Time to Rid the Streets of the "Occupy" Movement

By Alan Caruba

Is there any doubt left in the minds of observers of the Occupy Wall Street movement tends toward violence and is in need of control? The mayors of the cities—some seventy at last count—that are being occupied need to crack down on it.

Not all agree, of course. Among the list of the Occupy movement are the following organizations and individuals that have expressed support or sympathy:

Communist Party, USA
American Nazi Party
Revolutionary Communist Party
Industrial Workers of the World
International Bolshevik Tendency
International Socialist Organization
Marxist Student Union
Freedom Road Socialist Organization
Party for Socialism and Liberation
President Barack Obama
Vice President Joe Biden
Former House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi
The Revolutionary Guards of Iran
Communist Party of China
Louis Farrakhan, National of Islam
Black Panthers

There are others but they all have commonalities, not the least of which is a belief in Communism, they are representative of the American Far Left, and have an affinity for class and racial warfare.

There is nothing to recommend its supporters and considerable reason to take action against the movement that claims to be leaderless, but which has already been granted a tax-exempt status as it continues to collect a large bankroll.

As Lincoln pointed out, ‘The Constitution is not a suicide pact” and this nation fought a Civil War to ensure that the Union would remain intact. Thus, appeals to freedom of speech have their limits when it comes to efforts to undermine and destroy the nation. The free speech argument has been the initial fall-back position of some mayors, but it is rapidly wearing thin.

No doubt, Mayor Bloomberg of New York has been hoping that the dropping temperature as we advance toward winter will have the salutary affect of causing the occupiers of Zuccotti Park to leave. In a cash-strapped city, the millions in overtime and other costs do not justify his forbearance, but the Mayor is a liberal so his inaction is understandable. Mayors of other cities under siege have responded timidly for the most part.

As a student of history, I recall the hippie movement of the 1960s, the famed Haight-Ashbury refuge in San Francisco, and other places where a disaffected and unhappy youth gathered to “tune out” and listen to speeches about the Vietnam War and other grievances. In general, they did not engage in violence because their focus was on drugs and “free love.”

The Occupy movement is a different animal. The object of its anger is Wall Street, banks, capitalism, and the current economic distress. One group, OurTime.org, “a non-profit organization standing up for Americans under 30”, noted that the October jobs report “reveals that young Americans hold a 15.4% unemployment rate, which marks the eighth straight month that the 18-24 demographic…”

Their anger would be better directed against a federal government that is responsible for the 2008 collapse of the housing market and major banking, investment and insurance companies, many of which were bailed out by Congress using the funds of taxpayers, the real 99%.

The youth have cause to be unhappy, but they would be better informed if they understood how poorly they have been served by a debased national educational system and indebtedness brought about by universities that thrive off the student-loan system underwritten by the federal government. Their ignorance of this and so much more is both understandable and deplorable.

You don't solve unemployment by embracing tyranny.

Further back in history, one recalls the mobs that brought down the Weimar Republic in Germany and opened the doors to the Nazi movement. Earlier, mobs led by Bolsheviks deposed the Russian czar and imposed some seventy years of Communist control there. It is not surprising, therefore, that so many communist organizations and nations support the Occupy movement or that Wall Street is its target.

In time we shall learn who the organizers of this “spontaneous” movement truly have been, but for now public safety must be asserted to rid Zuccotti Park of this gang of “useful idiots” and wherever else they show up.

There no longer is any excuse to tolerate them and plenty of communist groups who will welcome them or, if the message of “change” put forth by Barack Obama is more closely examined, they can join the Democratic Party and continue its long history of destroying the nation’s economy.

© Alan Caruba, 2011

Tags: Democratic-Party, Wall-Street, capitalism, communism, liberalism, unemployment

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Comment by J S on November 7, 2011 at 10:32pm: I say let them stay out there, demonstrating to those who don't know what Marxism really looks like what they would be signing up for. Just arrest those who break the laws or block the streets and really punish them appropriately (meaning you don't just let them go in a few hours). Also, charge the movement for any damage caused and extra pay needed for the police and others..

