Special airs Saturday at 6 p.m. Et; Also, activist Davey D gives MTV News an inside look at the fiery Occupy Oakland protests.
By Uptin Saiidi
Bryan in "True Life: I'm Occupying Wall Street"
In the weeks since Americans fed up with the status quo hit New York's Zuccotti Park to protest issues like economic inequality and social injustice, the movement has spread around the globe. On Saturday at 6 p.m. Et, MTV's special "True Life: I'm Occupying Wall Street" will introduce viewers to a handful of the young demonstrators trying to bring about change.
But if there's another U.S. city that has taken to the spirit of the Occupy protests to the next level, it's surely Oakland, California. In downtown Oakland, about 7,000 activists turned out on Wednesday for a general strike, which led to arrests and business shutdowns; the nation's fifth largest port was even forced to close.
By Uptin Saiidi
Bryan in "True Life: I'm Occupying Wall Street"
In the weeks since Americans fed up with the status quo hit New York's Zuccotti Park to protest issues like economic inequality and social injustice, the movement has spread around the globe. On Saturday at 6 p.m. Et, MTV's special "True Life: I'm Occupying Wall Street" will introduce viewers to a handful of the young demonstrators trying to bring about change.
But if there's another U.S. city that has taken to the spirit of the Occupy protests to the next level, it's surely Oakland, California. In downtown Oakland, about 7,000 activists turned out on Wednesday for a general strike, which led to arrests and business shutdowns; the nation's fifth largest port was even forced to close.
- 11/4/2011
- MTV Music News
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