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  • That's why over 1200 ordinary people from around the country took the extraordinarily courageous step of sitting-in and getting arrested at the White House in late August -- to show President Obama and leaders on Capitol Hill that real people can be just as powerful as corporate interests.

    Phil Aroneanu: Why Environmentalists Should Occupy Wall Street Phil Aroneanu 2011

  • When the makers of Hollywood movies, documentary films, or TV news programs want to evoke the spirit of the 1960s, they typically show clips of long-haired hippies dancing at a festival, protestors marching at an antiwar rally, or students sitting-in at a lunch counter, with one of two songs by Bob Dylan--"Blowin' in the Wind" or "The Times They Are a-Changin'"--playing in the background.

    Peter Dreier: The Political Bob Dylan Peter Dreier 2011

  • In the aggregate, the Koch brothers are the personification of what's driving hundreds of people to occupy Boston, Los Angeles and elsewhere, and the thousands of protesters and sitting-in outside Wall Street in Lower Manhattan.

    Robert Greenwald: There Are Many More Koch Brother Secret Sins (VIDEO) Robert Greenwald 2011

  • A few hundred activists, students and unemployed college graduates have been sitting-in for about two weeks at a downtown Manhattan park and no one seems to care very much, save for those in the area whose travel is disrupted.

    Not All the Rage 2011

  • When the makers of Hollywood movies, documentary films, or TV news programs want to evoke the spirit of the 1960s, they typically show clips of long-haired hippies dancing at a festival, protestors marching at an antiwar rally, or students sitting-in at a lunch counter, with one of two songs by Bob Dylan--"Blowin' in the Wind" or "The Times They Are a-Changin'"--playing in the background.

    Peter Dreier: The Political Bob Dylan Peter Dreier 2011

  • In the aggregate, the Koch brothers are the personification of what's driving hundreds of people to occupy Boston, Los Angeles and elsewhere, and the thousands of protesters and sitting-in outside Wall Street in Lower Manhattan.

    Robert Greenwald: There Are Many More Koch Brother Secret Sins (VIDEO) Robert Greenwald 2011

  • When the makers of Hollywood movies, documentary films, or TV news programs want to evoke the spirit of the 1960s, they typically show clips of long-haired hippies dancing at a festival, protestors marching at an antiwar rally, or students sitting-in at a lunch counter, with one of two songs by Bob Dylan--"Blowin' in the Wind" or "The Times They Are a-Changin'"--playing in the background.

    Peter Dreier: The Political Bob Dylan Peter Dreier 2011

  • Each night's set list was altered at the time for freshness (the last night including John Sebastian sitting-in), and with Bruce Botnick's new mixes, the recordings themselves sound as immediate as if you were at the Forum during those legendary concerts.

    Mike Ragogna: HuffPost Reviews : Beyonce, Rihanna, Buddy Holly, The Doors, Susan Boyle, and More 2010

  • It was practically the University of South Florida's community center, and artists like James Lee Stanley, Mac McAnally, The Swimming Pool Q's, and Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee played there often, with almost anyone who was a singer-songwriter or a blues-focused artist stopping by or sitting-in.

    HuffPost Reviews: Slash, Madonna, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, Plus A Conversation with Matt Hires, and More 2010

  • Each night's set list was altered at the time for freshness (the last night including John Sebastian sitting-in), and with Bruce Botnick's new mixes, the recordings themselves sound as immediate as if you were at the Forum during those legendary concerts.

    HuffPost Reviews : Beyonce, Rihanna, Buddy Holly, The Doors, Susan Boyle, and More 2010

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