Defenses of Anarchism - Income Inequality All The Way Down

Socrates, Bertrand Russell, Martin Luther King, Noam Chomsky, Kenneth V. Cockrel, Amy Goodman, General Baker, Naomi Wolf, Cornel West, Paul Krugman and (stylistically) Karl Kraus are my political theorist-activist all-stars - those who have influenced my thinking and spirit the most. Ms Wolf's article linked below and the 900+ Comments must be read.
   The links shown below will help to clarify the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) picture. Robert P. Wolff's book, A Defense of Anarchy was very influential in my political thinking. Indeed, the only other political treatise that I recall reading (and re-reading) was (is) Plato's Republic. Wolff's book is especially worth attending to today. His blog, The Philosopher's Stone, is also worth our attention.    

Naomi Wolf, Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/25/shocking-truth-about-crackdown-occupy
Naomi Wolf: Reception, Responses, Critics
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/28/naomi-wolf-reception-responses-critics?intcmp=239
Mattathias Schwartz, New Yorker:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/11/28/111128fa_fact_schwartz
John Heilemann, New York Magazine:
http://nymag.com/news/politics/occupy-wall-street-2011-12/


   Two tastes from Robert P. Wollf:

The OWS Movement has already won. In ten weeks, it is completely changed the focus of the public conversation in America, from debt reduction and Congressional deadlock to income inequality. That is a simply extraordinary victory, achieved completely without the big money backing that launched and sustained the Tea Party.

Idly surfing the web, I came upon a remark made by Paul Krugman on a Sunday talk show. Speaking of Newt Gingrich, Kurgman said, "He is a stupid man's idea of what a smart person sounds like." That is the most perfect description I have ever heard of a high profile politician. Credit where credit is due. 

http://robertpaulwolff.blogspot.com/