Summary: Today, the Occupy Wall Street movement came to my town: Austin, Texas. In this special episode of Financial Survival Radio, we hear from a few randomly-selected protesters who explain why they've joined OWS and what they expect from the movement. While today's demonstration was extensively covered by local TV news in Austin, there is a near-zero chance that they will actually broadcast some of the ideas expressed in these interviews. Here's a good example of how incurious local TV types are glossing over the story. In this show, you'll hear the protesters in their own words. What do they really want? What happens when hundreds of people show up, each with dozens of different agendas? And more importantly, is this movement in grave danger of being co-opted by the very dark forces the protesters have come to oppose? While I have had some suspicion and misgivings about OWS, today's crowd in Austin left me feeling energized and hopeful. People are indeed starting to wake up. Update to something I mentioned on the show: Apparently, I really suck at guessing crowd sizes. While I had figured a couple of hundred people were present at today's protest, the local paper says it was more like 1,200. Photos Protester and podcaster John Duffy More Information Check out the Occupy Austin website Listen to the podcast of one of the protesters we met, John Duffy's Grow Food, Raise Hell Podcast Click here to subscribe to our show via ITunes Click here to subscribe via RSS (Non ITunes feed) Like our show? We would appreciate it if you would honestly rate us with ITunes.
