On Tuesday, May 1st, known as May Day or International Workers Day,
Occupy Wall Street protesters hope to mobilize tens of thousands of
people across the country under the slogan, "General Strike. No Work. No
Shopping. Occupy Everywhere." Events are planned in 125 cities. We
speak with leading social theorist David Harvey, distinguished professor
of anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New
York, about how Occupy Wall Street compares to other large-scale
grassroots movements throughout modern history. “It’s struck a chord,”
Harvey says of the Occupy movement. “I hope tomorrow there’ll be a
situation in which many more people will say, ‘Look, things have got to
change. Something different has to happen.’” Harvey’s most recent book
is "Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution."Video
Source: Democracy Now!
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