When I have some free time, I practice chess. When my brother Dan has free time, he goes to protests.
He's been in the Occupy movement since October of 2011, a month after it started in New York. But he is in little Muskegon, Michigan, in right wing, factory worker, religious conservative Western Michigan. I am very proud of him.
They still have GA's. They still caravan to Chicago or Kalamazoo or Lansing to join any large gatherings, but it's tough. How can regular, working people keep up their interest month after month, in the face of the general inevitability of corporate dominance? Very tough, constantly having to explain to your spouse that you've got to get to the city council meeting because you're the one filming the proceedings.
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