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Occupy Wall Street Learning From Protest of the Past

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    FBN’s David Asman discusses how these protests compare to those of the 1960’s.

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Finally tonight I have an admission I'm conservative today largely because I was kind of a liberal -- I grew up in Washington DC and it was that a lot of the protest rallies in the 1960s and 1970s I saw up close.

All those false promises of the -- queried age which protesters today EC and help -- trying to recreate.

Now while the demonstrations of the sixties were preaching peace and love behind the scenes there was a lot of grandstanding and backstabbing as well.

There were supposed to be no higher -- in these protest organizations just like today's but.

When no one supposed to be in control so -- always tries to take control.

And it's usually the most ruthless who do.

And there are some very tough cookies that the occupy Wall Street -- It's worth mentioning again the teachings of a woman.

Who looks like she is making a move to kind of direct the rallies she's a community and labor organizer named Lisa fifty and now in 2000 what she gave an interview to the international socialist review.

As you talked about power and tactics here is what she set.

Quote I have no issue with property destruction.

We're in a society where property is idealize.

So a lot of people don't get it yet that it really doesn't matter it's just class.

Or products that we are not so collectively added to be here these are her words you can look it up.

Property doesn't really matter it's just glass or products.

Now these are the same sentiments that turned me away from radicals a long time ago.

But some things never change.

The sentiments of destruction and that eventually took over many the rally to the old could become the hallmark of the occupy Wall Street protests if folks like this fifty and get their way.

And that's it for tonight we're so glad you could join us join us tomorrow.

We're gonna target one of the pioneers of the tech revolution Scott McNealy.

He's co-founder and former CEO of Sun Microsystems.

Wouldn't be possible for him to start the same kind of organization today with all of today's regulations.

Will be asking him but right now.

It's Eric --

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