(w/ Video) ‘Occupy similar to ‘60s Civil Rights movement’

‘Occupy similar to ‘60s Civil Rights movement’

As Obama’s presidency nears its end, assessments of his reforms are beginning to appear. But editor of The Nation Katrina Vanden Heuvel says that the most significant changes are coming not from the man on top, but from movements at the bottom.

­“One man, one woman, even a president cannot change the political system in one, two, three years,” she said. “Our system is so complicated and corrupted by money, by establishment power, that it takes movements from below allied with politicians of conviction inside.”

Katrina Vanden Heuvel compares the Occupy to other great transformational movements, like the Labor movement, the Environmental movement, and the Civil Rights movement in the ’60s..... MORE

Source:  RT.com

URL: http://rt.com/news/obama-movement-reforms-people-765/