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Image: Occupy Wall Street, screen grab   Mary Anastasia O’Grady: @MaryAnastasiaOG; @WSJOpinion;WSJ editorial board; The Americas column; in re: Participatory democracy: people taking to direct action to influence political decisions.   . . . The Port Huron statement*. Equality, consensus, and face-to-face discussions.  The violence on Wednesday, and the summer with its violence, I spoke with a Latin American friend—“It looks like home.”  Go to the streets and get what you want.  I’m surprised and dismayed to see it happen in the US.   It breaks down when intimidation is [a factor]. Just  because you have 51% of the votes, don't mow down the other side; we subscribe to reason and compromises.   . . .  Justifying violence. Colectivosride around on motorcycles and enforce Chavismo.   https://www.wzb.eu/en/research/dynamics-of-political-systems/democracy-and-democratization/projects/latinno   * The Port Huron Statement is a 1962 political manifesto of the American student activist movement Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). It was written by SDS members, and completed on June 15, 1962, at a United Auto Workers (UAW) retreat outside of Port Huron, Michigan (now part of Lakeport State Park), for the group's first national convention. Under Walter Reuther's leadership, the UAW paid for a range of expenses for the 1962 convention, including use of the UAW summer retreat in Port Huron.