Comment by Commie Hunter D on November 7, 2011 at 12:13pm: Occupy and Tea Party Clash in D.C.

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Comment by MUG on November 7, 2011 at 12:08pm: Alan, I am surprized you didn't include The Muslim Brotherhood in the list of supporters. They are all cohorts of the same stripe.

Comment by Kathy Hamm on November 7, 2011 at 10:35am: OWS has gone way too far and must be stopped. Obama should be called on the carpet, over and over again, for condoning this----Obama's name is on this now. Where are the Republicans????? The GOP needs to start making noise about OWS, and not let up---they need to attach Obama to OWS, just for allowing OWS to continue. The Rep. are still lagging in the polls against the Dem., which is unbelievable! I don't get it! So, the Rep. need to get off the sidelines and start pointing out everything going on with the Obama administration. Where are the Republicans??? I don't want to see the GOP as "nice guys" in the background-----I want to see them speaking up. Call Obama what he is----a socialist connected to Soros to bring down America. More people need to be informed about Soros---it's unbelievable how many people do not know who he is. Also, our candidates need to stop attacking each other and start talking about Obama. We're all going to have to unite beyond the chosen candidate. I'm hoping that will be Newt.

Comment by Bob Struble on November 7, 2011 at 1:09am: Darwin Rockantansky: Strange you should look to the veterans to suppress OWS. The veterans have been in the streets protesting the greed and plutocracy of the 1%. In fact two veterans of Iraq have been hospitalized by police brutality against Occupy Oakland. See photo below from Occupy Seattle. Both these vets served in Iraq/Afghanistan.

Comment by Bob Struble on November 7, 2011 at 1:08am

Comment by Darwin Rockantansky on November 7, 2011 at 12:36am: Keep in mind that the "Occupy" crowd is an army of morons being manipulated by the Marxist / Socialist / Unions and their goal is to incite violence. We The People have thus far avoided violent confrontation. God willing that time never comes but should that happen it cannot and will not be the ones to throw the first punch or fire the first round.

These hard-ass street thugs think that they are tough because they are protected by their pals in position of power. They seem to either not seem to understand or are just ignorant to the fact that a large portion of the American Patriots are veterans who have seen the horrors of war do not fear it and know only too well how to conduct one.

Dr. Martin Luther King showed the world that the direction of this nation could be altered without resorting to violence. Let's hold the course until such time as they leave us no choice and then we make it quick, efficient, and we take no prisoners to live the life of luxury on the backs of hard working, tax paying patriots.

Darwin Rockantansky

Las Vegas, Nevada

Comment by Bob Struble on November 6, 2011 at 11:26pm: The mega-corporations which own the mainstream media do not like OWS. They see it as a threat to the hegemony of the 1% over our polity and economy. They do not want the natives (the 99%) to get restless. Therefore I think the people who watch TV and then complain about the problems associated with the camps are abysmally uninformed.

First hand observation is far preferable to relying on sensational mainstream media reports. As a investigative journalist for Catholic Lane I've been to Occupy Seattle 8 times to date and have seen very little of the anarchy decried by the minions of the 1%. On the contrary the order and camaraderie in the OS camp at Seattle Central Community College is something to behold, especially considering the weather and other trying circumstances.

Comment by Jerold Ross on November 6, 2011 at 11:20pm: Well said, Alan

Comment by John Bellaire on November 6, 2011 at 10:18pm: I have been thinking about what this occupy business is all about and I have concluded that it is about the have nots want what the haves have, and they think mob rule and a socialist government is the way to get it. It seems the Obama regime is in league with it in addition to the illegal immigration, unemployment and other tribulations. About all we hear from the White House is lipservice about what needs done and nothing ever gets done despite the astronomical amount of money Obama says he needs to fix everything. I think our comrade in chief wants the problems to fester until a crisis develops, and that is exactly what the communist bastards want: the government creates the problems so the people will have to bow down and pray to the all hallowed government to fix them. I think there are a whole bunch more people fed up with the economic mess and the occupy wall streeters than Obama and his communist cronies realize and some serious problems for them are in the works.

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