Since the coordinated nationwide crackdown and evictions by mayors on Occupations last week,  many in the OWS movement have been asking this important question.-Where should this movement and local groups focus their time and energy to be most effective now?  

 Based on what I have read so far from various articles, there seems to be a shift from focusing on occupations to:
 
Primary- Focus on reaching "critical mass" as soon as possible. The logic is that until we have lots more folks involved across  the country, we will not be very effective at making major changes in legislation. .
 
Secondary- Focus on issues that are most important - possibly repealing Citizen's United case.
I agree with this approach but I would like to hear ideas from others.
 Bob




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I think this belongs in our "Occupy 2.0" conversation, Bob.  I will repost it to our most recent Forum discussion for that ongoing inquiry.

Cheers,

Ben Roberts

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