pre-contained march. In the park one could hear an open economics forum featuring speakers advocating the reinstatement of Glass-Steagall, denouncing the second law of thermodynamics as a fabrication of British Imperialism, calling for the global forgiveness of all debts, among other things. Alongside the forum one could hear calls to shut down the Stock Exchange, to abolish debt-money and so on. Here debates were reopened that had been shut down for a century at least. A depoliticized society began to stir…
Well burrowed, old mole! 