13 out of 99 Part I: Occupy Boston interviews by blogger Vastleft

This is the first of two videos I'm posting with clips of the 13 people who agreed to speak with me on camera at Occupy Boston on Monday, October 17, 2011.

This first installment introduces these attendees and their reasons for coming to Occupy Boston. The second video centers on their responses to questions about national politics.

My goal in putting these videos together was two-fold:

1. I wanted to see and share an unbiased look at individuals at Occupy Boston. I had -- and have -- no agenda to spin them or the 99 percenter movement in any particular way, just trying to catch an honest glimpse into the world of the Dewey Square protests, and this corner of the movement overall.

2. I wanted to check in with people at Occupy Boston about issues of interest to me, re: presidential/party politics, to get a sampling of their views. This is covered in the forthcoming video, "13 out of 99 Part II."

To be clear, I have strong opinions about politics, and that's reflected on my blog and in the questions I focus on in Part II. But I don't seek to cultivate any particular impression of the Occupy protests and participants. My objective is to represent the essence of what I saw and heard.

Also, this is not a comprehensive documentary about Occupy Boston or the broader Occupy movement. I did not tackle questions such as how Occupy is organized, how Occupy chooses and may attempt to accomplish policy objectives, etc.

In an upcoming post at http://www.vastleft.com I will summarize the impressions I came away with. And I hope to be able to visit Occupy Boston again and shoot more footage there, talking with additional people about additional topics.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to talk with me! Special thanks to Katie Lennon and Mike Greenstein for letting me include, respectively, their artwork and music.

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People & Blogs

Tags:

• Occupy Boston
• 13 out of 99
• Massachusetts
• Interview

[PileOfPiss]

support the movement, like this video.

[LakeSaganaga]

Awesome job. Keep it up! Enjoy your cartoons too.

[ScottyDforReal]

i was the first person to watch this... your welcome