AT THE NATIONAL GATHERING OF THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT, THIS PAST WEEK IN PHILADELPHIA, A SPLIT OCCURRED BETWEEN THOSE WHO PROMOTE ENTERING ELECTORAL POLITICS BY DRAFTING A PLATFORM THEY CALL THE "99 DECLARATION" AND OTHERS WHO WANT "OCCUPY" TO REMAIN A GRASSROOT SOCIAL MOVEMENT. SOME IN THE MEDIA CONCLUDED THAT THE SPLIT COULD SPELL THE DOOM FOR THIS MOSTLY NON VIOLENT YOUTH UPRISING, WHICH STARTED LAST SEPTEMBER IN NEW YORK CITY. OCCUPY, HOWEVER, SEES ITSELF AS AN WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON AND, THIS PAST THURSDAY, A YOUNG BRITISH ACTIVIST AND AUTHOR CAME TO BLUESTOCKINGS BOOKSTORE IN MANHATTAN TO SPEAK ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK. WBAI WAS AMONG THE YOUNG CROWD SITTING IN A CIRCLE AND HE FILES THIS REPORT...
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