On Tuesday, May 1st, known as May Day or International Workers’ Day, Occupy Wall Street protesters hope to mobilize tens of thousands of people across the country under the slogan, "General Strike. No Work. No Shopping. Occupy Everywhere." Events are planned in 125 cities. We speak with leading social theorist David Harvey, distinguished professor of anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, about how Occupy Wall Street compares to other large-scale grassroots movements throughout modern history. "It’s struck a chord," Harvey says of the Occupy movement. "I hope tomorrow there will be a situation in which many more people will say, ‘Look, things have got to change. Something different has to happen.’" Harvey’s most recent book is "Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution."
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The Enigma of Capital: Prof. David Harvey at the LSE
For three centuries the capitalist system has shaped western society and conditioned the lives of its people. Capitalism is cyclical – and increasingly bankrupt. Boom-and-bust is its model. Laying bare the follies of the international financial system, eminent academic David Harvey looks at the nature of capitalism and why it’s time to call a halt to its unbridled excesses.
From http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/podcasts/publicLecturesAndEvents.htm
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The Stifling of Dissent and the Legacy of Occupy | CitizenReporter.org
The use of the law to keep people from protesting and assembling did not start with the Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011. Â In fact, for hundreds of…
http://citizenreporter.org/2012/04/the-stifling-of-dissent-and-the-legacy-of-occupy/