Next up: `Occupy Congress’

[ProSense]

Next up: `Occupy Congress’

By Greg Sargent

One of the enduring questions about Occupy Wall Street has been this: Can the energy unleashed by the movement be leveraged behind a concrete political agenda and push for change that will constitute a meaningful challenge to the inequality and excessive Wall Street influence highlighted by the protests?

A coalition of labor and progressive groups is about to unveil its answer to that question. Get ready for “Occupy Congress.”

The coalition — which includes unions like SEIU and CWA and groups like the Center for Community Change — is currently working on a plan to bus thousands of protesters from across the country to Washington, where they will congregate around the Capitol from December 5-9, SEIU president Mary Kay Henry tells me in an interview.

“Thousands of people have signed up to come to Capitol Hill during the first week in December,” Henry says, adding that protesters are invited to make their way to Washington on their own, too. “We’re figuring out buses and transportation now.”

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[DocMac]

1. Need 2 million people and logistics would be insane.

Other than that, let's go!

[trueblue2007]

2. yes, i will vote 4 an occupier

[Bennyboy]

3. Occupy Democratic Congresspersons first

Tell them no more corporate crap. Vote the fuckers out that don't support the overturning of Citizens United, Reinstatement of Glass/Steagal and 100% publicly financed elections.

[gordianot]

4. Now we are talking obvious next step.

Make sure everone knows it is congress especially when they send in the riot police.

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. K & R

:kick:

[Zorra]

6. This is an excellent idea, and will have a substantial

effect on forcing Congress to face the message of Occupy Wall Street and our allies.

IMO, this is an inevitable part of the OWS evolutionary process.