what goals are really attainable this year for occupy wall street j meyerson joins me now from new york city to participate with the occupy wall street journal's regular contributor to truth j a welcome i tell great to have you back with us is occupy wall street the process of reinventing itself. it's certainly in the process of reviving itself in fact they've established a new occupation at union square where last night about forty people slept in even more look set to sleep there tonight. it appears as though occupy wall street is definitely back in full swing where is this place where there are are there. in union square where the occupiers marched during the incredibly fraught. fiction from zuccotti park to her in this police brutality they wound up at union square and slept there ok so as they as they renew themselves or reinvent themselves or read revive or i forget the word you used which is good what is the new yet there you go what is the newly renewed occupy wall street going to look like and how are they going to be behaving. it's going to be more radical i mean i think it's going to call for different stuff from what you just menti

and that it matters and fifty three percent of them said that occupy wall street had a real impact on their businesses with wall street journal chose to report on not surprise surprise is only fifty three percent said that but i'd say the considering the everybody wanted to discount the movement as a bunch of spoiled have be that are too lazy to get jobs and have no real demands or plan the fact that more than fifty percent of wall street firms say that they felt impacted by them that's a pretty big deal now what's more is that seventy one percent expect the movement to continue beyond the presidential election and i'm sure this move is going to continue but most of america would probably be hard pressed to find out about that if the mainstream media was their only source of information because they just cannot stand something that is ongoing that involves patience that involves sticking to a story seeing it in a big picture perspective. it's also why i found this next result in the survey to be so interesting it turns out that ninety six percent of the executive surveyed said that their firms invited the public's negative pe

jerry's ice cream is helping to raise $1.8 million for the occupy wall street movement, and he takes your phone calls on tomorrow's "washington journal." we'll also talk with republican congressman doug lamborn of california about the proposed keystone xl oil pipeline and rising gas prices. "washington journal" live on c-span with the day's headlines and viewer phone calls, every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >>> and with a firm confidence in justice, freedom, and peace on earth that will raise the hearts and the hopes of mankind that distant day when no one drags a chain. >> as candidates campaign for president this year, we look back at 14 men who ran for the office and lost. go to our website c-span.org/thecontenders to see video of the contenders who had a lasting effect on politics. >> it is further the cause of republicanism to restore clear understanding of the tyranny of man over man in the world at large. it is our cause to dispel the foggy thinking which avoids hard decisions in the delusion that a world of conflict will somehow mysteriously resolve itself into a world of harmony. >> c-span.org/thecontenders. >>> up next on c-s

journalism one of we. we want to visit. something else. last february months before occupy wall street began we saw the populist movement take shape in wisconsin when public sector workers collective bargaining rights were in jeopardy more than a year later despite recall campaigns are now outlaw known as x. ten is still intact as lead to lost wages difficulties and recertification and a loss of bargaining power over vacations benefits working conditions sick days and overtime alter net compared the situation in wisconsin to ohio where some type of attack on collective bargaining rights led to a public referendum that ended up overturning a law so looking at the two even the situation around the country is the republican attack on unions taking workers back to the gilded age or has it maybe rekindle the populist movement i reminding it what's at stake joining me from our studio in new york is sarah jaffe associate editor at alternate. let's talk a little bit about this i know that this act and went into effect on june twenty ninth twenty eleven in wisconsin talk to me in specifics here

journalism we. we want to present. something. by the mainstream media has been largely neglected in the occupy wall street movement since it spilled into american streets in september and is into an activist who believes the situation has seen it as the protests mean. when you look at adbusters first putting out the call for this protest in wall street there wasn't much pick up very few news organizations actually covered it and then someone arms found it and the second anonymous decided to talk about it everyone in the news out there decided oh this is news we have to cover it and then thousands of people showed up you know i think anonymous played an interesting role almost as the p.r. agent for it you know that they brought a lot of the eyeballs and they helped get the internet up and operational they made sure that there was electricity provided you know they did a lot of interesting technical stuff that the movie needed. dates and other global development so always available to our t dot com let's take a look now at some stories which might touch your attention. too much to say in life that the n.c.c. uprising in libya tells

occupy wall street movement. from this morning's washington journal, it's half an hour. >> mr. cohen, what's your most recent political project that you're getting involved with? >> i'm working with the movement resourcegroup.org. and that organization is raising money to help support a lot of the work that's being done in the occupy and 99% movement around the country. >> why are you supporting those movements? >> you know, i've been working for economic and social justice for decades. and it seems to me that the thing that's been missing in that struggle is a massive grassroots movement. and i think that's what occupy and the 99% movement have the potential to become. and we want to support that effort. >> and how are you supporting it besides -- well, with money, yes. but what is your goal with the money that you're donating to this campaign? >> well, to keep the campaign going, to support it at this transitional time. as it's transitioning from spontaneous occupations in parks to a more strategic campaign that's more coordinated around the country. and that, you know, start

