CNN September 17, 2012 | Updated Nov 18, 2012
Republished by Huffington Post, LittleGreenFootballs.com,
Hartford Business, Occupy Feeds, Transnational.org
Until last year, mainstream political discourse did not include nearly as much emphasis on such populist concerns as rising income inequality, tax policies that favor the rich, growing influence by large corporate interests in elections and the reckless deregulation of financial institutions that resulted in the 2008 crisis [that] still impact 99% of Americans.
Tag: Occupy Wall Street
Protests Alone Are Not a Movement
Dr. Stephen Zunes op-ed in the New York Times, October 7, 2011
Occupy Wall Street must represent the majority of Americans who lack corporate power and political influence. Nevertheless, whether targeted at dictators or corporate greed, protests alone — however impressive in their numbers or disruptive in effect — do not make a movement.