Obama Adviser Urges ‘Militancy’ in Nationwide Occupy Protests
Crafter of president’s health-care, ‘stimulus’ laws says ‘we’ve got to start a resistance movement’
Three days before an Occupy Oakland protest turned violent, United Steelworkers international president Leo Gerard, an adviser to President Obama, called for “more militancy” in Occupy movements across the U.S.
Gerard serves on the board of a number of groups funded by billionaire George Soros, including organizations that reportedly helped to craft Obama’s “stimulus” and health-care laws.
In an interview with progressive radio host Ed Schultz on Monday, Gerard stated, “I think what we need is, we need more militancy.”
“I think we’ve got to start a resistance movement. If Wall Street occupation doesn’t get the message, I think we’ve got to start blocking bridges and doing that kind of stuff,” stated Gerard, according to a transcript provided by Newsbusters.org.