(23) Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here? ...a proposal from Michael Moore. SACSIS.org.za » News » Economic Justice » Community-Driven Development Makes People More Important than Capital. Picture credit: Oxfam America The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) had as one of its core principles the idea of “people-driven development.”
This is all about the “social ownership of decision making,” which imagines new ways of development with and for poor communities. People-driven development is, however, contested with a myriad of meanings attached to it. In its most romantic version, people-driven development would see the return of street committees – used so effectively to organise against the apartheid government. In its most statist vision, the government – run by the ANC – would embody the will of the people, and focus on the rapid rollout of outputs to meet RDP targets. However, sitting in the background behind all of this were really powerful actors tweaking ambiguity into the RDP, especially around macroeconomic policy, so that later they could claim legitimacy for fiscal policy, which became increasingly technocratic.
The approach has two major weaknesses. Jack Abramoff: The lobbyist's playbook. Occupy the Next Level: Four Ideas for the Movement. One last thing, but maybe the most important on this point: much has been said of the overrepresentation of white people in the Occupy movement.
Hey, it’s true. Especially in a city like Oakland, it is weird, almost painful, to be at a general assembly with at least 80% white folks. But I also know that the general strike was much more diverse. Why? Its demands, framing, and tactics spoke to communities of color who have known about things like police brutality since long before there were tents downtown. Let’s keep it real: the original Occupy Wall Street call to action was put out by Adbusters , a small magazine by and for young, white, college-educated (or dropped-out) lefties. 10 Occupy Movement Websites You Have To Check Out. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, then the odds are pretty good that you’ve heard a little bit about the “Occupy” protests that started in New York City on Wall Street and then spread like wildfire across the country and across the globe.
Frankly, I had nearly given up hope for America, because I was convinced that Americans had finally become too fat, too lazy, and too content with the status quo to take a stand against the rampant corporate greed and corruption. Now that it has started, it has expanded like mad. Barely a month after the protests were sparked, the Internet has lit up with websites for each of the disparate movements. You’ve probably heard of them – Occupy Boston, Occupy Chicago, and Occupy Oakland are only a few. You’ve also got movements in other parts of the world, like Occupy Vancouver and Occupy London. HOME - WATCH THIS MOVIE! Earth. We are one. Awakening As One. We have said before that “the time has come”, and that “the revolution has begun”.
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