(2011/10/15) The 99 Percent Wakes Up (Occupy Wall St Part 1)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 15 October 2011
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The 99 Percent Wakes Up (Occupy Wall St Part 1)
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Act 1: Congrats to Wall St. Protesters - The Progressive Air Date: 9-27-11
Song 1: Hi - Psapp
Act 2: Irony of Police Attacks on Protestors - Jimmy Dore Air Date: 9-27-11
Song 2: Pumped up kicks - Foster the people
Act 3: World Economy Going to Hell - Dan Carlin Air Date: 9-28-11
Song 3: Eleanor Rigby (Strings only) - The Beatles
Act 4: Fox News Gives Wall Street Protesters the "Fair & Balanced" Treatment - Media Matters Air Date: 10-3-11
Act 5: Keith Olbermann reads first collective statement of Occupy Wall Street - Countdown
Song 5: The times they are a changing - Bob Dylan
Act 6: Protesting is a Privilege? - Majority Report Air Date: 9-28-11
Song 6: Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote
Act 7: Fox Host: Tea Party was Organic, Occupy Wall Street is Not - Media Matters Air Date: 10-5-11
Act 8: Michael Moore: We oppose the way our economy is structured - Countdown
Voicemails:
Call to action: Come to Occupy Wall St of join at occupytogether.org - Curtis from Baltimore
Having just come from Occupy Wall St. - Jake from NY Alt News
The Death Penalty goes against the teachings of the bible - Todd from Washington State
The Rhetoric of Aggitation and Control for Occupy Wall St. protesters - Sherise from NY
Just attended the Occupy Blacksburg rally in Virginia - Pamela from Virginia
Why aren't liberals pointing out the failure of capitalism to solve our problems? - Chuck in Salt Lake City
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Final Comments on the podcast awards
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Errol Louis contextualizes Occupy Wall Street march - Countdown
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show for details |
| 0:05.7 | to visit the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:09.0 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from the Progressive, |
| 0:13.0 | Jimmy Dorshow, Common Sense with Dan Carlin, Media Matters, Countdown with Keith Overman |
| 0:17.8 | and the majority report with a bonus video clip for our Apple iOS and Android app users |
| 0:22.7 | from Countdown. |
| 0:30.0 | Congratulations to the Occupy Wall Street protesters, they've got the right target, that's for sure. |
| 0:35.0 | It's the banks on Wall Street that brought our entire economy down and they haven't had |
| 0:39.4 | to pay a nickel for it. |
| 0:40.8 | Nor have their executives been charged with any crime, much less gone to jail. |
| 0:45.2 | I also admire the tactics and the courage of these protesters. |
| 0:48.6 | They've been demonstrating in the streets, which is where we need to be, and they've stood |
| 0:52.2 | up to disgusting police brutality and are broadcasted via YouTube to the whole world. |
| 0:57.4 | It's more true now than ever that the whole world is watching, as some of the protesters |
| 1:01.5 | chanted, though the corporate media sure ignore it. |
| 1:05.1 | Protest like this, and like the one that 350.org held at the White House a few weeks ago over |
| 1:09.8 | the Tarsans pipeline, are a healthy sign that people are finally rising up. |
| 1:15.0 | We saw such a sign in Madison, Wisconsin and February and March, and we're going to see |
| 1:18.8 | another sign next week in Washington, D.C. as people engage in more civil disobedience |
| 1:24.1 | to protest the 10th anniversary of the Afghan War. |
| 1:28.0 | People can only take so much, and this rising up, tardy as it is, is a welcome sight. |
| 1:34.1 | I'm Matt Rothschild, and that's how I see it. |
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