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Occupy Wall Street and protest movements

Panelists examined Occupy Wall Street and other grassroots social movements.
Panelists examined Occupy Wall Street and other grassroots social movements.

Watch the show and join the conversation on theIntersection website.

Since the Occupy Wall Street protests began in New York more than a month ago, similar groups have sprung up across the country, including downtown Columbia. How did this movement emerge? How has it been sustained? And why do some grassroots movements flourish while others fizzle out?

Rehman Tungekar is a former producer for KBIA, who left at the beginning of 2014.