four weeks away, we spend the rest of the hour with a sociologist, activists come the legendary frances fox piven0 on frances fox monday. piven is a longtime social movement scholar and distinguished professor emerita of political science and sociology at the city university of new york graduate center. her groundbreaking books include "regulating the poor" and "poor people's movements: why they succeed, how they fail" with her late husband and collaborator richard cloward. her other books include "challenging authority: how ordinary people change america" and "why americans still don't vote." we welcome you back to democracy now! happy birthday, frances fox piven. it is great to have you with us. >> thank you so much. it is lovely to talk to you again. i am glad to be on the program. amy: so can you talk about where we are today in this country and movements around the world, from your perspective and your almost a century of wisdom around people's movements? ok, maybe more like 70 years. >> well, we are at a kind of crisis juncture in american development. and in theorld' is development. but we