Video: ‘We Need to Occupy Our Democracy’

Video: ‘We Need to Occupy Our Democracy’

Video: ‘We Need to Occupy Our Democracy’

The real public nuisance is the big money that has engulfed our democracy—and mass demonstrations are the only effective way for “real people” to be heard.

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“The First Amendment is being stood on its head,” says Robert Reich, in a recent video produced by MoveOn.org. Critics of the Occupy Movement may view its nonviolent protests as rowdy and inconvenient, he argues, but the real public nuisance is the big money that has engulfed our democracy—and mass demonstrations are the only effective way for “real people” to be heard.

This video is the third in this new series. Click here to watch the first episode and here to watch the second, and check back at TheNation.com each week for new episodes.

—Teresa Cotsirilos

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