OWS Already Successful-“I really do believe we are on the cusp of a fundamental change,” Reich said.

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Robert Reich: ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protest is already successful

Former U.S. labor secretary and University of California professor Robert Reich on Wednesday night said the ongoing “Occupy Wall Street” demonstration had already succeeded in changing the political discourse of the United States.

“I actually had, for the first time in years, conversations with people who spontaneously began to talk about income inequality, the concentration of power in this country, the need to do something big,” he said during an appearance on MSNBC.

“I mean the mere fact that we have this occupation of Wall Street movement that is extending around this country is changing the tenor of the conversation in Washington.”

“It is already having a success.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/19/robert-reich-occupy-wall-street-protest-is-already-successful/

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Occupy SF gets boost from economist, activist Robert Reich
By: Sarah Gantz | 10/19/11 9:28 PM
Examiner Staff Writer

Economist and activist Robert Reich delivered a pep talk to the Occupy SF crowd at Justin Herman Plaza on Thursday. (All: Mike Koozmin/The Examiner)
As Occupy SF enters its second month, participants got a shot in the arm Wednesday evening from a man who has been on the other side of the aisle.

Economist and activist Robert Reich showed up at Occupy SF’s Justin Herman Plaza camp to give the troops a pep talk, saying they are part of a movement that will change American society.

The former secretary of labor under the Clinton administration and current professor at UC Berkeley encouraged demonstrators to stay the course of patient and peaceful protesting, comparing Occupy to the seeds of public dissent that led to the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s.

“I really do believe we are on the cusp of a fundamental change,” Reich said.



Read more at the San Francisco Examiner: http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/10/occupy-sf-gets-boost-economist-activist-robert-reich#ixzz1bKB7nSZH

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1. The elephant in the room has finally been noticed by the media.

"This just in: Our correspondent covering the painfully obvious, is reporting rich people are getting richer and poor people are getting poorer. Film at eleven".

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