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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 27-December-2011
4:22:53 AM |
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Indian-American journalist Arun Gupta, one of the early advocates of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and co-founder and first editor of its cleverly named mouthpiece The Occupied Wall Street Journal, believes the nationwide protests have already significantly influenced American politics ahead of the crucial 2012 US Presidential elections.
Gupta is currently travelling across the United States with his partner Michelle Fawcett, chronicling Occupy movements in various cities and small towns for publications like Salon and The Guardian. They have reported from the unlikeliest of protest venues in hardcore Republican states like Wyoming, Idaho and Alabama. Gupta has covered Occupy protests in 24 cities and towns so far, out of about 300 that he estimates are still active from the over 1,000 that were set up.
But the New York-based Gupta is not just a reporter and chronicler of the movement; he is also a left-wing activist who has for years participated in demonstrations against globalisation and US foreign policy. In a telephone interview while on the road from Portland, Oregon, to the San Francisco Bay Area in California, Gupta explained why he straddles the worlds of politics and journalism: “I do not believe in the notion of objectivity. I think that’s essentially horse***t. Everyone has biases and any scientist will tell you that. I think rather than trying to be objective you need to more be upfront about your biases and be rigorous in terms of fact-checking, context and history.”
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