Seasoned activists critique Wall Street protests

[FarCenter]

To veterans of past social movements, the Occupy Wall Street protests that began in New York and spread nationwide have been a welcome response to corporate greed and the enfeebled economy. But whether the energy of protesters can be tapped to transform the political climate remains to be seen.

"There's a difference between an emotional outcry and a movement," said Andrew Young, who worked alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as a strategist during the civil rights movement and served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. "This is an emotional outcry. The difference is organization and articulation."

The nearly four-week-old protest that began in a lower Manhattan park has taken on a semblance of organization and a coherent message has largely emerged: That "the 99 percent" who struggle daily as the economy shudders, employment stagnates and medical costs rise are suffering as the 1 percent who control the vast majority of the economy's wealth continues to prosper.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44836629/ns/us_news-life/

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Andrew Young, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Immanuel Ness, Todd Gitlin, Jim Clyburn, and Naiomi Klein.

[Odin2005]

1. All movement's start with an emotional ourcry.

This is the start.

[Hissyspit]

2. Rec'd because there are some interesting quotes in there.