With a hibernating Occupy Wall Street movement gearing up to reassert itself in the spring and fall, and their targets ranging from the Democratic National Convention to the NATO members summit, the Obama administration announced on Monday its intention to relocate the G-8 meeting from Chicago to the private Camp David retreat on May 18 – 19 instead of the original May 20 – 21.
The late location change will force leaders of the G-8 nations to rearrange their scheduling plans. The Obama administration said in a statement released to the press that the location change was to “facilitate a free-flowing discussion.” They did not suggest why a “free-flowing discussion” was impossible in Chicago, but let’s clear up any confusion – Occupy Wall Street.
The populist movement that was born on September 17, 2011, has gone underground after a series of satellite encampments in a number of cities across the nation and around the world were shut down by police and the resident protesters scattered.
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