Occupy Underground

And many of them are old lefties who feel that the movement needs to be steered back in the direction of their preexisting efforts. I've met some of these people before occupy and many of them really are organization junkies who insist on control of any effort they participate in... to the point where some of them start up competing GAs and little private groups in order to avoid a properly accountable spokescouncil setting. One can't have a representative spokescouncil without participatory, open and welcoming committees / neighborhood occupy councils or community GAs. I tried to get involved in one committee where, after a couple meetings, I asked what I could do to get more involved and was stiff-armed by the unannounced "leaders" of the committee, who told me that if I wanted to have a say in a subcommittee, I should "come to every GA and get known". When I told this to a general organizer (one of the truly committed, quiet-leadership types) he groaned and said that isn't how it's supposed to be in those subcommittees... But the people running the committee in question were old school labor lefties and probably answer coalition.