Jill Stein in the New York Times
“The Caucus” blog at the New York Times posted a five question interview with Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein this morning:
Q. Is your campaign trying to tap into the Occupy movement?
A. Occupy is very much a part of a broader move for democracy and economic and social justice. That is alive and well around the world. Just look at what is going on in Wisconsin which is directly linked to Occupy. It doesn’t have the name of Occupy, but they slept for three weeks in the statehouse. If that’s not Occupy, what is? The Occupy movement, beneath the surface, represents a political coming of age of a younger generation who have been on the receiving end of a generally exploitative economy. One of those groups to exploit has been young people. They have been exploited in education. The unemployment crisis hits them the hardest. They are bearing the burden for the climate disruptions that are coming down the pike.
Read the entire piece at the NY Times.
