Occupy for what?

The re-emergence of a left wing movement is something to be celebrated.  I have celebrated the Occupy Wall Street and its various children throughout the world.  However, I have one problem with it.  It is a protest against greed.  It joins a host of conservative organisations like the capitalist regulator like the ACCC, capitalist like Warren Buffet conservative politician like Tony Abbott and social conservative institutions like the Catholic Church are against greed.  Being against greed is a lot like being in favour of motherhood.

At present I have not participate in them due to work.  However, I crave one that actually has an objective.  The left does not need an ideal or another story, it needs something concrete.  One example in Australia is to counter the mining industry’s campaign against the original mining tax or one for a progressive taxation scheme instead of the calls to raise the GST rate.  That way we can fight greed and have an impact on something other than demonstrating liberal democracy’s hatred of politics.