Something crucial happened in the US in 2011. The strengthening of the Occupy movement, first on Wall Street and then in hundreds of American cities, is celebrated as the revival of the revolutionary middle class. The movement in the US seems two steps ahead of the European and German movements.
to read "From Protest Camp to General Strike" published in: Direkt Aktion 1/18/2012, click on
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