Rob: I don't think so, but she must have known about it. Did you see that happen at all with Occupy?
Marina: I didn't see it in New York - I think it happened a few times in San Francisco. It might have happened in other places. One of the remarkable things about Occupy Movement, their movements, is that it's in so many locations, and all over the country. So, it's quite possible that it's happened in hundreds of towns, and we don't know about it.
I find out every day (and I feel like I'm pretty informed). I'm very deeply involved in Occupy. I have Google Alert. That's Direct Democracy. And I've had it for a few years. And after Occupy, I would get one or two alerts about where Direct Democracy was mentioned at some blog or some article, maybe once a week. And now I get an alert every single day that has 15 articles and 20 blog posts, and I don't know how many more; So much information. And regularly there I find out about Occupies that I've never heard of, towns that I don't even know where they're located--in what state, or if they're in the United States, and I feel like I'm really informed and I make it my -- it's what I'm about, to be informed about this movement. And yesterday I found out about this teeny place in Oregon, and before that it was a place in Southern California I'd never heard of that was inland. Just doing interesting assemblies, or having popular education, or the kinds of things they're doing. So, it's quite possible that there's lots of people banging pots and pans. I just think the movement is so large and so diverse.
I learn every day about people who are kept in their homes and evictions are prevented. A lot of time it's just neighbors helping neighbors. It's pretty amazing.
Rob: It really has gotten very big and very diverse, in spite of the efforts to break it down and beat it up, and the occupation of the locations - It seems like that part of the phase is mostly over.
Marina: The occupation where people sleep in the plazas, you mean?
Rob: Yes.
Marina: Right. Yeah.
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