Coercive Attrition and the Occupy Movement: Oakland’s Dirty War
Submitted on January 9, 2012
By GEORGE CICCARIELLO-MAHER - January 09, 2012
Recent weeks have seen the Occupy Movement confronted with a war of attrition nationwide: as cold weather sets in, many cities have opted to wait out the movement, allowing excitement to fade and the movement to devour itself in the petty squabbles of disempowerment...But it is in Oakland more than anywhere else that friendly weather and sustained militancy have given rise to a different approach, one similarly premised on chipping away at the movement through attrition and fatigue but doing so in a far more repressive manner.
