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The People vs. Goldman Sachs

submitted by Trancecoach

1 decade 3 years 2 weeks ago

The People vs. Goldman Sachs: The Honorable Cornel West and Chris Hedges Presiding

Thanks to New York photographer Robert Chin for videotaping this and uploading it to Youtube.

YT Description: "Recorded November 3, 2011, 10.15am. The People vs. Goldman Sachs mock trial people’s hearing held at Liberty a/k/a Zuccotti Park with fiery commentary by Dr. Cornel West, eloquence by Chris Hedges, and testimonies from people directly affected by Goldman Sach policies."

You can keep up-to-date with the always compelling Cornel West at his website.

Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize winning human rights journalist who writes a weekly column for Truthdig.

This is the kind of street theater we need to see in cities all across America. In addition to marching and occupying public places, we need to explore creative and provocative ways to capture the attention of the media. In our ADD culture, we’ve got to keep things interesting. West and Hedges are taking a page from the Abbie Hoffman play book.

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Hedges was arrested along with 15 other protesters following the “people’s trial” when they staged a sit-in outside the headquarters of Goldman Sachs.

The Gothamist reports:

Over a dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested today outside Goldman Sachs, where they had marched with 300 others after holding a mock trial of CEO Lloyd Blankfein. Among those arrested were performance artist gadfly Reverend Billy and author and columnist Chris Hedges, who is a senior fellow at The Nation Institute. Hedges and the Rev joined several others in a direct action protest outside the firm, sitting down on the sidewalk, linking arms, and refusing to leave. It seems clear the activists intended to be arrested; earlier today Reverend Billy tweeted, “I’ll spend the afternoon in a police van with Chris Hedges and come out ten times more READY for the miracle! Revolujah!”

http://youtu.be/MOiUOkNj0L4

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I'm not a fan of the evangelical type speaking tone of West, I think people should just speak humbly and naturally and impress with the content of their delivery rather than the delivery itself. Having said that, this is what real TV should be about, bringing information to the people, by the people. Screw the corporate media.

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Quite impressive and inspiring. No wonder they were arrested after. Scared the shit out of the establishment.

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http://i.imgur.com/U0GxY.jpg

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