Back to the Future? Generation X and Occupy Wall Street

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AlterNet / By Lynn Parramore

Back to the Future? Generation X and Occupy Wall Street
We started out with Nixon. Could Occupy Wall Street lead us to a new society?

November 16, 2011 |


The following is an excerpt from AlterNet's forthcoming book, The 99%: How the Occupy Wall Street Movement is Changing America, which tells the gripping story of the emergence, expansion and influence of a phenomenon poised to transform our ideological landscape and unleash our potential to reinvent our society.


The year was 1974. My family was gathered around the shrine of the living room television. I was four years old, aware only that something momentous must be happening to draw such rapt attention. A jowly, vaguely menacing-looking man with dark hair was reading a speech.

"What is it, Daddy?"

"The president is getting kicked out on his butt."

My introduction to the world of politics was learning that the leader of my country was a no-good crook. Welcome to Generation X. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/occupywallst/153100/back_to_the_future_generation_x_and_occupy_wall_street/

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