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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: The Motivations Behind the Wall Street Protests [Watch (HLS stream): The Motivations Behind the Wall Street Protests](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/05ghWo7N.m3u8) (4:27)  _Published 2011-10-06. 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The crowd featured the muscle of labor unions, teachers, iron workers and service employees left work to join in. Manny Rodriguez is a teamster and father of four from Spanish Harlem. I'm very, I'm very honored to see all these students, all these NYU.. The young generation waking up and sticking up for everybody. You know. Andrew Pyles drove from his college in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to bring blankets and pillows for the hardcore occupiers. Pyles said a mixture of things he's seen on the TV from Wall Street protesters being arrested to the Arab Spring, inspired him to get in his car and drive to the Big Apple. This is all a chain reaction from that dude burning himself in DC. Kyle says on a more personal note, he's also worried about his future. So, I'm gonna, get a degree in about a year that I won't be able to use for anything. And I'll probably end up doing some sort of labor job for most of my life. What does that mean? Well, if circumstances continue the way they are in this country. [ SOUND ] Hello, posterity. While many of the stalwarts of Occupy Wallstreet are in their 20's. They're getting daytime visits from their elders. A group that includes seasoned protesters from the 60's retirees, Vietnam vets, labor organizers, and more. I am so happy for these kids! Al Gibson, from Trenton, New Jersey, fits every one of those categories, especially the more. He arrived with his puppet named Pops. But you can't sustain a life, you can't, like, buy a house, you can't buy a car, you can't get insurance. You can't do nothing on $ 10. 00 an hour. That's right. We've got a fight, fight, fight, fight. Logistically the Occupy Wall Street movement seem to be getting more organized. Basics like food, water, sleeping areas, and sanitation are in order. They've even starting publishing a news paper. That explains the movement a little, but an overarching theme or message remains elusive. One attempt to help with that is coming from a group of professional coaches, who arrived on Wall Street to help protesters try and synthesize their purpose. Thirty- eight year old Michael Badger has been offering counseling and advice for the past week. What's needed is for people to say I have this offer it's beneficial you need to actually step forward and do it because nobody else is doing it. But not everyone is buying what Badger and Occupy Wall Street is selling. The mainstream media is giving the group here a very disproportionate amount of attention. Bob Brown was on his way home from the dentist He lives three blocks from the protest. Is it a story? Yeah. Is it an important story? No, because the numbers are just very, very, very small, and it's the most delightful autumn day. If this is the numbers, if these are the numbers that come out on a day like this, soon as the temperature drops you're gonna be down to 300 hardcore And that's gonna be the end of that until the spring. But just when the whole event does seem to be a bit of a distraction, clarity arrives, in the form of Thomas Hagen, who actually articulates why he thinks this protest matters. [ NOISE ]. This is my third time here and I'm supporting mostly the kids. I think these Wall Street people stole their future. The sixty year old Queens resident is a salesman. The economy's down. I sell mattresses and furniture to the middle class. They're broke. And while Hagen and his fellow gray hairs say they're in Wall Street simply to support the kids the strongest voices seem to be coming from their generation. One that knows how to pick a fight. Where are the indictments? Where are the subpoenas? You know, they gave Goldman Sachs a $ 500, 000, 000 fine. That's like giving me a parking ticket. 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