The Stunning Victory That Occupy Wall Street Has Already Achieved

The Stunning Victory That Occupy Wall Street Has Already Achieved

In just one month, the protesters have shifted the national dialogue
from a relentless focus on the deficit to a discussion of the real
issues facing Main Street.





Occupy Wall Street has already achieved a stunning victory – a victory that is easy to
overlook, but impossible to overstate. In just one month, the protesters
have shifted the national dialogue from a relentless focus on the
deficit to a discussion of the real issues facing Main Street: the lack
of jobs -- and especially jobs with decent benefits -- spiraling
inequality, cash-strapped American families' debt-loads, and the
pernicious influence of money in politics that led us to this point.
To
borrow the loosely defined terms that define the Occupy movement, these
ordinary citizens have shifted the conversation away from what the “1
percent” -- the corporate right and its dedicated media, network of
think-tanks and PR shops -- want to talk about and, notably, paid good
money to get us to talk about.


http://www.alternet.org/occupywallst/152860/the_stunning_victory_that_occupy_wall_street_has_already_achieved/




lefty

"By a 39 - 30 percent margin, American voters have an unfavorable opinion of the Occupy Wall Street movement, with 30 percent who don't know enough about it for an opinion."

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1295.xml?ReleaseID=1670