Colin McEnroe Show: Occupy Hartford Discusses Future; While Protesters Are Forced From Zuccotti Park
What's next for Occupy Wall Street?
New York did not cover itself in glory last night as it used the wee small hours of the morning to play rough with the press and Occupy Wall Street.
Reports are jumbled, but there doesn't seem much doubt that reporters doing their jobs were shoved around and in some cases arrested.
These are not the tactics of a free society.
From the left-leaning blog Firedloglake we get: "The Brooklyn Bridge and almost all subway trains leading to Wall Street were closed over night. Counter-terrorism agents were on the scene. A LRAD sonic cannon was used. The NYPD blocked the airspace over the park to news helicopters. One journalist told a cop that she was press, and was told back, 'Not tonight.' Even residential buildings around Zuccotti were locked down. This was real police state stuff."
It's a bad tactic. Not only bad for society, but bad for anybody who hopes to quell the movement itself. People tend to get angrier after a raid like this.
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E-mail from Greg
Very inspiring show. Wonderful dialog. Isn't it always great to see young people energized like this, bringing their education, awareness of issues, dedication and passions to bear in such numbers, not seen as you know since the 60s? And, I believe they will have a tangible effect. But they need better songs (ha) I nominate Chion to be the official embedded NPR news troubadour, to travel the rails, subways, and highways with the protestors as a modern NPR Woody Guthrie, chronicling their story in song and verse for the world to hear and sing about.
I'd like to know to what extent this movement is being discussed in our elementary and secondary schools, and whether or not there is any suppression/censorship of teachers in raising and discussing the subject with their students.
May we live in interesting times
Greg
E-mail from Stephen
one of your call ins advocated a "meritocracy" -- that's great but
what is the "merit" of the outgoing CEO of Hewlett Packard getting $15 million for his departure
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