first started in new york with hundreds and then thousands of people taking over new york city zuccotti park since then it has spread nationally and internationally and it's changed the discussion about the state of the economy and the system in this country that i think it's safe to say benefits those at the top and keeps those at the bottom while at the bottom those involved at all have always called it a leaderless movement critics call it a bunch of dirty hippies with no direction but some of the more friendly critics they hate your messages about the ninety nine percent versus the one percent about a broken system and about inequality are good but now it's time to do something about it well one man plans to do just that joining me from our studio in new york is george martinez a candidate for the u.s. house of representatives in new york seventh congressional district hey there george thanks for being on the show i guess i want to talk to you first a little bit about your campaign and how you plan to implement some of those occupy messages if you're elected. without question well thanks

i didn't go to zuccotti park because of ad busters call lots of folks from new york city people from the hood if you will we didn't come because of an ad busters call what we did was we came because there was a moment of transformational hopefulness where people who are normally disconnected from each other people who are normally separated because of race class ethnicity gender whatever the differences were that we were moved there we found each other so i didn't go because there was a call from adbusters i came because something was happening in my city but what do you think your age that that the person i know you may you and thousands of others didn't go because of adbusters but what do you think it was that abba thought of put this in their magazine to start with and encouraged in the name they're now saying that it fizzling down that it's lost that you know. the two things that the direct response to that is you can't kill an idea and another world is possible we're moving not because of any one leader and if it's a leaderless movement in a call from a leader. or ad agency is n

. >> occupy wall street activists returned to zuccotti park thursday to protest trespassing charges against activists who were arrested at new york's trinity church on december 17. the protesters had scaled a fence on a church on a property after trinity refused to give them sanctuary following their eviction from zuccotti park. thursday's rally was held as part of a campaign to pressure trinity to drop cooperation with prosecutors ahead of the protesters' trial next week. a group of new york pastors led a prayer vigil in support. this is reverend rosemary bray mcnatt of the fourth universalist society. >> i must take issue with trinity church today. i must take issue with their desire to prosecute people for acting in a way that churches and houses of worship has acted for centuries i must take issue with those people for whatever reason who have decided that prosecutions of free speech and prosecution in the service of human life and human flourishing is a good idea. >> also speaking thursday was a priest, poet, activist, father daniel berrigan. >> when the people [unintelligible] it beco

this is post conviction zuccotti park.tle bit of land down there and if they would release it to occupy wall street. there was an event down there that day which i thought it was going to be a musical concert. there were rumors that lou reed was going to sing, patty smith. so i went down and what wound up happening, the protesters went in the park led by bishop packar. it went over the fence and i went in there as well. there were 55 of us that got arrested that day. then it dwindled down to eight of us that saw it all the way through rejecting the plea bargain. >> john: so do you think your sentence was fair, ted? >> um, well, fair is somewhat relative. i think based on the fact that nobody on wall street has been convicted of any crimes. jamie dimon who just lost somewhere between $2 billion and $3 billion for jpmorgan is just doing a q & a, a televised q & a, probably will be slapped with some sort of fine. i don't think money really means anything to these gigantic institutions, and certainly not the amount that they e

is a journalist at the main progressive national newspaper in mexico increasing a pamphlet for zuccotti parkbout the yo soy 132 student movement in mexico. we're also joined by videostream by john ackerman, editor of the mexican law review and professor at the national autonomous university in mexico. is also a columnist. we welcome you both to "democracy now!" tania molina, can you explain the significance, what is at stake in this sunday's election? >> what did you say? >> what is at stake in this election on sunday? talk about the significance of it. >> first of all, it is a pleasure to be with you on "democracy now!" at stake is as andrÉs manuel lÓpez obrador was saying in the speech that you ran, it is between the comeback of the old regime and the continuation of a regime that has only brought us 60,000 deaths in a war against drug trafficking that has not worked at all. >> in terms of the resurgence of lopez obrador in recent weeks, could you talk more about the movement, the student movement that has helped to propel him ford and how it started? what is the name signify of the moveme

