Thursday, December 1, 2011

DC Occupy Gets It

From the Washington Examiner: Occupy DC protesters are becoming increasingly distrustful of labor unions and advocacy groups like MoveOn.org, who, they say, are trying to co-opt their movement to push political agendas of their own.
Labor unions, in particular, have been supportive of the Occupy movement nationwide. In the District, where there are two Occupy protest camps, unions have provided supplies and allowed protesters to use their facilities, including showers, since they arrived two months ago. But tensions have started to mount.
To emphasize its political independence, Occupy DC on Thursday marched on a Democratic fundraising dinner hosted by party leaders like Nancy Pelosi at which participants were paying $5,000 to $75,000 for a seat, and later blocked the entrance of the W Hotel where another Democratic fundraiser was being held. That followed a similar protest at a GOP event last month.
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/dc/2011/12/occupy-dc-wary-being-hijacked-unions-democratic-activists/1967056#ixzz1fLx2H9n8
Maybe the Las Vegas Occupy may learn something from the DC group, but I doubt it because they are just a bunch of liberals who really are aren't interested in the 99%. They just want to help Democrats get elected in 2012.

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