Todd Gitlin, the Promise and Pitfalls of Occupy

May 7, 2012

Author, scholar and sociologist Todd Gitlin (@toddgitlin) joins Sam to talk about what the Occupy Wall Street movement offers America and what it needs to do in order to be effective.  Link here to check out his forthcoming book, Occupy Nation:  The Roots, the Spirit, and the Promise of Occupy Wall Street.  Click thru for links and updates.  Use this post as today’s thread. 

Read more here about the student strike at Hershey.

 


 

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