this country but while the occupy movement officially started with the wall street encampment in zuccotti park and might have never been if it weren't for wisconsin governor scott walker shortly after taking office in january of last year walker supportive budgetary legislation that stripped public sector employees of their collective bargaining rights even though they had nothing to do with the budget he did this under the guise of deficit reduction despite cutting taxes very shortly after taking office and despite the fact that he's unions had agreed to pay cuts more over the state's fiscal bureau advised walker that austerity measures weren't needed so public employees were furious that they were being stripped of their rights in such an underhanded manner and mass protests erupted. thank you. thank. now the bill alternately passed the anti walker movement emboldened the occupy movement and also showed americans what massive protests protests actually look like here at home right after arab spring demonstrations and protests in europe moreover the size of the crowd surpassed anything that w

first started in new york with hundreds and then thousands of people taking over new york city zuccotti park since then it has spread nationally and.

church owned property after trinity refused to give them sanctuary following their eviction from zuccotti parkt the time. the trout pitted occupies supporters against the church, which cooperated with prosecutors in targeting the activists. mark adams was sentenced to talk -- to 45 days on additional charges. those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we're here in the bronx and east to 29th street at the home of ramarley graham. today, as every thursday, people are gathering to remember him and protest police violence. there is a t-shirt hanging right here on the gate this as, "rest in peace" with the picture of ramarley gone. today, "democracy now!" special on the life and death of ramarley graham, a teenager who was shot dead by new york police officer inside his own bathroom in the bronx. his death occurred february 2, three weeks before trayvon martin was shot dead in florida by george zimmerman. trayvon was 17 years old. ramarley was 18. while martin's death and international attention, the ramarley graham killi

church owned property after trinity refused to give them sanctuary following their eviction from zuccotti park. those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. we begin our show in wisconsin where republican gov. scott walker has survived a historic recall election over milwaukee mayor tom barrett. walker won 53 to 46%, 7% margin. he house been pared by seven to one margin. walker becomes the first ever in the country to survive a recall election. democrats appeared to have gained control of the wisconsin senate as john lehman remains in a lead over the incumbent republican. the statewide recall effort was launched last after scott walker and republican legislators stripped public sector unions of their collective bargaining rights and reduce their benefits. shortly after polls closed last evening, walker delivered a victory speech to his supporters. >> tonight we tell wisconsin, we tell our country, and we tell pe

church-owned property after trinity refused to give them sanctuary following their eviction from zuccotti park. the justice department is seeking to avert a potential congressional vote on breeding contempt charges it is attorney general eric holder related to a probe into the controversial ban sting operation known as fast and furious. the operations of u.s. agents encouraging the sale of thousands of guns to middlemen for mexican cartels in an attempt to gain access to senior level in the criminal organizations. the threat to charge holder over his refusal to hand over documents about the program. the ceo of the celebrated u.s. hygiene products company dr. bronner's magic soaps was arrested outside the white house on monday protesting the u.s. ban on industrial hemp farming. david bronner locked himself inside a steel cage along with several hemp plants that he harvested for oil. >> we buy hemp seed from canadian farmers. we've been trying for 10 years to grow and purchase him seed oil from american farmers. we're getting really frustrated with obama, who as a state senator from illinois, bu

. >> occupy wall street activists returned to zuccotti park thursday to protest trespassing charges against activists who were arrested at new york's trinity church on december 17. the protesters had scaled a fence on a church on a property after trinity refused to give them sanctuary following their eviction from zuccotti park. thursday's rally was held as part of a campaign to pressure trinity to drop cooperation with prosecutors ahead of the protesters' trial next week. a group of new york pastors led a prayer vigil in support. this is reverend rosemary bray mcnatt of the fourth universalist society. >> i must take issue