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Talk about Occupy Wall Street

From Alternet, Sarah Jaffe on how the power of Occupy Wall Street is not just what they're doing, but how they're doing it; and what if they sent in social services to help occupations instead of riot cops to bust heads? Joshua Holland wonders. Malcolm Gladwell says the Occupy movement needs to get more Machiavellian. A philosophy for the protesters: The OWS movement grew out of the philosophical paradox that our financial system could not contain flaws. A look at how Republicans are being taught to talk about Occupy Wall Street. A first year Wall Street analyst writes to the 99 percent: "The finance industry is a scam". A look at how "We are the 99 percent" has joined the cultural and political lexicon. Guernica interviews Kalle Lasn, the editor in chief of Adbusters. The branding of the Occupy Movement: Kalle Lasn, editor of the Canadian magazine Adbusters, did not invent the anger that has been feeding the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations, but he did brand it. Occupy movement becomes part of pop culture, spreading beyond street demonstrations and into a niche a bit more close to home. Cord Jefferson on the black millionaires of Occupy Wall Street. Arundhati Roy talks about why she is drawn to the Occupy movement and the need to reclaim language and meaning. Will Wilkinson on the Occupy movement's enthusiasm and contempt for democracy. Anarchy in the U.S.A.: Matthew Continetti on the roots of American disorder. David Graeber on Occupy Wall Street's anarchist roots: The Occupy movement is one of several in American history to be based on anarchist principles. Life after occupation: From Mobile, Ala., to Chicago, lessons in the importance of holding territory. Occupy the Future: A forum on lessons to be drawn from the Occupy movement.