From Spain: A Charter for Democracy

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2. many people think Occupy is dead. Look at Detroit

while the water shut-off is criminal, the response is amazing -
people are not writing letters to the newspaper, or circulating petitions on facebook,

they have taken matters into their own hands,
water brigades.
http://detroitwaterbrigade.org/

what an example of direct action and mutual help.

direct action and mutual help are much more common in Europe, than in US.
I see it as an off-shoot of occupy and the indignados.