Figting for the 100% (Not Against the 1%)

Activist Van Jones gives perhaps the best speech on the Occupy Wall Street movement at Occupy Boston since it began several weeks ago. Jones does an excelling job of highlighting the movement's short history, and explains the significance of demonstration and occupation as a tactic (as opposed to tactics like lobbying and writing politicians). The speech is quite inspiring despite the fact that a fire alarm continuously sounds off during the second half of the speech.



I say this is the best speech on the movement, but I am open to other suggestions if you find a better speech. Bill Maher's most recent New Rules is a good one also.

A Video for Sunday

Since the Oscars are tonight, I wanted to find a good speech or moment from a movie for this week's clip.  This seemed like a pretty good choice.  Here is the great Charlie Chaplin way ahead of his time in The Great Dictator which parodies Adolph Hitler.  At the time of release (1940), the United States had not entered World War II yet, and was still at peace with Nazi Germany.  Chaplin knew what Hitler and Fascism were really about, and made this movie at a time when the rest of the world outside of Europe was only starting to realize what evil he stood for.  The speech is quite inspirational, and I feel its words are still appropriate in today's world.