Submitted by Matthew on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 22:45
Initially when the Occupy Wall Street protests launched on September 17, 2011 I must admit that was not paying attention to the media. I recall hearing about the initial announcement for the protests, posted on July, 26 1022 by Adbusters.org, entitled "Is America Ripe for A Tahrir Moment" as I had been following the events of the Arab Spring. At the time of the initial protests I more or less followed the dominant story of mass media regarding Occupy Wall Street. The ecochaber of political commentary repeated the mantra of the protestor's general incoherence and confusion over their 'demands'. However, contrary to mass media line, the editors at Adbusters clearly proposed a reason and even a singular demand of the action:
It was our one simple demand that Barack Obama must ordain a Presidential Commission tasked with ending the influence that corporate money has over our representatives in Washington. Our one simple demand is: STOP THE MONIED CORRUPTION AT THE HEART OF OUR DEMOCRACY!
