Occupy Wall Street - USA

Occupy movement spreads to 1500 cities

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As the Occupy protests spread around the globe and gain momentum their potential still remains unclear. We get to the heart of the movement and ask whether this time financiers can ignore such a huge outcry.

"This isn't just a game, this is the future of this country. It's actually the future of the world", insists the economist Jeffrey Sachs. Lawyer Burt Neuborne took on many of the biggest civil rights era cases in New York. He feels that this movement, while in its infancy, has that kind of potential. "It is at the emotional outpouring stage and it hasn't matured yet, but it will. It will." The movement so far is an instinctive one, responding to the pain of recession and the deep inequalities in society. However, while the protestors may have been accused of not having a clear set of aims, they have a very clear idea of the problems they are reacting to. "Those at the top 1% are making it impossible for the rest of us to live decent lives", one protestor tells us. Most educated onlookers feel that it is this sense of moral justice that will sustain the movement and help it spread, despite its early lack of direction. As economist Moshe Adler points out, "Occupy Wall Street is a cry for economic democracy. It is not concrete enough yet, but it is providing a kernel around which a movement to call for change can coalesce".

A Film By SBS
Distributed By Journeyman Pictures
October 2011

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[MikeFromSF]

politicians get millions from special interest groups. These special interest groups influence the decisions that the politicians make. Instead of serving the people, these politicians serve the special interests. It's shady business for a corporation to try and bribe a politician, but ultimately, it is the politician who should be blamed for doing the corporations dirty work. I'd like to see an America where politicians make decisions that are based on what's best for America & not just the 1%

[lollypopvsdrake]

no more money rule go occupy

[weareallanon]

@arthur131313 Google Revolutionary War. Google Gandhi. Google Martin Luther King Jr. "Every generation needs a new revolution." -Thomas Jefferson

[weareallanon]

Signs all over the streets that say "Debt is Slavery" and "End corporate greed" And people holding up the flag of Corporate America, and you have the nerve to say we don't know what we want!!?!? Fucking moron... Open your eyes... Death to the Corporations!!

[tubbieterreur]

afther all this time we know people are upset

but there is no one who knows why all those people are there yeah there un happy but why

what can we do about it no one knows and untill we know people are doing this 4 nothing !

also a lot of just come for the'kick' of a riot

i know cuse i saw it in holland people that show up at every martch for what ever reason and thats why a lot of of people say this is bull shit but its not it needs a leader and 1 reason and 1 solution then people will listen

[smithchilli]

thirteen people who voted for this video are political.

[LarryHochman1]

I'm all for civil disobedience in a democracy. But it wasn't intended to be a lifestyle. Looking around at the protests and protesters, I see a lot of people caught up in "the movement." There are plenty of ways to use that energy to benefit yourself and others. And I'm talking as a middle age, moderate male. If you're targeting your message at bankers, they never listened. If you're targeting your message at mainstream America, I'm it. And you're losing the credibility battle.

[Fabizilla]

it's very important that the world wakes up!! so many problems, which aren't noticed!! acta, sopa, pipa, social disparity, racism... we need more control by the earths population... stand up :D

[DKgirl94]

I find the Occupy Wall Street org. very important - finally people realized that capitalism is destroying our world.

ACT TODAY!

[SpotLightchannel1]

We really enjoyed your film. Check out ours about the Occupy Wall Street movement! Hope to get some feedback from you.