Air Date: 9-18-2026

Today we're doing something new and different but also very old. Occupy Wall Street just hit its 15th anniversary this month and we thought we'd do something that only we can, which is dip into our archives and pull out the best of the Occupy coverage we played in real time as it was happening as well as some other retrospective coverage that aired 10 years later.

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KP 1: Keith Olbermann Reads First Collective Statement of Occupy Wall Street - Countdown - Air Date 10-6-11

KP 2: 99% V 1% the Data Behind the Occupy Movement Animation - Library Of Electronic Press - Air Date 11-16-11

KP 3: News Coverage Numbers of the Occupy Protests Vs Tea Party Protests - On the Media - Air Date 10-7-11

KP 4: What the Occupy Wall St Movement Wants Part 1 - Planet Money - Air Date 10-7-11

KP 5: The General Strike in Oakland - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 11-2-11

KP 6: Keith's Special Comment Why OWS Needs Michael Bloomberg - Countdown - Air Date 11-16-11

KP 7: UC Davis Police Pepper Spray Sitting Protesters at Point Blank Range - David Pakman - Air Date 11-21-11

KP 8: Occupy at 10 with Astra Taylor Part 1 - The Dig - Air Date 9-25-21

(01:01:34) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

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DEEPER DIVES

(01:12:59) SECTION A: THE STATE STRIKES BACK

A1: Comparing the Occupation to the Bonus Army Encampment - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 10-26-11

A2: Erroneous Reporting on the Occupation - Counterspin - Air Date 10-27-11

A3: Protesting at Berkley, Past and Present - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 11-15-11

A4: If Cops Use Force Then Your Speech Wasn't Free (to Say the Least) - Matthew Filipowicz - Air Date 12-9-11

A5: Iraq Vet Scott Olsen on What He Hopes the Movement Will Achieve - Countdown - Air Date 12-2-11

(01:49:52) SECTION B: RIGGED SYSTEM, RIGGED COVERAGE

B1: The Top 1% Vs YOU - The Young Turks - Air Date 10-31-11

B2: Panic of the Plutocrats - Green News Report - Air Date 10-11-11

B3: Three Quarters of Americans Believe Rich, Corporations Have Too Much Power - The Young Turks - Air Date 12-17-11

B4: World Economy Going to Hell - Dan Carlin - Air Date 9-28-11

B5: Leaked Republicans Scared of Occupy Wall Street - The Young Turks - Air Date 12-2-11

B6: Erin Burnett's Horrible Occupy Wall St Report - The Majority Report - Air Date 10-7-11

B7: The Screaming Majority Song on Occupy Wall St - The Majority Report - Air Date 10-7-11

(02:43:16) SECTION C: WHAT THE MOVEMENT WAS DOING

C1: What the Occupy Wall St Movement Wants Part 2 - Planet Money

C2: Prophetic Article Calling for the Occupation - The Majority Report - Air Date 10-25-11

C3: Occupying Our Homes - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 12-2-11

(03:13:08) SECTION D: THE LEGACY, 10 YEARS ON

D1: Will Occupy Wall Street Affect 2012 Election Glenn Greenwald Interview - David Pakman - Air Date 11-14-11

D2: The Legacy of Occupy Wall Street, with Ruth Milkman and Nastaran Mohit - Belabored - Air Date 9-24-21

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