Trying to Make Sense of Occupy Wall Street 2/2

Regular Meetings for Occupy Austin are on their calendar

In Part 1, I analyzed the social and economic challenges that are making it hard for the American middle class to find good work, and pay for things like gas and health insurance.  Again, since the economy is making it hard for so many of us to stay in the middle class, we’re suddenly waking [...]

Trying to Make Sense of Occupy Wall Street – Part 1/2

College grads fill the ranks of Occupy Wall Street as well

My previous post about what I see as broken with the Occupy Wall Street movement was the result of several conversations, both on twitter, and in-person.  As a result of that post, I’ve been able to discuss the movement with a diverse group of opinions, not only in the comments , but also on Facebook and Twitter, [...]

What’s Broken at Occupy Wall Street

The Voice of a Generation

I think that Occupy Wall Street has been losing steam over the past few weeks.  I’m starting to see fewer articles and less media attention directed towards the various activist communities who call themselves the 99%, many of whom are part of Generation Y. While I have very strong reservations about being associated with the movement, [...]