Widely characterized as a "grass-roots movement", the Occutards are busily planning a spring offensive; kicking off in the second week of April this year, when they plan to hold training sessions on "non-violent direct action", you can look forward to more drumming, vandalism, public defecation, and all the other things we've grown accustomed to from these folks. And if you consider the United Auto Workers union to be "grass roots", then the widespread media portrayal is entirely accurate. Because as Daily Caller notes, the UAW is deeply involved.
But while the 43 organizations co-signing a letter on the ragtag-looking site indicate the sort of leaderless resistance characterized by the Occupy Wall Street movement, a series of files The Daily Caller downloaded from the United Auto Workers website indicate that the organized labor powerhouse is behind the effort.
Online records show that the campaign’s web domain was registered by MoveOn.org Political Action, the liberal PAC started by Berkeley Systems founder Wes Boyd and his wife. Boyd’s software company was best known for its “flying toaster” screensaver, and for the “You Don’t Know Jack” trivia game series.
Yep, defintely "grassroots". With lots and lots of Leftist cash behind them.
I though MoveOn was financed by George Soros.
Posted by: Sam L. | February 22, 2012 at 08:44 AM
It is. However, it was founded by the flying toaster guy. Soros is a major contributor.
Posted by: Max | February 22, 2012 at 10:13 PM