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William Ayers And Bernadine Dohrn Address Occupy Wall Street Protesters

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Apr 2, 2012 8:40PM

William Ayers and his wife Bernadine Dohrn stopped by Union Square in New York City to talk to Occupy Wall Street protesters about capitalism and activism last week. Ayers said:

I get up every morning thinking, today I'm gonna make a difference. Today I'm gonna end capitalism. Today I'm gonna make a revolution. I go to bed every night disappointed, but I'm back again tomorrow. That's the only way you can do it.

Below is a one-minute video of Ayers' comments. Below that is a full 58-minute video of Ayers' and Dohrnn's comments.