Occupy Wall Street Lives On with Sonny Singh & Nato Green (Ep 106)

The Bitchuation Room

TYT Network

News Commentary, News, Comedy, Government

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

It was anti-capitalist mass direct action. How did it even happen? Looking back at ten years since Occupy Wall Street, the lasting legacy of a “leaderless” movement with no central demands was actually far greater than anyone could have imagined. It was a moment of resistance, of saying enough is enough. Social justice educator Sonny Singh and comedian Nato Green join Francesca to discuss the lessons of Occupy Wall Street and the conditions that were ripe for such an unprecedented action. Plus the GOP-led Arizona election audit goes awry and AOC votes “present” on a billion dollars for Israel’s Iron Dome. Finally, imagining a world without Facebook. And a BONUS discussion for *PATRONS ONLY*, more discussion of Occupy: what were the internal struggles, how did the police ultimately win, and the openings for social movements when fascism is out of the way. Get the extra content at www.patreon.com.bitchuationroom. Featuring:Nato Green, comedian and labor union organizer Sonny Singh, social justice educator, musician Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPodGet your Frantifa merch: www.bitchuationroom.comSupport The Bitchuation Room on Venmo: @TBR-LIVE Cash-App: @TBRLIVE Thanks to Rebecca Rufer, Maximillien Inhoff, Ellie Hoffman, Alexandra Ornes ***************************Independent creators rely on your support to create the content you want! Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron:https://www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom Support The Bitchuation Room on:Venmo: @TBR-LIVECash-App: @TBRLIVE Check Out The Bitchuation Room PodcastiTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesbitchuationGoogle Music: http://bit.ly/GoogleBitchuationStitcher: http://bit.ly/stitcherbitchuationSpotify: http://bit.ly/spotifybitchuation Find Francesca On: Twitter: https://twitter.com/franifio YouTube: The Bitchuation Room’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/franifio Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FranifioInsta: https://www.instagram.com/franifio/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:00.0	It wasn't a campaign with like four goals that were going to be accomplished through this particular strategy
0:09.2	It was a space right and it was a space in which lots of different campaigns were possible. Kikitty, Kiki, what is up?
0:35.0	Welcome to the Bituation Room Podcast, live stream here on a Sunday back at your regularly scheduled football slash nap
0:45.5	slash early to bedtime. What's up? I am your host Francesca Fiorentini. You've
0:51.9	seen me on Instagram and been like, where do I know you?
0:55.8	We've got such a good show for you today. I'm super excited.
0:59.6	Two amazingly talented and funny and also good friends of mine are going to be joining me
1:07.4	to talk about the 10-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, what has been the legacy of
1:12.1	that movement that pretty much no one predicted?
1:16.4	We've got musician and social justice educators, Sonny Singh in the house.
1:22.0	He's going to talk about what it was like to be in
1:24.0	Zuccotti Park as well as Mr. NATO Green is here of course. He was actually on
1:29.2	tour touring a stand-up show so he is going to be talking about what it was like around the country sort of absorbing all of that energy 10 years ago and where is that energy gone?
1:40.4	Have you heard about Occupy Wall Street? Do you know what it is? Do you know that they are our ancestors, our forefathers, to the forthcoming revolution, TBD, all right?
1:54.0	But for now, also, I want to let you guys know that if you're listening as a podcast,
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2:16.5	and also this show is supported by you guys and you guys alone
2:22.0	We don't have any sponsors. We don't, like no one is
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