Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Occupy Wall Street's Remarkable Success


OWS expresses the grievances and concerns of what must be the majority of Americans. And everyone is listening and watching.
October 13, 2011
On October 2 a few of the participants of Occupy Wall Street invited me to speak to the protesters in Zuccotti Park, a little below Wall Street, right next to the building Merrill Lynch once inhabited. Some of my friends were concerned. Seven hundred people were arrested during the protest march the day before. Others wondered why I’d lend myself to this seemingly ragtag group. It took little—in fact, no—courage. Wall Street excess was the principal cause of the current economic strife. Essentially, the protestors are right. And what they are seeking is information, not more slogans.
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