For Occupy Wall Street Alums, Sanders Just a Means to Their Own Ends
A large gathering of protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement attend a rally on Nov. 17, 2011, in New York City.
Photographer: Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesBefore she cofounded People for Bernie, the grassroots group that has been campaigning for Bernie Sanders online and in New York City since his launched his campaign, and before she tried to draft Elizabeth Warren into a presidential campaign, Winnie Wong was part of Occupy Wall Street.
“I showed up on the morning of Sept. 17 and I never left,” she said, referring to the day in 2011 when hundreds of protesters took over Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park. What she thought would last a day or two turned into what she called “a movement that has transformed the global narrative around economic inequality,” and activated a new generation of organizers, activists, and protesters still working in the movement today.