Occupying the nation's attention, if not its cities
Occupying the nation's attention, if not its cities
- February 1, 2012
- David Meyer, sociology professor, is featured on NPR and 10 additional stations February 1, 2012
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From NPR:
Most of the tents are gone, the parks are empty and nearly 99 percent of Occupy Wall
Street's 99 percenters have gone home. But even as the occupation enters a denouement,
the nationwide movement sparked in September can claim a huge victory in the battle
of ideas. Occupy has spoken, and Americans have listened. Subjects that were largely
taboo on Wall Street, Main Street and Pennsylvania Avenue just six months ago have
moved to center stage. Higher taxes on the wealthiest Americans. Capping the cost
of higher education. Corporate greed. "There's a better than reasonable chance that
we are at this turning point in American life and American politics," says David Meyer,
a sociology professor at the University of California, Irvine, and author of the book
The Politics of Protest: Social Movements in America.
For the full story, please visit http://minnesota.publicradio.org/features/npr.php?id=146205425.
Also featured on:
-Minnesota Public Radio
-WBUR
-KUHF-FM
-KCLU
-KQED Public Media for Northern CA
-Vermont Public Radio
-WBUR 90.9 FM
-WFAE 90.7 FM
-WGBH
-WYPR
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