Occupy Wall Street

Ten years later...

Green Disaster

Ten years ago, Occupy Wall Street startled the nation. People have a lot of different opinions of the movement — some say, “Yeah, but it didn’t really do anything” — but I think it did a lot. It brought a very important point into brilliant focus: that 1 per cent of our population own the overwhelming majority of our financial resources. That very idea, true as true can be, was introduced into mainstream American consciousness in a way that it had never been before.

Now, on the tenth anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, people are looking back, remembering where the country was, and who we as people were, at the time. Having been asked to speak about Occupy Wall Street first Los Angeles, and then in Oakland, I did so gladly.

The movement, however brief, ignited a fire in the hearts of many.

Here’s looking back…