Two Years After Occupy Wall Street

Two years after the Occupy Wall Street movement shifted the conversation on economic inequality, Democracy Now looks at its origins in New York City’s Zuccotti Park and its continued legacy in a number of different groups active today. 
DN speaks with Nicole Carty, actions coordinator with The Other 98 Percent, and a facilitator of general assemblies and spokescouncil meetings during Occupy, where she was a member of the Occupy People of Color Caucus.  Also joining DN is Nathan Schneider, editor of the website Waging Nonviolence, and a longtime chronicler of the Occupy movement for Harper’s Magazine, The Nation, The New York Times, and The Catholic Worker.  Scheider’s new book, "Thank You Anarchy: Notes from the Occupy Apocalypse," chronicles Occupy’s first year.

Manhattan retained the dubious distinction of having the biggest income gap of any big county in the US.  The mean income of the lowest fifth was $9,635, compared with $389,007 for the top fifth and $779,969 for the top 5 percent -more than an eightyfold difference between bottom and top.  The New York Times