For my part, I'm kinda with Aqizzar on this. I didn't pay much attention to the "Occupy" thing early on, because it seemed like a cute attempt at being relevant by a bunch of 20-something hipsters. See, the Left (using the term in a loose, amorphous sense) has a recurrent problem when it comes to protest movements: they want to be so inclusive and so big-tent that they dilute any message they have down to useless fractal noise.
Back in 2002, I participated in multiple marches in DC during the run-up to the Iraq War. It was obvious what they were doing, it was obvious that it was a bad idea, and it was obvious that WMD was more or less a bullshit excuse. That's why I went. But once I got there, you saw banners and signs about everything from "Free Palestine" to labor unions to gay rights. All worthy causes, but they weren't why I was there. And they weren't why a LOT of people were there. And they were very easy for the FOX News crews and the like to jump on and use to dismiss the antiwar movement as a bunch of aimless commie pinko f*g terrorist lovers.
I heard an interview with some of the folks in NYC yesterday on NPR (a more sympathetic source, one would expect) and although they were older, they still didn't have a clear message other than "rich people piss me off". One guy kept going on about "economic justice", as if that concept were universally understood. Hell, I don't even understand what he meant by that. To be honest, it sounds like a term I'd expect out of socialist critical theory. These folks have their heart in the right place, but they need some serious help in messaging and focus.
The Right, on the other hand, often has great messaging discipline. In part because most of their "grassroots" movements are really astroturf and they have PR firms and pundits coming up with pithy soundbites for them to recycle. It's far less honest, but it's far more effective.
I've signed on with the local chapter (Occupy Raleigh) and I'm hoping to lend some help in exactly the areas I'm taking about, but I know from past experience that it'll be an uphill battle even from within. Too many people have a naive view of what it takes to run a "movement" and they resist attempts to make it slick and professional because it's not 'keeping it real'. Sorry folks. That's just how it works in the age and land of mass media. You want results, you need to get professional.