How did Occupy—a movement all about direct action and direct democracy—lead to the election of open socialists to office? Core Occupy Wall Street activist Yotam Marom joins Frontline Dispatches host Jayanni Webster to talk about how we got here from there. Tune in Wednesday, 9/29, 4pm PT/7pm ET.
Guests
Yotam Marom is an organizer and facilitator based in New York City. Yotam was a leader at Occupy Wall Street and has played central roles in a variety of movement moments and direct actions across issues. These days he works primarily as a strategy and group dynamics facilitator for social movement organizations like the Sunrise Movement, Dream Defenders, Justice Democrats, and others. Yotam is also a founding member of IfNotNow, was the founding director of the Wildfire Project, and he writes from time to time. His writing and other things can be found at yotammarom.net.