It is too much to hope that ‘Occupy Wall Street’ might herald a turning point?

Is the success of ‘Occupy Wall Street’ just wishful thinking on behalf of weary commentators.  See this assessment of the initiative by Mark Engler in the Energy Bulletin.  We Irish might well watch developments and perhaps, learn something useful.

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