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Chomsky Has Some Advice for the Occupiers - Truthdig
Posted on Nov 5, 2011 Noam Chomsky had a simple message for protesters at Occupy Boston last month: To change their country, they must first get the public on their side. Then they can make big demands.
Noam Chomsky's statement on the Wall Street protests
To anyone who knows of Noam Chomsky’s background, it should come to no surprise that he has sent a “strong message of support to the activists at the Occupy Wall Street movement.” By the age of 13, Chomsky had identified with anarchist politics, forming the intellectual he is today. Because of who he is, his opinion on the current Occupy Wall Street protests is considered extremely relevant to the Wall Street movement and to its supporters.
CANADIAN NEWS WEB SITE The Globe and Mail has come out in support of the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in the captions to a celebrity photo article. Tweets from the Anonymous group and its supporters suggest that the text is the work of a hacker, but this looks like common practice at the Globe and Mail, which often treats its celebrity subjects lightly.
Celebrities come out in support of occupy wall street- The Inquirer
Arresting a middle-aged writer in an evening gown for peaceable conduct is a far cry from when America was a free republic
Naomi Wolf: How I was arrested at Occupy Wall Street | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Posted on Nov 3, 2011 Chris Hedges made this statement in New York City’s Zuccotti Park on Thursday morning during the People’s Hearing on Goldman Sachs, which he chaired with Dr. Cornel West.
Chris Hedges: Chris Hedges Arrested in Front of Goldman Sachs - Truthdig
Naomi Klein to Occupy Wall Street: Get Organized - New York News - Runnin' Scared
Naomi Klein, the Canadian journalist famous for her anti-corporatist books No Logo and The Shock Doctrine , spoke to the protesters at Occupy Wall Street yesterday evening, telling them their movement can follow through on the promises of the global trade protests she participated in a decade ago. Speaking through cycles of call-and-response because the protesters have been denied a sound permit, Klein urged the protesters not to lapse into structureless disorganization.
Van Jones, co-founder and president of Rebuild the Dream, discusses the connection the Occupy movement is making with more Americans around specific issues. Referring to the continued resistance by Republicans to the desire by a growing percentage of the public that government intervene in the country’s wealth disparity, Jones says to them, “Please just keep saying you want America’s government to be AWOL in the biggest crisis to hit us since the Great Depression.”
Occupy Wall Street: Van Jones on the movement's success rallying around specific issues - Countdown with Keith Olbermann // Current TV
The Blaze thought it might be interesting to take a look at some of Occupy Wall Street’s wealthiest celebrity supporters.
Top Ten Richest Celebrities Supporting ‘Occupy Wall Street’ | TheBlaze.com
The 10 Richest Celebrities Supporting Occupy Wall Street | Celebrity Net Worth
Occupy Wall Street’s slogan “We are the 99%” is derived from the idea that they represent the difference in wealth that separates the top 1% and every other American citizen.
Celebrity Support for ‘Occupy Wall Street’ | The New York Observer
As the protests gain momentum, more and more famous names have been stopping by to check out the action and express admiration for the “Occupy Wall Street” cause…whatever it may be. The longtime gadfly turned up at Liberty Plaza on September 26 and used the “human microphone” technique to talk about corruption on Wall Street.(CBS) Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon and Penn Badgley are only some of the stars lending their celebrity to the Occupy Wall Street cause.