Originally shared by Lisa I. Smith

Originally shared by Lisa I. Smith

Occupy Wall Street activists vow protests will persist. Yesterday New York City police in riot gear evicted hundreds and razed the city of tents where some in the group had been living for close to two months. The Occupy Wall Street movement seeks to highlight income inequality and has inspired hundreds of similar protests around the country and the world. Most have been small and some have been marred by violence, but participants claim, despite evictions in New York and elsewhere, it’s an idea that will continue to gather momentum: Join us for a conversation on what the Occupy movement has accomplished and its future.

Guests
Jim Tankersley reporter, National Journal
Michael Premo participant, Occupy Wall Street
Legba Carrefour participant, Occupy DC
Lawrence Lessig professor of law at Harvard Law School and director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University author of “Republic,Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress — and a Plan to Stop It”
Tyler Cowen general director, Mercatus Center professor of economics, George Mason University.

http://goo.gl/Y2cnC
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-11-16/future-occupy-movement