Reflections for the U.S. Occupy Movement from Spain
Submitted on October 19, 2011
By PETER GELDERLOOS - October 14-16, 2011
It seems that in many cities in the US, the occupy movement is marked by a certain chauvinism that at most takes some inspiration from struggles in other parts of the world, without taking any critical lessons. The idea of “taking back America” is a tried and true strategy for self-defeat: creating a fictive community that in reality includes conflicting interests and conflicting desires and will inevitably be directed by its most powerful elements.
