[mseebach]

Noone knows what the goal of Occupy Wall St. is. Their general assembly has to agree (by consensus) before any goals can be said to be the goals of OWS. About a month ago, a list of (outrageous and self contradictory) demands was published on the OWS website and made the rounds in the media, but the page was quickly prefixed with a message explaining that this was the draft of one participant and that it hadn't been accepted by the GA. Also, it called the media "irresponsible" for reproducing it.

In a way, it's a very clever and convenient strategy: With no common goals stated, they are free from the obligation to engage in informed debate (with others or themselves), and anyone opposing the movement can (correctly) be accused of not knowing what they are talking about.

Personally, I sympathise with many of the grievances voiced by the movement, but I am certain that it eventually will get run over by the professional anti-capitalists, which I can't support.