A clip from Sam Seder's radio interview with Fran Lebowitz... [View all]
This is from 11-17-11, but it's chock-full of wisdom in regard to OWS. I thoroughly enjoyed hearing her perspective; hope you will, too:
/Edited to add link: http://official.fm/tracks/32410
Highlights:
Lebowitz said OWS is different from the '60's movement in that OWS wants "in", while the hippies wanted "out".
She calls the 1%'s position as indefensible, cites Mayor Bloomberg's absence in answering OWS's concerns, & calls Bloomberg a part of the top 10% of the 1%.
Another interesting point she made was that she was shocked when there wasn't a similar outpouring of protests over the Bush v. Gore SCOTUS decision. She feels it may have made a difference.
She talks about how rich people want to "give back"; they can start by not taking away things like public funding for public schools.
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