Trouble in Utopia…or, Sometimes A Great Donation
Once Upon A Time…Brian Howarth was on Occupy Portland’s finance committee. He even had a PayPal account. The account even had about $14,000 donated dollars. Howarth de-donated that money to the surprise and irritation of the donors. Howarth twice told General Assembly, the camp's nightly meeting, he would use the money for the movement. But he never did. Busy Brian (Three other finance committee members were involved in this farrago) also filed papers to incorporate an Occupy Portland non-profit.
Arlo Stone says the money debacle underscores the camp’s dysfunction: It doesn’t have enough leadership or resources to run and the activism message has been lost under the group’s division and arguing.
And I say: It’s a good time to read/re-read George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’.
The only thing worse than leadership is no leadership.
That said, here are a couple of links that will Take You To The River:
portland.indymedia.org/en/2011/11/411968.shtml
- KBOO