For some reason, this interview with brilliant ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protester Jesse LaGreca is unlikely to make it on to Fox “News,” as their regular ambush reporter for these sorts of affairs, Griff Jenkins, doesn’t seem to have gotten exactly what he was likely hoping to get.
Courtesy Drew Grant at the New York Observer (who has more details, along with the full transcript)…
By the way, we’ve been buried with several other things ourselves and haven’t been able to cover the still-growing Occupy Wall Street protests up until now, other than here and there on The Twitters. But we’ll recommend this story by Micah L. Sifry at techPresident, if you’re trying to figure out what these very real grassroots uprisings (unlike the fake Fox “News” sponsored “Tea Party” protests) are all about…and how they may be coming to a justifiably outraged population near you.
Also, as we’ll be sitting in to guest host the nationally syndicated Mike Malloy Show again this week (Wed-Fri, 6p-9p ET) while Mike heads out to D.C. himself to take part in the Occupy DC demonstrations that are beginning there, I suspect we’ll be covering all of the above much more — in one place or another — in the coming days…
Wow, nice job Jesse.
The Revolution will not be televised.
Yeah I was just at cnn’s site (FOX Jr.), you’ll never see an interview like that on there either. The MSM is hard at word pouring derision on these people just as fast as they can…
but. it’s. not. working.
This man knew he wasn’t going to appear on Fox “news” and he didn’t care. He could have coddled this “journalist”, but he didn’t try.
We’ve been watching our pundits fall all over themselves trying to keep their access to liars, but that was for money and trinkets.
We’ll soon see who’s opinion really matters.
I think it would be really awesome if everybody would get past slinging stuff at each other from one side to the other. Does this too, have to be about Democrat vs. Republican, or progressive/liberal versus conservative? Our government is bought and paid for by the corporate elite and central banks, no matter what side you choose to stand on. Grassroots means laying aside those labels and joining hands and hearts for a better cause; the cause of the common man/woman/person. Please don’t insult people by saying that conservatives don’t care about the poor, about jobs, or about the middle class. Let’s just be Americans and get moving.
Cathy:
You’ve got the key.
No division!
Well OK!
Division is necessary. But only to a very small extent, which is largely harmless.
Dylan Ratigan speaking at OccupyNYC said that our gov’t is auctioned off to the highest bidder. Sign your name at GetMoneyOut to force a public debate on an amendment to separate business and gov’t.
“No person, corporation or business entity of any type, domestic or foreign, shall be allowed to contribute money, directly or indirectly, to any candidate for Federal office or to contribute money on behalf of or opposed to any type of campaign for Federal office. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, campaign contributions to candidates for Federal office shall not constitute speech of any kind as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution or any amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Congress shall set forth a federal holiday for the purposes of voting for candidates for Federal office.”
Ernest – The Revolution will not be televised, but it will be LIVESTREAMED:
#occupywallstreet LIVESTREAM: http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution
#occupyLA LIVESTREAM: http://www.livestream.com/owslosangeles
…and today we’re getting a visit from the Mayor!
10:00 am, City Hall LA – City Council is meeting on a resolution to support the occupyLA movement. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa scheduled to speak with us some time after that…
Los Angeles lawmakers cheer on protesters outside City Hall
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/10/occupy-la-city-hall.html
Precisely, JD!
We cannot look to a corporate media to televise an anti-corporate revolution. We can and should look to alternative media to livestream, analyze and discuss.
There’s a lesson to be drawn from this. If we are to truly effectuate a democratic revolution, each of us must, in the words of Mahatma Gandhi, “become the change we want to see in the world” by turning away from the corporate media as a primary source of news — all the while celebrating those against-the-grain moments, such as the one promised by Brad for tonight’s “Malloy Show” to insure that “Occupy Wall Street” is “radio-active.”
Live streaming via the uptake.org
Love that guy being interviewed!!!He’s US!!!