Frances Fox Piven: "A Riot is What Poor People Do When They Get Together"

Stephen Gutowski | October 13, 2011
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While speaking at Messiah College's American Democracy Lecture Frances Fox Piven defends her comments in support of the riots in Greece and England. She says that riots are what poor people do when they get together. She also reiterates her belief that breaking windows isn't that bad but prefers protesters refrain from doing so because it creates bad PR.