Occupy Wall Street? These protests are not Tahrir Square but scenery

Power has slipped from democratic institutions and is ever further from the people. Insurrection, though, requires menace

Street protest "against capitalism" appears to have nowhere to go. The rioters of Athens and Madrid, the marchers of Milan and Frankfurt, the squatters of London and New York can grab a headline and illustrate a story, but then what? With no leaders, no policies, no programme beyond opposition to status quo, they must just sink into the urban background.

Travelling this...