journal." the cofounder of ben and jerry's the ice cream company, ben cohen is joining us to talk about, among other things, occupy wall street, the movement raising about 1.8 million to help the occupy wall street movement around the country. he'll be with us to take your phone calls from new york city and gas prices, the excel pipeline and what to expect from the obama administration. a republican perspective from the member of the house natural resources subcommittee on energy and mineral resources. the chair of that committee is doug land born, a republican from colorado. he'll be with us tomorrow morning. the washington journal every day. thanks for being with us on this wednesday. i hope you enjoy the rest of your evening. >>> up next, a congressional hearing looks at cruise ship safety, following the costa concordia accident. we'll hear from survivors and cruise line officials. >>> and then in case you missed it, you can watch c-span radio "washington today" later tonight. >>> and interior secretary, ken salazar testifies about his department's 2013 budget request. >>> if you had said in 2006 the world would be begging

journal. the co-founder of ben and jerry's, the ice cream company, ben cowen is going to be joining us to talk about other things, occupy wall street. to help the occupy wall street movement around the country. he'll be with us to take your phone calls from new york city. and gas prices, the excel pipeline and what to expect from the obama administration, a republican perspective from the member of the house subcommittee on energy and natural resources. the chair of that committee is a republican from colorado. he will be with us tomorrow morning. thanks for being with us on this wednesday. i hope you enjoy the rest of your evening. >> tomorrow, a hearing looks at the political unrest and violence in syria. u.s. ambassador to syria robert ford will testify before the senate foreign relations committee. that's live at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >> secretary of state clinton testified on capitol hill this week about her department's budget request for 2013. here is an exchange she had with senator john kerry that shares the senate foreign relation's committee. >> i'd like to ask you -- i'm confident colleagues are going to

journal. but new york city police are investigating threats made against star through the phone and on twitter this after officers forcibly arrested more than seventy people during an occupy wall street protest since the start of the movement nationwide protests of that numerous cases of police brutality of the patterns and tear gas often used to disperse crowds and as the movement continues so too does washington's desire to silence the american public as it is more important explains. it's a country that extols the virtues of liberty unlike no water. since september some six thousand seven hundred americans protesting against economic inequality and corporate greed have been arrested and silence. a police offensive aimed at crushing occupy wall street has succeeded in shattering america's globally marketed brand of freedom for its made people realise it's the kind of devastating states or our ability to be in a place of dissent america and how to challenge that press that is and i think people thought they were freer to dissent until it's right here. in america it is a criminal offense to exercise freedom of speech and advance deemed nationally significant such as presidential conv

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occupied in december. he was really at that moment at his magic moment in which he surged to the front of the pack. since then, judy, his positive negatively score in the wall street journal down to minus 34. i mean he's in real trouble. i don't see where he comes back. ndnlik my huckabee four years ago who won iowa and broke out of being just classified as a regional candidate by so doing, newt gingrich, i mean, as of tonight will have won south carolina and georgia. not exactly a national pattern. >> woodruff: do you share, michael of course, what mark said a minute ago about ron paul that doing better than expected? what does that do for him? >> i completely agree. i think that you've seen a remarkable reversal. people forget ron paul ran as a third party candidate in 1988, g .4% of the vote and was a marginal figure, a joke in many ways. he's a major figure in the republican circles. his son is a, you know, a rising star in the republican party. he's going to play a role at the republican convention. i think there's some embarrassing things that can emerge from that. ron paul's foreign policy views on iran, his extreme libertarian anti-government approaches could be e

journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern for >> next, a look good by several business owners have made plans to help fund the occupied wall streetis a half hour. host: joining us from our new york studer is the co-founder of ben & jerry's and a political activist. mr. ben cohen. what is your most recent political project that you are getting involved with? guest: i am working with the movement resource group.org. that organization is raising money to help support a lot of the work that's being done in the occupied and 99% movement around the country. host: why are you supporting those movements? guest: i have been working for economic and social justice for decades. it seems to me that the thing that has been missing in the struggle is a massive. massive. i think that is what occupy and the 99% movement have the potential to become. -- what is missing is the eight massive grass-roots effort. host: what is your goal with the money you are donating to this campaign? guest: to keep the campaign going, to support it at this transitional time as it is transitioning from spontaneous occupations in parks to a more strategic campaign th