Beyond The Occupation: Why the Clearing of Zuccotti Park Doesn’t Matter

Richard Schiffman @ Common Dreams - It happened, as we guessed it would, at midnight when the TV crews had gone home and the weary activists would put up the least resistance. In retrospect, it seems inevitable. Even before the eviction last night, it was getting cold, folks were falling sick, squabbling, over turf, stuff was being stolen, nerves were fraying. The mood in the Wall Street camp was coming to seem less like Eden before the fall and more like the trenches of the Somme.

That was the bad news. The good news is that the Occupy Wall Street is not going anywhere. It is here to stay.  Read more.