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From Occupying To Liberating

By Larry Pinkney Editorial Board

The �Occupy Movement,� which has swept this nation and indeed the planet, poses a serious threat to the self-preservation of the corporate-owned, blood sucking, political pimps of the Democratic and Republican parties, precisely because it has enhanced the consciousness of everyday people. Ordinary everyday people, despite being deluged by a daily diet consisting of diversions…

February 9, 2012 2 min read Free to read

The �Occupy Movement,� which has swept this nation and indeed the planet, poses a serious threat to the self-preservation of the corporate-owned, blood sucking, political pimps of the Democratic and Republican parties, precisely because it has enhanced the consciousness of everyday people. Ordinary everyday people, despite being deluged by a daily diet consisting of diversions and distortions by the corporate media, are steadily beginning to awaken to the fact that the Democratic and Republican parties are in essence mutual admiration and support entities whose very existence depends upon keeping people artificially divided, perpetually manipulated, and constantly controlled. The foxes of the party of so-called �Democrats� are busily about the business of attempting to co-opt (and thereby neutralize) the Occupy Movement, even as the Republican party wolves blatantly call for the absolute crushing of this people�s movement. Either way, the end result would be exactly the same, i.e. the destruction of the people�s Occupy Movement. This why the reaction by the U.S. government, and its various police departments nationwide, has been so unabashedly brutal. As Malcolm X [el-Hajj Malik el Shabazz] so correctly warned: �The wolf and fox are both enemies of humanity…Both have the same objective but differ only in methods.�

It has been correctly suggested by some that perhaps it is time to evolve from being merely an �Occupy Movement� to a Liberation Movement. The extremely important and fundamental step of occupying our own minds and consciousness has been reignited by the Occupy Movement. Now, let us move forward to liberate ourselves and each other collectively, each one teaching one – each one drawing links and making the connections as we actualize our desires for a better, more equal, and more just society and world. Educate to liberate!

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