PROCÈS-VERBAL

If you’re interested, parts one through six of my #occupywallstreet #occupyboston series:

• Part 1 – Premises
• Part 2 – Race to the Bottom
• Part 3 – The Beginnings of a “Demand”
• Part 4 – A Work in Progress or Mission Accomplished?
• Part 5 – 150,000 New Reasons To #occupywallstreet
• Part 6 – Who Has Our Backs?

Speaking for Myself . . .

I begin this post on 1 December 2011, the day Suffolk Superior Court Judge Frances McIntyre held a hearing to hear cause why a temporary restraining order restricting the City of Boston from evicting the camp at Dewey Square be lifted. As well as as attempt to get inside Judge McIntyre’s head, it’s also a reflection on the issues at hand. Right off the bat, my attempt to get inside Judge McIntyre’s head is, I realize, a fool’s errand. I’m not a lawyer. I am just a sporting amateur who happens to care deeply about the issues surrounding and involved with the existence of the camp at Dewey Square. I happen to feel that there is no other voice in all of American politics who speaks for me and my issues. As a life long labor democrat and then an active ex-blogger at the Big Orange Satan for years, I am convinced that it is no longer the fatally compromised Democratic party.
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